I Heart Camping!!!

One of our cats went missing recently, so I was completely and totally consumed with finding him, hanging posters, stuffing flyers into my neighbors' doors, placing craigslist ads, going to shelters and veterinarians, etc. Finally one of my neighbors found him and called me. We brought him home where he has a steady food supply and little-to-no threat of an immediate and bloody death, yet as soon as he was inside he wanted back out. You could say he has a passion for nature. If he were a man I'd have a magnificent crush on him; instead, he's a cat.

Creature Cat

I Sometimes Wonder How You're Doing...

sperm and dinosuar related greeting cards

I drew this little dude/dudette, and (s)he kinda looks like sperm, so I was thinking of turning the drawing idea into a "It's a Boy/Girl" greeting card. But first I need to get up the guts to dish out some cash to buy a new printer. In the meantime I've been trying to continue along the dinosaur greeting card theme with this guy:

Valentine/Anniversary/Saying 'Hi' Greeting Card

I turned my Draw a Dinosaur drawing into a greeting card. I'm (hopefully) printing them tomorrow, and will try to have them up on Etsy soon, along with some original drawings for sale.

Happy Draw a Dinosaur Day!

Today is Draw a Dinosaur Day!

A Call for Your Childhood Imaginary Animal Friends

I have a new illustration project idea and I need your help! I'm going to assume that I'm not the only kid who invented an entirely new animal species who was my best friend, who ran alongside the car on long road trips or snuck into the classroom when I was bored.  My imaginary animal was the fastest animal on the planet, which is why I was the only person who could see it, and it looked like a hybrid of a cat, a squirrel, and a lemur.  I want to write poems about and illustrate other people's imaginary animal friends from their childhood and blog about it, and if it turns out to be an awesome project I might even try to make it a book someday.  So send me a message at caitlinrose.caitlinrose@gmail.com with your imaginary animal friend stories!  You could even send a picture or a description of yourself as a child, and I can incorporate you into the illustration. :)

Here's a pencil draft of a sloth with braids I started this week: