Emotional Therapy Kitties

Sketch of kitty sniffing flowers

Pencil sketch of a kitty sniffing a flower.

If the kitties I draw are expressive of my emotional state then I think things are improving. This one even has a (visible) tail!

Toby innocently stands there, wondering what mommy is looking at.

I’m still mad because you spent so much time not looking at me.

We got an early Christmas present today. A museum has expressed an interest in carrying Dream Our World. Yay!

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Don’t miss out on all the fun. Order your copy of Dream Our World today! Inside, Bitey and Toby visit the MOTI – The Museum of the Imagination- and view the world of art from a canine perspective all while enjoying a day of unsupervised fun.

You can also see all of the logos, signage and packaging I had to create for this pretend museum. (While I am happy to have finished the book, I still miss working on it. We humans are crazy animals.)

Dream Our World is available at Amazon – and soon a museum!

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Anger Kitty

Angry/scared gray striped kitty arches her back as a warning.

Keeping with the theme of Insanity Avoidance Kitties, I drew this little one last night. I showed a picture of it to a friend, and she said that the kitty looks more afraid than angry. I thought I probably drew my own feelings into the picture: I am angry because I am afraid.

On the plus side, I am making headway with the credit card issue. One more call (I hope), and I may have things worked out.

Dog photobombs picture with dish and toy in background

So that means I might still get biscuits for Christmas?

No. You are naughty, and Santa knows.

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Come join my boys on an adventure to the Museum of the Imagination in Dream Our World. (No Ben Stiller here since this is not the Smithsonian.) Inside, they look at the world of art from a canine point of view and completely ignore all the advice Mom gave them about good manners.

Dream Our World is available from Amazon.

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My Insanity Avoidance Cat

Pencil sketch of hairless cat.

So far this month, I have had two businesses screw up orders/renewals which have resulted in my credit card statement being so huge that not only I want to throw up but it wants to throw up as well. So far the attitude of each business has been to pretend not to understand what I am complaining about when I contact them. I have terrible social anxiety, and I find it difficult enough to do this kind of work let alone have to do it over and over and over.

To try to keep myself away from my non-Japanese toilet thanks to anxiety stomach cramps, I decided to draw a kitty. An oddly-colored, hairless kitty. It may be one of the more unusual pieces I have done, but it did the trick of temporarily taking my mind off my woes.

Don't worry, Mom. I'll help.

These financial issues aren’t going to cut into my biscuit budget, are they?

Sorry buddy, they just might.

Oh yes, and on top of screwing up my billing, my web hosting company somehow managed to disconnected my domain from my site. If you were trying to reach me and couldn’t, you should be able to now. Grrrr…..

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To escape to a wonderful dream world, pick up a copy of Dream Our World. Inside Bitey and Toby visit the MOTI and view the world of art from a canine perspective. Nowhere inside is there a single financial woe.

Dream Our World is available from Amazon.

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The Ornament

Christmas tree with picture of Geordie overlooking the scene.

Geordie Christmas Tree Ornament

Now Geordie is not just above the tree but on it. In the background, I can hear Toby grumbling something about how he “never got a dinner…”

Black and white sketch of Cairn terrier puppy.

Harrumph.

Don’t worry, Toby. Your picture hangs in the hall.

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To see my boys getting along, pick up a copy of Dream Our World. Inside, Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.

To see my boys not always getting along, try Poopiter!

Poopiter follows Bitey and Toby during their first illustrated year together.

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As Requested: The Swimsuit Competition!

For friends of Toby and Max: More Back Story

Hey, what happened to your green sweater? I wanted something for summer so I chose a bathing suit. You look ridiculous. It's so old-fashioned!

He dares ca.. ME old-fashioned? And this coming from a guy with a fainting couch! Anyway, I rock this suit.

If your dogs aren’t team players, Photoshop in layers!

Won’t put the suit on? Use a crayon!

(Then you can make him wear anything you want to.)

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For more of Bitey and Toby’s adventures, put on your red shirt and come with them to Poopiter! (They “promise” not to make you go to the strange planet first.)

Poopiter tells about Bitey and Toby’s first year together. It is available from Amazon.

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Toby’s New Hero

Sketch of Eric Swalwell and the infamous cup.

Happy Toby flashes peace signs.

Toby flashes peace signs as he stands in front of Eric Swalwell and the infamous coffee cup.

Toby and Eric Swalwell say:

“Don’t own up; blame the cup!”

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For some non-tooting adventures my boys have been on, pick up a copy of Dream Our World. Inside, Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams where they view the world of art from a canine perspective and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.

Dream Our World is available from Amazon.

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Not Cool, Mom!

Sketch of Cairn terrier dog.

Seriously, you chose this picture?!?

When Geordie saw the picture of Toby I posted on the blog, he insisted that I put a picture of him up next. For some reason he is unhappy about this one.

This is a draft of one of the pictures in his (and Toby’s. Don’t tell him Toby is in the book too) next book. Although I have been working on it for a year, it feels like I am never going to get done.

This book is filled with so many memories for me. It has also been a great opportunity for me to learn more about working with digital media. At the rate I am going, though, I will die of oldness long before I ever get done.

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To read some of Bitey and Toby’s already finished adventures, pick up a copy of Poopiter.

Poopiter is available at Amazon. It would make a great Christmas gift for the dog lover in your life!

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Geordie’s Lament

After a full day of putting up with that pipsqueak of a little brother of mine, I finally get him to bed. Then I crawl off for a nice, quiet little nap in the dirty laundry, and what do I find on Mommy’s desk? This!