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May 24, 2021, 7 tweets

tips on drawing cats: a thread

many cats have a favorite object that they obsess over and it’s good to give the cat the object and see what they do. this also makes for a more personalized drawing

cats expand quickly but if you want to draw the kitten version of a cat just do an outline like this, keeping the head the same size

if you can write the word “awesome” you can draw a cat.

(and if you can write “GLITTEr” you can draw a dog)

See video with an original song by me

3 basic cat eye shapes can get you pretty far (see the comics)

O . O or > . < or

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stripes can be tricky to simplify but if you checked your striped cat at home, many of them have some recognizable letter-shapes on their face, especially the letter M (the most common in my experience)

adding slight animation to a sleeping cat is an easy way to make a drawing come to life

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