Andy Runton
@owly.bsky.social
Author and artist of the Owly graphic novels & picture books. Vegetarian. Cartoonist. Designer. Shutterbug. Bird, insect, animal, & nature lover. Adopt don’t shop! Rescue dog, cat, and crayfish dad! he/him🦉❤️🐶🐱🐱🦞🌱🪷
This Saturday, April 26th, I’ll be in Mt. Pleasant, NC for their Literary Festival, #mplitfest!!! I’ll be leading an interactive, graphic novel workshop at 12pm! And I’ll be there the rest of the day doing free Owly sketches and signing books! Come on down and say hi! 🦉📚❤️
April 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This Saturday, April 26th, I’ll be in Mt. Pleasant, NC for their Literary Festival, #mplitfest!!! I’ll be leading an interactive, graphic novel workshop at 12pm! And I’ll be there the rest of the day doing free Owly sketches and signing books! Come on down and say hi! 🦉📚❤️
“The Racc Pack: Prince and the Pawper” by @hellocookie.bsky.social and @heywhitney.bsky.social is out today and it’s amazing! This charming graphic novel series is full of comedy, adventure, and tons of heart!
I love it so much that I drew Owly with the Bins family to celebrate the new release! ❤️
I love it so much that I drew Owly with the Bins family to celebrate the new release! ❤️
January 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“The Racc Pack: Prince and the Pawper” by @hellocookie.bsky.social and @heywhitney.bsky.social is out today and it’s amazing! This charming graphic novel series is full of comedy, adventure, and tons of heart!
I love it so much that I drew Owly with the Bins family to celebrate the new release! ❤️
I love it so much that I drew Owly with the Bins family to celebrate the new release! ❤️
This Saturday, February 1st, at 3:00pm, I’ll be visiting one of my home libraries, the Grayson Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library! If you’re in North Atlanta, Georgia, we’d love to see you there! 🦉📚❤️
events.gwinnettpl.org/event/127889
events.gwinnettpl.org/event/127889
January 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This Saturday, February 1st, at 3:00pm, I’ll be visiting one of my home libraries, the Grayson Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library! If you’re in North Atlanta, Georgia, we’d love to see you there! 🦉📚❤️
events.gwinnettpl.org/event/127889
events.gwinnettpl.org/event/127889
That packaging is so perfect! The little bee! 😭 ❤️🐝 And the coloring is reminiscent of this set of these Halloween cookie cutters from the 70’s that I grew up with!
January 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
That packaging is so perfect! The little bee! 😭 ❤️🐝 And the coloring is reminiscent of this set of these Halloween cookie cutters from the 70’s that I grew up with!
Favorite haptic nostalgia: The “perfect pull” of the plastic toothed rip cord out of any little toy that made it go super fast.
🏎️💨🥰
🏎️💨🥰
January 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Favorite haptic nostalgia: The “perfect pull” of the plastic toothed rip cord out of any little toy that made it go super fast.
🏎️💨🥰
🏎️💨🥰
For #Caturday I offer this photo of my Little Gray (“Graybee”). It’s gotten chillier and he was curled up into a perfect little gray tuxedo croissant! Complete with little tummy wrinkles and paws holding his tail ❤️🐱🥐🐾
January 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
For #Caturday I offer this photo of my Little Gray (“Graybee”). It’s gotten chillier and he was curled up into a perfect little gray tuxedo croissant! Complete with little tummy wrinkles and paws holding his tail ❤️🐱🥐🐾
I treat my aquariums with this. It’s a dark blue liquid that looks like a melted blueberry otter pop. That and its name make it pretty hard to resist. I bet a brain could survive in it! There are days I’m tempted to just chug it. 😂💙
January 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I treat my aquariums with this. It’s a dark blue liquid that looks like a melted blueberry otter pop. That and its name make it pretty hard to resist. I bet a brain could survive in it! There are days I’m tempted to just chug it. 😂💙
Never forget what Curly said. It’s what it’s all about.
January 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Never forget what Curly said. It’s what it’s all about.
What tv friendship do you view as aspirational?
December 31, 2024 at 9:33 AM
What tv friendship do you view as aspirational?
Quote skeet with just your eyes!
December 31, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Quote skeet with just your eyes!
Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025?
December 29, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025?
me at the start of 2024 / me at the end of 2024
December 28, 2024 at 10:00 PM
me at the start of 2024 / me at the end of 2024
Today, my little #Kyrpto (Gables) got the most epic, “leaf on his face, big disgrace!” Of course I make up songs about my dog to Queen melodies! Doesn’t everybody? 😉❤️🎤🐶🍁
#rescueismyfavoritebreed #adoptdontshop
#angelsamonguspetrescue
#rescueismyfavoritebreed #adoptdontshop
#angelsamonguspetrescue
December 21, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Today, my little #Kyrpto (Gables) got the most epic, “leaf on his face, big disgrace!” Of course I make up songs about my dog to Queen melodies! Doesn’t everybody? 😉❤️🎤🐶🍁
#rescueismyfavoritebreed #adoptdontshop
#angelsamonguspetrescue
#rescueismyfavoritebreed #adoptdontshop
#angelsamonguspetrescue
If you see this, you must post 4 of your favorite characters from 4 different series
December 19, 2024 at 12:54 AM
If you see this, you must post 4 of your favorite characters from 4 different series
Operation Grinch is in full effect. Even the grocery stores here in the Atlanta have every possible Grinch thing you’ve never wanted. Nothing is too obscure! 🙄
December 16, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Operation Grinch is in full effect. Even the grocery stores here in the Atlanta have every possible Grinch thing you’ve never wanted. Nothing is too obscure! 🙄
I dunno… the whole pancakes sequence is pretty epic. 😂 I do love that monkey, tho. Well, we can both agree that he’s a comic genius.
December 15, 2024 at 4:18 AM
I dunno… the whole pancakes sequence is pretty epic. 😂 I do love that monkey, tho. Well, we can both agree that he’s a comic genius.
Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head.
December 12, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head.
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater as a kid.
December 12, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater as a kid.
I think you’re onto something! My friend, the late Joel Carroll, did that with his Patreon commissions! And i love the constraints imposed by those little drawing on those little Drink-n-Draw coasters they give us to draw on. They have a border, they’re small, and they can’t take much ink!
December 10, 2024 at 11:15 PM
I think you’re onto something! My friend, the late Joel Carroll, did that with his Patreon commissions! And i love the constraints imposed by those little drawing on those little Drink-n-Draw coasters they give us to draw on. They have a border, they’re small, and they can’t take much ink!
One of my kitties does this… especially when she wants something. 😉❤️🐾
December 6, 2024 at 10:42 PM
One of my kitties does this… especially when she wants something. 😉❤️🐾
But it really came in handy when I was flatting! All the skies at once, all the Owlies, etc. The gaps are so I can crop those down by section! This is one HUGE canvas! 200% pub size at 600 dpi!
December 6, 2024 at 8:52 PM
But it really came in handy when I was flatting! All the skies at once, all the Owlies, etc. The gaps are so I can crop those down by section! This is one HUGE canvas! 200% pub size at 600 dpi!
I thought I saved more, but I found this one screenshot of me coloring a couple stories. You can see the layer hell I create for myself. 😉 The most important part is that you don’t have to constantly check your colors… it’s such a time saver!
December 6, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I thought I saved more, but I found this one screenshot of me coloring a couple stories. You can see the layer hell I create for myself. 😉 The most important part is that you don’t have to constantly check your colors… it’s such a time saver!