Drew a portrait of my cat at 3 AM and it came out looking like a potato with whiskers

I was up late last Tuesday with nothing to do, so I grabbed a half-empty sketchbook and tried to draw my orange tabby while he slept on the couch. The eyes ended up way too big and the nose was just a lopsided blob... somehow it looked more like a lumpy root vegetable than a cat. My roommate saw it the next morning and asked why I drew a potato with whiskers and ears. Has anyone else had a late-night drawing session where your subject turned into something completely different by accident?

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lily5117d agoOG Member

Gonna push back a little here because honestly that potato-cat sounds amazing. Late night art captures something your brain wouldn't let you do during the day. The oversized eyes and lopsided nose actually make it more expressive than a boring realistic drawing. My best stuff comes out when I'm half asleep and stop trying so hard to make everything perfect. That potato with whiskers probably has more personality than a million perfect cat portraits.

anthony8837d ago

Wait hold on you HAD a potato-cat drawing that you actually kept? I need to see this thing now because honestly that sounds like the kind of art that ends up in a gallery somewhere. Tbh I thought you were just making up a hypothetical example but you're telling me you actually produced a lopsided cat with whiskers and kept it? That's wild. Ngl I've thrown away so many late night sketches because I woke up and thought they were garbage but now I'm wondering if I missed out on some genuine weird masterpieces. The fact that you remember the oversized eyes and everything makes me think that drawing is actually special. You gotta frame that thing or at least post a photo because I'm dying to see what a potato cat looks like.