Artist Shares Her Best 40 Comics That Show What Family Life With A Feisty Cat Is Like

Bored Panda reached out to Ellen to find out a little bit more about her and her comics.

"Well, I've been making art since I was a young child, and while on lockdown, I had more time to focus on creating a comic series. We had also adopted a cat and I became obsessed with drawing her goofy expressions! I was originally quite nervous to share my art but my family gave me the boost I needed. I figured people may need a laugh during this pandemic and wanted to help people smile, then it kind of took off!"

As we mentioned previously, Ellen's comics tackle all kinds of situations but most of them involve her tabby cat. The artist's comics depict situations such as working from home with a cat (who always tries to show off in front of the camera during a Zoom call) or even putting up Christmas decorations around the house whilst waiting for them to get destroyed by the claws of the mighty feline.

We also took a chance to ask Ellen more questions. First, we asked the artist if she had any life-changing influences that might have helped her with her art and art style in general when it comes to her comics.

"My influences in life are my friends and family, they've always encouraged me to create art and are so supportive! Art-wise, I'm a big fan of Gorillaz artist Jamie Hewlett, and the guys from Penny Arcade really influenced my style (it was the first webcomic I'd ever seen)."

In case you are interested and liked the artist's work a lot, you might want to consider her Patreon page, which provides her fellow and most loyal fans and supporters with special membership roles. For example, you can get your very own personalized doodles, higher-quality art, patron-only community bonus comics as well as sketches, and any conceptual art that will later get turned into comics, ready to be posted on other platforms by Ellen herself.

Art, in any kind of form, takes a lot of time not only to practice but also to produce, therefore we asked Ellen how long it takes her to fully finish her comics.

"It takes a few hours to complete one strip from concept to final version. I add a lot of details on the coloring and shading, which is my favorite part of the design process."

Being an artist is not easy, one can easily encounter a lack of inspiration, burnout, etc, so we wanted to ask the artist about her ideas for the comics.

"The ideas are always flowing, my issue is not having enough time to draw them all! My kids and cat are a great source of comedic entertainment, they're just naturally funny and we spend a lot of time laughing in our house. I'm kind of a silly person so I tend to turn everything into a joke anyway."