Ram Kat
10 Years of Sunday Sketches!
Ten years ago on this day I posted the very first Sunday Sketch, titled Rem Kat suggested by Bumpersam, and I figured it was only fitting that I draw a follow up to it today.
At the time, I wasn't really sure how this daily sketch thing would go or how long I'd be able to keep it up. My plan was to keep it going for at least one year if I could manage it and go from there. Suffice it to say, it's gone on a little longer than that, and as a result it's generated some pretty crazy numbers.
As you can see, I've drawn quite a lot in the last ten years. And I find myself feeling strangely nostalgic for some of the earliest ones.
It felt very experimental at the time, but even back then, the format was almost exactly the same as it is now, including picking five colors at the end of the month.
Clearly some characters ended up being bigger favorites than others, though. After 10 years, here are the most popular character tags:
No surprise for many of these. The main four are represented, but Kat manages to pull ahead of everyone! That's always been pretty consistent.
We've also had plenty of fads and trends come and go throughout the years. Some of the earliest were Pet Daughter suggested by TheGamakazi and Snow Leopard Village suggested by BluePhantom90. There was also Twokinds High suggested by Terra the Wizard!
Here are some of the most popular themes and their post counts:
Not a surprise, but a lot of these sketch trends generated characters who originated right here on Patreon! These are the most popular ones, sorted by tag count:
Chimera is the character with the most posts yet no colors. How unfortunate!
And there are many more with just slightly lower post counts, such as the Explorers, the Cheetah Girl, the Deer Girl, the Snake Girl... a lot of unnamed animal girls, actually. lol As well as those that have names but just had an all-too-brief time in the spotlight, such as Lilith or Colleen.
Some sketches I can barely remember drawing at all, but others are so clear in my memory that when I look at them, I flash back to the day I was painting it. All the streams, the holidays, the trends that waxed and waned. I've had a great time. And I hope you all have had a great time too, regardless of when you joined!
I will leave off this post with a few of my favorite old pieces, the ones I enjoyed making the most out of all of them:
This is my overall favorite. I couldn't tell you why, I just loved the atmosphere and I was in such a flow state while painting it. Everything just came together. I don't think I could do a better job even now. It was suggested by amenon and sponsored by Alex Carpenter.
Another Natani and Keith! Coincidence? Maybe. This art, suggested by Sunstab and sponsored by SiliconCarbide, was one of my earliest modern setting paintings. I have such a distinct memory of when I was painting the background for this piece.
What can I say? I like Flora, I admit it! And I like atmospheric pieces such as this. I have an odd nostalgia for this art and its follow-up, Rainforest Flora, suggested by Azuma.
Finally, I'd be remiss if I didn't include this one of Lo-Fi Kat suggested by unsteddyphoenix, of course! I had such a great time with this one, painting in all the Easter eggs and sharing them on the stream. It was one of my favorite stream experiences.
I could keep going, but this post is starting to get ridiculously long as it is, so I suppose it's time for me to wrap it up. Thank you all for being here with me and suggesting all these ideas for me to draw. None of this art would exist were it not for your suggestions. Nor would any of the experiences I had making them. So thank you.
If there's an old sketch from the last ten years that stands out in your mind, please feel free to post it in the comments. I'd be very interested to see which sketches you guys liked (or disliked!) Or if any particular ones hold a special place in your memory. Let me know!
And now, with all that said and done, I am going to take a nap. And then draw comics.
(Disclaimer: If any numbers are off, my bad! I tried my best while on 6 cups of coffee and no sleep!)
Comments (81)
Thank you for doing that! These girls and guys light my days :)
I've been admiring your sketches for ten years, and reading your comic for longer. I've never been able to afford membership, so I can't make suggestions or vote. I work during the day so, I've only caught a portion of one stream, when I was on staycation. In other words? I lurk. But I enjoy it! Thank you for sticking with it, and thank you for such wonderful characters.
Congrats on the milestone! That’s a massive achievement! It’s been amazing to see something new from you every day over these last 10 years! So many favourites I could call out. For selfish reasons I think Jumping Ship might be my all time favourite. To see it appear in the printed volume of the comic was an unbelievably special moment! I feel so incredibly fortunate for having had so many suggestions picked out of over the years and to even have had the chance to sponsor a couple of Nora cards over that time. Can’t thank you enough for the opportunity to even make these suggestions to begin with and for all your amazing work over the years bringing all these fan ideas to life. Congrats again! Here’s to many more years!
