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Flynn the Cat: Art and Other Obsessions

Welcome to my Profile lens. This page lists all my art sites, blogs and shops, as well as my other lenses created to date - for my own convenience and for anyone who wants to contact me.

This first page is about me, and my artworks and art lenses - See my fantasy art, my nature paintings and my photography. Get free wallpapers and earn a commission by promoting my Zazzle store.

For more about ArtRage (my painting program) see the All About ArtRage Lens
For other DeviantArtragers, visit ArtRage Artists on DeviantArt
For my other lenses, from Buffy, to Tuis, to Squidoo Answerdeck lenses, to Invisible Cupcake recipes, see this page.

If you want to join Squidoo, and leave em a comment (or make your own page!) then please do!

It's probably the messiest of all my lenses, because I just throw new links, lenses, articles and pictures onto it in a hurry. The pages need a lot of re-organising and interlinking, but hopefully you'll manage to find your way around.

Some of my artwork

<a href="http://flynn-the-cat.deviantart.com/art/Negative-Space-126935673">Negative Space</a><br />
June 24, 2009<br />
Artrage

<a href="http://flynn-the-cat.deviantart.com/art/Negative-Space-126935673">Negative Space</a>
June 24, 2009
Artrage

<a href="">Leia in Pencils</a>
October 25, 2009

Prismacolor pencils and moleskine sketchbook

<a href="http://flynn-the-cat.deviantart.com/art/Suddenly-122563920">Suddenly</a>
May 15, 2009
ArtRage

<a href="http://flynn-the-cat.deviantart.com/art/Symbolic-Flows-96094023">Symbolic Flows</a>
August 27, 2008
Artrage

<a href="http://flynn-the-cat.deviantart.com/art/Tui-Feeding-139683979">tui feeding On Cherry Blossoms</a>
October 10, 2009
ArtRage

<a href="http://www.squidoo.com/new-zealand-native-bird-the-tui">more about the tui bird</a>

<a href="http://flynn-the-cat.deviantart.com/art/Waterborn-80762864">Waterborn</a>
March 23, 2008
ArtRage

<a href="http://flynn-the-cat.deviantart.com/art/YinYang-111166569">Yin Yang</a>
January 30, 2009
ArtRage

<a href="http://flynn-the-cat.deviantart.com/art/Buffy-Portrait-Practice-145557052">Buffy: Portrait practice</a>

Sarah Michelle Gellar, as Buffy Summers, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
December 2009
ArtRage Studio Pro

Flynn (the) Cat's Fanpage on Facebook

The first page is full of stuff!

Long Tailed Field Mouse by Flynn_the_Cat
Create your own promotional keychain on zazzle

Some of my Paintings
Flynn (the) Cat's Fanpage on Facebook
Five Random Lenses

My Lensographies and Newest Lenses
Recent SquidCasts I've Sent Out
Art is hard work

See what I've written

Most of my lenses are on ArtRage (and/or Art); Terry Pratchett (and a few other books and webcomics) and random things that interested me, or I know about. Here's a quick sampling...

My Lensographies and Newest Lenses

Collections of Lenses by Subject

As I'm starting to get so many lenses, I'm having to create separate pages to list them!

Recent SquidCasts I've Sent Out

Which Squidoo lenses have been created or significantly updated lately?

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Art is hard work

And pencils are tiring on the wrists

moar funny pictures

Almost all the pictures I use on my lenses are mine - because I want to, and because it's less of a copyright worry! If you are trying to track down a specific one, please ask!

Sprouting Wings - An Angel Hatches

I'm Just Flying Through...

I've been honoured by being made a SquidAngel in October-December 2009 and again, in September 2010
...I never did paint an actual 'Angel' picture! :D

And finally: I am the Squid Angel for the Marine Life subtopic in 2011!

If I've blessed you, I'd love it if you added the lens or lenses - I'd like to have a record,it will give you a tiny bit of promotion and people can see what kinds of lenses I have blessed.

Giant Strides and Purple Stars

I made Giant Squid! And Purple Stars!

I made Giant Squid in the 31st December, 2009 intake with 54 lenses.

And I was awarded a Purple Star on

my lens about the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, on 24/01/2010!

