Custom Movie Posters

Getting a Custom Film Poster with YOUR Cat

People ask me all the time if they can get their cat in a custom movie poster. And the answer is yes, but, there's some things to consider first. Movie posters are a lot of work to draw and some posters are more complicated than others. The price will vary depending on what you're looking for. This page will give you more information about your options, then we will need to talk (email) before we finalize the order, so all the details and price get ironed out.

Variations on Custom Posters

Is It a Poster I've Already Done?

If you love one of my existing posters and want your cat as the star, I can do that! It's much easier to switch out a cat face and change an actor name than it is to draw a whole poster from scratch. This is my least expensive option. Depending on the poster in question, it will usually be $75 per cat to "recast" the actors. Reach out to me with the specific poster and how many recasts and we can finalize a plan.

Is It a Movie I Haven't Done Yet?

If you want a movie that I haven't already created, there's a lot more art needing to be arted and thus the price will be higher. But also, there's the complexity of the poster to consider. If it's a simple design, like Forest Gump, you might expect to pay $250 for the commission. If it's something more complicated like American Graffiti, the price will go up because it will be much more work.

Also, if you want the artwork to be exclusive to you (as in I won't add the design to my selection) there will be an added fee. If you're okay with me selling your design with your cat's face (though the "actor" name will be different) then there won't be any additional cost.

What Size Print?

The cost of the art commission itself is something that I will settle on when I know the particulars. But the price of printing, which is on top of the commission, is consistent with all prints.

8x12" $38

12x18" $82

24x36" $112

If you're buying multiple copies or commissions, there may be a bulk discount offered.

Restrictions

What About Dog Movie Posters?

Okay, here is the thing about dog movie posters and why I don't have them in my selection. Dogs have weird bodies. There, I said it. Most cats are shaped relatively the same. That makes it pretty easy to replace human actors with cats.

Consider the Great Dane vs the Dachshund. Both are dogs. Are they shaped the same? Decidedly no. If someone wants chihuahuas and labradors in the same poster, it's a real head-scratcher to make that happen. I have to pull out a lot of creative stops to swing it. And even having one type of dog, if it's the wrong kind of dog, things get confusing. Basset hounds have tiny legs. If I'm making Han Solo into a Basset Hound, do I give him tiny arms? If it's a Newfoundland, what are the repercussions of all that fur? Is it under the human actor's cloths? Wouldn't that really change the shape of the actor? You can see that it really complicates things.

So will I never do custom dog movie posters? I'm open to it. But it's really going to depend on circumstances, the types of dog, whether there are multiple breeds, the movie in question, the artwork of the original poster. Reach out to me with your ideas and we can talk things through. But, I reserve the right to simply say, I can't make this work.

Can I Have a Newer Movie Made?

You'll notice that my movies are mostly older. At the time of writing this, I have mainly movies from the silent era through the 80s, with only three 90s movies. Which is funny, because as a child of the 90s, I actually love movies from that decade. So why not do newer movies? I just don't like the style of the movie posters as much. Movies from the nineties and onwards have a different style that mainly relies on photographs. A lot of them look the same. I also don't like the way the fonts changed and the style of the writing. It doesn't lend itself to my catifcation process. So, will I do custom movies from the 90s and 2000s? Purrhaps, but I need to take it on a case by case basis.

Can I Have a Cartoon Poster Made?

I get it, I love cartoons too. I am a massive Ghibli fan and have probably watched Princess Mononoke 100 times. This is a case of, I'm not saying no, but I'm not saying yes either. Which is a bit of a theme with these restrictions. I have done a custom poster of the original Cinderella Disney movie (Walt Disneeze's Caterella). And I discussed a few other options with the customer for other OLD animated movies. Why old? It's a question of style again. I can match my cat faces to older cartoon styles. I cannot match my cats to Frozen. I'm sorry, I know it's popular beyond belief, but it's just not something I can do. I'm thinking anything past 1960 would be a stretch. And things get weird if the protagonists are animals already. Like, I love Robin Hood (1973) but I'm not going to change a fox to a cat.

What About Foreign Films?

This one saddens me, because I really love foreign films. Some of my favorite movies are Japanese. I'm not opposed to making a catified version of a foreign film, but, I can't really do the puns. Sadly, I only speak English. I wouldn't want to mangle a foreign language by trying to turn their words and names into puns. I do make an exception for Spaghetti Westerns because they were heavily popular and widely distributed in America and have English names that are widely established. Are there other exceptions? Pawsibly, I'd like to talk it over before committing myself. And it may be as simple as leaving the names off.

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