The charts are fantastic! ❤️
I have had the Keith and Natani in the city painting as my art laptop wallpaper since it was posted. Your art growth over the years and your ability and ambition to draw almost every day is insanely inspiring to me. I can't belive it's been so long. I don't even remember how I found the web comic, maybe a Pinterest ad? It was the very first web comic I ever read. I still have that surface pro 7 and it's barely holding up through my first real illustration job so I still hope to get a cintique because of you. I'm curious what hardware and software you're on now. Thank you so much for all the inspiration and memories
Congratulations on the 10 years Tom (and contributors!) and thank you, thank you, thank you for pulling together all the statistics graphics! I have many favorite themes/ categories: the bonus content you provided for people to use like the pixel portraits https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/twokinds-pixel-98913884 Modern AU and especially the backstage AU like https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/breakroom-banter-18626339 and the glorious, epic, fantasy illustrations like https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/maeve-farmer-84322465 I know this doesn't count as a sketch but this magnificent "google street view" page deserves another mentioning https://twokinds.keenspot.com/comic/17thann/ Thanks again and I wish you the best and look forward to the next years!
Why is she called “Ram Kat”?
Rem and Ram are characters from an anime / light novel called Re:ZERO. Kat dressed as Rem was the first Sunday Sketch posted, so for the 10th anniversary I drew Kat as her counterpart, Ram.
I've been enjoying the Sketches for those 10 years, and appreciate the @ 6 0r 7 of mine that you've done, especially the Jazz band, the '50's pinball one, and the recent Spot comparison, that were all colour choices!
I'm just glad to see that you enjoy Twokinds as much as we do, happy 10 year sketch anniversary!
The AU where Trace and Flora are evil gangster lords made an impression, the lady looks great in evil dresses. And how could I forget Kat meeting her evil double?
Thank you for your work, the art, and the memories.
Wow the stats in there are insane! Congrats on 10 Years Tom!! I only joined your patreon last year after stalking the comic for two years but in the rough year I have seen some truly amazing pieces come out of this patreon and I can't wait to see what more you have in store!
I honestly have two favourites, and i'll start with the #2 https://www.patreon.com/posts/49410873 Mike's Sleepover, cos it's adorable how bemused he is =3 and as a polyam person myself, this is my most favourite, Laura's Pack https://www.patreon.com/posts/111387065 It's sad that it never got its own colour version, but i still love it all the same~ it's soft, and looks so warm and all the shared love~ If's always so lovely to see ^-^
Congratulations! All your sketches and color art keep me coming back for more.
Congratualtion on 10 years sketch man! probably my most intresting moment is introducing Saria as a lioness. https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/lioness-saria-14930886 and all the Tiger Trace art including the first time see Trace as a female tigress that set me in the direction for more Kitty Trace https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/tigress-trace-8029247
Kathrin: It's been 84 years... Happy 10th anniversary of sketches!
I find it hard to believe that neither Nora nor Reni were in the top tags. This needs to be rectified!
Nora was actually in 8th place behind Raine, with 209 tags. Mike (195 tags) and then Maren (171 tags surprisingly!) round out the top 10.
Congratulation my man! 10 years down, many more to go I'm sure!
Happy 10 years, Tom! The coolest suggestion experience for me has to be Vanity Fashion. I love all the extra effort you put into the colored version(s)! I wish I could have got my hands on one of those bookmarks you were giving out at cons. The fact that something I suggested got made into actual merch is so cool! :3 Here's to the next 10 years!
Wait - Willow wasn't a Patreon original? Huh...
