Pumpkin Cat

Eee! Pumpkin pumpkin. Thanks IR. Based on feedback I will add a fourth leg. I wanted to experiment with a more stylized shape with open space, but it will age better with an extra pumpkiny support.

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PUMPKIN STENCILS FOR YOU!!!!

Yesterday I asked folks what sort of costumes they would like to see characters dressed in AND I asked folks to send carved pumpkin pictures, any carved pumpkin, I really like carved pumpkins. IR (let me know if I can write your full name!) e-mailed me and asked if I had a pumpkin cat stencil. What a fantastic question.

I spent Thursday designing  Bunson, Things and Pumpkin Cat stencils for anyone to use. The grey means remove some skin, but don’t remove all the meat, so you get a sort of half glow. I can’t wait to see how they turn out. This idea was so much fun.

If you send me carved pumpkin pics (Things or otherwise) I shall put together a gallery of them here at the Things. Yay for making!

Click on each thumbnail to get full size image. Send your pics to things@lizargall.com

 

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Halloween costume funtimes!!!

halloweenbunnyLiving in the northern hemisphere, living in Americaland has made me love Halloween. Up here it is the arts and crafts festival. It’s a festival where everyone can make things, everyone can carve a pumpkin. At halloween the gates are flung open and along with the spooktacular, everyone can be a maker.

 

Request One: Send me costume requests for the Things!

It’s fun to play dress ups, as previous comics have shown. Send me your request.

Or send me your own clever Halloween interpretations of the Things! Send them to things@lizargall.com

 

Request Two: PUMPKINS

pumpkinheadSend me your carved pumpkin photos. Carved pumpkins fill my heart with joy and I think Pumpkin Cat gets lonely sometimes.

If you carve a Pumpkin Cat and a Bunson Cat hanging out together I don’t know if there is a limit to my joy and I will send you Things temporary tattoos (and that tattoo paper is not cheap!).

Send pumpkin pics (or picts) to things@lizargall.com

Shrinky Dink test a success (oww)

Although it turns out that I find shrinking Things characters emotionally exhausting. I get really scared they’re going to get hurt and interfere in ill thought out ways that burn my fingers. I made myself not interfere while Bunson was shrinking, but it made me sick to my stomach to see him curl up and shrivel!

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After the Things and Bunson shrank I did the love hearts and thank you. I do not enjoy sliding things around on the foil, but not worrying that someone would get hurt made it so much easier. I don’t think I’ll shrink Things without someone to keep me company and they will be extremely limited edition!

I’m pleased with the end results 🙂

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Tattoos and Shrinky Dinks

For Uncanny Magazine I promised two wonderful supporters a pack of mini-comics, temporary tattoos and Shrinky Dinks.

Here’s what I’ve laid out for the temporary tattoos, just waiting for the special paper to arrive (actual image will be inverted before printing).

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And here’s my test sheet for Shrinky Dinks. I’ve decided hand drawing them would make them the most special, so I want to do a test run to make sure the sharpie comes out nicely.

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