Before we dive into Nicole’s art and life story, let’s briefly touch upon the history of ACEOs. The acronym stands for Art Cards, Editions & Originals. They refer to original artworks or prints that are 2.5″ x 3.5″ inches in size, the standard size of a sports trading card. ACEO was first coined by an…
Yes, it feels like every alternate artist we feature is Japanese. But in our defense, they are the masters of kawaii. And today, we’re prepared to back it up with hard evidence. Dōitashimashite. Konatsu is a freelance illustrator who mainly draws cute animals, produces Sofubi or sofvi (more on that later), and also holds solo…
The cat and coffee lover in your life will appreciate everything on this list. The products featured here are relatively inexpensive so you can combine as many of them as you like to make the perfect gift set. This post was first published in November 2020. We’ve updated it in April 2021 to include 6…
Jamie Morath creates her art pieces like a jigsaw puzzle, where she cuts out the acrylic and water-colored images piece by piece and then assembles them to form a larger image. The cats and dogs are the final images to be cut and pasted on her collages, then she completes the process by adding the…
Yuko Higuchi is a Tokyo based artist who is known for her dreamlike and surreal illustrations. Her unique style of combining cute and fantasy elements bordering on creepy is known as ‘dark kawaii’ and has garnered her a large fanbase. Although she is most often associated with cat illustrations, she paints a wide variety of…
Anne Mortimer has been painting and illustrating animals for more than thirty years, and she shows no signs of slowing down. Although her fame is mainly due to her cat illustrations, she can (and has!) painted pretty much any creature including butterflies, foxes, swans, hares, deer and birds just to name a few. She also…
Louis Wain was born in London on August 5th, 1860, to an upper class family and grew up right in the middle period of the Victorian era. He was the eldest child and only son with 5 sisters. His mother was of French descent and his English father was a textile trader and embroiderer who…
Today, we cast our keen cat-eyes over to South Korea to check out the cat-themed illustrations of Roniatto, who has about 1k plus followers over the span of 100 posts on Instagram. We’ve picked our favorites to share with you below, so enjoy! Check out Roniatto’s Marpple merchandise store here, where at the time of…
Amelia Rizky is an Indonesian artist who draws digital watercolors (and animations) of cats based off real photos and cat memes. She takes private commissions and you can contact her via her Instagram DM and moniker – watercatlor. She also has official merchandise such as T-shirts and tote bags here. With 459 posts and 222k…
We know it’s not often that Cats & Collectibles makes a list of disposal items such as cocktail napkins, but check these out before you judge us. These napkins will really add that extra touch to your dinner parties, or when you just have a friend over for coffee (if that is even possible where…