Katharina Netolitzky
@kathineto.bsky.social
Hey ☀️ I'm Kathi and and I'm a comic artist from Germany. I earn money by designing book covers and making illustrations but creating comics is my passion 😌 www.instagram.com/kathi.neto
I thought that I dodged it but now I’m sick 🤧 I guess I’ll spend the day with the cats on my lap on the couch 😢
Sad, because I had plans to finally renovate our studio kitchen today 😭 but the kitchen can’t run away as far as I know so we’ll do that another day 😬
Sad, because I had plans to finally renovate our studio kitchen today 😭 but the kitchen can’t run away as far as I know so we’ll do that another day 😬
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I thought that I dodged it but now I’m sick 🤧 I guess I’ll spend the day with the cats on my lap on the couch 😢
Sad, because I had plans to finally renovate our studio kitchen today 😭 but the kitchen can’t run away as far as I know so we’ll do that another day 😬
Sad, because I had plans to finally renovate our studio kitchen today 😭 but the kitchen can’t run away as far as I know so we’ll do that another day 😬
Back from the 24h comic day in Erlangen. It was a blast and I'm sooo exhausted now 🥲 Why do I still do this to myself 😴
Well ... I got a lot of sketches done so future me will be very happy 😆
Well ... I got a lot of sketches done so future me will be very happy 😆
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Back from the 24h comic day in Erlangen. It was a blast and I'm sooo exhausted now 🥲 Why do I still do this to myself 😴
Well ... I got a lot of sketches done so future me will be very happy 😆
Well ... I got a lot of sketches done so future me will be very happy 😆
This happens to me all the time now. I hate it 🥲
And I can't even be mad at the clients because they usually mean well.
And I can't even be mad at the clients because they usually mean well.
One shitty new thing about the AI era is that even with the jobs that *haven’t* been taken away by AI, almost every client now sends me AI-generated reference pictures. Almost as if to tell me that they absolutely would replace me with AI if it could do all the things they need.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This happens to me all the time now. I hate it 🥲
And I can't even be mad at the clients because they usually mean well.
And I can't even be mad at the clients because they usually mean well.
The feedback on the book just came and it's only a few small things ... so in a sudden turn of events I an actually make today's book deadline 🥲
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The feedback on the book just came and it's only a few small things ... so in a sudden turn of events I an actually make today's book deadline 🥲
Still no feedback to the book in sight. Seems like I actually enjoy a free weekend 😬 and hopefully also my two day wellness trip with my sister next week. I really need that 🫠 especially since I will participate on a 24h comic day soon 😂
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Still no feedback to the book in sight. Seems like I actually enjoy a free weekend 😬 and hopefully also my two day wellness trip with my sister next week. I really need that 🫠 especially since I will participate on a 24h comic day soon 😂
So I'm still waiting for the feedback on the comic book from the authors since they are currently on vacation 🥲 They tend to treat the schedule the publisher gives them as a rough guidline instead of something you should stick to. It's very tiring for everyone else 🫠
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
So I'm still waiting for the feedback on the comic book from the authors since they are currently on vacation 🥲 They tend to treat the schedule the publisher gives them as a rough guidline instead of something you should stick to. It's very tiring for everyone else 🫠
So I really need to finish my "Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung" now 😅 no excuses left. It's the last day 🫢
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
So I really need to finish my "Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung" now 😅 no excuses left. It's the last day 🫢
So it seems that today is the day I do everything but my "Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung" which I have with prio 1 on todays to do list 🫠
But I still have until monday for it so everything is fiiineee 🎶
But I still have until monday for it so everything is fiiineee 🎶
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
So it seems that today is the day I do everything but my "Umsatzsteuervoranmeldung" which I have with prio 1 on todays to do list 🫠
But I still have until monday for it so everything is fiiineee 🎶
But I still have until monday for it so everything is fiiineee 🎶
So restless and scatterbrained today.
But I think I still got some shit done 💪
But I think I still got some shit done 💪
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
So restless and scatterbrained today.
But I think I still got some shit done 💪
But I think I still got some shit done 💪
I always feel so odd and restless after a deadline 😂
My poor brain needs some time to understand, that the stressful time is over and we can go back to the normal working mode 🧠
My poor brain needs some time to understand, that the stressful time is over and we can go back to the normal working mode 🧠
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I always feel so odd and restless after a deadline 😂
My poor brain needs some time to understand, that the stressful time is over and we can go back to the normal working mode 🧠
My poor brain needs some time to understand, that the stressful time is over and we can go back to the normal working mode 🧠
Doooone! The book is at the publisher and the last round of feedback and revisions has started!
