Rebecca Salinas Art

which smelly smell would you like to smell?

I'll be making an air freshener design based on which scent y'all like the most! I'm hoping to include it in November Noodle Mail, along with a mini print of a new painting in progress.

propellor hat squid!! This is part of a series of 4 paintings called The Fascinators. The 5x7" mini prints made from them are all Patreon exclusive.

If air freshners aren't your thing, message m...

October Noodle Mail 🦇💀

included in this month's Noodle Mail: Incatpacitated mini print and Squid Bat magnet! (both patreon exclusives)

I'm so excited to share this month's rewards!! I had fun creating these two paintings, I'll upload the time lapse videos of them to my YouTube soon :3

P.S. I got power back in my apartment yesterday! 🎉 cleared out almost everything in the fridge/freezer

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We made it through the hurricane!

I wanted to let you all know we are okay! Hurricane Ian wasn't too bad for where we are in Orlando, Florida. We lost power Wednesday night and are still waiting on it to be restored. It's estimated to come back on Sunday. We packed some October Noodle Mail last night by candlelight as that's about all we can do with no power haha

Here's a hairless cat I painted before the storm! Hoping to get back on my painting schedule when the power returns, as I've been recording the whole process ...

SECRET SHOP now open!!🤫🎉

Hi y'all! Noodle Dad and I made a Patreon Exclusive Shop just for you! :)

It is password protected, so don't share it with anyone else! PASSWORD: noodleseven

https://friendlynoodles.com

This shop will be where I list original paintings, limited edition numbered items and previous month's Patreon exclusive rewards (for if you might've signed up after its release, or if you'd just like to have mul...

September Noodle Mail ✨

for this month, I'll be sending out a sticker sheet of the bois wearing hats! (patreon exclusive)

Your support through Patreon has given me the confidence to spend time creating more art, videos and content. It's also given me the chance to get to know you all on a much more personal level (especially those who are active in the Noodle Discord chat! here's the join link in case you missed it: https://discord.gg...

blepping cats painting has begun!

send me your blepping cats for a chance to be part of this painting! :P

Guidelines for what I'm looking for:

• well-lit, good quality images of cats blepping/mleming (cats with their tongues out)
• photo is cropped to just the face of the cat
• cat is facing forward

examples of photos I'm looking for ✅

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puzzles have restocked!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1237549834/the-chorus-jigsaw-puzzles-500-piece-1000

🎉🎉

August Noodle Mail! The Fascinators

I made a new painting of my cats, starring Haku! I might make this a series of 4 paintings with each cat swapping out as the star while the rest are in the background on the shelf. I'll also swap the colors in each painting too

We just finished packing & shipping all the puzzle preorders yesterday! 🎉 We're now packing August Noodle Mail and aim to ship it out by Monday, August 8th.

Puzzles will restock next week and I'll be adding a few new items to ...

help design a new Noodle decal/ vinyl sticker!

see attachment for visual reference. this will be part of August Noodle Mail! :3

my first animation!

I did some digital work this weekend as I've been inspired by a couple cartoon styled artists recently (OMOCAT and Grace Gogarty) and I'm excited to show you all my first animation! https://youtube.com/shorts/KiNpP86sesA?feature=share

It took about 63 drawings to make it, I've just gotta line the rest and clean it up before I think it is complete :3

My favorite part is drawing Noodle with ...

Originals for sale now!

I've just made 5 original paintings available for purchase in my shop :)

Dancing Noodlings, Bug Eyed Noodle, Valentine's Noodle & Friends, Mmm Toe Beans and Noodle Screm (Red)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1057575925/original-artworks-5-cat-paintings?ref=listings_manager_table

I did my first in person event last sunday and got to me...

Puzzle preorder, prints and a local event!

Preorder for puzzles is open!! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1237549834/

I've also finished packing and shipping all preorders for prints, so they are back in stock in the shop!

I'll be at a local event this Sunday in Orlando, Florida signing prints in person only! It's from 11am-6pm at Ace Cafe. Come by if you're able to! I'll also have a few small originals for sale in person. After the e...

June/July Noodle Mail and The Chorus update :3

Hi Noodle friends!

We've been working hard packing all the preorders we got for The Chorus prints. It's just been me, Noodle Dad, Noodle Dad's brother and my good friend Sarah doing our best to pack 2,500+ preorders!! We're almost there and should have them all sent out by mid June. :)

After all the preorders are sent out, prints will be back in stock in the shop and preorder for puzzles can begin!

• June Noodle Mail includes a 3" holographic Dancing Noodlings sticker ...
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May Noodle Mail + sneak peak items

Hi Noodle friends!

Here's what is included in this month's Noodle Mail: a 5x7" mini print of The Chorus (patreon exclusive) and a 4.5x5" greeting card of The Chorus (available in my shop). Please feel free to download the key sheet to print at home for your mini prints!

I usually try to ship out Noodle Mail within the first week of every month, but we're a little behind this month. I've just dropped off all international & new patreon Noodle Mail, and should have the rest pack...

PREORDER NOW AVAILABLE - The Chorus is complete!

I'm so happy to finally announce that The Chorus is finished and the long awaited prints are now ready for preorder. <3

Thank you so much to everyone who submitted photos, it really was a joy seeing them all even if I wasn't able to paint them all. I saved almost 900 photos to my meowing album that I selected from, and will likely look to those again if I make a second version of meowing cats.

There are four preorder listings, separated by size for calculated shipping costs. ...

