The idea was inspired by a drawing I made from a stock photo posted on deviantart, I have been unable to contact the photographer/model and so I don't know if it's ok to post it here...  So I will link to it instead: click here kitty kitty!

I want to make a record of the progression of this image because each stage has been distinctly different.


This is the first concept sketch for this project.
The pose is different from the stock photo used for the original drawing,  The change was to make it more lovey and cute with the kitty snuggling back all happy and stuff

This is the worked up sketchbook drawing I scanned in to Photoshop to begin the lineart.
It's totally different again, with a fluffy flipped-up hairdo and manga/anime eyes.  I decided I wanted it really cute!  I love the sweater she's wearing with all those soft folds and drapes.  I made the cat more long haired like my cat too.  Except my cat is like 4 times that size!


So here I begin the tracing over the drawing to establish the lineart, then I decided I wasn't too sure about those big vacant eyes....


So I tweaked the eyes some to try to get more expression in them
But then I decided I hated the hair after all, couldn't get that flip to work!


Oops!  Big jump to the finished Lineart here!  I didn't save enough stages, hrumph..
Well, the whole face was gradually reworked with smaller nose and mouth, way different hair style, plus I fixed the hands which were not drawn too well at first


Yeah so here's the first flat color version ready for shading and highlighting and many more changes!
Haven't got a clue how it will turn out yet, but I know there will be a lot of PINK!

And here it is with the shading begun....

And next we have it half painted, It's getting there, the painting is going better now and I'm starting to get the hang of the smudge tool too.  It sure is taking me a long time to do this picture!
I have re-drawn the arm supporting the cat from the original line art as it looked deformed when I started trying to paint it!   >


Um, artistic license confessions...my cat is big, fat and orange not small and white/lilac-grey...she does have that tooth that pokes out though, so cute!  And I am not a little girl with pink hair and bunches!  I'm a small long-haired blonde over 30..not too scary!  But I never said I was a photo-realist!