Neurotic Owl

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

Tag Archives: personal stories you didn’t want to hear

Nor does he sparkle.

Or watch high school girls sleep and draw them.  Seriously, how does anyone not find that creepy? Funny story, though — between being part Hungarian, having no surviving grandparents (for … Continue reading

March 12, 2013 · Leave a comment

If you find charcoal drawings inaproppriate, you should really consider your life. Happy Saturday!

  I make odd choices at life drawing sessions.  Sometimes, I frame things strangely. Sometimes I have extra time at the end of the pose, so I draw feet. Sometimes … Continue reading

March 2, 2013 · Leave a comment

In which I post a little something special for this, my 50th post, and then wonder what I’m doing with my life.

Not really.  This blog brings me and all five of my readers a certain amount of joy, so yay blog.  Aaaanyway. . . He reminds me of the owl. What … Continue reading

March 1, 2013 · Leave a comment

Saturday! Time for a change of pace.

Sometimes I make dolls/sculptures/doll-like things. This one was for a Fiber Arts Guild gallery show years ago, and based on ‘She Walks in Beauty like the Night’.  She’s pretty large … Continue reading

February 22, 2013 · Leave a comment

I feel like his initials may have let him down here.

So yes, I should have posted this in time for that holiday we had, but I drew it after the fact.  Anyone else remember making mailboxes or decorated bags for … Continue reading

February 21, 2013 · Leave a comment

In Defense of Neurotic Owl

First of all, now I have Stephen Lynch’s ‘In Defense of a Peepshow Girl’ in my head, so thanks, me. The thing I’ve been thinking about, though, is this.  This … Continue reading

February 21, 2013 · 4 Comments

In which I talk about serious shit because it’s my blog and you can’t stop me.

So if you don’t know about the silver ribbon, go read this: http://thebloggess.com/2012/01/the-fight-goes-on/   Then go ahead and read everything else The Bloggess has written, because that shit’s hilarious.  ‘Sokay, I’ll … Continue reading

February 15, 2013 · 5 Comments

I should draw baby owls more often.

  So usually I don’t do much to these in Photoshop beyond adding the frame and taking out that stupid smudge I can’t get off of my scanner screen, but … Continue reading

February 13, 2013 · Leave a comment

His novel is roughly the size of my (unfinished) undergraduate thesis. Did you know those things were only supposed to be about 20 pages?

. . . which is why I teeechnically shouldn’t have graduated the honours program.  I meant to finish it, I really did, but I had to go talk to the … Continue reading

February 1, 2013 · Leave a comment