And on my marvellous and highly serious recipe lens Invisible Cupcake Decoration on 19/04/2010!

my lens about Introducing Your Cats To Each Other on 9th July, 2010

...and finally, on my Dermographism (the 'skin writing' allergy) on 18th July, 2010!

My Summer Sunshine Lenses

These were made for the Summer Sunshine Charity Contest - Nominations Appreciated! :D

I want to thank whoever nominated and chose my lenses - it was a lovely surprise!

How To Introduce Your Cats To Each Other was a Sunshine Award Winner on 8th July
My Scrap-book Sketches was a Sunshine Award Winner on the 3rd August!

For more Summer Sunshine Lenses, visit this lens

Want to use My Art on a Lens?

Then read on!

If you'd like to use my art to decorate your lenses, you are very welcome.

How?

Zazzle

One way is to feature my Zazzle items and use them.

That's pretty basic - you don't have to ask, although I'd be very happy to hear about it. If you want something specific, and want it to be on Zazzle in order to get referral sales, feel free to contact me, and I'll make or find it for you (with a very few exceptions - e.g. fanart I obviously cannot sell).

Uploaded Images
You are free to use any of my images on your lenses, with the caveat that you credit me and link back (the credit can be the link). Whether you link to this (or one of my art lenses) or to the original on DeviantART I do not mind.
If you need a specific format or cropped version, contact me and I will be happy to provide.

I will not send print quality files, for obvious reasons ^_^ - but am very happy to help otherwise.

Other
Got another way in mind? Go ahead and suggest it!

My Art Lenses

My artwork, by subject matter

For mermaids and cats and other topical paintings, see the lenses below for all my artwork! (and - in case of the Elf Posters one, other people's artwork as well)

I obviously have a lot more, these just happened to be the areas I've organised and compiled lenses for, so far.

My Artwork: Zazzle and RedBubble

Traditional, mermaids, birds, dragons, fanart, realism...

Flynn the Cat's Fantasy Art Stores: Original, unique and colourful fantasy paintings on Zazzle or RedBubble

A sample of some of my work available for sale is displayed blow!. Feel free to browse around, and if you like the look of something - feel even freer to buy it!

If you prefer RedBubble to buy art from; I sell cards and prints from there (it's more Fine Art orientated - no badges or cups or postcards or postage and is based in Australia) and they have very good quality t-shirts and stickers! They are who I order my own stuff from, as I can't afford to ship from the USA with Zazzle.

You can see the batch of stickers I ordered here:

I also suffer from internet issues and distractions and don't upload /make everything I could with my art - if you are interested in anything specific, be it picture or product, feel very free to say so. All my work is in my DeviantART gallery, but most of it isn't uploaded as a print file... ^_^

Flynn the Cat on Zazzle

Paintings and designs in my Zazzle gallery

Flynn the Cat's Designs and Paintings on Zazzle

My Lenses: Resources for Artists

Blessed By An Angel

The Best Art Lenses on Squidoo

TinEye

Free Wallpapers

Download some of my art to keep your desktop company!

The below are free wallpapers from my artwork.

Not for commercial use.
Click through to the DeviantART page, then click 'Download' up on the right.

A Matter of Moleskines: My Drawing Book

My favourite sketchbook

Latley I've started using a Moleskine, and I have to admit I love it. The paper is strong and smooth and easy to draw on, the creamy yellow creates a nicer effect than plain white, and it holds up well when coloured.

They have ruled and grid and watercolour versions, as well as a variety of sizes, but it costs so much in New Zealand ($40) that I have to make the most of what I have! A larger one would be nice, but I couldn't carry it around with me easily.
Here are some recent examples of my moleskine work:

All within the last couple of months, using plain pencils (F and 2B) and Prismacolors. Colour differences are due to scanning issues and colour balance errors. The pale yellow ones (e.g, the Leia portrait) are the most accurate.

And below is the one I use.

Moleskine Sketchbook Large

by: Moleskine

Amazon Price: $12.56 (as of 02/13/2012)

Some other people's opinions:

"I use the Moleskine Sketchbook as a journal. I often like to adhere mementos to the pages, as well as draw diagrams and sketches, so I prefer the unlined, archival pages. Additionally, I am a bit touchy about ink showing through the back of the page, and find the thick pages of the sketchbook adequate for even a fine Sharpie. The pocket at the back is handy for odd receipts and such, and the elastic keeps larger notes in place. Also, I admit I get a cheap OCD thrill from the uniform line of perfect black books on the bookcase. And they smell divine."

