My goodness, Tabs sure had a busy week of kitty modeling, but he turned in some top-notch performances for Urban Decay, Make Up For Ever, NARS, Smashbox and Sula Beauty.
Sometimes I complain about how much work is involved in being his professional and personal assistant/human, but I have to admit — the cat’s got game.
Hope you had a nice weekend. Tabs and I will see you again soon. 🙂
Who is Tabs the Cat? About three years ago I befriended a stray, flea-bitten tabby cat with a bad case of worms. I could see he’d fallen on hard times, but his profound knowledge of high fashion and department store cosmetics led me to believe that he was more than meets the eye. We became fast friends, and now he’s actually my boss (and a successful kitty model). 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Molly says
August 21st, 2011 at 9:11 pmLol. This is great. And thank you for the ‘intro’ to your story together!
Edith says
August 21st, 2011 at 9:13 pmHaha! Karen, your website is too much fun. I love it. Thanks for sharing Tabs and his modeling shots with us. 🙂
Sarahc says
August 21st, 2011 at 9:20 pmYay! I love the Urban Decay book! I would totally buy any palette if it came with that. It looks like Winnie the Pooh.
Karen says
August 27th, 2011 at 10:38 pmHi, Sarahc! That was exactly my inspiration for it. 🙂
I LOVE Winnie the Pooh.
Ice Queen says
August 21st, 2011 at 9:57 pmI am becoming a huge Tabs fan. 😀
My kitty was a wild boy, too. Now he rules the house. lol
terry says
August 21st, 2011 at 10:59 pmlove the cheek and nose tint… looks like he’s blushing, or flushed with happiness, LOL. looking good tabs!=D
amy says
August 21st, 2011 at 11:11 pmthe artwork in the fairy tale story is excellent. did you drew and calligraphy everything yourself?
Karen says
August 27th, 2011 at 10:35 pmHi, amy. That’s my favorite one this week. I had a lot of fun on it. I did some of the drawing, but most of it is a combination of filters and layer styles in Photoshop.
Actually, if you’re interested, here’s what I did for the UD sketches:
1. Duplicate your original photo layer and place the duplicate on top
2. Desaturate the duplicated layer
3. Duplicate the desaturated layer and place it on top
4. Invert the duplicated, desaturated layer
5. Change the layer style to color dodge (don’t worry when the image turns all white)
6. Apply a slight gaussian blur of about 1px (the sketch should appear)
7. Now draw over some of the lines with a small gray brush to exaggerate them
8. Merge all of the layers together
9. Change the layer style to multiply on top of your blank book page to knock out the white background and just show the pencil sketch lines
10. Go get froyo for dessert 🙂
Eesha says
August 21st, 2011 at 11:21 pmHehe… love Tabs’s modeling shots. 😀
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Stacey says
August 21st, 2011 at 11:26 pmLove that NARS one lol. Tabs totally knows how to work that cheek tint!
Advah says
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:30 amAwww tabby tongue!
I love that Nars one too, giant Tabs looks great! 😀 (also, have you seen that Arrested Development episode with the mole? All I can think of right now)
artemis says
August 22nd, 2011 at 2:14 amawww, so so cute! love kitties
michelle says
August 22nd, 2011 at 3:13 amabsolutely adorable 🙂 You’re such a great digital artist!
I lol’d at the cheek tint. Reminds me of when I used to accidentally kiss my cat on her nose when wearing bright lipstick 🙂
Chris25 says
August 22nd, 2011 at 7:00 amI was on the fence about the Sula Blush Tint, but if it works for Tabs, it can work for me. 😛
Nina says
August 22nd, 2011 at 7:05 amTabs you are a gorgeous kittehh! <3
Swatch And Learn says
August 22nd, 2011 at 8:23 amI love how you create these really fun images featuring Tabs. Yes, that kitty sure has got game! 😀 Hehe…”Kitty Nose & Cheek Tint” – too cute!
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Kim says
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:26 pmDid you sketch the first pics or is that a photoshop program? The shading is great and I’m very, very impressed if you did them by hand. They’re still cool either way. 🙂
Karen says
August 27th, 2011 at 10:25 pmHi, Kim. The sketch was about 70% Photoshop, 30% hand drawing to emphasize some of the lines and really give them a pencil effect using a digital tablet.
But Photoshop did most of the heavy lifting.
Alka says
August 23rd, 2011 at 5:58 amWow Karen – you’ve got some mad skills!!! That fairy tale book is incredible. 🙂 I’m also really loving “smoky” Tabs.
Aimee says
August 29th, 2011 at 8:30 pmYour blog is so fun! I love the photos of Tabs – especially with his tongue poking out a little bit.