Doctor Mew
| Doctor Mew | |
|---|---|
| The twelve cat faces of the Doctor The Doctor as portrayed by the series leads as cats in chronological order, left to right from top row. | |
| Artist | Jenny Parks |
| Medium | Digital art |
| Movement | Fan art |
| Subject | Doctor Who's the Doctors: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, War, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth |
| Website | www |
Doctor Mew is a series of fan art pieces by American comics artist, fan artist and scientific illustrator Jenny Parks. It depicts thirteen incarnations of the Doctor from Doctor Who as cats.
Background
—Jenny Parks[1]
Parks started drawing cat versions of people since about age 11 or 12.[1][2] Around 12, she loved The Phantom of the Opera and had a running gag about The Phantom of the Cats. Eventually, she drew the characters as cats.[3] A few years later, Parks became obsessed with the British television series Doctor Who. Around 2008, Parks began drawing more realistic Doctor Who cats.[2]
Parks has a Bachelor's degree (BFA) in Illustration from the California College of Arts and a graduate degree in scientific illustration from the UC Santa Cruz.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] In a CNET interview with Bonnie Burton, Parks said "Years later, after I graduated from art school, I decided to have some fun and re-draw cat versions of all of the Doctors, which I first did when I was in high school, and was also years before the new series of Doctor Who started in 2005."[1] Previously, Parks drew wildlife like big cats, birds, dinosaurs, fruit bats, insects, and plants.[7] Her work can be found via iPhone apps for the National Parks service.[9]
Doctor Mew began as a series of illustrations in 2010.[13] It was drawn and painted digitally via Paint Tool SAI and Photoshop.[3][9][14] Parks said her fan art career took off with a table at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con where she had Doctor Mew buttons and posters.[15][16] Parks became famous due to Doctor Mew.[4][5][6][7][8][10][11][12] Later, Parks created other fan art pieces as The Catvengers.[1][14][17][12] Doctor Mew represents her most prominent work until Star Trek Cats in 2017.[15][10][16]
Content
In 2010, Parks depicted eleven of the Doctors as cats.[18] Most of the Doctors are domestic shorthairs.[2] The Eleventh Doctor is an Abyssinian cat.[9] In 2014, Parks included an update of Doctor Mew with John Hurt's War Doctor and Peter Capaldi's Doctor.[1][19] Parks commended her War Doctor illustration favourably with "I will say that I love how the John Hurt/War Cat Doctor came out, so I think he is one of my favorites right now."[1]
Merchandise
In 2013, Parks sold Doctor Mew pin-back buttons via Etsy for $1.[20]
Reception
Blastr staff selected Doctor Mew as their "Image of the Day."[21] In an overview of Phoenix Comicon 2016, Catster's Kate Benjamin commented "her collection of pop culture characters as cats never disappoints, especially the portraits of Doctor Mew."[22] Visual News's Jessica Czeck said Doctor Mew made Jenny Parks "internet famous."[6]
io9's Lauren Davis noted it was "bizarrely on-point."[23] Forbidden Planet's Joe Gordon called it "simply adorable."[24] Neatorama's Jill Harness opted they were "adorable."[20] Addressing Doctor Who fans, hauspanther staff declared "you’ll appreciate Jenny’s collection of “Doctor Mew” drawings."[25]
Catster's Phillip Mlyner described the title of the piece as "pun-tastic."[2] Neatorama's Zeon Santos reviewed it as "purrrfect."[26] In 2014, io9's Meredith Woerner called the updated version of Doctor Mew "It's glorious."[19]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Burton, Bonnie (February 13, 2014). "Artist reimagines Spock, Sherlock, Time Lords, and Avengers as cats". CNET. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Mlyner, Phillip (19 November 2013). "Illustrator Jenny Parks Turns TV Characters Into Cats". Catster. Lumina Media. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Green, Lucas (21 November 2016). "Cats as Superheroes by Jenny Parks". Vilingstore. vilingstore.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Boudoux, Joséphine (22 May 2013). "Jenny Parks, a drawer who transforms cats into superheroes!". Yummypets. yummypets.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 California College of Arts staff (16 May 2013). "Design You Trust: Cats as Superheroes By Jenny Parks". California College of Arts. cca.edu. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Czeck, Jessica (May 15, 2013). "Feline Fantasies: Cat Superheroes by Jenny Parks". Visual News. Visual News. Archived from the original on 29 July 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Hatheway, Cameron (June 12, 2015). "Catvengers, Assemble! The CatConLA Interview With Jenny Parks". Bleeding Cool. Rich Johnston. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Maan (23 August 2013). "Catvengers: Dazzling Illustration By Jenny Par". Downgraf. downgraf. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Nelson, Noah J. "Fantastic Fan Art Mash-Up: Doctor Mew". Turnstyle News. turnstylenews.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Olson, Laurie Kay (16 December 2017). "Jenny Parks Cat Art Is Feline Nerdvana!". Petslady.com. Halcyon Solutions Inc. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Parker-Edmondston, Adam (7 March 2014). "Jenny Parks Gives Us a Look at What Happens When Fandom and Cats collide!". Cult Collective. WordPress. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 UCreative staff (14 May 2013). "You! Be Inspired! – Cat Heroes by Jenny Parks". UCreative. UCreative Network. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ Blazenhoff, Rusty (24 January 2012). "Doctor Mew, Doctor Who-Inspired Cat Illustrations by Jenny Parks". Laughing Squid. laughingsquid.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Outlaw Kritters staff (18 October 2015). "What Do Jenny Parks and Dr. Who Have in Common?". Outlaw Kritters. outlawkritters.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Nevin, Will (2 March 2017). "The serious absurdity (and purrfection) of Jenny Parks and 'Star Trek Cats'". OregonLive.com. Advance Publications. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Wieland, Rob (14 March 2017). "The serious absurdity (and purrfection) of Jenny Parks and 'Star Trek Cats'". Geek & Sundry. Legendary Entertainment. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ Santoso, Alex (22 August 2013). "Catvengers Assemble". Neatorama. neatorama.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ Farrier, John (20 August 2011). "Doctor Mew". Neatorama. neatorama.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Woerner, Meredith (31 January 2014). "Doctor Mew returns, with War Cat and Capaldi Cat". io9. Univision Communications. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Harness, Jill (18 August 2013). "Do You Love Doctor Mew As Much As Me?". Neatorama. neatorama.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ Blastr staff (24 August 2011). "Image of the Day: All 11 Doctor Who Doctors ... as cats!". Blastr. blastr.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ Benjamin, Kate (9 June 2016). "My Favorite Feline Finds From Phoenix Comicon 2016". Catster. Lumina Media. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ↑ Davis, Lauren (21 January 2012). ""Doctor Mew" reimagines the eleven Doctors as canny and capricious cats". io9. Univision Communications. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ Gordon, Joe (20 January 2012). "Doctor Mew". Forbidden Planet Blog. forbiddenplanet.blog. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ↑ hauspanther staff (27 May 2013). "Pop Culture Cat Illustrations by Jenny Parks". hauspanther. hauspanther llc. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ Santos, Zeon (21 January 2012). "Feline Version Of The Eleven Doctors". Neatorama. neatorama.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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