I own one of the chubbiest cats ever and it’s the perfect look for him, so when I saw this assignment in the assignment bank, I knew I had to try it.  When I realized I’m close friends with the person who created the assignment, it just solidified my decision.  I didn’t have a whole lot of luck making the picture blend in, unfortunately, but I had a lot of fun finding a painting to use and a cat to insert into it.

This portrait is titled “Annunciation” and is by Leonardo da Vinci (although I cut it in half).  This cat is just a cat.  I actually used Adobe Photoshop’s online editor, which I know now was a mistake.  I’ve been having much better luck with GIMP’s photo editing tools.  I cut the cat out of its own picture,  and pasted it onto the painting by da Vinci.  I adjusted the filter to try to make the cat fit in more with the  reds and browns in the image, but the closest I could get was that funky purple-ish color.   The next step was to try softening the image, hoping that it would make the picture of the cat less realistic.  The final touch was attempting to burn the edges of the cat in an effort to do the same thing, but it still didn’t come out looking how I had wanted it too.  I feel REALLY silly but when I created this I didn’t realize GIMP had photo editing options, so I didn’t think to use it.  Big mistake.

That being said, the cat does make this painting look funnier and I’m a fan of the assignment!