can't spell Painting / without pain
A Art Student Owl post.
An eagle-owl with orange eyes and a cigarette added to its beak, on a navy, grey and ochre background. The series started on Tumblr in February 2011, on a blog run by an art school student, and spread from there. The owl is every art student at once: underslept, overcaffeinated and quietly judging your font. The top line sets up a normal moment. The bottom line shows how an art student experiences it. "Watch sports" / "Root for the team with the better logo." "Professor compares your work to an artist you've never heard of" / "Go home. Google them. Cry." "Mix the perfect shade" / "Run out of it halfway through." Paint-on-your-sleeve jokes, 3am creative bursts and the deep pain of comic sans all belong here. The cigarette is doing a lot of work. It says the owl has opinions about Bauhaus and will share them whether you asked or not. **Why it caught on:** art students finally had a mascot, and it looked exactly as tired as they did.