I found this image on the world wide web and i noticed it was quite amazing to look at and i really liked the way the cat is presented. The character is Felix the cat one of Walt Disneys very old characters. i had a thought about using this and was thinking to myself i could use this in my project so i started to sketch the figure.
Using my sketch pencils i came up with this. the bandage was to show the animal being hurt but later when i scanned this into photoshop i realised i could do so much more. So i scanned this image into photoshop and went over the image in black paint brush and did the outline etc then i made the body out of scratch, i came up with this.
I then went onto Experement with this particular idea and added things into the picture that i thought resembled cruelty.
Using Google i found intresting cartoon shaped bones and organs and using this i added it into my design but in a unique way. this is what i came up with.
As you can see there is only a minor change but i have made the picture fit in more with the Design against fur as his entire ear is ripped off but in a cartoon styled way. i then decided to add to this and using google i found a cartoon heart and a few pipes and fitted them into his chest like so.
As you can see the Cartoon has now got suffering and miesery inside of him. I like this as Its another way to express cruelty but in a more immature way and not so serious as some people don't like too serious things they would just walk away etc.
I decided to write some text in to see if it would make the point more clear and understandable for the person wearing the t shirt.
When i was looking at a artist called David Carson, i liked the way he used the text fonts and sizes in his final pieces so played around with the font a tiny bit and made the bottom line of text smaller than the top so it gives a artistic effect.
Using photoshop i played around with the image properties and gave the cat a drop shadow with a blurry background, i used black as it is a colour that in media colour coordinates mystery, same as the red in the eye but red colour coordinates suffering, pain, anger and violence
I saw a tool in Photoshop called gradient and i wondered what it did so i used it and tweaked the colours and came up with this.
Again using the same tool i repeated the pattern and got this rainbow effect.
I Decided the gradient shape i was using was to over the top so i went for a coloured square and put the gradient in and if you look to the right of the picture its a lovely little spiral of colours which also fills the background with colours from the spiral which i think gives a brilliant effect of bright colour and light to the picture.