The Official Catgirl Island Mews & Announcements for July 2017, nya!
Aloha Y'all and welcome to Catgirl Island, nya! July is such a zestful month here at Catgirl Island and the surrounding waters of Mew Hanover County, where we are so blessed by the beauty of the purristine shores, coastal gardens and the maritime forest, with the tempurrature in the mid 80's under the big puffy Cumulo-Neko clouds in the Blue Summer sky, nya!
July's purrecious gem is the Ruby which would be purrized in the piercings, rings, pin, brooch or bracelet, but if that is too purricey the gift for that special kemonomimi, mermaid or fae, then we suggest the seafood suppurr to fill her tummy and win her heart, nya! Crab legs would be the appurropurriate, since the astrological signs are Cancer purrior to Leo, nya!
However, If the fresh fish is purrfurred, our local fishing forecast purrdicts another bumpurr crop of delicious, nutritious Bluefish, Croakers, Flounders, Groupurrs, Mackerels, Cobias, Snappurrs and the Wahoos, nya! Of course, if you crave the fresh local purroduce, the island's farmers market has strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, yams and honey aplenty, nya!
In addition to the angling, swmming, diving, surfing & boating, the island's fun activities to catabolize the Summertime calories include the belly dance, hula dance. hot salsa dance, martial arts, kyu-do, beach volleyball, the golf, tennis, softball, bicycling and purrkour, nya! Make sure to find the purrfect comfy spot for the catnap after the vigorous athletic purrsuits, nya!
Nothing frames the contented catgirl's pleasantly filled tummy under the sun like the bikini, and the local boutiques are brimming with the Summertime fashions in bikinis, maillots, purreos, sarongs, sarees, sun dresses, yukatas and wet suits- but sure to specify whether you need the garments with or without the tail hole, or backless as not to ride up the wings, nya!
July is the purrticularly festive month with the observances of Ocean Day, Canada Day, Independence Day, Eid al-Fitr, the Tanabata Matsuri, the O-Bon Dance, our local Iris, Lotus and Water Lily purrades and Take a Kemonomimi to Lunch Day, nya! Purrhaps after the pleasant time at the gardens, forest, faerway, hot spurrings, grotto, lake or beach, you could visit
the latest additions to Catgirl Island's Mewseum of Art, nya!
For those who might be here for the first time, Galleries 1-8 of The Catgirl Island Mewseum of Art display images by Mike, whilst Guest Art Galleries 1-4 display images by other folks totally with their purrmissions, and Mike's collaborative images with other artists can be found throughout the mewseum, nya! The images include illustrations, photos, and the mixed medias, nya!
Some of the images are quite sexy, but none are hentai, nya. On Catgirl Island's official web site, the most recent pics will be the lowermost row of the cropped widdle "thumbnail" sized portions of the pics in a gallery, and you have to click upon those to see the uncropped, full pics, nya! This month we have added new images to Guest Gallery 4 and to the freshly opened Gallery 8, nya!
In Guest Gallery 4
we are purroud to purrsent this cute colored pencil fan art of
Pokemon's Pikachu by Alexcia Reynolds who was a guest of the August 2010 Mew, nya! Pika Nya! She is an author, artist, craftspurrson who draws, writes stories, makes plushies, original and fan sites, nya!
After that is the beautiful pencil drawing of the
"Kimono Catgirl" gift art by Elisa Chong, nya! in this bust view upon the 2.5" x 3.5" ACEO sketch card, the alluring nekomimi's enticing gaze is irresistible amidst the flurry of purretty petals, as the ornate kimono daringly slides off her sultry shoulders to reveal the sexy floral bra that matches her corsage and necklace mew la la, nya!
Nextly we are delighted to display the
"Moon Druid" by Rebecca Brogden, nya! She used the pencil, pen & colored pencils on the toned papurr to illustrate her character Loranessa Carinerra the mixed breed bandruí (druidess) of 1/4 human, 1/4 elf, 1/4 dryad & 1/4 tabaxi, who is wearing the lovely off shoulder, bare-midriff blouse with the short slit skirt, the thigh high boots and her staff, nya!
Then we have Rebecca's close-up portrait in purrofile of the lovely elfin lady who is "Listening to the Wind", nya! She is Dr. Alder Linde von der Sommer, a history purrofessor at the Catgirl Island School, and you can almost feel the breeze amidst her long, flowy Platinum Blonde hair as she glances over her bare shoulder, nya! This was also done with the pencil, pen & colored pencils on the toned papurr, nya!