Dancing Noodlings

April Noodle Mail!! will include a 4x4" mini print of my new painting Dancing Noodlings and a 4x4" magnet of Bug Eyed Noodle (both patreon exclusive). I've ordered some rubber keychains as well that will be for May Noodle Mail. It's a Needles design!

The 2 year Patreon pins came in, so I'll be sending those out to everyone who reaches the milestone of being subscribed for 2 years!! 🎉 I also send out a 1 year pin when you reach 1 year of being subscribed~

I'm g...

Next Month's Noodle Mail

I just finished these yesterday and I'm so excited about them haha

The first image is a teeeeny 2x2" painting. It'll be a 1x1" holographic sticker (patreon exclusive) for March. I think I'll be having an original painting sale once I have enough of these little paintings together. :3

The second design is for our first patches!! They'll be part of March's Noodle Mail and available on my Etsy later.

The third design is of the special 2 year pin I'll be sending out to my pat...

Which platform should the next giveaway be hosted on?

After reviewing some of Patreon's rules, I can't do Patreon exclusive giveaways. I apologize for not being aware of this rule.

I'll be hosting public giveaways on my social media from now on. Which platform should the next one be held on? 

Commissions! ✨(Closed Now)

I've had custom portrait commissions closed for about a year, but I'm ready to open limited commissions exclusively for my patreons!!

Previously I have struggled to enjoy the painting process for commissions, but I'm hoping with these set limits I can enjoy painting them again with less stress and be able to give y'all some custom artwork. :) 

Guidelines for the commissions:

-only one commission per patreon

-the commissions are one subject acrylic paintings on 3.5...

winners of the giveaway!

Congratulations to Laura Macias for winning the original painting Ghost Scream and to Cat for winning the original painting Noodle Jail! 🎉 (see previous post for details)

I created an excel file with all my active Patreons and used a random number generator for the selection. Would y'all be interested in more giveaways? I was thinking of doing them every two months, and perhaps up to 10 winners for prizes that are reproductions of paintings such as prints ...

patreon giveaway, painting for sale + more!

I'm doing another Patreon exclusive giveaway for two original paintings! Ghost Scream and Noodle Jail. 

I'll also be listing the Flammin' Haku original painting on my Etsy shop! (see details in the photos of this post) 

I wasn't able to get the air fresheners in time for December Noodle Mail, so it'll be part of January's! This month's Noodle Mail includes two patreon exclusives: the holiday card and holographic sticker. 

I always order extra Noodle Mail items...

which design should be used as a car air freshener?

As part of your December Noodle Mail, I'll be sending a car air freshener! Which design would you like the most? (see attachments) 

I'll post a preview for December Noodle Mail rewards as soon as I have it ready! 

Also, I've updated a setting on my patreon that affects new members signing up-- Patreon will now charge the first day a new member signs up then the 1st of the month going forward. This means new members will have until the last day of the month to ...

meowing cats + patreon sale + important reminders!

The meowing cats painting I've been working on since July 29th, The Chorus (2021) is almost done! I'm a few cats ahead of my posting schedule, so here's a little sneak peak of the current progress (76 cats so far). I hope to finish it this month or the next, and have a preorder listing for prints ready for when it's finished!

Some background info on the painting: I'm not going to fill the whole canvas with cats. In fact, I may be on the last row! The cats I've chosen were sele...

my paintings from the last 2 years

Today I hung up almost all my works from the past 2 years at UCF. I'm graduating this semester so my mentor and painting professor had me hang up my work for viewing. It's so amazing to see them all together in one space and I loved talking with other artists about my work.

Here's a link to a video walkthrough of it: https://youtu.be/FphxZHsfK8g

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important announcements!!

the winners of the happy birthday noodle paintings are Allison Tinik and Amanda G! Thank you for everyone who participated, it really means a lot!! ❤️

I'll be putting 5 of my original paintings up for sale on my Etsy @2pm EST July 26th (tomorrow!)

I have an idea for a new painting that is going to be close ups of a bunch of cat faces either meowing or yawning, but look like they could be singing or screaming haha. Please send me reference photos of your cats or other interne...

Patreon giveaway!

I'll be selecting two random winners from the comments below! Must be an active patreon before July 1st (tomorrow!!) to participate :3

The two paintings, both 4x6" acrylic on watercolor paper, were used to make the Noodle birthday card design which is part of July's rewards! Noodle's birthday is on July 4th 🎆

Good luck!! Thank you for your support and I'll be posting some behind the scenes drawings on here in a couple days 💖

Teleporting Noodle design

I will be adding "Teleporting Noodle" to July patreon rewards! what form should he be in? (see photo attached) 

spring semester artworks //

Hello friends! Here's a link to view all my spring semester works:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IAwa99M254xNueNXnclByuwiWIixl5TzVYKS-coJ4Js/edit?usp=sharing

I'm planning on graduating this fall with a BFA in Studio Art, Painting. I'll also be part of the BFA show in the UCF gallery, open to the public. So hopefully it all works out...

limited edition prints and a 25% off coupon!

I had a midterm critique for my printmaking class today and now I can sell the prints I made so far! (I didn't know if I would need them all for the final, but it turns out I don't!)

Screen prints, unlike digital prints that are produced by photographing original artworks, ARE the original artwork.

Here's a coupon just for y'all: 25% off of prints!

NOODLESPATREON2021

fun with screen printing

about the process:

screen printing is a process through which a stencil is created on clear film then taped to a mesh screen with light-sensitive enamel coated on it. light is then exposed to the screen and any parts that were blocked by the stencil can wash away with water while the rest of the enamel that was hit with light hardens. the screen now has the stencil and ink is pushed through the screen with a squeegee.

I made a 14-color screen print series based on the...