These past few days weren’t the best. I’ve been tired and slept a lot, I was not very productive 🙁 But at least I was inspired to express my feelings through art: I added it to my Threadless store.
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That was a mistake
I write a lot about my successful designs. I mentioned my most popular design a few times, and other designs that earned me a lot of money. It might seem that whatever I draw sells well and brings me regular income, but that’s not the case. Far from it. A lot of my designs don’t…
[Continue Reading]Featured Tee of the Day
Threadless featured my design “This is a disaster” 🙂 Here is the design.
[Continue Reading]I keep drawing cats and putting them on t-shirts
If you are hesitating to start your own store because you “can’t draw”, then you should know that some of my designs are really not that complicated. Make a few sketches of your favorite animal and chances are that one of those sketches will be interesting enough to sell it on a t-shirt.
[Continue Reading]My Top 10 Designs
I sorted my designs by how much money they’ve earned me so far. Some fun facts: My top 4 designs have cats! 8 out of 10 are black and white designs. I hesitated to send 5 of those 10 designs to Threadless and to my store. I thought no one would like them. And yet,…
[Continue Reading]Attic — a little progress
Sharing a small update to the attic in our cat book 🙂
[Continue Reading]ReMarkable Cat
All my days are spent sketching on reMarkable or working on our cat book. I am also searching for a new apartment. This cat is another minimal sketch I made using reMarkable 2 (this is an affiliate link that gets you $40 off).
[Continue Reading]This is taking forever!
My brother and I are working on our book still. I am adding cats and all the various items to the images. It’s taking forever. I am desperately trying to come up with 100 or so things that can be placed here.
[Continue Reading]Working on our book #4 – Library
All I do all day is work on our cat book 🙂 This is the library. I know it doesn’t look like much yet but it will be amazing.
[Continue Reading]Working on our book #3
This is the bedroom in our cat book 🙂 See also: Working on our book #1 Working on our book #2
[Continue Reading]Hygge
Hygge means enjoying the present, being cozy and comfortable. If you google it, you will see lots of photos of people snuggled in blankets with a cup of hot beverage nearby. Hygge is a Danish and Norwegian word for a mood of coziness and comfortable conviviality with feelings of wellness and contentment. –Wikipedia My mom…
[Continue Reading]King Cat
I drew a cat in a crown for a Threadless Competition 🙂
[Continue Reading]There’s always tomorrow
See the whole design on Threadless 🙂
[Continue Reading]So tragic, so funny
We all get sad, we all have doubts, we are demotivated, confused. But we don’t necessarily want to wear it on our t-shirts for all the world to see. That would be like telling everyone you meet that you are depressed or endlessly complaining about your life. But if you can make a bad situation…
[Continue Reading]Working on our book #2
Work on our book continues. It doesn’t look like much yet, but it will be so pretty 🙂 See how it looked before: Working on our book #1
[Continue Reading]Vaguely Aware of Social Norms
Before the pandemic there used to be parties and gatherings. It’s not like I miss them because I didn’t really use to go to that many. I like spending time alone, in my apartment, working on things and drawing. So I didn’t go out often, but every now and then I went to meet my…
[Continue Reading]Existing
Recently Threadless added one of my designs to their store. I wrote about that here. Now, Threadless selected another one of my designs: It’s a cat that has no motivation to get up. So, it’s relatable. It has already been for sale in my Artist Shop. Threadless adding it to their own store means that…
[Continue Reading]Overthinking and also hungry
When my “Not Today” design suddenly got so popular, I created more cat designs, like this one here: Cat designs are popular because a lot of people love cats. But it’s not enough to just draw a cat, you need to add something relatable to a design. I always try to think of a story…
[Continue Reading]Working on our book #1
My brother and I started working on our cat book. It will be a children’s book with lots of cats. Here is a sketch of the first page. It’s a kitchen with a bunch of cats.
[Continue Reading]Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays! May you have a wonderful week. The photo is of our cat, her name is Mrówka, which is Polish for Ant.
[Continue Reading]I almost deleted my best selling design
I could not get the cat’s butt shape just right.
[Continue Reading]My most popular design ever
Today I wanted to show you the most popular design that I ever made. Here it is: I don’t know how many designs I’ve made in my life – a few hundred probably. This remains my best selling one. Doesn’t look like much, does it? It’s really quite simple. My friends don’t believe me when…
[Continue Reading]Everything is better when a cat says it
T-shirt designs are sort of like cartoons. Everything is more inspiring when said by animals. Before I created this blog I’ve read a lot of articles that tried to motivate me to — start now! I still procrastinated but I am glad I did finally start writing. If you have a project that is on…
[Continue Reading]This is a terrible idea
How skilled a designer do you have to be to make a drawing and sell it on a t-shirt? Have a look at this ridiculous design that I made a few weeks ago: The idea is key. I thought about a sly cat and drew the simplest version that I could think of: I used…
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