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I am Vernessa Himmler, an illustrator, and sand-artist based in Hamburg, Germany. Since early 2013 I have worked as a freelance illustrator, and one of my recent illustration projects is a series of funny comics that show people the hilarious and crazy life of being a silly cat owner.

I’ve been drawing since my childhood and received a masters degree in illustration from HAW Hamburg - Design Department. Over the years I have developed my own visual language, which consists of realistic fine drawings and modern coloration. I started drawing my kitty cat comics only two years ago, inspired by my two cute cats Mikosch and Koschka, who I adopted from a local animal shelter a few years back.

I began creating these funny drawings on Instagram to share my life as a crazy cat lady and the awkward moments of my two funny cats, and while many of my comics depict the headaches cats can bring, they are still such wonderful pets. My favorite thing about cats is the moment when they want your attention (for a cuddle or something else), it makes you extremely happy when they chose to come to you on their own!

Scroll down below to see some of my cute drawings from a day in the life of a cat owner and for all the cat parents out remember, you don’t own your cat, your cat owns you!"

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Nervous Chaos
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cat: You may pet me three times before I bite you.

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    Dorothy Berry-Lound
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the many sounds - the other one is the fridge door where the cream is kept.

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    Gryffindor4ever
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where my cat sleeps: as far away from me as possible :/

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    Night Owl
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cat hair cleaning is never over and done with

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    Brandy G
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. The other day I just shook the bowl to cover the spot and it was accepted by the queen of the house.

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    Nervous Chaos
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This, followed by never playing with the actual toys.

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    Night Owl
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cat: "A human moving jungle gym (or cat tree)! Nice."

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    The Girl on Fire
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes all three of my cats will all be staring at the same dark corner. It creeps me out.

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    jo_shortland
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My one does both depending on her mood !!!

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    Night Owl
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The grass is always greener on the other side

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    Night Owl
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, the picture you got is much more interesting than the one you wanted to get

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    switchman82
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Koshka" .. its sounds like "Kočka" in czech language, what's mean Katze / Cat .)

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    Night Owl
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just give up. Or get another two chairs so there's one for each of you.

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    Taryn Wallace
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I snip off the very tips of my cats claws. We have a scratching post also but she has a tendency to try hitting the dog in the eye and I REALLY don't want a blind puppy. But again I just snip off the super sharp tips of them NEVER like cut them short.

    htbq
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always trim my cats nails, have like 3 scratching posts and YET always scratches my damn sofa.

    troufaki13
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here. But for me it's sofa AND the mattress underneath my bed...

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    Dorothy Berry-Lound
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only one of our cats needs this doing and the first paw is fine then she thinks better of it! So it takes me a week to do all paws.

    Sophie Warner
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am currently having this fun. I have to keep waiting until he dozes off on me & then get as many as I can before he notices. Either that or get used to shredded clothes from his claws getting stuck & shredded me from when he kneads me.

    Fernando Jones
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We snip the very tips of our cat's nails off, and then we place rubber claw caps on them as she has a really bad habit of scratching on things that AREN'T her scratching post. We have leather furniture, so it's a no go. I don't want to stop her from naturally needing to stretch, but the caps protect her and protect the furniture... as well as us. She likes to swipe at us, and even with tip-cut claws, they are still sharp and will hurt us and draw blood. She's mean to the dog as well, so we have to take that power aware from her.

    Fernando Jones
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and the caps naturally come off as her nail naturally grows and sheds. And she's able to still scratch at her posts and other approved scratching things as she feels like it. We just replace it with a new one whenever she sheds one naturally.

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    Ana M
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, they are very aggressive my cats. Their nails are all there.

    Potterhead Unicorn
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...You named your cat "cat"? (Koschka is "cat" in Russian.)

    Maxwell's Pets
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    definitely with mine as well heheh, bendy hates getting his nails clipped

    Night Owl
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    She knows what's coming. Poor Koschka :-(

    Whitney Speight-Carlin
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So true! But then I have the added hell of getting the kitty caps on their nails after I cut them.

    Orsolya
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    Why cut a cat's claws? With a scratching post they take care of themselves. We've got two cats, and would never even think of cutting their claws.

    ♥Kitty♥
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cats use their scratching posts and let me tell you....that's not enough. We need to cut their claws. Those things are horrible, deadly, blades.

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    Paul Dixon
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That last one looks like it's predicting pineapple

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    Nervous Chaos
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With cats, one eventually gives up on most of these things.

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    Ruby Brook
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When all I want is to hug the cat: the cat hates me When all I want is to work: the cat can't live without me

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    Dinetk
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I lift my youngest, she will look everywhere except where the spider is, eventhough she was meowing while on the ground. Duh

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    Taryn Wallace
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or the other person gets all mad because you are comparing an "animal" to a human...well that animal is my child and gets treated as such and honestly I feel like all pet owners should treat their pets as a family member. The o lot exception there is a working animal BUT even those get treated incredibly well.

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    The Girl on Fire
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat would be scared of his own costume if it was a vacuum.

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    Dorothy Berry-Lound
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We get fur round the door of the washing machine from the clothes and have to remove it

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