Neurotic Owl

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Tag Archives: fairytales

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

August 11, 2015 · Leave a comment

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

August 6, 2015 · Leave a comment

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

July 27, 2015 · Leave a comment

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

July 21, 2015 · Leave a comment

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

July 20, 2015 · Leave a comment

In which I’m really not being that picky.

So while picking a quote for my Coraline illustration, I did a Google search for ‘Coraline quotes’ to see what resonated with other people, and I found something HORRIFYING. (Don’t open … Continue reading

July 17, 2015 · Leave a comment

And then more fairytales.

So I know a bunch of you haven’t read Jim C. Hines’ princess series (beginning with ‘The Stepsister Scheme’), but you really should.  They’re great and full of awesome ladies, … Continue reading

July 8, 2015 · Leave a comment

Did you know that she fought the great blind white alligator in the sewers of London?

Hunter:  she’s kickass.  She’s amazing.  She’s morally ambiguous. She could probably stand to lighten up just a teensy bit.

June 24, 2015 · Leave a comment

‘We are small and we are many; we are many we are small. . . “

June 17, 2015 · Leave a comment

And then some Pratchett. And then Gaiman again tomorrow, since they’re buddies and all. Shut up, I’m not ready for past tense.

Ach, waily.

June 16, 2015 · Leave a comment