Greetings, Effurryone!
As you can see, I am back again - Me, Sir Caspurr the Courageous, the Caspicatious, Furrst of My Name, The Snuggle-Bug, Commander-in-Chief of the Impurrial Forces, King of the Tigger-Tabbies. It falls to My Lot today to lead My Fellow J-Cats on this weekend's blog hops - the Caturday Art blog hop, hosted by the Wise and Beautiful Athena and her HuMum, Marie, and the Sunday Selfies blog hop, hosted by the Delightful and Predictably Unpredictable Kitties Blue and their HuMom, Janet.
We have had a furry eventful few days. The Evil Humans in Yemen, with whom We have no common border nor any quarrel really (apart from the fact that they keep firing ballistic missiles at Us) fired several of said missiles at Us over the past week, including this morning! Nobody was seriously hurt, fortunately, but We can't keep trusting to luck or to Divine Providence!!! Then on Wednesday, the day before Independence Day (on Miaowmorial Day, in fact), there were huge forest fires in the Jerusalem Hills - some of them apparently started deliberately by terrorists. It took the firefighters a day and a half to get them under control and they caused a lot of damage. This also caused the cancellation of the beacon-lighting ceremony at Mt. Herzl, which always marks the start of Independence Day the evening before, because you can't have a ceremony involving beacons and fireworks displays without Fire Brigade supervision and, of course, there was no purr-sonel to spare, as they were all busy fighting the Raging In-furr-no! So they decided to broadcast the recording of the previous day's Dress Rehearsal instead. And of course Some People weren't happy about that either because Some People will always find something to complain about!
Now, to the business at hand. We chose three pawtraits of Me, but We had some trouble with the artifications because there seems to be some kind of outage on LunaPic. It hasn't affected effurrything, and it only happened after Mummy had already artified the furrst picture, but for the second picture, She went over to PhotoFunia. For the third, She thought She would try BeFunky, but it wouldn't let her save anything unless She upgraded to a paid account, so She went back to LunaPic and made do with what was available. Tell Us what you think of the results.
Furrst of all, here is a picture of Me enjoying My Own Couchie again, now that Uncle D. is no longer here (he flew back to England on Wednesday - and he was lucky to make it to the airport in light of the fact that the fires caused the closure of Route 1, the main motorway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and even of the railway which runs directly between Jerusalem and the airport).
Yes, furriends, it's nice to be able to sleep on One's Own Couchie and eat in one's own room again - though We do miss Uncle D.
And here is Mummy's artsy-fartsy creation, using LunaPic's Neon and Glow effects at 69% and 52% respectively:
Next up, here I am getting in Mummy's face up close and purrsonal as Mummy watches tries to watch TeeVee:
For this one, We dropped in on PhotoFunia and after trying several filters, none of which We found acceptable, We used the Watercolours effect:
Actually, We also tried one of their Cloudy filters, but that didn't seem quite right either:
For My final selfie, We went back to LunaPic. The AI art effects were still down, but the filters seemed to be working. Here is the original picture:
And here is the artified version, for which We used the Surreal Painting filter, with an overlay of the Skeletor effect at 15%:
As We mentioned before, We aren't really satisfied with any of these, but We did Our Best.
And here, now, are the blog hop badges:
Before We go, We want to remind you (as if you needed a reminder - MOL) that today, May 4th, is Star Wars Day.
We will be back again next week, same Cat Time, same Cat Channel. Till then, be well. Be safe. We love you all!
And - MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!
21 comments:
Dear Sir Caspurr ... even tho your Mum was not satisfied with her art today we were quite enthralled by all. But then, of course, she had a most handsome and purrfect subject for her work, right? Right! It makes us sad that so much seems to get in the way of "happy days" for you and yours, so we do keep paws together for better times to come. And also send some apawlogies for missing a few visits here lately, mine Mommy gets a bit forgetful some days ... sigh, she doesn't remember to take me to see my friends: MEOW! Do take care, gentle hugs to all. JUNE and Ann
Sir Caspurr, what an unfortunate way to have yer Independence Day be messed with. Catastrophes, all of them. We are glad to hear Uncle D made it safe to airport even though we know you already miss him. You look furbulous all stretched out on yer plush pillow with yer plush furiends. Stay safe and we always think about you all and yer mum.
