This is a my friend’s recently departed, and dearly loved cat, Milo. His fur reminded me of the amazing work of the artist Aaron Horkey, and so I did my best to emulate that style. I really struggle with my vision not being what it once was, I’m painting blurry a lot of the time, which is hard. This is a work in progress, there’s still a lot of cleanup to do, but I kinda love it.

There’s this incredible San Francisco artist named Amos Goldbaum, who does these wonderful line illustrations of different neighborhoods in the city. He’s done a few murals, including one on the side of Pinhole Coffee, and I love his style. In addition to using a really consistent line weight, he maintains this very even spacing and curve, and I think it is really beautiful. Here’s one of his neighborhood drawings: I decided to try to (respectfully, and admiringly) mimic his style, just as a way of learning more about Affinity Designer, and getting practice.