Neurotic Owl

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

Tag Archives: the arts

Brace yourselves for FASHION!

I’m designing costumes (mostly costume, singular) for a show about Diana Vreeland right now, so tada.  Of course, now you’re going to have a whole slew of other fashiony cartoons … Continue reading

July 10, 2014 · Leave a comment

Well, cartoon-ish things. ATCs, at least. Also, meet Abrasively Cheerful Kitten!

  I went to an ATC panel at ApolloCon, and while I usually find collaging frustration because I never have the thing I want, this was a table filled with … Continue reading

July 3, 2014 · Leave a comment

HATS. Very impractical hats.

  Hi, kids!  It’s been a while since I showed you any of the other stuff I do when I’m not drawing 2.5″x3.5″ cartoons, so behold!  Shinies! This one has … Continue reading

June 26, 2014 · Leave a comment

Is it a curse to be a swan by day and an owl by night? Probably not so much.

As you may have guessed, I just saw Swan Lake at the Houston Ballet this weekend.  I’ve seen it before — 3 or 4 times, I think — but I … Continue reading

June 18, 2014 · Leave a comment

Just to be clear, snowy owls are the minority, since most owls are brown. I am not making Neurotic Owl a horrible racist, just a guilty liberal.

This is a rerun, of course, because I realized a thing and I am ashamed and the other cartoons I have queued don’t really serve to EXPOSE MY SHAME.  So … Continue reading

June 13, 2014 · 2 Comments

LIBRARY. Land of books I don’t have to pay for! And also audiobooks!

And oh, this past weekend when I went to the library they had ‘The Ocean at the End of the Lane’, and it’s WONderful (and also mildly triggery if you … Continue reading

June 12, 2014 · Leave a comment

Reading is FUNdamental. Or something.

Look, I just ranted yesterday, so sorry about this, but there was an article that I am absolutely not going to link to (because more readers make the source happy) … Continue reading

June 7, 2014 · Leave a comment

Unless you’re describing the show to your blind friend, shhhhhhhhh.

I don’t care how quiet you think you’re being, or how important it is to tell your date that that last song was awesome, I CAN HEAR YOU.  Unless you … Continue reading

June 5, 2014 · 1 Comment

And now I’m picturing Manic Pixie Otter smashing out the window of her car, all sexy like. Theoretically.

Because no one can argue that Patrick Swayze wasn’t sexy as all get out in that movie, but the window smashing?  That’s just poor planning.  Use your disadvantaged street kid … Continue reading

June 3, 2014 · Leave a comment

Whooooooooooooooo.

A leetle break, I think, after yesterday, and because a certain A requested an owl in a dirndl.  If he ends up marrying Christopher Plummer and becoming stepmother to 7 … Continue reading

May 14, 2014 · Leave a comment