I thought I might borrow a bit of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and play off of the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future as a theme for my December Art Cat posts. The surprising thing, is that when I went back through my archive to find cats of Christmas past, there were not many from which to choose! But, I did find this mysterious mound of packages being inspected by ravens from 2007.
![Pesky ravens investigate a pile of presents in the snow.](https://i0.wp.com/katzenworld.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/santa-ravens1.jpg?resize=665%2C475&ssl=1)
I wanted to show it to you because I revisit the pile of presents in this holiday image from 2014, complete with surprise attack cat. I suppose, if I wanted to play on words, this could also be Cats of Christmas Presents. Ha! Get it? Like the ghost of Christmas present? Only with cats?! Never mind…
![Christmas presents being used as a shield for a cat attack.](https://i0.wp.com/katzenworld.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/surprise-attack1.jpg?resize=665%2C452&ssl=1)
It was interesting to see how my working method has changed over time. In the earlier work, I drew individual elements like a single bird, or present, and scanned them into Photoshop to arrange the composition. So, the final image only exists as a digital. But, the newer work, the one with the cats, is a fully realized illustration before it gets scanned. Any digital manipulation is only to make the color accurate to the original.
Anyway, I digress. To see more of my arty cats, visit me at Art is not for Sissies. Happy Holidays! See you in future with your Friday Art Cat.