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Memes make it better. No matter how woebegone and morose you might be, you can always turn that frown upside down with some funny memes. What better way to waste away the day and forget about your strife, memes are one of the bare necessities of life.

Meet the talented Em Paquin, an animation student who desperately wanted a cat. We came across some of her lovely re-created digital paintings of popular cat images online and reached out to ask her to explain the meaning behind this project and the goal of painting 100 cats. 

Em explains that the project was originally titled, "Day __ of drawing cats until my parents let me adopt one." Em continues to reveal her longing for a cat of her own, "I wanted so desperately to adopt a cat, and being home for quarantine was the perfect time to introduce a new furball to the family. The only thing in my way was my parents who I've been living with, now that my college courses are online."

"These daily illustrations were a subtle way of voicing my wish to adopt a cat."

On day 21 of the project, Em brought home a new kitten named Beanie. However, Em realized how much she enjoyed drawing cats and wanted to push herself but taking it further, thus setting the goal of drawing 100 cats!

So, what will Em do the moment that goal is reached? Seeing as how she's already on Day 68, the 100th drawing isn't too far away. 

"After that goal is reached, they will probably continue, maybe for a year, or maybe I won't ever stop." 

Well, we're glad to hear that because we love them! Keep up the beautiful drawings, Em! Follow Em on Instagram for daily cat drawings!

The world has its unfair share of entitled folks and their frustrating demands. Sometimes people make such jaw-droppingly laughable "offers" that it's probably best to run away. For another wild piece of entitlement, here's an entitled parent who demanded a public artist make a piece just for them.

An ekans doesn't seem nearly as imposing when it looks like it could crawl out of a tailpipe. Many of us grew up with the global phenomenon of Pokémon searing its mark into our childhoods, and a lot of time has been lost on those games for good reason. This Tumblr Thread explains how the Pokémon probability system is madness. Also, here's a thread on why Mr. Mime is the creepiest Pokémon.

This graphic novel artist was more than ready for the ever present challenge of confronting an online troll. What we see is a proper shut down in action. 

Small collection of random and interesting GIFs to ogle with your eyes.

Who doesn't appreciate a good piece of classic artwork? A lot of people unfortunately, but for those who do, these pictures could be in a museum. Any of these scenes could be easily found on any art museum wall. But some of them are closer to paintings than others, which do you think captured it most?

In what he calls "passive-aggressive gallery", Justin Cousson managed to turn his messy roomie's mannerisms into works of art with price tags and all. Sounds like a brilliant idea, especially if you are not interesting in starting World War III.

Noriyoshi Ohrai is a Japanese illustrator with a prolific 50-year career spanning multiple popular culture franchises, including Star Wars, Metal Gear, and, since 1984, the Godzilla pantheon. Although the daikaiju has undergone numerous transformations at the hands of different creative directors, no one has quite captured Godzilla's awesome terror quite like Ohrai did.

Welcome to the Michael Pederson's Miniature World Of The Unexpected. 

"Take me down, to double-take city where the grass looks weird and the trees are itty bitty."  

Anyway, make sure to do some brain push-ups and eye stretches so they can be fully prepared for these real-life optical illusions.

Gregory Masouras, a very creative and talented digital artist, has done countless works of art. This time is no different as he takes a different take on youtube by incorporating Disney princesses as the main singer.

You can see in these works of art, just the difference it would make! 

For more of Gregory Masouras work, check him out Here

Disney and history lovers will appreciate these stunning illustrations from Deviantartist Wickfield. Artist Nina S. has painstakingly drawn everyone's favorite Disney characters wearing garb that is historically correct. It's interesting how close Disney has come to accuracy in some cases (Merida, Mulan) and how completely off they were in others. 

The french artist Gilen Bousquet Presents 'Disney's Bastards' - a series in which he freely expresses a new take on all the Disney Characters we know and love. Not exactly how we remember our beloved characters bit you got to admit that it makes you want to see some of these stars in a film

2018 has had its share of Fails this year, including comically bad statues and artistic decisions. Some seem more like Wins than Fails, but hey, you be the judge. Everyone's a critic.

Your eyes may be dumb, but that won't stop you from enjoying these real-life optical illusions.