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Pham Minh Hoàng is a self-taught freelance artist who draws inspiration from the simple and daily things in life. In his recent series "Catphabet," he captures the mischief and charm of his two cats while exploring the potential of their flexible postures and the scenarios they create. The alphabet collection features illustrations of each letter of the alphabet, showcasing the unique bond between cats and unique typography.

Hoàng's journey was initiated by embracing the disruptions caused by his cats while he was working. The artist decided to use their mischief as an inspiration for this creative project. With a letter-by-letter approach, he completed the "Catphabet" over three months.

Scroll down to see all the letter designs by Pham Minh Hoàng, created for this jolly series. Also, let us know in the comments below, which one of these cat activities could be transformed into some letters, and added to this “Catphabet”.

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Bored Panda reached out to Pham Minh Hoàng to find out more about the creative series of illustrations “Catphabet”. First, we wanted to know more about his artistic background. We asked how art came into his life and found out that: “My studying field in university was actually marketing. However, after 4 months of internship, I recognized that I did not get along well with numbers and strategy kind of things. I was more drawn to visuals, shapes, colors… so I started over by signing up for a course in graphic design, and that led me to the connections with art.” The artist has also mentioned that “I’m a self-taught artist. I mostly study from my co-workers and the internet.”

Next, we wanted to know how Pham Minh Hoàng came up with this typography series featuring cats. He told us: “The idea actually came from the daily life with my 2 cats. They will mess up my whole workplace every time I try to focus on my job. It’s annoying, to be honest, but then I realize the flexibility in their body when they play with my stuff can create unexpected shapes. ‘Haha you silly cat, you look like the letter A lying like that... Wait… So maybe you can resemble other letters too, let me try that?’”

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The artist continued: “I am a huge cat lover. I watched and played with my 2 cats every day to explore their gestures, behaviors, emotions, and pretty much anything that can spark a visual connection to a letter.”

We were wondering if Pham Minh Hoàng expected “Catphabet” to turn out this successful and for so many people to love it. The artist shared with us: “I did know that it would please some of my social media friends who also have a big love for pets, but I did not expect it to reach such a large community like Bored Panda.”

Asked if there is any upcoming project he would like to share more details about with us, Pham Minh Hoàng said: “I am not in the process of any new project right now because I am focusing on my art class until the end of this year.”

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I swear I can here the bzzzzzzzzzz, just enforcing that Z- Ness of the letter even more. Brilliant!

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Lastly, we were curious if there is anything else Pham Minh Hoàng would like to share with the Bored Panda community, and the artist told us: “I think of art as a language to communicate, and to be shared, sometimes it’s thought-triggering, sometimes it’s just pure fun, but either way, it’s the simple and daily things that work best for me.”

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Inaccurate, they should be twisting themselves into a knot trying to get to either of the two bowls they aren't in front of.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a kitty who loved to chew on a remote so much that I gave her one of her own that no longer went to anything. It became one of her toys and she even slept with it. She loved it so much that when she died I buried it with her. 😻

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