Kikidoodle

I'm a professional illustrator and creator of Purrmaids and Grrmaids. (www.purrmaids.com) I have worked on numerous children's books, comics, game titles, and more! Previously, I worked at Disney Interactive, and as a professor at AoAU. For commissions, Contact: KikidoodleCommissions (at) gmail.com For work inquiries, questions, or anything else, Contact: KikiDoodleArt (at) gmail.com  

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#purrmay day 9 is "Deep sea" so I drew a Bombangler leading a Bombanglet through the deep seas! You can find these bombay-angler fish Purrmaids as plush on my Purrmaids site! www.purrmaids.comEnjoying #mermay so far!

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#Purrmay day 8 is "Shallows" So here's a Mewdibranch peacefully loafing on a bit of seagrass 🐾

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Prepping for (and participating in) a local single day event yesterday took all of my free time, so no time for sketching!

#Purrmay 's prompts were "Kitten" and "Tentacles" and here's a drawing from last year that actually combines both!

A Squitten, a giant squitty and a Catkin!

Today's prompt is "Shallows" so I'll see what I can do!

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Tomorrow I'll be doing a single day event and selling some artwork at Books with Pictures in Portland!

It's free comic book day, too!

There will be a bunch of other artists to meet! I won't have any free comics, but I'll print out some free Purramids coloring book pages you can take home!

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#Purrmay day 5 - nipnop So I drew my sphynx Piggy as a Sphynxalotl Purrmaid! #mermay #mermay2022

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#purrmay "A long time ago"

Okay I'm cheating this time! I had a lot going on today, so here's a jedi Purrmaid pet portrait I was commissioned to draw in 2018!

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For Purrmay day 3, we have a blep by a Siamese Fighting fish! (Based on my Siamese Betta Purrmaid on www.purrmaids.com)

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#purrmay day 2: Chonker It’s a walrus smilodon!

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Welcome to May! I'm doing #Purrmay for #mermay and here's my day 1 prompt... "Smol" Find my prompts on my page! https://kikidoodle.tumblr.com/post/683028632986419200/maybe-this-is-a-good-time-to-try-to-come-alive-on

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Maybe this is a good time to try to come alive on Tumblr again? Join me in a #mermay challenge that’s styled on kitties for #PURRMAY! Purrmaid and mermaid cat themed! Have fun, do some, do none, mix and match, whatever goes! I can’t wait to see if others join in with me!

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It’s officially May 1st in 30 minutes!

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#purrmay from last year! Cat in a box! I posted my #purrmay for #mermay prompts yesterday if you want to check them out and join me!

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Maybe this is a good time to try to come alive on Tumblr again? Join me in a #mermay challenge that’s styled on kitties for #PURRMAY! Purrmaid and mermaid cat themed! Have fun, do some, do none, mix and match, whatever goes! I can’t wait to see if others join in with me!

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Thank you @kikidoodle for a wonderful pin box!

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A million years but I saw this and!! <3

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I may or may not be emotionally invested in this kickstarter..

Anyway! It's another one of the mermaid kitty plushies I got, a gray tabby baby purr! I finally gave in and asked for split shipping for my Purrmaids, and just got the shipping notice the baby purr is on its way. Bravely facing international shipping on its own!

From Purrmaids.com by @kikidoodle

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A commission for a lovely person's sister-in-law, a lab vet in need of a liver transplant diagnosed with caput medusae (Head of Medusa). They love to fight with humor, so requested this masked, cone of shame'd Medusa. 💕🐍

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Calicoi would like to peak in and let you know that there are only about 20 or so Calicois remaining in stock for holiday orders on Purrmaids.com! Once sold out, Calicoi won't be back in stock until February or March.

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Without thinking about it, when drawing a brown tabby cat, most people will automatically start with the first example, but in actuality their fur is a LOT more like the second drawing. Instead of brown with markings, the fur is actually various shades of gray and orange creating the FEELING of brown. It's hard to paint! Of course this doesn’t mean you’re WRONG for drawing a cat like the first drawing, instead this is just something to realize if you’re struggling on accurately depicting a brown tabby. I have to think about this in pet portraits quite frequently. It makes them one of the more difficult colors I’m asked to paint! Most of the individual strands of fur are actually multi-colored adding to the complexity of the fur color. I added in an example of the fur pushed back and what individual strands might look like. I jokingly call these porcupine quills when Pandora sheds them, because they visually resemble much smaller versions of a stripey quill! Hope this is helpful! I really love what VARIETY brown tabbys have! Some lean much more orange, while others lean much more gray. It’s only in the complete absence of orange that they are thought of as gray tabby cats.