Q: Who are you and where do you come from?
A: I use an alias for a reason. My real name is my own business. I can assure you, however, that it's not "Tom Catt" or anything like that. My online nick is an homage to my hero, Bill The Cat who often went by the alias, "Bill T. Catt." As for where I'm from, as Luis Grizzard once said, "I'm an American by birth and a Southerner by the grace of God!" Yee-haw!
Q: I want you to draw my favorite character. Do you take requests/commissions?
A: Not anymore. In 2008, I started taking commissions, but I really don't enjoy them and the circustances that facilitated the necessity has passed. As such, I'm currently not accepting commissions. If I change my mind, you'll be the first to know. Honest!
Q: How do you create your pictures?
A: Basically, I draw the pic in non-photo blue, ink it, scan it, add flat colors with Photoshop, reduce the lineart to gray and print it. Then I color the print with colored pencils, and scan it again. Finally, I run the scan into back into Photoshop, apply the original lineart scan to it and add highlights and background colors. Voilà! A T.Catt pic! Still confused? Check out this cool Visual Guide for more info! Oh, and sometimes I just draw the whole thing in Copic markers. Occasionally, I even paint. Woah.
Q: Who are your greatest artistic influences?
A: That's actually harder to narrow down than you might think. Every artist is (or should be) a student of art and art-history. We all study art from the present and past and absorb the parts that we like into our own body of knowledge. It's the sum of this knowledge that influences and ultimately shapes our personal style (see below for more on "style"). That being said, here's a list of the artists and artistic movements that I enjoy that have influenced me: (Historical) art-nouveau illustrators such as Alfons Mucha, Neo-Classicists, such as Jaques-Luis David and Jean Aguste Ingres, Pre-Raphaelites such as Dante Gabriel Rosetti and John William Waterhouse and other 19th and 20th century illustrators. (Contemporary) Adam Hughes, George Perez, John Byrne, Carlos Pacheco, Wayne Reynolds, Masamune Shirow, Tommy Lee Edwards, Michael Whelan, Brian Stelfreeze, Frank Cho, Drew Struzan, Roger Dean... The list goes on and on.
Q: Is your previously posted work for sale?
A: Of course. If you are interested in seeing what pieces are available and what I'm asking for them, you can download my PDF catalog. If you see something you like, send me an email and let me know!
Q: May I alter/color your work?
A: NO. I work hard to make my work exactly how I like it and I FORBID its alteration in any way. This includes cropping it, re-sizing it, cutting it up, flipping it, erasing any part of it, changing the colors, making the characters into "dickgirls," etc. The only exceptions to this are in the cases of signature tags (see below) or the coloring of b/w work. In the latter case, you hereby have permission to color any b/w pic on this site, provided my signature is not covered or removed or the lineart significantly altered in the coloring. Note that adding colors to someone's art does not make that artwork YOURS. You do not have the right to claim it as original art and I only give this permission under the condition that I retain credit for the original work.
Q: May I use your art on my website or for tubes or signature tags?
A: Absolutely, providing it's going on a FREE site and I get proper credit. A word of caution, though: my work generally involves characters that have established copyrights, so use it at your own risk. Please note that this represents full permission to use my art for signature tags. There is NO REASON to contact me for further permission. Also, please note that included in this is the permission to alter the art only in such a way as to fit the structure of the tag itself (including cropping, re-sizing, cutting, etc.). You may not significantly alter the artwork for your tag (see above).
Q: Where can I find more of your artwork?
A: Technically, just about everything I've ever posted is here. If you want to keep up with what's new in my life (such as it is) then head to the eListas Groups, Erotic-Artist-Workshop and The CattHouse Comerotica Corner. This is where I can be found nowadays. Also, feel free to check out CattHouse Studios, a virtual comerotica group featuring not only my own art, but the art of some other really talented guys. There are a few pics there that are exclusive to that site. Otherwise, I suggest a Google-search for "T.Catt." You'll find a few fan-sites.
