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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 2h

Inktober day 20: Rivals

Who will get the prize? My money is on the Seagull with the Wobbly Leg. 🤭

#inktober #inktober2025 #rivals #seagull #art #digitalart #procreate #digitalpainting #digitaloils

Painting of 2 seagulls fighting for fries

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 1d

Inktober day 19: Arctic

Today is a quick polar bear painting! 🙂

#inktober #inktober2025 #arctic #digitalpainting #digitalart #art #painting #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #procreate

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 2d

Inktober day 18: Deal

A silly one today: Here's some Woodhouse playing cards!

#inktober #inktober2025 #art #playingcards #joker #cat #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #deal #procreate #digitalart

Painting of playing cards on a burnt orange BG

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 2d

🦊 GIVEAWAY🦊 We're doing another contest on Instagram! One winner gets to choose ANY unframed print from our shop (up to 16"x20" / 40x50cm) Full details on our Insta @ instagram.com/theuglycatstudio and at theuglycat.com/giveaway #giveaway #artgiveaway #printgiveaway #theuglycatstudio #contest

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 3d

Inktober day 17: Ornate

Today's a spooky Fabergé pumpkin. I'm not super happy with it. We drew it in the livestream yesterday, and I ran out of time!

You can find the stream here:
youtube.com/live/vnuE5lm...

#inktober #inktober2025 #spooky #halloween #art #digitalart #procreate #artprocess

Painting of a fabergé pumpkin with a skull on it, on. brown background

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 4d

Inktober day 16: Blunder

Another quick one today! And don't miss our live stream in this evening! We'll do tomorrow's prompt: ornate

See you soon!

#doodle #digitalart #art #procreate #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #inktober #inktober2025 #blunder #cupcake

Painting of a cupcake with yellow icing that fell upside down on the floor on a green background

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 4d

🥳 The Ugly Cat Studio is today The Ugly BIRD Studio. 🎉 We've got 3 new bird prints today (a canada goose and two seagulls!) Check 'em out at theuglycat.com/birds 🐦🪿⬛! #BirdArt #CanadaGoose #SeagullArt #CrowArt #WildlifeArt #BirdPrints #FineArtPrint #CanadianArtist #TheUglyCatStudio #ArtPrint

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 5d

Inktober day 15: Ragged

Today is a silly one! But as someone who only has fun novelty socks that I can't really replace, this happens way too often 😂

#inktober #inktober2025 #ragged #socks #art #digitalpainting #procreate #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #sillyart #art

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 6d

For real though, I made his butt a bit bigger for the painting. He has slightly less junk in his trunk! 😅

The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 6d

Inktober day 14: Trunk

This is our cat Woodhouse. He has junk in his cute little trunk!! What junk you ask? Swipe to find out!!

#inktober #inktober2025 #trunk #junkinthetrunk #digitalart #art #digitalpainting #procreate #digitaloilpaonting #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio

Painting of a tuxedo cat on a yellow background

Painting of a tuxedo can with a cut out to see what is in his stomack, on a yellow background

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 7d

Inktober day 13: Drink

We're well into fall, and what better drink than a pumpkin spice latte to celebrate! (Actually, they're pretty low on my list.. It's like drinking syrup! But they make for a good painting subject! 😅 )

#inktober #inktober2025 #pumpkinspice #art #digitalart #procreate #autumn

Painting of a Starbuck's pumpkin spice latte on a dark brown background

Tuxedo cat in a blanket looking at the camera with a blurry ipad in the foreground

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 7d

🇨🇦 Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! 🍁🪿

How come there is no Canada Goose Emoji?!? 😩 The Unicode people need to get on that!

(This goose painting is coming to the store later this week, stay tuned for more info!)

#CanadianThanksgiving #CanadaGoose #CanadianArt #Thanksgiving2025 #WildlifeArt

"The Markham Goose", painting by Catherine Hebert

The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 8d

Inktober day 12

This one is the first painting I've done entirely on one live stream! It was pretty fun! So if you're curious to watch the whole process, you can see it here:

www.youtube.com/live/fA0C2kr...

