This is one of my favorite drawings, it dates back to the mid 1980's when a friend ask me for a drawing of her black cat. I am not sure it looks much like her favorite cat since my drawings toed to be a bit abstract, however, she seemed to really like the drawing and so do I. This early drawing has many designs but no other animals hidden inside. The folklore surrounding black cats varies from culture to culture. In Scottish mythology the arrival of a strange black cat to one's home signified coming prosperity, and in Japan, a black cat was considered good luck. However, in Western tradition, black cats have been looked upon as a symbol of evil omens, specifically of being the familiars of witches. So most of Europe considered the black cat to be a symbol of bad luck. During the Middle Ages, these superstitions led people to hunt not only black cats but all cats almost into extinction. Which had the unintended consequence of increasing the rat population and the spread of the Black Death. In modern times, in the early days of television - the first image broadcast on commercial TV was "Felix the Cat" - a black cartoon cat - and many stations located on channel 13 used a black cat as a mascot in order to make fun of being located on an "unlucky" channel. And even today the superstition continues as evidenced by the apprehension some feel should a black cat cross their path. I hope you enjoy looking at my Black Cat as much as I enjoyed drawing it - for more interesting creations visit my web site at rgdd-darkdesigns.com
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- ANGEL
- BLACK CAT
- BLACK STALLION
- CELTIC COAT OF ARMS
- CELTIC CROSS
- COMPASS ROSE
- DEMON / PHOENIX
- DRAGON - NORSE
- DRAGON - WESTERN
- DRAGONFLY
- DREAM CATCHER
- EAGLE 1
- EAGLE 2
- EGYPTIAN
- ELEPHANT
- EYE OF rA / HORUS
- FAIRY DRAGON RIDER
- FAIRY DREAMS
- FALCON IN FLIGHT
- GRIFFIN
- HIPPOCAMPUS AND THE NEREIDE
- HUMMINGBIRD
- HYDRA
- IRON BUTTERFLY
- JURASSIC PARK
- KRAKEN
- LION
- LIZARD
- MAMMOTH
- MEDUSA I
- MEDUSA II
- MINOTAUR
- ORCA
- PANTHER IN A TREE
- PEGASUS
- PEREGRINE
- RAVEN
- SABER CAT
- SAMURAI
- SIREN OF THE SEA
- TEMPLAR
- TOTEMS of the FIRST PEOPLE
- TREE OF LIFE
- TYRANNOSAURUS REX
- UNICORN
- VAMPIRE
- WOLF
- WYVERN
- ZEBRA
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