Parks started drawing cat versions of people since about age 11 or 12. Around 12, they loved
The Phantom of the Opera and had a
running gag about
The Phantom of the Cats. Eventually, they drew the characters as cats. A few years later, Parks became obsessed with the British television series
Doctor Who. Around 2008, Parks began drawing more realistic
Doctor Who cats. Parks has a
Bachelor's degree (
BFA) in Illustration from the
California College of Arts and a graduate degree in
scientific illustration from the
UC Santa Cruz. Previously, Parks drew wildlife like
big cats,
birds,
dinosaurs,
fruit bats,
insects, and
plants. Their work can be found via
iPhone apps for the
National Park Service. Parks would regularly attend conventions as
C2E2,
San Diego Comic-Con, and
WonderCon. Parks' art is drawn and painted digitally via
Paint Tool SAI and
Photoshop. Parks creates their art digitally with a
Cintiq graphics tablet via
Photoshop. Their fan art career took off with a table at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con where they had
Doctor Mew buttons and posters as well as when
Doctor Mew went
viral. Parks became famous due to
Doctor Mew. Later, Parks created other fan art pieces as
The Catvengers.
Doctor Mew represented their most prominent work until
Star Trek Cats in 2017. In March 2018,
Star Trek Cats was followed-up with
Star Trek: The Next Generation Cats. Parks also has a
Patreon account. ==Works==