One on my favorites has to be any of the things with the chimera. I love thier character and even made a dnd race based off of the idea. All of your art has been amazing ever since I started following a couple years ago. Keep up the great work. Thank you tom
Oh my froth... ten years? It's...incredible. I am so frothing happy...I discovered the comic Christmas '17 just a year after the sketches started, then...has it really been that long? I am biased that of course, sketches I suggested are high on my 'I like' list, especially the first one that was picked, 'Halo Raine'-I was DEEP into the Halo phase as I had recently discovered it...and the events after that actually are responsible for me...seriously trying to draw properly. It's ... I've a lot to learn still. But that sketch is near and dear to me. But another staunch favourite is the 'Subtleseed' sketch/colour with Natani and Keith. It's so gentle, the way Keith hands the crystal to Natani, who is cradling it like it's the greatest of treasures...which, in a way, it is. I've had such a love for Keith and Natani's relationship-in fact, if I had to choose my favourite character, they'd be fighting Raine for 1st place on the podium (With Red, of all people, a close 4th). The Subtleseed sketch, and Keith and Natani's battle sketches, represent everything I love about them. Accepting each other, for who they are. Sharing their deepest selves, and becoming the best couple in the comic (in my extremely subjective opinion). Learning from each other-Keith is using a KEIDRAN custom of proposal, and Natani clearly appreciates it, and he learns from Keith to open up (At least to him, to trust him, to always have his back. Another favourite is...well...surprise, surprise, another Raine one. 'Love Thy Fluff.' Now coloured...I've always loved reading Raine's inner struggle to accept herself, and hope that in time, in the comic, she will be able to. Her human self hugging her wolf self is just a gorgeous metaphor for this-and on top of that, it is incredibly frothing cute. And there is also the slam dunk you did of Hornet Flora. I am DEEP in the Hollow Knight/Outer Wilds hole and am replaying HK (a year in still little progress) before Silksong and seeing how much you were clearly into the game just by the comments in the streams, and then THAT banger? I just love whenever you pick sketches on a whimsy, because there it feels like you really, truly flow. I want to go on. There are so many I could list. The 'Watching the Stars' sketch-another Keith and Natani one. I love how you draw space and stargazing/night time scenes, and your backgrounds become better with every colour you do-you put so much craft into everything. The Lynx Kingdom and all that's sprang up from it. The Explorers marrying their Tiger Spouses in 'Traditional Tiger Ceremony'. The raw ruggedness of the 'Norwegian Forest Cat.' The power and fury in the AU of 'Trace vs Adelaide' - pure physicality and might vs the crushing domain of magic. 'Tiger Comfort,' a haunted monster being comforted by the one who keeps his demons at bay. The heartbreaking sketch of Willow's Origin...Adira and Maeve in the flower field...Human Zen and Natani (GOSH those designs slap)...Any of the sketches you use to expand and exposit on the lore of Mekkan... I hope I am not on too long but there are so many. These sketches have given me joy to see every single week. Thank you so much for all this magnificent artwork, and the stories you tell through it...and the story of their making. You inspire me to keep trying to draw, and you have brought joy to so many of us with each sketch you put to ink. Happy 10 years of sketches-may there be as many more as you love to draw!
As for a sketch that stands out, I'd say Good Morning Ahnassi despite its poor reach, since I suggested it *because* your previous art about this obscure character of a now forgotten Elder Scrolls franchise; it is what made me love it! This, and how creatively you interpreted the few polygons from the ancient Morrowind model https://www.patreon.com/posts/131775844
Yes, this previous art of Ahnassi was outstanding. Because Tom put extra work in it. I didn't get, why did you present good morning sketch as your choice, while only mentioning the true masterpiece?
I've only been contributing ideas for about 12 months now, and I'm completely biased but I was really pleased with the idea for this: https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/backstage-au-kei-149351759 It just felt like a perfect alignment of a canon opportunity ('explaining' the canon blush) and the Backstage AU premise (splitting Vanity's shapeshift into actress Vanity/Adira). As a Backstage AU suggestion, I don't think I'll be able to top it. Tom might have a different opinion, but to me it also felt a collaboration where he was able to take the spark of the idea and Keiren/Vanity's seed reactions and bring the idea to life. 99.99% of it is Tom's unbelievable talent, but at the same time it feels like there's a little piece in there from me with the gag. This last year a couple of sketches stood out for their insane amount of effort: https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/kobold-reni-151570128 https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/vanity-fashion-154458269 Tom was completely insane for doing both of these, even with the admission the Vanity one took three days, and the festival had so many background characters, to the point where I think probably is the sketch with the most characters/tags. This cityscape from April was a gorgeous sketch which was a bit of a shame not to see in color: https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/umbrella-for-two-155211153 Meanwhile this sketch from last year not getting a color probably saved Tom's drawing hand but was a real shame as it was superb: https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/summer-festival-131252102 I don't think Tom knows how to draw a bad environment if his life depended on it, but this one of Jade facing a storm is high up on my list https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/facing-storm-154724614 I would say it's atmospheric, but I made that pun earlier this year and exceeded the quota so it's instead "cool". Finally, one of my fave comedy sketches is this one from last year of Flora and Kat, where the expressions as so over the top. https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/modesty-swap-130278283 I've always enjoyed the way Tom draws facial expressions (I'm trying to make him draw as many hilarious ones as I can). Thanks again for your hard work and sharing your art Tom, hopefully you've had fun with some of the ideas I've put in! (Even if the character limit makes it so hard to fit ideas in!) Congrats and here's to many more years of sketches!