"The Moleskine sketchbook is a pleasure to draw in. It has very heavy, creamy smooth paper, much heavier than the Moleskine blank journal. The paper takes all dry media (pens, graphite, charcoal, pastels) well with no bleed through on pens and markers. There is some bleed through on drawing ink. If you want to use wet media, get the Moleskine watercolor sketchbook instead."

"As a designer, needless to say I sketch a lot. Inspiration is found everywhere around me and this sized Moleskine notebook is incredible to carry around.

How so? It's lightweight, the cover is great, the band to keep it closed is a lifesaver for keeping my pages clean & flat, the stock is wonderful for sketching in, and I use the folder inside on the back page to keep plane tickets, foreign currencies, and whatever else I find inspiring. A very famous designer first introduced me to these notebooks and told me he used nothing else. I bought my first one 3 years ago and never looked back.

Also, if you are traveling and are seeking a travel journal- the Moleskin travel journals are incredible. They have maps, locations, linguistics, sketch pages, lined pages, a folder and more... Moleskine City Notebook Paris (Moleskine City Pocket Book)

These notebooks were the legendary notebook used for the past two centuries by great artists and thinkers, including Van Gogh, Picasso, Hemingway and Chatwin... and hopefully by you soon. You won't regret it."

Awards and Recognition

Significant successes with my art

A Fish For My Sister - surreal underwater green, little black cat, and golden fish.

First Place in NZ Art Contest

Creation by =Flynn-the-cat on deviant ART

First place in the Youthline Art contest for 2009, in the over 18 category, for the theme of 'Identity'.

My Daily Deviation on DeviantART

Foam: Stock by =Flynn-the-cat
Daily Deviation, 2009-03-30
TimeFalcon said Foam: Stock by =Flynn-the-cat This image is not only a beautiful photograph, but generously offered as free stock by the artist! It really gets the imagination flowing, and creates the perfect background/setting for fantasy artists. (Suggested by =TimeFalcon and Featured by ^Hanratty-Stock)

My Homepage Feature on RedBubble

Careless by Flynnthecat

Today's Best Awards on Zazzle

Earn a Commission!

Promote my Zazzle store!

Promote My Gallery: If you like my products and store, feel free to feature them on your Facebook page, or blog and earn 7% commission. Promote My Gallery: User Name: flynn_the_cat

You can promote as many artists as you like - although I'd obviously appreciate you including me!

Conventions and Shows

Selling my art in the Real World

While I started out online, and most of my work is sold here through sites such as Zazzle and RedBubble, I've also begun attending conventions. There aren't many choices on offer, but in 2009 I had a stall at Doujin Overload, July, and was on the DeviantART stall at Auckland Armageddon, October.

In 2010 the newly organised and revitalised DrawfestNZ group (previously the DeviantART stall at Armageddon) had some of my posters available (along with other artists who couldn't make it) - below are some photos of the artists who WERE at Christchurch, and a lot of my posters (*beams with pride*).

I did make it to the Doujin Overload 2010 (after various family disasters that meant I couldn't get any new printing done - luckily I had enough left-overs that I did fairly well). And I intend to be at this year's Auckland Armageddon, sharing a stall with Arkillian.

Reviews, Interviews and Random Appearances

Tat2 T's: Interview with designer Flynn the cat: A short interview, in which I daresay I rambled and wrote too much, at 2am in the morning.

Interview with Flynn the cat

What inspired you to start designing tee shirts?
T-Shirts aren't my main product - I started off simply painting pictures. I started painting because I've always drawn, I've always had too many ideas and wanted to capture sweeps of line and curves of colour - and because I see things, and they give me ideas...
The Zazzle Reviewer: Flynn the cat: Another Zazzle Reviewing Blog I managed to be first to reply to! (there's now ten or so waiting on each, I believe)

This is more of a review, with a short, mad introduction from yours truly, and some brief discussion of three of my most popular (at the time) products.
A short read, worth investigating.
The Official Squidoo Blog: Blog Archive: Interview with Flynn_the_Cat: You bet, and today's interview is with Flynn_the_Cat. Since joining in October 2008, Flynn has covered both the sciences and the arts in a variety of niche topics. Flynn's oldest lens is ArtRage Painting. ...

