Who comes first, your partner or your pet? In the latest issue of The Cat magazine that I’m currently working on, regular contributor John Walker writes about his recent marriage and how his wife now has to figure out the hierarchy of the house in which his cat, Dexter, is always on top. I’m rather chuffed with how the illustration came out, particularly the smug look on Dexter’s face.

Here’s a piece from the latest issue of The Cat magazine in which a cat called Elmo is remembered for number of things including being a fetching scarf for his owner. I had a cat who liked to sit around my neck too which I thought was very cute. His ascent to my neck by clawing up my back wasn’t so cute however…

The price of vet bills can be horrendous if the unthinkable happens. A reader submitted article was published in a recent issue of The Cat magazine covering this subject. The illustration above is actually a pre-edited version as it still contains the contents of the cat’s stomach, something I was asked to remove just in case it was over the line!

You may have already seen the animated gif I posted last week but this is the illustration from where the little padding puss originated. It was for an advert that asked readers to find a black cat among the many potential adopters and soon after became an online banner. Both of which were to promote today’s black cat awareness day - a project I’ve been involved with quite a bit hence all my recent posts about it!

If you’re not sick of me talking about it and own a black cat yourself, head on over to the official site and join in the merriment! I’ll stop going on about it now…

Cats Protection are in the midst of organising a big online social event to raise awareness of the often overlooked black cat and I was asked to produce artwork for banners and adverts. This little guy above can be seen on the official CP black cat page - that is if you can find him… And if you own a black cat, you can help be a part of the campaign too which kicks off next Thursday! Check out the official page for more info.

Here’s another piece from the Autumn edition of The Cat magazine for an article covering the runners up of CP’s writing competition. Written by Louise Treleaven, Who Killed King Rat? poetically tells the tale of a rather large rodent who met his demise by a surprising adversary.

The Autumn issue of The Cat magazine should now be on coffee tables across the nation and in this issue’s Making Memories section, one reader regales CP with the story of Harry who loved to spend time in allotments, chasing foxes and enjoying the sun. I’m not sure whether Harry would have posed so perfectly among the vegetables like how I’ve drawn him but it made for a nice image regardless.

P.s. Click on the image if you’d like to see it larger.

I thought I’d posted this image long ago but I guess I didn’t. It was originally drawn in the Summer of 2009 for The Cat magazine when the article described a cat as having the grace of a ballerina. I was quite chuffed as to how the ribbon turned out and the overall composition actually plus it’s quite different from the my usual style of drawing.