Been writing my senior project about the evolution of Cats and it reminded me that I love this silly musical so much… but I’ve never drawn them b4. Changing this NEOW.

inverted

there is so much wrong w these freaks to me

original tuggerlurina posting

Boots and cats and boots and cats and

i should have made demeter a little shorter, oh well

guess what musical i just watched

What happened between "Macavity: The mystery cat" and "Mr Mistoffelees" (colorized):

But his voice has been heard on the roof

When he was curled up by the fire

7 kittens.... (old doodles :3)

I'm enough of an adult to admit it, CATS is a good musical

fuck it, cats the musical fanart

Tuggoffelees choreography: Tugger mirroring Misto

Bonus:

cats doodles from class

Cats! But make it Chinese Opera! When I posted the initial exploration art of Tugger I had mainly referenced Peking Opera, but since then I think the style has grown to be a combination of multiple genres of opera haha

Since they are both sons of Old Deuteronomy, I wanted them to have elaborate costumes and roles that will stand out amongst the others! Tugger is playing the 武小生 (Wu Xiao Sheng) role and Munkustrap is playing the 长靠武生 (Chang Kao Wu Sheng) role. 武生 are martial characters and warriors, Munkustrap’s specific role is a high ranking warrior defined by using a polearm while Tugger plays a younger warrior. Although my explanation is short there are actually a lot more details regarding the difference in singing tone, costumes, and personality between each role! I’ve only started researching about this when i started this project so unfortunately I am still not very knowledgeable about Chinese Opera ><; but hopefully I get to learn more as I continue exploring with this project 🥰

The Chinese text in the box behind Munkustrap reads: The Hero Cat

The Chinese text in the box behind Tugger reads: The Rock and Roll Cat

Cats in grey voids

and one shitty cassandra doodle sorry girl you deserve better