Q: Why do you draw so many comic book characters?
A: When I first started out, I opened myself up to requests and got so many that I was forced to limit the subject matter I would even consider. Since comics are "my thing," I went with that. I don't like or play video-games (except for Centipede... I can play that for hours), so my knowledge is limited in that department, and I don't like making erotic drawings of real people without their consent (although I will draw live-action characters who may or may not resemble the actress that played them, I shy away from actual celebrity portraiture). I love anime and manga, but you really have to be Japanese to get it right, so I rarely attempt it. Sometimes I do venture into other areas, like cartoons, but mostly, comics are my subject of choice.
Q: I have a particular fetish. Will you draw more pics dealing with that subject? A: First, scroll back up and read the question regarding requests. Second, fetishes are very individual things. The communal nature internet makes it easy to believe that those little, weird kinks that turn us on are a lot more common than they truly are. The truth of it is, the more specific one gets in one's sexual tastes, the more isolated those tastes become. Generally speaking, I only have one real fetish that I'm willing to publicly share, and that's comic book babes. Since I'm only inclined to draw what I enjoy, that's about the extent of what you're going to see here. If you're looking for pissing or bondage or "dickgirls," you're in the wrong place. I'm not into that sort of thing, and I'm not going to draw it just for you. Sorry.
Q: Can I call you "T.C.?" A: NO. I request that you refrain from using this particular short version of my nick. I have some very personal reasons for this and ask that you respect my wishes. However, you can call me just about anything else you feel like. Some suggestions are, "T.Catt," "Mr.Catt," "O Fuzzy One," or "His Majesty, Lord of the Litterbox, Master of All He Downloads."
Q: I heard that you're a professional artist and that you might work for a comic book company. Is this true? A: While I am a professional illustrator, I do NOT work for any comic book company at this time, nor have I ever in the past. While I will admit that my published work has mostly appeared in the roleplaying game industry, I will not elaborate any more on the subject so don't even bother asking me about it.
Q: Why wasn't the Black Queen version of Jean Grey included in the Jean Grey Retrospective series? A: Each drawing in the the Jean Grey Retrospective represents a major event in the life of Jean Grey. Her transformation into the Black Queen in Uncanny X-Men #132 was simply a catalyst for her eventual transformation into the far more important Dark Phoenix. Thus, that version of the character isn't really appropriate for the series. The pic of Dark Phoenix that appears in the series is more than enough to represent that particular plotline.
Q: Are you ever going to do a Rogue Retrospective, like you did with Jean Grey? A: Surprise! It only took a decade, but as of Feb 2007, the Rogue Retrospective is underway! Unlike with the Jean Grey Retrospective, I no longer have the time to sit down and create eight or ten drawings back-to-back allowing me to post the entire series at once. As such, I'll be posting these as I finish them, over a long period of time. And, due to the sheer amount of costumes Rogue has worn over the years (there was a time when she literally sported a new costume every issue), I'll be concentrating only on the main costumes that represent different periods in the character's history. You can find the pics I've done so far on page 2 of the Marvel section.
Q: How did you create your style? A: I have an entire dissertation on the myth of "style." In a nutshell, it says that "style" is just how an artist translates abstract ideas into visual communication. Style is inherent in all of us. Much like handwriting, it can be molded, developed, even influenced, but, in the end, we have very little control over it. If you want to read more on this topic, click HERE (7 KB, RTF format document).
Q: I've found some art online that I think might be yours. How can I tell? A: Aside from simply comparing it to my other art and seeing if the styles match up, you can check the signature. Since 1996, I've used the following signatures...

If it's not one of these, it isn't mine. If there's more than one signature, that means that I had a colorist (or was the colorist) on that pic, or I was part of a team of artists. My colorists have included Miravi, Oni, Infinite Colors, Pygmalion and Chris Guzman. I've also created drawings with Roadkill, Creecher, Mac, Kevin Karstens, Shadowhand and Walfiend (and possibly a few others. It's hard to remember every pic I've ever worked on).
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