Neurotic Owl

flapping vaguely downward through clouds of uncertainty on wings of existential dread

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Weekly thingy which, I know, has been more like monthly thingy.

  Anyway:   Places to buy stuff! TEEPUBLIC: mostly t-shirts, a few other products.  Watch for sales, when shirts drop from $20 to $14! REDBUBBLE: Just, I don’t know, a … Continue reading

November 18, 2017 · Leave a comment

I missed hand colouring.

Never let anyone tell you that digital art is the easy way out, this is sooooo much simpler.  I like both for different reasons, but I am SO happy to … Continue reading

November 1, 2017 · Leave a comment

And then some more colour.

Some of these are definitely getting saved for when I have time to watercolour again, but I have a few more that really lend themselves to that clean, bright computer … Continue reading

October 10, 2017 · Leave a comment

Concerts I have seen and dancers who are amazing.

Katharine Dunham, Anna Pavlova, Maria Tallchief, and Alicia Alonso were the four female dancers I had books about in elementary school, and I must have read each of those books … Continue reading

April 27, 2017 · Leave a comment

In which I spend way too much time on a fart joke.

And now I’m kind of sad that I didn’t think to include Beast curled up in a pot under the table, but you can’t have everything.  Also, I need more … Continue reading

April 25, 2017 · Leave a comment

Someone bring me a fluffy eagle to pet. I will love it and scritch it and oh wait, they eat what?

Which, okay, I EAT MEAT TOO, but I didn’t for a lot of years and raw meat still squicks me out pretty good, which is why precut chicken breast strips … Continue reading

April 18, 2017 · 1 Comment

Who drew a building? This girl! Well, part of one. Shut up, buildings are hard.

Haven’t gotten to colour yet because, between show tickets Sunday and Passover Monday and Tuesday, this is the first time I’ve been home and conscious for more than an hour … Continue reading

April 13, 2017 · Leave a comment

A little bit easy, a little bit hard.

Drawing artists is great, because it gives me an automatic background plan – incorporate their art.  Drawing artists is hard because I have to work in someone else’s style, and … Continue reading

March 29, 2017 · Leave a comment

And then I made a lot of you feel bad, even though that’s not the point.

Posted this on Facebook the other day (my personal one, not the Neurotic Owl page), and given the level of response, thought I’d restate it here.  There’s been a lot … Continue reading

March 15, 2017 · 2 Comments

Serafina Pekkala, Texas weirdness, and some other stuff.

I thought I was done drawing the colouring book, but then I was rereading ‘His Dark Materials’, and so, you know, stuff happened.  Just as well, I miscounted and needed … Continue reading

March 8, 2017 · 9 Comments