Bushbabies and Tagging Issues

I'm usually a bit last minute when it comes to Christmas, so doing Christmas designs in October is a new experience. I've also had a bit of artist's block, but here's Christmas drawing number one at last. I picked an animal which I thought would be least likely to enjoy pulling a cracker.

I now have an unexpected problem; Zazzle doesn't like the word 'cracker' due to the alternative redneck meaning, so I have to list products featuring this harmless bushbaby as a PG, and submit it for review to reduce the age rating, which could take a while. So do I submit it now, or after Christmas, or does it even matter?

On top of this, I also have a bauble design from last year, but can't add tags relating to tree decorations, because Zazzle sells tree decorations and thinks I'm including a product type unnecessarily, which it then removes. Will anyone find any of my Christmas products? We shall see.

Bush Baby Christmas Bang! Postcard
by NoodleWings

Bush Baby Bang! Christmas Card
by NoodleWings

Cute Xmas Bushbaby Christmas Cartoon Contour Sticker
by NoodleWings

Rock and Roll Owl in a Jumpsuit

Travel back with me now, back through the mists of time to December 2015, and my first creations on Zazzle. Unfortunately, my early enthusiasm was met with a slapped wrist, as my owl design (above) was pulled for trading on the name of a certain celebrity. I thought I'd changed things enough to be safe; the celebrity was, after all, human and not an owl.

The original design also included a pun on a famous song title, and search terms referring to the celebrity in question. Rather than guess where the exact infringement was, I replaced all references to specific rock and roll stars with generic terms, and hopefully I'm now legit. New designers beware!

Rock and Roll Guitar Owl in Jumpsuit Cartoon Greeting Card
by NoodleWings

Rock and Roll Guitar Owl in Jumpsuit Cartoon Clock
by NoodleWings

Rock and Roll Guitar Owl in Jumpsuit Cartoon Mouse Pad
by NoodleWings

Trick Or Treating Werewolf

Drawing two of NoodleWings horror week in readiness for Halloween next month. After evil Chainsaw Clown I wanted to do something a bit softer, so I came up with a kid werewolf doing his best fierce pose. He's so focused on looking mean, he's dropped his sweets, including foam bananas, a jelly snake, marshmallow, and a Tunnocks Caramel Wafer well hidden at the back.

Fierce Little Werewolf Trick Or Treating Cartoon Paper Plate
by NoodleWings

Little Werewolf Halloween Trick Or Treat Cartoon Napkins
by NoodleWings

Might Be Changing! Little Werewolf Door Sign
by NoodleWings

Chainsaw Clown

Halloween is not far away... well it is, but I'm making sure I get some horror designs up well in advance, so it's NoodleWings Horror Week! I might even treat myself to two horror weeks.

I thought I'd avoid the headline classic horror monsters at first (vampires, Frankenstein's monster etc), and have gone for a relatively modern monster - the psychotic clown. I'm channeling the worst clowns in history: Pennywise from 'IT', the scary toy clown from Poltergeist, Ronald McDonald. In fact, let's face it, all clowns are disturbing and wrong; and I've thrown in a chainsaw for the hell of it.

Chopping Time! Chainsaw Clown Halloween Cartoon Chopping Board
by NoodleWings

Colourful Chainsaw Clown Halloween Horror Cartoon Face Mask
by NoodleWings

Victims Welcome Chainsaw Clown Halloween Cartoon Doormat
by NoodleWings

Welsh Dragon

Another blast from the recent past; a Welsh dragon drawn when Wales were battling their way to the semi finals of Euro 2016. It would've been nice to have drawn an English lion too... are there any rugby tournaments coming up?

Rampant Little Welsh Baby Red Dragon Cartoon T-Shirt
by NoodleWings

Fierce But Cute Baby Welsh Red Dragon Cartoon Shot Glass
by NoodleWings

Welsh Territory Little Baby Red Dragon Cartoon Doormat
by NoodleWings

Jet Pack Tortoise

Here's one I forgot to post earlier. A daredevil tortoise wearing a jet pack, because why not. I've taken to coming up with ideas and just going for it, rather than checking what's been done before; I checked this one afterwards though, and low and behold, at least two tortoises strapped to rockets, but hopefully there's room for one more in the world.

In other news, I've added five new lines to my Zazzle store this week, with daredevil tortoises now available on water bottles, glass cutting boards, messenger bags (below right), doormats and serving trays.

The Only Way Is Up! Daredevil Tortoise Cartoon Greeting Card
by NoodleWings

Daredevil Flying Tortoise with a Jet Pack Cartoon Glass
by NoodleWings

Daredevil Flying Tortoise with a Jet Pack Cartoon Keychain
by NoodleWings

Black Cat Ninja Attack

Last week was Action Cat Week at NoodleWings. Action cat number one is a black cat ninja, to remind people that black cats are cool for Black Cat Appreciation Day: one day a year (17th August... I'm presuming it's fixed there?) to remind people that black cats tend to get passed over for adoption due to silly superstitions and not standing out in the crowd.

The cat is my pet of choice. My most consistent best friend as a child was a cat, but these days I'm tragically prevented from getting one due to accommodation suitability issues.

Surprise! Black Cat Ninja Flying Kick Cartoon Card
by NoodleWings

Black Cat Ninja Katana Swords Flying Kick Cartoon Keychain
by NoodleWings

Hairy Ninjas Black Cat Flying Kick Cartoon T-Shirt
by NoodleWings

Soccer Gecko

Way back through the mists of time, before Wimbledon, before the Rio Olympics, there was a thing called Euro 2016. People in England have been trying to forget all about it, but it happened. What's less well known is that it was also the beginning of NoodleWings sports week! I've already posted drawing number two from that week, the tricky tennis pine marten. Things are slightly out of order around here at the moment, above is drawing number one.

Drawn in dedication to Portugal's win and in fear of Zazzle copyright issues, I went for an invented shirt logo and no references to Ronaldo. I've never been to Portugal, but I have been to Spain, where I was always delighted when geckos came to visit the villa. I read that they're also common visitors to Portuguese homes, so it's a gecko footballer. Gecknaldo.

Happy Soccer Star Gecko Kicking Football Cartoon Magnet
by NoodleWings

Happy Soccer Star Gecko Kicking Football Cartoon Keychain
by NoodleWings

Happy Soccer Star Gecko Kicking Football Cartoon Large Clock
by NoodleWings

Anteater On A Bicycle

Olympic week drawing number two is an anteater on a bike. This story about Tammy the friendly but short sighted tree anteater was a good visual reference:

Brazilian Tree Anteater Riding A Bicycle Cartoon Tea Towel
by NoodleWings

Brazilian Tree Anteater Riding A Bicycle Cartoon Button
by NoodleWings

Brazilian Tree Anteater Riding A Bicycle Cartoon Fleece Blanket
by NoodleWings

I Love Cake

Bridesmaids was on TV again the other day, round about the time I was mulling over doing some celebration related cartoons for my Zazzle store; something a bit more marketable than sloths in pants and patriotic birds riding groundhogs. There's a scene where a cake left on a doorstep as a 'making up' present is eaten by raccoons, and this became the inspiration for cartoon no 1 (above) of that week.

Happy Birthday! Greedy Raccoon Birthday Card
by NoodleWings

My Birthday My Rules Greedy Raccoon Cake Cartoon Badge
by NoodleWings

Greedy Raccoon Add Your Text Birthday Gift Bag
by NoodleWings