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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io · 2 days ago

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The Chinese word for ‘owl’ is ‘cat headed eagle’

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Torties

J. Steven York @JStevenYork@catodon.social · 2 weeks ago

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I turned in the latest installment of my “Minions at Work” photo comics to Pulphouse Fiction Magazine today, allowing me some time to work on building some Minions props, a process that’s a lot more relaxing that doing comic layout and dialog writing.

One ongoing element of my comics is that most of them incorporate one or more "Minion Cats," even if they aren't integral to the plots or jokes of that comic. The premise is that, due to a lab accident, Minion cat (there was originally only one) has become in space, time, and now, the multiverse, and they pop in and out of existence at will, sometimes "many" of them at once.

The cats are “played” by hand painted and sometimes customized plastic cat figures decorated in a “Minion uniform” pattern. The originals originated as a bag of toy cats I ordered from Amazon. Later, I ordered a whole BOX of the same cats from a seller who supplies prizes and favors to carnivals and fairs. With extras, I started cutting them up, swapping parts, and adding limited articulation to some like turning heads and movable tails. A few others are actually 3D printed.

 But before I found that carnival supplier, I ordered a lot of other cats on-line hoping for alternate poses to use. Instead, I discovered that most listing for these things are vague or inaccurate in describing the size, and ended up with several assortments of cats that were too small. And thus, came the idea for "minion kittens." I started painting a few, and finished exactly one, before putting it aside as being very difficult. My hands aren't that steady, some some of the "Minion" pattern is pretty fidgety.
But recently I discovered "brush tip" markers for art and calligraphy and wondered if they could be used for painting details on action figures. Tonight I tried it out, and so far, pretty good. I made some slips, but it made it MUCH easier to paint the details on the smaller cats. I don't know of the paint will fade or rub off. Only time and further experiments will tell. But I'm happy with things so far.
In related news, I today and realized that our new shorthair cat, Notty, is a very good physical match for Minion cat. I pulled out a tape measure and sure enough, she's an almost exact scale match for her 1/6th scale counterparts. I can use photo reference of her to design future custom cats, and to figure out better carrying positions and poses for my 12" action figure characters. I asked my wife if that made Notty tax deductible, but she just laughed...

#minionsatwork #pulphousefictionmagazine #Minioncats #notmycat #nottycat #catstodon #catsofmastodon #cats #minatures #comics #photocomicsl

The face of a contemplative gray and black shorthaired tabby cat. The work table and racks of paint bottles can be seen out of focus in the background.

Work table covered with paint-spattered newspaper on which sit various paints and supplies, and seven plastic cats, all but one hand painted in a Minions uniform pattern. Five of these are the smaller "minions kittens."

tortie @tortie@social.vivaldi.net · 3 weeks ago

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Terror Bear traveling through Space-Time (actually just riding down from the attic in his human-powered laundry basket elevator.

#TerrorBear
#BlackCat
#Cats

Inside a black holey round laundry basket looking like spiraling through a Dr. Who sequence, is a little black cat staring at you with sad green eyes.

Angus McIntyre @angusm@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

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Good news for #Caturday: apparently, the success of the animated film "Flow" has increased adoption rates of black cats (which are hard to home, because people are superstitious). Reportedly, the film “Black Panther" had a similar effect.

I'm not entirely happy that people are choosing cats for faddish reasons, but I do like the idea that deserving black kitties are finding homes.

Black cats are as lovely as any other cats (& so elegant); take one home today.

#BlackCats #cats

Mark A. Rayner @markarayner@mas.to · 3 weeks ago

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When you have been denied treats, once again.

#caturday #cat #cats #catstodon #humor #humour #catsofmastodon

White cat with light eyes, looking quite murderous

Shan @shanoreily@masto.ai · 4 weeks ago

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I trimmed the catnip plants yesterday and tossed the clippings in this bin. Got distracted by something shiny and never took them out to the composter. Guess who found them and has possibly seen God or bugs crawling on the ceiling? #cats #CatsOfMastodon #MaineCoon

A very fluffy tabby sits in a rubbermaid bin with a bunch of dried herbs that are definitely catnip based on her wide-eyed and unhinged expression. She looks to the sky with giant whiskers and a desire to... she doesn't remember. It was important, but she heard colors.

aphex twink @peregrinator@toot.cat · 4 weeks ago

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hey! I've just moved here today and i thought I'd start by introducing myself. I'm an ecologist, specialized in avian and herpetofaunal ecology. i am also very interested in the data science aspect of the discipline, and i am working on getting more familiar with the ins and outs of R programming, and hopefully moving to more conventional programming, so i can feed into my other interests.

i am also muchly into open source software, specifically Emacs and Void Linux, and in my free time, work on contributing to Void Linux packages and my Emacs config. i tend to talk about all of these things a lot.

I'm big on cats. well, basically everything about them. expect a LOT of photos.

i also play the guitar a little and I'm predominantly into loud and dark music. I do talk about the music i listen to as well, both here and on my blog articles.

i also occasionally like to indulge in woodworking, and i hope to get more active with it

i have been blogging since 2016, on and off, and recently revived my blog after a hiatus of nearly 2 years.

you can read more about me at https://peregrinator.site/

#introduction #intro #ecology #birds #cats #blog #blogging #music #linux #emacs #data