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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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Dorothy Berry-Lound
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5 years ago DotsCreated 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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Brandy G
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5 years ago DotsCreated 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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The Girl on Fire
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5 years ago DotsCreated 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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5 years ago DotsCreated 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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5 years ago DotsCreated 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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Taryn Wallace
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5 years ago DotsCreated 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.

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Ruby Brook
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5 years ago DotsCreated 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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5 years ago DotsCreated 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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5 years ago DotsCreated 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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Elicio Ember
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree with Magdalina. I think the point is that we care and love for our pets as much as we do for a family member (and sometimes more). But part of this love is understanding their needs, as we would for a human loved one. Being a different species means they have different needs, different ways of interpreting the world. They do that for us too, they understand we are "different from them" and try their best to understand what we mean. We can do that better for them, having the vast human knoweldge base at our disposal. Loving an animal means understanding and learning about her species, and its particular individual personality and needs.

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Michael awdry
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do barely any parents admit to how shite of a person their baby can be

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Ana M
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have more photos of my cats than that my nieces and nephew.

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Bored Fox
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know also some dog owners who rather watch dog pictures instead of baby pictures. :) I do not have any pets but because I do not want to have a baby I also like more people who want to show the pet pictures instead of the baby pictures. :)

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5 years ago DotsCreated 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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