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On the seventh of May 2020, my dear cat Nintu passed away. He was nearly 14 years old had lived his life the fullest… The phrase “the brightest flame burns quickest” (one of my fav quotes from Metallica) fitted Nintu very well. He even reached a rather old age for his breed (although our Oriental Longhaired cat Neo is still alive and 16 ears old now) and he had gone through quite a lot.

See here more photos and pieces of him.

I have peace with his passing but I still miss him . He lived with my parents in the Netherlands (while I moved to Norway 11 years ago) and it still feels strange to come back and not meet Nintu again. But he was and is a young and adventurous soul, so I believe that he’s already on his next journey to new adventures and that’s what I wanted to draw here, symbolically.

Drawn traditionally on Arches cold pressed fine grain 300g/cm 26x36 cm water colour paper with Royal Thalens liquid water colours (that I adopted from my mom, so these paints are like… 40 years old or something), some white gouache and a tiny bit of pencil (Faber Castell Polychromos).I’m enjoying this traditional art a lot but I still feel a bit clumsy with the material.

Anyway I was quite inspired by one of my favourite artists ever; Khaosdog. They were one of the first artists whom I followed when I joined DA back in 2007. Khaosdog left DA a while ago but their friend is still around. However, I’ve found their work again on Tumblr and I felt inspired to do more traditional art again and experiment with the glow magic that is typical for their work. See here; www.tumblr.com/khaosdog

Art by me. Don't copy/use without my permission

Description

On the seventh of May 2020, my dear cat Nintu passed away. He was nearly 14 years old had lived his life the fullest… The phrase “the brightest flame burns quickest” (one of my fav quotes from Metallica) fitted Nintu very well. He even reached a rather old age for his breed (although our Oriental Longhaired cat Neo is still alive and 16 ears old now) and he had gone through quite a lot.

See here more photos and pieces of him.

I have peace with his passing but I still miss him . He lived with my parents in the Netherlands (while I moved to Norway 11 years ago) and it still feels strange to come back and not meet Nintu again. But he was and is a young and adventurous soul, so I believe that he’s already on his next journey to new adventures and that’s what I wanted to draw here, symbolically.

Drawn traditionally on Arches cold pressed fine grain 300g/cm 26x36 cm water colour paper with Royal Thalens liquid water colours (that I adopted from my mom, so these paints are like… 40 years old or something), some white gouache and a tiny bit of pencil (Faber Castell Polychromos).I’m enjoying this traditional art a lot but I still feel a bit clumsy with the material.

Anyway I was quite inspired by one of my favourite artists ever; Khaosdog. They were one of the first artists whom I followed when I joined DA back in 2007. Khaosdog left DA a while ago but their friend is still around. However, I’ve found their work again on Tumblr and I felt inspired to do more traditional art again and experiment with the glow magic that is typical for their work. See here; www.tumblr.com/khaosdog

Art by me. Don't copy/use without my permission