A few words about the piece
Meowentines is a whimsical intervention on a commercial Valentine’s Day card, subverting the traditionally saccharine tone of holiday ephemera. The original image—presumably a soft, sweet feline intended to warm hearts—is radically reimagined through hand-drawn pen strokes into a chiseled, gloved feline boxer with a determined gaze and six-pack abs.
Meowentines intervenes on a commercial Valentine, subverting saccharine tropes. A presumed soft feline is reimagined in pen as a chiseled, gloved boxer with a determined gaze and absurdly defined abs.
The added caption “Tough” amplifies the humorous mismatch between affection and grit. Hearts and hard knuckles redefine strength as a facet of tenderness.
This playful alteration reclaims what it means to be lovable: strength and softness coexisting. With exaggerated musculature and cheeky lines, Meowentines says even fighters can be soft for someone special.