Paul Madlon
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The Adventures of Ninja Cat

On the run, in the rain, up in the air, atop Bavarian peaks, below a bellowing musk ox. Microsoft’s Ninja Cat just can’t stop!

Gene Kitty is 🎶 Singin’ Ninja Rain 🎵

Gene Kitty is 🎶 Singin’ Ninja Rain 🎵

As a contractor at Microsoft on the WDG Design Support team I was called upon to handle a wide variety of design needs. Perhaps the most entertaining, and the highest profile, of these requests was to create a theme of desktop wallpaper based on the unofficial Windows mascot, Ninja Cat.

You never know who you’ll bunk with at Ninja Camp

You never know who you’ll bunk with at Ninja Camp

Ninja Cat visits an iconic Paint 3D model

Ninja Cat visits an iconic Paint 3D model

Some unsuspecting grouper is about to get Ninja Catfished

Some unsuspecting grouper is about to get Ninja Catfished

While adapting illustrations from the Microsoft library and creating original art in that style, I took much of my inspiration from classic movies and TV shows that tapped into the geeky appeal of this bandanna-ed kitty.

When my homage to Thelma and Louise was deemed to dark for Ninja Cat, it transformed into an homage to the Roadrunner & Coyote

When my homage to Thelma and Louise was deemed to dark for Ninja Cat, it transformed into an homage to the Roadrunner & Coyote

… and my nod to Adventure Time was given Lederhosen and a beer, and then he was put on the wagon by The Censors quicker than you can say "Yodel-hey-hee-mew!"

… and my nod to Adventure Time was given Lederhosen and a beer, and then he was put on the wagon by The Censors quicker than you can say "Yodel-hey-hee-mew!"

At the moment this free theme enjoys a 4.9 star rating with 78 reviews on the Windows Store, and I will stop looking at ratings and comments so that I can forever remember it that way!

The Adventures of Ninja Cat!
Click to get the Desktop Wallpaper theme at the Windows Store! The theme includes some wallpapers created by my talented coworkers. All wallpapers come with single screen and widescreen/dual-monitor versions, redesigned with additional art.