Then we have the "Rose & Wolf" photo - manip of Rebecca's Holo Cosplay, nya! At the 20th annual Animazement anime convention in Raleigh, Rebecca cosplayed as Holo, the wise wolf goddess from the "Spice & Wolf" novels, manga & anime, nya! Mike used Photoshop CS2 and the mouse to conjour this composite image of Holo with the amewsing expurression as if she had imbibed too much apple cider, nya!
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After that we have the
"Misty Steampunk" photo of artist / seamstress / cosplayer
Misty Hopkins, nya! She is also great at making the plushy dolls and doll clothes too, nya! She looks so lovely and peppy in this ornate short - sleeved outfit with the hat, hose, corset, jewelry, belts, bands, baubles and boots, nya! This photo was taken at the 35th annual Heroes Convention by our friend Chef Ron, nya!
we have added Mike's fan art of "Miss Fury", nya! Mike used Photoshop CS2 and the mouse to illustrate of the famous feline femme fatale Marla Drake, A.K.A. Miss Fury, nya! Created for the comic books and mewspapurr strips in 1941 by June Tarpe Mills, Marla is the wealthy socialite who wears the sexy tight panther girl costume to purrey upon the criminals, nya! Here she is purrched upon a skyscrapurr ledge, purrtrolling for villains to pounce upon, nya!
Nextly we have Mike's fan art of "Haru and The Baron" of the Studio Ghibli anime "The Cat Returns" directed by Hiroyuki Morita, nya! Based upon the manga by Aoi Hiragi, it is the tale of Haru the high school girl who meets The Baron cat and is spirited away to the Cat Kingdom, where she becomes a catgirl, nya! Mike used Photoshop CS2 and the mouse to illustrate them purrched upon the wall by the sea, to commeowmorate the movie's 15th anniversary, nya!
Then we have Mike's latest illustration of our very own dear Becca, the "Nekomimi Gynoid Golfer", nya! We have been blessed by her purresence since she came to our island 7 years ago, and she and Lizzy have been married for 14 months, nya! Mike used Photoshop CS2 and the mouse to illustrate her wearing the visor, cropped top, skirt and golf sandals, with her hybrid neko driver club to Eagle the 5th hole amongst the Azaleas of our island's public golf course, nya!
Lastly but not leastly is Mike's pic of "Nyoka, with Cats Amy & Tanzy", nya! It was quite the wild time when Nyo-sensei arrived here 16 years ago, to be mistaken for her twin sister, but we have been so grateful ever since, nya! Mike used Photoshop CS2 and the mouse to to illustrate Nyo-sensei in the short Purrple yukata sliding off her shoulders, purrched upon the bed with her two cats Amy & Tanzy amidst the floating mystic candles, nya! It is also time for the
the July 2017 edition of The Mew, nya!
The Mew is short for The Catgirl Critics' Media Mewsings, our local monthly "show" in which The Ladies of the Mew and our 'Purrducer' Mike discuss fun stuff such as the cinema, TV, books, comics, games, toys, mewsic, visual art, festivals, cons, cosplay and so forth, nya!
This month's Lightning Round topic purrtains to our favorite fun stuff of 1947; whilst the movie & DVD reviews include Wonder Woman, and the Doctor Who Season Ten, Part One DVD, nya. The reviews of toys & collectibles include the Transformers Deluxe Class Nautica action figure, Marvel Legends Nebula action figure, and the Marvel Legends Mantis action figure, nya!
The pony reports include reviews of the My Little Pony: The Movie Princess Twilight Sparkle & Princess Skystar figures assortment, My Little Pony: Legends of Magic #3, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #54 and 55, nya! Other comic book reports include reviews of The Unstoppable Wasp #6, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 11 #8, Hero Cats #17, and Josie and the Pussycats #7, nya!
The manga mewsings include reviews of School-Live! vol. 7, Today's Cerberus vol. 4, No Game No Life, Please vol. 1, and Beasts of Abigaile vol. 1; whilst the magazine mewsings include Dr. Cat in Iron Man magazine's May 2017 issue, Zoe Saldana in Shape magazine's June 2017 issue, and Misty Copeland in Oxygen magazine #207, nya.
There are reviews of Entertainment Weekly's Ultimate Guide to Wonder Woman, and The Manga Artist's Coloring Book: Girls; and to top off this month's Mew are a review of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' June 7th concert, and our 2017 Heroes Convention report, nya!
