Fun work... I for one haven't drawn anything with a pencil in years... ok, maybe a few weeks ago when I did the Ranpha cartoon for the lab door in my last few pages... then again, if it sells.?! have a good one!

I was believing you - then again you may still be right about what sells lol Cool sketch - now one of my sketches would look like it was made by a 4 year old - I've seen some our your digital paintings and I know you are a good artist Nicely done RodS!

I'm sure your 'sh...' sentence would have finished as 'shear viewing pleasure?' LOL! What a marvelous talent you have displayed and a supremely lucrative art market as well! I'm glad you found you niche! Congratulations! What an amazing work of art for the ages! Well done!

yupp.. even the TOP standard media Pinup artists sell not well anymore.. many of them that are left have gone to movie tribute or damn super hero crap.. that done in standard medium so folks can buy an original sell.. prints of any real art don't sell any more hardly at all.. thank the internet! Too easy to "steal one and make your own print.. why I have not and will not waste my time doing any standard medium any more for many years. and as an aside.. the only folks interested in 3D art are others that mess around in 3d art.. and they will comment at places like this.. of how good they think something is.. but.. they never have and never will purchase others (other 3d artists) prints.. If they see and idea they like they are most likely just going to try and reproduce something similar themselves. the sad state graphic of Art now a days Only one way to make any $$$ in 3d and that's to put up with all the garbage involved in being a vender to all the others who can't model but want to be a 3d artist

Yeah, I imagine Vargas has turned over in his grave a few times.... 🤔

Oh! Oh!! ART!!, ART!!! (But your signature needs to be more mangy.). 😻

If you're in this for the money. . . you really do need help (LOL). Don't quit your day job. . . oh, I'm sorry, you are retired, correct? All kidding aside, Rod, your point is well taken. Frankly, I can't wait until I'm dead. . . Then my stuff will be worth millions (LOL).

Yep - day job is history... Now I sit around and do stuff like this! 😜

THIS needs to hang in an upscale gallery, Like Manhatten or Soho! I see a lot of work went into the creation of this masterpiece.

Excellent work, Rod.

The most upscale this will likely get is Sid's Garage... 🤣😂

Looks amazing, Rod!! This should be hanging on a wall... in some asylum... where noone bothers to straighten up the pictures hanging on the wall. Keep up the awesome work!

LOL! Very nicely done, and if the Louvre is full, maybe the Met will want it.

awesome!

;-)

Anyone with a cat that wirey should be thinking seriously about de-clawing !!!! Just sayin' !!!

Cool work on the logo !!!

lol, great freaked-out and slightly mangey Kat! He/she's slightly shocked, I think, that he's being viewed by the world. Love this guy's expression, and hairiness, and those long cat's nails. Plus your annotations lol. (Can I call them that?) And I notice that you call this image "a piece of sh.....", and then call it a competition with ME (lol): THANKS JACK! I appreciate the COMPLIMENT, lol!!! (Did RS just call me a piece of sh....???) Seriously, no child could draw this, it's too complex and characterful...you can post these gems anytime. They show yet another side to your multi-talent.

As for what sells on cups, pillows, etc: I've never been good at predicting markets; but you know, part of it could be that people want designs on pillows that, however bold, stay in the 'background'; and it may be that your images are just too rich and complex to sit well on a mug or pillow. Just my thought. Mugs usually have simpler designs, and pillows often have patterns: Maybe your work is too multi-layered, with many hues and lights, etc, to feel comfortable on a throw pillow---as opposed to in full image, where they of course shine. In any case, I'm sorry they didn't take off the way you wanted (on household objects). Hell, look at greeting cards: Cartoons swept that market years back! Boynton, Larson, even Schulz (of Peanuts). And when you consider how cats-playing-the-piano swept YouTube, one can understand how potent they are. When I designed cards years back, paintings didn't go over nearly as well as designs or simpler drawings. Maybe that applies to pillows, I don't know. But hey, a great marketer I've never been, so I'm just musing. I just wish you everything you can get, as your talent deserves it.

Oh, and I love the watermark! (Picasso would sign a cartoon on a napkin, and, voila: It was worth millions! May it happen to you, Sir R.) Delightful upload. Now feed that cat, it's NOT having a good day...

Naw, man.... See, Rad-Dude has it right... "SHeer viewing pleasure" Really.. 😆🤣😄😂

Lol...this is great and a good laugh. You are so multi-talented, Rod.

The world is so bizarre any more, it's hard to tell what 'the buying public' wants. And lets face it, most artists are not marketeers - they're artists. So do it all, do what you want. It's all good.

That is one cool piece of work Rod. Indeed different my friend. Unlike you I'm not multi talented, could never ever draw worth a hoot but your work is outstanding. Hope the very best bro.

Well, Rod, it does look like you've found your niche in the world of "art." Your kitty extraordinaire shall go down in history... Kidding aside, this is such a fun piece, and actually quite well done...Thanks for the laugh--heaven knows these days not much laughing going around...

It's was too funny to read that !! Thanks for the laugh, Rod !!

i think that 8th cup of coffee, helped......love the rawness to it, think its great you really should do more.....!!!

Super funny story, cuts me out of my Shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In my opinion your drawing should hang directly in the Lovere near Picassio pictures.LOL

noooooooo!!!!!!!!!

I have no clue what appeals to people at any given time. Even here, with my own images, things I'm proud of barely get comments/ratings but things that are eh... get loads of attention. Go figure. Your kitty is funny and one of a kind and maybe that's why people react to hand-drawn things? I dunno, maybe we all need to save childhood artwork.

Well Rod, this one definitely gave me a smile. As for what sells, that is hard to say from time to time. What everyone keeps telling me is finding the right audience for your work is key.

Well, I love my audience here whether they buy anything or not! 😁💖

Cute! I hope it does well

Damn, this was a joke, i wanted to buy that, lol, excellent work.

very humorous and better than some posted here in the past. I was stupid and volunteered to replace the rope on a cat scratch post thing. I wanted to take it home to work on a table, but 2 were voting against me. wanted the piece of junk fixed there. like I was going to let Bodie have his way with it. at 75 it is much harder working on concrete and trying to wind the ropes tightly while on the floor

It always bugs the hell out of me when you volunteer your time and skills, and people start making all kinds of demands, and making it harder for you to do what you volunteered to do. I've had that happen several times - and in each case that was the last time...

At 71, I don't even like crawling around on the floor to connect stuff to computers.. 😜

Very cute and funny cartoon sketch Rod.....I think you were born to be an artist......it seems to come natural to you!! Awesome sketch!!

Lol, this - and the text going with - was very funny to look at :D , and note that you can do pinups that way as well heh ;) . Happy new year to you my friend :)

ROFL @ starship64 : .... and if the Louvre is full, maybe the Met will want it.

It is the most amazing thing I've seen all day, in fact, I do believe that's the stray that's been hanging out in my front yard.