KikiDoodle & Purrmaids

Sooooooo, Wildwood was the story teenaged me DREAMED of seeing on screen (After I learned that The Chronicles of Narnia was a non subtle Christian allegory.) Also, it's brutal in it's depiction of war. Live action is often far more subtle. It's a movie for adults and it happens to star children.

Laufey is mad at me for showing the vet photos of her stinky nasty poop crimes. (She's also dehydrated and grumpy about it.) #cats

I post art and talk about cat poop. This is my account

Laufey is mad at me for showing the vet photos of her stinky nasty poop crimes. (She's also dehydrated and grumpy about it.) #cats

One of the most interesting myths about fanart being what sells is the rare time I bring fanart to a con, it barely sells UNLESS it's directly related to other art I'm already selling. So you want to sell more original work? Bring less fanart. Here's my GOOD slow selling fanart. #artpost

Anyway, do fanart because it's fun for you! If you're making fanart specifically to draw people into your booth to see your NON fanart pieces, you may be bringing in the wrong customers for your long term goals! Of COURSE someone looking for Maleficent isn't necessarily looking for my cat art 😹

One of the most interesting myths about fanart being what sells is the rare time I bring fanart to a con, it barely sells UNLESS it's directly related to other art I'm already selling. So you want to sell more original work? Bring less fanart. Here's my GOOD slow selling fanart. #artpost

The reason fanart sells is that it doesn't take any investment on your end to make someone want it. They already know the character and don't have to form a relationship with your art. So selling fanart can be *easier* but it also rarely translates into a client who comes to collect YOUR art.

This is going to be a very FUN holiday season because every other item for sale online is an AI generated scam.

I like to scroll through shopping ads, even if I rarely buy things, and it's ROUGH right now. Even previously trusted makers are generating "prototypes"with AI and running pre-sales (Tentakitty is one). I see SO many impossible things.

Still got cat PTSD 😎 Laufey had a low fever yesterday, and sounded weak. She has had some bad diarrhea for a couple days. I gave her some probiotic paste that helps firm stools. She's doing fine. Active, alert, low fever gone. But my brain keeps whispering "you also thought Gandalf was okay."😮‍💨

Logically, Laufey should be find. She had a much better bowel movement this morning, plus I gave her blankets for a blanket fort, and unplugged the heated bed so she can't cook herself. She devoured her morning probiotic and is acting normal. Just doing my best to trust myself.

Still got cat PTSD 😎 Laufey had a low fever yesterday, and sounded weak. She has had some bad diarrhea for a couple days. I gave her some probiotic paste that helps firm stools. She's doing fine. Active, alert, low fever gone. But my brain keeps whispering "you also thought Gandalf was okay."😮‍💨

On this note: Last night I told V that we were going to do a "roleplay exercise" where he is the wife who remembers what all the tasks are and does them, and I'm the doofy husband who only does tasks when asked to. His one power is he can ask me to do anything, but it's his responsibility to ask 😹

It was nice to channel my parent's relationship this morning. 😹 V prepped cat food (important daily task) while I did edge vacuuming and now I'm off to flatten boxes (large, irrelevant tasks).

On this note: Last night I told V that we were going to do a "roleplay exercise" where he is the wife who remembers what all the tasks are and does them, and I'm the doofy husband who only does tasks when asked to. His one power is he can ask me to do anything, but it's his responsibility to ask 😹

Shipping sucks so much right now. I'm contemplating designing a special sticker that I ONLY send with online orders... free as a gift. Like a "You put up with our broken system and $7+ shipping, but at least you get a special cat sticker available no where else!"

Gonna drive this baby 700 miles tomorrow to meet a different boy. (Then I have to drive 700 miles back UGH) Still hopeful we can have a litter in the new year! Bebop is such a cuddle bug in the winter and I'm gonna miss her 😭 #cats

Kinda still chuckling to myself at the human who approached me 10 minutes before closing on the final day of con with one of my $30 limited edition pins. "Its the end of day, would you accept $20?" "I'll sell it for.... $30." He went "... fair." And paid. 😹

The urge to people please and sell my work for less than its fair worth faded long, long ago.

My cats are reactive unless they have a bathroom in my office, so I bought a cat-height shoji screen for everyone's privacy 😹 #cats

(It's actually because Chicken Nugget leaps out of the box kicking sand everywhere, and I'm tired of vacuuming 2-3x a day.)