Why do people expect artists to be able to write?

A little background on myself. I promise no honesty.

Began plotting world takeover around age 5, but soon realised that the number of competitors made this unfeasible and ostensibly changed future goals to being Robin Hood, in order to pick off my rivals while undercover.
Part of this plot involved moving to New Zealand, when I was ten, and then I utilised my super-secret skills to completely fail to lose my English Accent (insert Men In Tights quote here).
Spent my school years covered in paint, buried in a book, occasionally at different times and was thereafter known as 'that one with the book and the hair' (see the brilliance of my disguise? You all thought I was sane.)

At some point I failed to achieve anything higher than a very rare 'Merit' in art and completely failed to get into a Fine Arts degree, so I gave up on life and did a BSc as filler, in hope of one day getting a job in Burger King. Halfway through my first year, I discovered I could do Marine Biology and seized on this excuse for scuba diving. Concurrently with this, I set out to actually learn to draw properly. This was stalled when I ran out of floor space and leftover acrylics around the same time... at which point I turned to an obscure and little known painting program known as ArtRage and spent every night for the next two years painting on my computer (and putting it all online - DeviantART was a huge boost here; see Flynn-the-cat on DeviantART. Actually, just search 'flynn-the-cat' and every art site it brings up is probably me)

I mostly draw fantasy things, females, dragons, animals, abstract stuff, and have a lot of trouble NOT painting with lots of colours. More recently, I've started painting a lot more realism (animals, people) as gifts. Occasionally get blackmailed into creating Amnesty posters (you may have seen them around this and last year - yes, I like the candles.) Actively trying different subjects and art styles and work almost entirely on whim - if I get bored, that's it, painting is finished, and initial sketch bears NO resemblance to the finished work. Also, I cannot sketch for the life of me - I am the original messy drawer).
And now? Now I can draw faces, so I finally consider myself an artist. An artist on the prowl... for minions in my future rule. Oh, and illustration jobs. And just, generally money. I sell prints and cards and things.

New Zealand based? Most of the printing sites are based overseas and I doubt anyone wants to pay US dollars at the moment (...not that I object, mark you), so if you want any prints or posters from me, send me a request.
Awards and Recognition

Biology and Writing

(insert 'science' for 'biology' at will)

All Biologists must have a thorough grounding in their language, (ie English); be aware of the endless shades of meaning, themes, appropriateness of metaphors, apparent contexts, possible interpretations by various readers. - To prevent the casual misuse of phrases and descriptions, create awareness of the varied and differently emphasised, the difficult, interpretations by the general population, by dissenters, the objectionable and bigots, the uneducated, that can seize on rigid-seeming reasoning and phrasing, quibble over details, fail to fully comprehend the intentions of the writing, and the gullible student,inflexibly indoctrinated and pursuing a wholly erroneous interpretation, wasting time, intelligence, resources, and creating arbitary divisions within the field of science, and meaningless, undermining, challenges to credibility and theories.

Recent Submissions from Flynn-the-Cat on Deviantart

A daily update from my gallery: my featured deviations

...not my most recent, unless I feature them. Need to find the correct RSS for that.

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My Traditional Art

Pencils, pastels and paint artworks from my DeviantART gallery

I don't have many traditional works from the last three years, but I've recently begun drawing and painting again. One downside is that pencils take time!

Traditional Pencil Drawings

Prismacolor pencils

Since quite recently (December 2008 onwards) I have been drawing on black paper, using prismacolour pencils.

Graphite pencils
A birthday card for my brother ^_^
I don't sketch much with 'plain' pencil, because I'm too messy a drawer.

Pastels
An experiment, to see if I still could, and how they worked on black paper. I think I'll do more...

Acrylics and watercolours
These two are quite old - pre-DeviantART gallery, to be exact. The first is watercolour paint, and watercolour Faber Castell pencils; the second is acrylics and a tint added in some basic photo-editor...
I have a lot more old acrylics to scan, some of them are even worth it.

