June 1st, 2012
Gravity Cat

In 2004 I moved from my hometown of Kansas City, MO to Brooklyn, NY. I worked days as a production artist for a display company in Manhattan’s Chelsea district, and I spent nights and often weekends teaching myself Photoshop and AutoCAD. The image below (my cat, Tiger, suspended in gravity) is one of my first photoshop creations.

After posting my image to a popular website, “Gravity Cat” invaded the internet. Something that I created just for fun had unexpectedly taken on a life of its own, and I loved it. I addicted myself to Photoshop after this.

Here are some parodies or “remixes” by others that I’ve held on to over the years…