#inktober #inktober2025 #art #digitalart #procreate #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio

Painting of parmesan cheese and a cheese grater on a black background

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 9d

Inktober day 11: Sting

Today I drew Sting, from the movie "Kaamelott" I feel like it's more successful than my Pierce "Pine" Brosnan (See day 06 if you don't know what I'm talking about!) 😂

#inktober #inktober2025 #Sting #digitalart #procreate #portrait #kaamelott #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio

portrsit of Sting in the movie Kaamelott

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 10d

Isengrin (RIP! ♥️ ) got chosen as an Etsy Pick for the second time! I didn't even know that was possible! So happy to see him recognized twice! The painting at theuglycat.com/isengrin . (You can see Isengrin himself in the second pic 😻 ) #EtsyPick #CatArt #TabbyCat #FineArtPrint #CanadianArtist

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 10d

Inktober day 10: Sweep

Today, I decided to draw "Digging peasant" from my boy Van Gogh, but with a broom instead! I also tried it with a bit of colors. Not sure about it! 🤷‍♀️

#VanGogh #art #inktober #inktober2025 #sketch #digitalart #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #procreate #digitaldrawing

Drawing of a peasant sweeping in sepia tones

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 11d

Inktober day 09: Heavy

Today is a quick and silly little doodle! 😂

#inktober #inktober2025 #heavy #bird #apple #doodle #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #digitalart #digitalpainting #procreate

Painting of a bird carrying an apple on a light blue background

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 11d

Exciting news today! Art prints for "Piper" and "Tangerine" are now available! Plus, live stream tonight!

You can check things out here:
🐈‍⬛ theuglycat.com/piper
🍊 theuglycat.com/tangerine
🎥 theuglycat.com/live

#art #digitalart #artprocess #livestream #drawwithme #theuglycat #theuglycatstuido

painting of a tangerine on a rattan chair with limes

Painting of a bengal cat on a whte wall over a desk with a plant and book

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 12d

We Miss You, Piper 🐾 I wrote a blog post about our brief time wtih Piper the Bengal cat. www.theuglycat.com/blogs/news/w...

(I have a painting of Piper launching tomrorow too!)

#Piper #CatPortrait #TheUglyCat #AnimalArt #MarbleTabby #BengalCat

We miss you Piper! 😿

Some cats drift in and out of your life without leaving much of a mark. Piper was not one of those. The first time we saw her was in the lobby of our building. Someone had taped a note to the door…

www.theuglycat.com

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 12d

Inktober day 08: Reckless

I'm pretty happy with this one. The style is different than what I usually do, but the mouse is cute!

And some of you might recognize Piper in the back! 🤭

#inktober #inktober2025 #reckless #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #digitalart #digitalpainting #art

White mouse running with a cal sleeping in the dark background

Close on the head of a white mouse on a dark background

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 13d

Inktober day 7: Starfish

Another one I'm not super happy with. Maybe I could have fixed it, but I think it would have taken more time than I had. And sometimes, it's just better to cut your losses anyway! 😅

#fail #inktober #inktober2025 #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #digitalart #procreate

Painting on a starfish on a glass bottle

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 14d

So this is a bit of a fail. I tried to draw Pierce Brosnan (swipe for the ref I used), and it really doesn't look like him. But I need to keep moving and accept the failures. 😂

#inktober #inktober2025 #failure #day06 #portrait #artfail #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #art #digitalpainting #procreate

Painting of Pierce Brosnan on light brown background

Photo portrait of Pierce Brosnan on a blue background

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 15d

Inktober day 05: Deer

I'm pretty happy with this one! I think it has the right balance between sketchiness and light and rendering (not sure that makes sense, but hopefully you get it.. )

#inktober #inktober2025 #deer #wildlife #woodland #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #digitalpainting #procreate

Painting of a deer on a dark green background

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 16d

Inktober day 04: Murky

At the bottom of the lake, in the murky waters, lies a lost treasure...

#inktober #inktober2025 #day04 #murky #treasure #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #procreate #art #digitalpainting #dailyart

Painting of a skull and gold coins at the bottom of a lake on a dark brown background

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The Ugly Cat Studio @theuglycat.com · 17d

inktober day 03: Crown

I always loved Peau d'Âne's crowns in the 1970 movie with Catherine Deneuve. They're so small and tall. This is her crown that goes with her "robe couleur de soleil"

#inktober #inktober2025 #crown #day03 #theuglycat #theuglycatstudio #digitalart #procreate #art

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