Some of my Paintings
Flynn (the) Cat's Fanpage on Facebook
Five Random Lenses

My Lensographies and Newest Lenses
Recent SquidCasts I've Sent Out
Art is hard work

Portal is one the greatest games in the history of video gaming

Answer Deck and Squidoo Related Lenses

Hopefully helpful lenses for Squidooers

Both the first two lenses are now 'official' Answer Deck lenses.

The Lord of the Rings on Facebook Collaboration

A parody of Lord of the Rings

This is a collaboration with my sister - she wrote the stories, and I put them onto lenses and edited and tidied and added lots of fiddly coding to make them look right...

Science: Health and Nature Lenses

Lesnes about medical conditions, biology, trees and birds...

Humour and Debate Lenses

What's your opinion?

Trivia and Odd Fact Lenses

Recent SquidCasts I've Sent Out
Flynn the Cat on Facebook
Flynn the Cat: Blogspot
My Top [insert number here] Best Reviewer Articles
My Info Barrel Articles
Places To Find Me
Follow Me On Twitter
Have I Blessed You?
How Many Lenses Do I Have?
About Me

Flynn the Cat on Facebook

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Flynn the Cat: Blogspot

My Blog: Fantasy, life, art, and Randomness

This sat neglected for a very long time, but in mid-2010 I picked it up again, and have been posting regularly and very randomly ever since. Book reviews, SEO, strange videos, musings, Squidoo blessings, photography, Zazzle, and random linkage may all attack at random. I also talk about my cat quite regularly!

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My Top [insert number here] Best Reviewer Articles

Another, rather fun, site!

I like making lists - and this site lets me hopefully get paid for it! (via AdSense) Better yet, I can link to several different people's lenses and rack up my karma points ... I mean, make a better article, without feeling that I'm short-changing my own promotion!

Flynn the Cat's Art: where to find me

Flynn the Cat: Art and Other Obsessions

Contents at a Glance

Contents at a Glance

Some of my Paintings

Some of my artwork

Table of Contents

The first page is full of stuff!

Five Random Lenses

See what I've written

My Lensographies and Newest Lenses

Collections of Lenses by Subject

Recent SquidCasts I've Sent Out

Which Squidoo lenses have been created or significantly updated lately?

Art is hard work

And pencils are tiring on the wrists

Sprouting Wings - An Angel Hatches

I'm Just Flying Through...

Giant Strides and Purple Stars

I made Giant Squid! And Purple Stars!

My Summer Sunshine Lenses

These were made for the Summer Sunshine Charity Contest - Nominations Appreciated! :D

Want to use My Art on a Lens?

Then read on!

My Art Lenses

My artwork, by subject matter

My Artwork: Zazzle and RedBubble

Traditional, mermaids, birds, dragons, fanart, realism...

Flynn the Cat on Zazzle

Paintings and designs in my Zazzle gallery

My Lenses: Resources for Artists

Free Wallpapers

Download some of my art to keep your desktop company!

A Matter of Moleskines: My Drawing Book

My favourite sketchbook

Awards and Recognition

Significant successes with my art

Earn a Commission!

Promote my Zazzle store!

Conventions and Shows

Selling my art in the Real World

Reviews, Interviews and Random Appearances

Why do people expect artists to be able to write?

A little background on myself. I promise no honesty.

Biology and Writing

(insert 'science' for 'biology' at will)

Recent Submissions from Flynn-the-Cat on Deviantart

A daily update from my gallery: my featured deviations

My Traditional Art

Pencils, pastels and paint artworks from my DeviantART gallery

Table of Contents

My Portal Lenses

Portal is one the greatest games in the history of video gaming

Answer Deck and Squidoo Related Lenses

Hopefully helpful lenses for Squidooers

The Lord of the Rings on Facebook Collaboration

A parody of Lord of the Rings

Science: Health and Nature Lenses

Lesnes about medical conditions, biology, trees and birds...

Humour and Debate Lenses

What's your opinion?

Trivia and Odd Fact Lenses

Table of Contents

Flynn the Cat on Facebook

Flynn the Cat: Blogspot

My Blog: Fantasy, life, art, and Randomness

My Top [insert number here] Best Reviewer Articles

Another, rather fun, site!

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