Neurotic Owl

flying through clouds of uncertainty on wings of existential dread

Tag Archives: fairytales

Weeklyish thingy and the King of Pentacles/Stone Soup – now with color!

I actually had this painted several days ago, just got sidetracked with home organizing and also editing and uploading ALL of the cards to my Gamecrafter account. I still have … Continue reading

June 3, 2023 · Leave a comment

Weeklyish thingy and the King of Pentacles/Stone Soup

Huge thanks to Megan on Mastodon, who jumped in with this ABSOLUTELY perfect suggestion for a different idea of wealth, I love it. Of course doing Stone Soup means doing … Continue reading

May 29, 2023 · Leave a comment

Weeklyish thingy and the Queen of Pentacles/Snow White and Rose Red, aka the SECOND TO LAST CARDDDDDDD

I foresee a great turmoil over the final card as I look back on all the possibilities I missed but fuck it, nearly done! Looking for a fertile, nurturing mother … Continue reading

May 13, 2023 · Leave a comment

Weeklyish thingy and the Knight of Pentacles/Mother Holle

This one is a really good answer to when I’m all ‘can’t art, not inspired’ because I had no strong feeling going in to this card and dicked around a … Continue reading

May 2, 2023 · 1 Comment

Weekly! thingy and the Ten of Pentacles/The Girl Without Hands

Have you ever thought, “Gee, I love Snow White, but I wish it was significantly more fucked up. I wish it was like an oddly religious Saw movie. I wish … Continue reading

April 3, 2023 · Leave a comment

Fortnightly thingy and the Nine of Pentacles/The Little Mermaid

I just can’t seem to escape my intense love of bi disaster boi Hans Christian Andersen’s stories, so it’s a real delight to me that his wild fucking life went … Continue reading

March 26, 2023 · Leave a comment

Weekly? thingy and the Eight of Pentacles/The Elves and the Shoemaker

I’m back, babies! Hopefully, I mean. Unpacking is still hell but I think I’m getting to a point where I can imagine also fitting in a weekly card probably? Plus … Continue reading

March 12, 2023 · Leave a comment

Whenever thingy and the card back!

I swear I haven’t disappeared off the face of the earth, I just had a week of being in home ownership limbo followed by a very rushed move into my … Continue reading

February 20, 2023 · Leave a comment

Whenever thingy and the Seven of Pentacles/Snow White and Rose Red

I miiiiight have forgotten that I never posted this one. Snow White and Rose Red, picking flowers from their respective trees to bring in to their mother. I loved the … Continue reading

January 25, 2023 · Leave a comment

Weekly thingy and the Six of Pentacles/The Malachite Casket

I talked about the Malachite Maid way back in the major arcana – she’s woven all through this story, though she never directly appears (except in disguise as the traveler). … Continue reading

December 31, 2022 · Leave a comment