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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · 20d

Gorgeous 🤩 Love those colors

Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · 26d

I'm taking part in the Make Art that Sells Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering and this is my soap packaging for September's assignment 😊 Here's a link to the public gallery with the class's works:
bit.ly/42SpO7t

#matsletteringbootcamp #matsletteringbootcamp2025 #letteringart #letteringillustration

Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · 27d

Finished these portraits of my kids' cats for their rooms - my kids painted the backgrounds with watercolors and I used oil pastels for the cats :)

#animalportrait #petportrait #oilpastel #oilpastelpetportrait #petart #catportrait #catart #animalart

Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Aug 15

I've been trying some procreate brushes (The Playful Pencil pack) by Lisa Glanz and I love the textures 😍

#procreate #digitalillustration #birdart #birdillustration #birdillustrations #illustration #animalillustration #procreatewatercolor #animalpainting

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Jul 25

A shopfront from Pinterest, with an added dog and some rain 🐶 I remembered to take some progress pictures, and tried using a yellow underpainting too. I like it! I think it makes it more interesting where the color peeks out.

#gouache #illustration #painting #gouacheillustration #mixedmedia

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sketched this on the last cool-ish day for a while last week, while the windows were all open. The cats love to birdwatch 😄

#sketchbook #animalsketch #cats #coloredpencils #petart

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Jun 10

A little zine I made as a final project for the Fly Your Freak Flag course with @thegoodshipillustration ! Done on Procreate and then printed at Staples, which turned out pretty well 😊

#thegoodshipillustration #goodshipillo #zine #procreate #procreateart #digitalart

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Jun 7

Here's my entry for the #MATSArtChallenge8 by @makeartthatsells.bsky.social ! The task was to letter and/or illustrate this particular quote. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out in Procreate 🙂

#letteringart #lettering #handlettering #quoteart #procreate #procreateart

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Jun 1

Haha the lil one in the bud, so cute 😸

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · May 31

Doing some cute shopfronts in gouache!

#gouache #gouachestudy #paintsketch #sketchbookpainting #gouacheillustration #painting #illustration #urbanillustration #cityillustration

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · May 13

Sketch of a couple of my cats, plus a pic of the criminals. We recently put up cat gates because our black and white boy won't leave the older cat (not pictured) alone 🥲 But these two are buddies, thankfully

#catsketch #sketchbookart #animalsketch #cats #catart #mixedmediaart #sketchcats

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Apr 28

A dragon-themed lettering project for Domestika course Playful Hand Lettering for Children's Book Illustration! I originally imagined a dark blue sky and gold dragon, but wanted to try something different 🙂 Pretty happy with the result

#procreate #dragonart #childrensbookillustration #letteringart

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Apr 18

Some sketches from last week's trip to southern California! The beach was really misty when we went, but it looked pretty cool. And there were more pigeons than seagulls wandering around

#travelsketch #travelart #sketchbooking #mixedmediaart

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Apr 3

My dog as a bard! Thankfully he actually doesn't bark much, but he does do a good yodel for the mailman

#dndart #dogpainting #procreate #animalart #dog #digitalpainting

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Mar 25

Wow so much texture 🤩 it looks fantastic!

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Mar 25

Beautiful! Love the colors

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Mar 25

Spring chickens in watercolor. I love a good rainstorm but I'm really feeling flowers and sunshine right now! Hoping to see some spring flowers in real life soon :)

#watercoloranimals #watercolorart #chickenart #flowerpainting

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Mar 15

Just finished the Domestika course "Sketchbook Techniques for Children's Illustration" by Ema Malyauka! I picked the story "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" for my illustrations :)

#childrensbook #goatdrawing #mixedmediaart #domestika #childrensillustrations #childrensillustrationart #storybookart

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Mar 8

My entry for the MATS Art Challenge with a mushroom theme. Now I want to try all the edible mushrooms I drew, not sure how to get my hands on some of them though 😅

#matsartchallenge7 #mushroomart #procreateart #procreateillustration #procreateillustrations #art #natureart

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Mintcat @mintcatpaints.bsky.social · Jan 22

Looking back at last year's sketchbook - here's my favorite page. I was inspired after reading "The Travelling Cat Chronicles" by Hiro Arikawa. If you're a pet lover you'll probably enjoy this book, just keep tissues on hand 🥲
#art #sketchbook #gouache

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