Help me find funny cat photos to paint!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’ve decided to do a series of “Lolcat” style* oil paintings, so I need some good reference photos of cats.

They have to be at least somewhat cute, but I want them to also be funny.

So I know the dopers know where the good stuff is, cat-photo-wise, so can I enlist your aid? Thanks!
*I’ll title them with funny names rather than paint on captions, though

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Lime cat is not pleased.

Ham cat om nom nom.

Invisible Bike cat has been painted before.

For more, put lolcat into Google Images or go to http://icanhascheezburger.com

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Yeah but that means slogging through zillions of really lame ones (I know this because I’ve already done it). I figure the dopers probably already have favorites they can share.

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Are you looking for famous lolcat images that will be recognizable as lolcats, like the aforementioned Invisible Bike Cat or possible Monorail Cat, or do you want cute but mostly anonymous pictures?

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Here’s a big batch, quality varies.

Not dial-up friendly.

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A little of both, actually

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You can’t have a lolcat exhibit without including the cookie eateder.

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Polo’s Travels (This is my cousin’s site. Polo is his cat.)

http://www.dailykitten.com/

The Infinite Cat Project

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Those are great sites, but I’m really looking for links to specific images, not links to collections. I’m hoping that dopers will share their personal favorites.

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We fostered a pregnant cat once, and her kittens used to love to sleep and play on my husband’s golf bag. This is the funniest picture, I think, but there are more if you click through.

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Are you intending to sell your paintings? You may run into legal problems with the copyright holder of the original photo. I suggest you not start painting until you consult a lawyer for proper advice.

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I’m not going to be reproducing exact photos, just using them for reference, so there shouldn’t be any copyright issues.

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You can use my cat Mystery, if you want.

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Ha! That’s a good one :smiley:

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There is always the great, the legendary Catnarok.

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Wow, what an amazing site! Thanks for linking. :smiley:

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Here’s one I made the other day of my cat Go-Go

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Here is my kitties’ Facebook page. They have some good pix.

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The photos must not be public. I couldn’t see them.

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God, I hate Facebook! They’re “working on” the problem.
Here’s their public links:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2279&id=100001637673943&l=1a9c130222
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2277&id=100001637673943&l=c4d797de77
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2284&id=100001637673943&l=74fa9c623b
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2281&id=100001637673943&l=77ba44308b
It’s freakin anticlimactic now.