Its sad how fast time flies...especially with family...bc u imagine smth and then in a blink of the eye u realie how fast it went by Btw ur art looks really good,i cant draw myself and when i tried it looked bad but u...ur good!
It's been YEARS, but one of my true favorites that slipped through the cracks was one of Keith and Natani dancing, I think it was called "Rewrite The Stars", a parody of The Greatest Showman. I should probably sponsor it...
A most epic post.
i was sus of willow not even featuring on the most common fannon rankings till i saw the note and yeah some characters are too recent to have had many drawings of them
I've been reading the comic since 2018, but I've only actually taken in all the rest of the art you've made for about a month now. I have to say, it's some of the most fun I've had in a while. Thank you Tom, for bringing to life all the fun, and... interesting ideas of the people to life.
yippee!!
Damn it's been a Dekate
That is so cute
Quite the journey Tom. Thank you for kindly sharing your artwork with us. Congratulations on a ten years long live journey. 🥳🎉🎊 (I’ve been liking the Vanity pics but the Natani Traitorous Tail piece was my along with the Kieth x Natani accidental kiss
Very interesting to learn what arts are special for you. Tiger Trace, modern setting AU... And learn that you actually enjoying those trends that come and go, new characters generated. ... Godspeed, Tom. In doing whatever you like, in bringing happiness to those who like it too.
What a lovely walk down memory lane! Thanks for the years of wonderful art, Tom. Here's to many more!
Looking forward to many more, Tom! But still personally anchored to the original storyline. Please don't forget us old sots that live a good story!😉😉☺️☺️
Go get some sleep Tom! And thank you for 10 years of sketches! I've only joined fairly recently, but it's always a joy to see all of the different sketches and to occasionally join in on the streams!
Though I’m still new to this community… sorta. This hits like a truck. Happy 10th Anniversary, Tom.
The we're back thing with Karen will always be my favorite, other than my own suggestion though I would say that Hot springs one with Reni and raine being nerds and maren wearing raine tribal outfit
And thank you for everything, you’re the best. Thanks for inspiring me to learn how to draw.
Congrats Tom on 10 years! Some random tag stats (according to what I can tell, don't hit me if these are wrong!): Warren has only had a single canon appearance (#1260) but has featured in six Patreon sketches (not including color wins), plus a bonus sketch. And he still doesn't have a tag! (Note to Tom: THE LIST!) Vanity has appeared in 18 sketches (not including colors) plus a cameo, plus the 2025 Christmas filler, while she has appeared in 14 comic panels (visible on page) as of writing as herself! (Also Tom: LIST!) 80% of eligible Cheetah Girl sketches have won a color slot. Fun fact: the "tiger explorers" tag is in lowercase. Now it can haunt you like it haunts me! A recent project to check tags found 2 missing Keith tags, 3x Raine/Natani/Kathrin tags, 4x Trace tags, and 5x Flora tags. Meaning this had zero overall effect on the chart above! Tom's worst metadata crime: Adding a tag for Sorrel to a single post! https://www.patreon.com/c/twokinds/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=Prince+Sorrel Bonus facts Remus has appeared in sketches more than Romulus, making the Remus/Romulus tag FALSE ADVERTISING TOM! Roderick and Edith are the only named characters to have a single sketch making them joint lowest. Factoring in a bonus sketch of Edith, this makes Roderick the least-drawn named canon character (that I can find). Tom used the same "Creation" title twice, 17 years apart! https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/creation-158386543 https://www.deviantart.com/twokinds/art/Creation-107019670 (Considering the number of pieces of art, this is impressively low!) This sketch was originally named Raindeer! https://www.patreon.com/posts/raindeer-46100755 AND NOW YOU ALL KNOW THE TRUTH!