I’m sorry to hear about the attacks on fires. I get upset every morning just reading the news.
Your pictures look nice.
dood.....bezt stink eye foto bak two mummy eye haz seen ina while and yur chillaxin snap shotz; number one, iz PAWSUM ☺☺♥♥ we send bezt fizhez and wizhez that yur week a head iz safe and $#!Tz STOPZ......bee happee N healthee N safe N may de forth bee with ewe all ♥♥☺☺
We are sorry to hear about the troubles over there.
We really like the PhotoFunia art but all are good!
That's some COOL artwork, Caspurr. That face of you in your close up..to mommy... is so awwdorable😸We had trouble with LunaPic after their update, so we had to use another editor this time. So sorry on effurrything that's going on in your Country, Caspurr🙀Soft Pawkisses for a Peaceful Week ahead to all of you🐾😽💞
Hello Caspurr, we are so sorry to hear about all the troubles there and we send hopes and purrs for everyone's safety. We do love all your pictures today. Both the originals and the artified versions are cool 😎 !
Caspurr, I'm sorry there's so much strife taking place. I'm glad you uncle made it safely home, though. Your art is fun, though I'm actually partial to the first selfie, non-artified! You just look so adorable and cosy napping on your couch!
Take care and keep well! 💕
Caspurr! I LOVE that neon light one. Outside of the regional, that one is my favorite!
Tell your mama that Mom and I think of Israel all the time and wish and pray this could be over!!
Let's all of us go to The Enchanted Force for Independence Day anyway...no one will bother us there. Promise.
caspurr, yoo r so berry, berry hansum!
May those that cause such destruction find they bring nothing but bad karma on themselves. May you all be safe, well and happy.
My, I do think this week the originals all beat the art copies. Though Mrs H and I both love the final art work. Your up close and personal shot Is I think the closest we have seen you, and the most seerious. Was there a discussion to be had as to meal lateness or work sschedules (hers not yours) ;)
Stay well and safe, and may the force be with you all!
ERin
May THE 4th bee with Caspurr an Trixie an Shimshi an Miss Shimona. Wee so wish no missiless were beein shot off. Wee just want all of youss' there left inn Peece. Capsurr yore selfiess an Miss Shimona'ss artwerk are lovelee. Do not wurry!! Youss' did GRATE! Wee had trouble with Lunapic two...must bee a Ghostie inn THE Masheen!!
***nose kissess*** BellaDharma an {{{hugss}}} BellaSita Mum
Every time we see something on the news from there my heart skips a bit and we worry about all of you. Those are wonderful selfies and pretty art though. Y'all be safe please.
These are adorable photos and artwork! I can't imagine how scary it must be in your part of the world.
It's so sad there is so much evil in this world.
I really enjoyed your selfies, especially the first one and the art for it is way cool.
I am praying for the peace of Jerusalem.
I am sorry about the attacks. It must be very scary living where you do. I love all your selfies and the art. My favorite is you on your couch. XO
Caspurr, we love all of your handsome selfies. Especially that first one! We are so sorry about all the bad stuff going on there -- we read about those missiles and the fires set by those bad people. As always, we are purring and praying for you and all of our friends there. XO
I love your first photo, pillow squisiness!
I am sorry so many bad things are going on in your country, but glad you are safe, and pray it remains so. Your art is lovely even though your Mommy had problems. The Cloudy effect was my least favourite.
Good grief, so many bad things of one kind or an other in your area. Glad you are all well and safe, and that your Uncle D got back to his home safely, too.
We like all your selfies, and the art effects, too...but its such a drag when things don't work the way you want them too. I had trouble with my AI site last night, too...And It's a paid one. They wanted me to join up again, sheesh! So I complained and now its workimg better. phew!
Take care! I pray often for your safety.
Caspurr! Mom thought I had been here and I was! But she failed to help me make a comment I do believe! She is prone to get up...suddenly do dishes, walk outside, etc and then come back! That means she doesn't recall where she and *I* stopped!
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