UPDATE: Bidding for this artwork has been extended to 10pm Wednesday, December 21, 2011!

"Maine Coon Majesty" - Digital Drawing Doodle by BZTAT

Today’s doodle is another artwork that began as a “digital doodle”, or an artwork that I played with using iPhone apps.

It started with this photo and morphed into the present image. I also added accents with Prismacolor Pencil on the artist proof print.

A doodle, according to Wikipedia, is “an unfocused drawing made while a person’s attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes.” My doodles often have some focus to them, but they are less formal than a regular drawing. Sometimes the images are somewhat cartoonish and sometimes they are just scribbles and line formations.

For each day from Dec. 1 – 15 (2011) I will make a December Doodle drawing and hold an auction for it here on the blog. These drawings will make nice gifts, and if you want, I will gift wrap and mail to whomever you would like the gift(s) to go. And since animals always are in greater need as winter takes hold, I will donate 10% of the proceeds to a registered animal charity.

Which charity? You help me decide! Post the charity that you would like me to support on my Facebook Fanpage, and I will randomly select from all the submissions on Dec. 15, 2011. (Charities must be for animal rescue, in the United States, and must have a 501(c) non-profit status.)

If you would like to bid on this drawing, simply place your bid in the comments below.

Here are the deets on today’s doodle:

8 1/2″ x 11″ Unframed Prismacolor Pencil and Digital Doodle Drawing on paper by artist BZTAT

Leave bids in increments of $5 below in the comments section.

Minimum Bid $40 USD

Shipping: $8 USA $18 International

BUY NOW OPTION: You can buy the piece now for $75 as long as no bids have been made in the comments below. Simply write BUY NOW in the comments and send a payment of $75 + shipping via Paypal using the email address bztat at bztat.com.

Highest bids at 10:00 pm EST on Monday 12/12/11 wins the auction.

Winning bidders: make payment of bid + shipping to Paypal using email address bztat at bztat.com.

Life is an Adventure!

BZTAT

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Custom Pet Portraits / Contemporary Artwork of Cats, Dogs and other Animals

BZTAT Studios - In the heart of the Canton, OH Arts District

UPDATE: Since writing this post, I have heard from people who have “exotic” pets that are not considered dangerous and are not deemed at risk because of domestication. I have no complaint with these individuals, provided that they adequately research and provide for their pets’ unique needs. In my opinion, any legislation brought forward needs to allow for reasonable care of non-dangerous animals by responsible pet owners.

See all the “Okey’ October” artworks!

"Born Free, Captive in Man's World" ~ Digital Artwork by BZTAT

“Exotic animals should live in the wild, not be exploited in profit-motivated zoos — or worse — as “pets” or backyard oddities by people who have a deeply misguided sense of dominion or ownership.” ~ Will Tavers, CEO and co-founder of the Born Free Foundation

Yesterday was a very sad day for animal welfare advocates, especially those of us in Ohio. According to the Sheriff of Muskingum County, OH, a man who had inappropriately hoarded dangerous exotic animals on his private land inexplicably released over 50 wild animals and then took his own life. The animals, presenting a danger to human life, were all shot and killed for the public’s safety.

I really have no complaint with professionally maintained zoos that go to great lengths to replicate natural habitats, although I do wish all animals could live in their true habitats. But the laws in Ohio allow anyone to have wild animals with little regulation. THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

The Sheriff’s deputies did what they had to do. I just hate that they had to do it.

You can read my thoughts on the matter on my Okey’s Promise blog. I felt the need to do something here as well to honor those lost creatures, so today’s artwork is for them.

The artwork is a digital piece that I designed from a photo I took at the Atlanta Zoo a few years ago.

In honor of my cat Okey whose “Gotcha Day” is October 30, I am making an artwork every day in October, and posting it here on my blog. As I have done with “drawing a day” activities in the past, each artwork will be available for bidding in an auction in the blog post dedicated to it.

Along with each artwork will be a “Thought for the Day” that will offer some kind of encouragement about overcoming challenges.

Okey has inspired a worldwide movement to bring awareness to the links between animal abuse, child abuse and domestic violence called: Okey’s Promise: Art for a Cause. All of the proceeds for the auctions will go towards the Okey’s Promise: Celebrating the Human – Animal Bond project, which is my second Okey’s Promise public art project.

