• Pictures of Painted Cats •

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

I just got these in my email and though I'd share them with you...















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[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

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[RedHedd]

Aren't they beautiful? Isn't Photoshop wonderful? I received those in an e-mail last week.

[jenluckenbach]

WOW! They are gorgeous!

[Catty1]

HOLY COW! I was WONDERING about the artistry - and hoping the dyes/paints didn't hurt the cats!

That butterfly face is brilliant...and some of the others are just plain stunning!

[rosethecopycat]

They look like:
What if cats took over Mardi Gras!!!???!!!

[Reachoutrescue]

My god are they beautiful!!

[doolittleky]

They had a book out in the book store with them and also a calender of them a few years agao. I meant to buy the book but never did. It is amazing what artists can do!
Melissa

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

When I first looked at these in my email, I thought the cats were actually painted! I later looked it up on scopes, and turns out they are computer manipulated. It still looks so real to me.

[phesina]

The painted cats are in a book called "Why Paint Cats," by the same people who brought us "Why Cats Paint."

I got the e-mail of them from a couple of different people. The e-mails said something along the line that the custom paint jobs cost some $15,000 each and had to be redone every 3 months. I have both of the books, but I didn't see anything about $15,000 paint jobs. I thought the painted cats were done by someone who had a lot of time to spend playing with Photoshop.

In fact, I just got out my copy of the book, and I still can't find the $15,000 explanation. Actually, most of the writing in the book (in both books, in fact) is rather tongue-in-cheek. I still go with the Photoshop explanation.

You can read all about it at http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/paintedcats.asp.

Pat

[Medusa]

Hmmm...I'd feel a lot better if I knew for sure that the paintings were computer generated. I don't like the idea of painting cats. I worry that the paint might harm them. And cats are dignified creatures. (Ok, most of the time. LOL) My first reaction was that I wanted to paint that person's house like that and see what s/he thought about that!

Blessings,
Mary

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Hmmm...I'd feel a lot better if I knew for sure that the paintings were computer generated.

They do look like they're actually painted, but the author of the book admitted his wife spent hours on a paint program manipulating them. Pat added the Snopes link, it explains it all.

[Killearn Kitties]

Beautiful! I am sure that Lady Edwina is working on a stunning design as we speak!

[Barbara]

I think it is a wonderful joke and I am full of admiration for people who can work that finely with Photoshop
Of course the cats aren't really painted. Just imagine how much time it would take to paint an elaborate and very detailed pattern just on paper- Catnapper could tell you how much.
And now with a kind of haircolour- it would need long experiments to dye your hair so perfectly and in such predictable colours- and you can be sure that painting white zebra stripes on a black cat could not be reached without long experiments. (Look at what happens when a drak hair person wants to beosme a silver blonde) To have this experimental phase you would have to anesthesize the cat- because not even a cat of a more quiet type like our Lady Edwina would stay quiet that long.....
In real - it would be abuse, but as a joke it is a good one

[momcat]

These pictures are certainly unique but somehow I'm just not sure about them. It's unique and creative though.