The Ugly Cat Studio Story The Studio is named for my childhood cat Russell, who for the record, was not ugly at all! When I was 17 or 18, I made a quick doodle of Russell while he was sleeping on the couch. My mom kept it on a pin board in the kitchen, and for years I recalled the drawing fondly. Far too many years and approximately one pandemic later, when I decided to finally take the leap and start selling my own illustrations to the world, my mother produced the 'ugly cat' drawing I had made so long before. She'd kept it for all that time, and even gotten it framed! And now Russell serves as the inspiration, mascot, and logo of the Ugly Cat Studio. All the artwork at the Ugly Cat is original, illustrated by me. No AI generated content and no mass market cookie cutter designs here, no sir! Every single illustration is a painstaking labor of love, directly from the pen of the artist.
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The Ugly Cat Studio Story The Studio is named for my childhood cat Russell, who for the record, was not ugly at all! When I was 17 or 18, I made a quick doodle of Russell while he was sleeping on the couch. My mom kept it on a pin board in the kitchen, and for years I recalled the drawing fondly. Far too many years and approximately one pandemic later, when I decided to finally take the leap and start selling my own illustrations to the world, my mother produced the 'ugly cat' drawing I had made so long before. She'd kept it for all that time, and even gotten it framed! And now Russell serves as the inspiration, mascot, and logo of the Ugly Cat Studio. All the artwork at the Ugly Cat is original, illustrated by me. No AI generated content and no mass market cookie cutter designs here, no sir! Every single illustration is a painstaking labor of love, directly from the pen of the artist.
