Trigger warning?
So usually this is where, if you haven’t read the book, I say to do so, but there’s a caveat this time. Robin McKinley’s Deerskin is an amazing and wonderful … Continue reading
Aerin-sol!
I think one of the things I especially love about Aerin is that, when she realizes (spoiler) she’s in love with two different men, she doesn’t agonize over it. She … Continue reading
One more black and white, just because.
I feel more confident that lots of you have read The Hero and the Crown, because I read it in school, and because it’s probably McKinley’s best-known book. Yerigs! Folstza! … Continue reading
Oh, all right. Have some colour! Have ALL the colours!
Again, ‘Spindle’s End’, Robin McKinley. READ IT.
Colour is overrated, right?
You get black & white today, both because this one kind of got away from me and the colouring is INTENSIVE, and because look how pretty! Did that sound conceited? … Continue reading
Willow! The female one, not the one who saved Elora Danaan.
Although in my head, Willow Rosenberg is the very distant descendant of Elora Danaan, and the name got passed down in the family in honor of her hero. Red headed, … Continue reading
In which I draw a monkey.
And some other stuff, clearly. ‘A Little Princess’ was one of my absolute favourite books as a kid, even with its painfully Victorian outlook, for fairly shallow reasons. I loved … Continue reading
Mama just killed a witch! Put a wand up to her head, used some magic, now she’s dead.
I’m the worst at advertising, so if I haven’t mentioned it lately, these are available on t-shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/neuroticowl and on other kinds of t-shirts and a bunch of other stuff at http://www.redbubble.com/people/neuroticowl/. … Continue reading
Bertie Shakespeare Smith! And some fairies. And a cupcake.
So if you like YA even a tiny bit, or if you just like awesome books and don’t care about genre (yay!), you should read ‘Eyes Like Stars’, by Lisa … Continue reading
Something old, something new. . .
Note to self – if you’re going to draw more white dresses with really faint detail, just go ahead and put a heavy line of colour around the edge before … Continue reading
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