My recent Kickstarter fund raising campaign for the project fell short of its goal, so I have had to start over with the fund raising. You can contribute here if you would like to support the project outside of the auctions.

To make it a little more fun, I am going to have a special contest! Everyone who bids on one of the Okey’s October artworks here on the blog will be entered into a contest for a free artwork! You don’t have to win a bid, just make a bid. All bidders will be entered into a random drawing for a special artwork at the end of the month.

Here is the info about today’s artwork:

5″ X7″ giclee’ print of digital art on paper by artist BZTAT

Comes with an acid free mat ready for an 8″ X 10″ frame

Leave bids in increments of $5 below in the comments section.

Minimum Bid $30 USD

Shipping: $8 USA $18 International

BUY NOW OPTION: You can buy this piece now for $65 as long as no bids have been made in the comments below. Simply write BUY NOW in the comments and send a payment of $65 + shipping via the ChipIn widget in the right sidebar.

Highest bid at 10:00 pm EST on Friday 10/21/11 wins the piece.

Winning bidder: make payment of bid + shipping to ChipIn widget in right sidebar.

Please allow 4 weeks for USA shipping.

Life is an Adventure!

BZTAT

Check out my Referral Incentive Program! Send your friends here and you could get an ACEO by BZTAT!

Custom Pet Portraits / Contemporary Artwork of Cats, Dogs and other Animals

BZTAT Studios - In the heart of the Canton, OH Arts District

See all the “Okey’ October” artworks!

"View of Cleveland" Digital Art by BZTAT

“Architecture creates such interesting spaces to enjoy as it intersects the sky. It is humanity and God playing, as long as we respect the earth from which the towers emerge.” – BZTAT

Today’s artwork is what I call a digital sketch. I do not carry a sketchbook with me like many artists do, but I consider my iPhone a sketchbook of sorts.  Like I would with a sketch pad, I capture moments of creative inspiration with my iPhone, and I later embellish certain sketches into more finished artworks.

I posted this picture from Sammy’s Metropolitan Restaurant on the top of the Huntington Building in Cleveland, OH recently, and so many people enjoyed it, I thought I would make a print for today’s Okey October artwork.

In honor of my cat Okey whose “Gotcha Day” is October 30, I am making an artwork every day in October, and posting it here on my blog. As I have done with “drawing a day” activities in the past, each artwork will be available for bidding in an auction in the blog post dedicated to it.

Along with each artwork will be a “Thought for the Day” that will offer some kind of encouragement about overcoming challenges.

Okey has inspired a worldwide movement to bring awareness to the links between animal abuse, child abuse and domestic violence called: Okey’s Promise: Art for a Cause. All of the proceeds for the auctions will go towards the Okey’s Promise: Celebrating the Human – Animal Bond project, which is my second Okey’s Promise public art project.

My recent Kickstarter fund raising campaign for the project fell short of its goal, so I have had to start over with the fund raising. You can contribute here if you would like to support the project outside of the auctions.

To make it a little more fun, I am going to have a special contest! Everyone who bids on one of the Okey’s October artworks here on the blog will be entered into a contest for a free artwork! You don’t have to win a bid, just make a bid. All bidders will be entered into a random drawing for a special artwork at the end of the month.

Here is the info about today’s artwork:

5″ X7″ giclee’  print of digital art on paper by artist BZTAT

Comes with an acid free mat ready for an 8″ X 10″ frame

Leave bids in increments of $5 below in the comments section.

Minimum Bid $30 USD

Shipping: $8 USA $18 International

BUY NOW OPTION: You can buy this piece now for $65 as long as no bids have been made in the comments below. Simply write BUY NOW in the comments and send a payment of $65 + shipping via the ChipIn widget in the right sidebar.

Highest bid at 10:00 pm EST on Monday 10/10/11 wins the piece.

Winning bidder: make payment of bid + shipping to ChipIn widget in right sidebar.

Please allow 4 weeks for USA shipping.

Life is an Adventure!

BZTAT

Check out my Referral Incentive Program! Send your friends here and you could get an ACEO by BZTAT!

Custom Pet Portraits / Contemporary Artwork of Cats, Dogs and other Animals

BZTAT Studios - In the heart of the Canton, OH Arts District