Thanks for the bonus facts!
Gratz on 10 years. My favorites are the Good Morning series.
This sketch of Ram Kat, deserves to be colored in commemoration of this 10 year experience. Again congratulations Tom!!
My God. That's quite a bit of growth you've done! Incredible
This is beautiful
Of course kat has the most drawings of her. Absolutely no surprise there lol Congrats on 10 years tom. Here's to another 10 and twice the amount of Kathrin suggestions!!!! ....the atm was lying, she is NOT over drawn 😉...
Ram Kat?! SO that's where ALL the RAM went! 😫
This is so awesome. Congratulations Tom on the anniversary!!! :)
well that read was a journey. 10 years! my gods... and such numbers! it's definitely impressive~
Honestly not the type "ram" I was expecting (I was bracing myself for a truck designed like Kat or maybe a pixilated Kat in a monitor or something lol)
Heck yea, congrats to 10 years!! Ur a big inspiration and should definitely be proud of how much you’ve created!! Hope u celebrate and get some proper rest ^w^
I collect wallpapers and put them on cycle, and Tom's stuff is the best. The ones that always make me want to stop are, Space Cat, Wolf Blacksmith, and Wildlife Photographer. Lo-fi Cat is probably going to be another one of my favorites.
On a personal note for things that stand out in my mind: https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/maid-clovis-20523022 I think I dropped by every day the first time you were at anthrocon to see if you had more time to draw, and since you were so busy I put my suggestion in to the patreon sketch suggestions. You coloured it the day I was moving from England to Canada so never really got a chance to say thank you. It was my background for years, and I only accidentally showed it off to a meeting room while casting my screen once. Also: https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/like-father-like-147405420 I never said thank you for colouring this as an additional for the month because I was on the way home from a Christmas vacation and I missed it for months.
Happy 10 years of sketches! I’ve only been here for about 4 of those but I’ve loved them all. Gotta say, my favorite has to be the Keith and Nat sketches lol
Some examples include Keith’s eyes https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/special-eyes-18803790? and four kids (the sketch that came out around the days I joined!) https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/four-kids-65777258?
Happy 10 years of sketches
absolutely bonkers. 10 years of votes. gg mate
Sifting through the data and figuring out why my own numbers are maligned is going to be an absolute pain since I don't know how Tom gauges these numbers and how much specificity is involved. I cri...
Thanks for sharing this and all these years of wonderful art and yes, here's to many more! I've always enjoyed the sketches where you really show the larger, dragon sized characters at scale (pun intended???), emphasizing the awesomeness and sometimes the unsettling vibes, like with Willow's mom. Also any time Landen show's up it's a treat :D
Oh my
Happy 10 anniversary of sketches, Tom, and to many more!
Ah, almost 10 years of pestering you! It's nostalgic to see it all again!
happy 10 🎉✨ yippee
Very beautiful and congratulations
Definitely not what I was expecting lol
Oh wow, that's so awesome and inspiring! I'm so glad I've been able to take part in this and lucky enough to have gotten a few of my suggestions drawn. Yours is a remarkable talent and every piece is a wonder to behold. I'll be here to keep supporting and cheering you and all your amazing characters (if mostly Reni) on!
♥️♥️💜🩷💛🧡🩶🤍💜♥️♥️
....disappoint, not a goat.
Giving some love to Lynn, an “Ace” messenger! 🏳️🌈
Congrats on 10 years of the sketch streams! It's been an amazing ride so far. Thank you for giving us all so much art over these years. To many more! Her Muse holds a special place in my heart - Rose made me finally actively participate in the streams https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/her-muse-11280444 But my favorite is probably Matriarch Flora https://www.patreon.com/twokinds/posts/matriarch-flora-101836802
It's so amazing how ten years can go by so fast and add up art. I'm impressed! Keep it up! Please never stop having fun.
This is a beautiful look through the past decade of twokinds sketch history, thank you, and here's to more! 10 YEARS! OORAH!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Happy 10 year anniversary of sketches! I can't believe it's been that long but I'm glad to be a part of this journey and I can't wait to see more in the future! :)
You successful mofo. Can't help but respect it.
AAWWWW Dont let Altman see this, he is gonna steal RAM Kat
Hahaha, I had the same thought upon seeing the title!