I am free... at least for the rest of today 😍
Tomorrow I need to do all that other stuff I ignored over the last few weeks, mostly a big pile of paperwork 🥲👍
Yay me!
I am free... at least for the rest of today 😍
Tomorrow I need to do all that other stuff I ignored over the last few weeks, mostly a big pile of paperwork 🥲👍
Yay me!
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Doooone! The book is at the publisher and the last round of feedback and revisions has started!
I am free... at least for the rest of today 😍
Tomorrow I need to do all that other stuff I ignored over the last few weeks, mostly a big pile of paperwork 🥲👍
Yay me!
I am free... at least for the rest of today 😍
Tomorrow I need to do all that other stuff I ignored over the last few weeks, mostly a big pile of paperwork 🥲👍
Yay me!
I just started colouring the last page of the comic book I have been working on for the last five months 🥲 almost done!!!
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I just started colouring the last page of the comic book I have been working on for the last five months 🥲 almost done!!!
Lines and color flats are done!!!
Now I only need to finish the coloring on 9 more pages and make some smaller edits to some scenes ...
And I still have until monday, yay 🥲
It's doable. But I'm also so exhausted 🫠
Now I only need to finish the coloring on 9 more pages and make some smaller edits to some scenes ...
And I still have until monday, yay 🥲
It's doable. But I'm also so exhausted 🫠
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Lines and color flats are done!!!
Now I only need to finish the coloring on 9 more pages and make some smaller edits to some scenes ...
And I still have until monday, yay 🥲
It's doable. But I'm also so exhausted 🫠
Now I only need to finish the coloring on 9 more pages and make some smaller edits to some scenes ...
And I still have until monday, yay 🥲
It's doable. But I'm also so exhausted 🫠
Done with the lines 😭 I'm sooo glad. Now I still have 18 pages to color and a lot of small edits to do. But the end is finally in sight 🥹
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Done with the lines 😭 I'm sooo glad. Now I still have 18 pages to color and a lot of small edits to do. But the end is finally in sight 🥹
This is "I want to spend all day in bed with the cats and read" weather and not "I really need to hurry to the studio and work a lot to finish my deadline" weather 🥲
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is "I want to spend all day in bed with the cats and read" weather and not "I really need to hurry to the studio and work a lot to finish my deadline" weather 🥲
This is how it's going: 5 pages of lineart left, 26 to color and 10 days until the deadline ... 👀
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This is how it's going: 5 pages of lineart left, 26 to color and 10 days until the deadline ... 👀
!!!
I have one more drawing 🌈
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Der wichtigste Protest geschieht an der Wahlurne.
Nie wieder ist jetzt! 🌈
#comicsgegenrechts
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Der wichtigste Protest geschieht an der Wahlurne.
Nie wieder ist jetzt! 🌈
#comicsgegenrechts
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Repost because it's sadly still relevant!
I finally translated my small Comic gegen Rechts into english. I'm glad I took the time to make this although it's like fighting agains windmills. I hope, everyone is fine <3 #ComicsGegenRechts @comicsgegenrechts.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Repost because it's sadly still relevant!
I just booked a rental for Bologna Children's Bookfair next year 😍I've been two times while I was still a student and loved everything about it so much ❣️I can't wait to go again 😌
October 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I just booked a rental for Bologna Children's Bookfair next year 😍I've been two times while I was still a student and loved everything about it so much ❣️I can't wait to go again 😌
Btw the first "Rosenhof" novel made it to place 3 of the children's book bestseller list of Spiegel magazine 🫢 That is sooo cool! I really put everything I had in the illustrations (with the limited time I was given) 😌 So I'm glad people like it.
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Btw the first "Rosenhof" novel made it to place 3 of the children's book bestseller list of Spiegel magazine 🫢 That is sooo cool! I really put everything I had in the illustrations (with the limited time I was given) 😌 So I'm glad people like it.
The heating system in the studio is still broken 🥶 But my brain works so much better when it's slightly too cold then when it's slightly too warm 😂 So I can't complain about my productivity right now. Which is good because the deadline is creeping closer 🫢
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The heating system in the studio is still broken 🥶 But my brain works so much better when it's slightly too cold then when it's slightly too warm 😂 So I can't complain about my productivity right now. Which is good because the deadline is creeping closer 🫢
Since I miscounted how much pages I still have left to line I can actually take this weekend off 😂 that’s nice!
October 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Since I miscounted how much pages I still have left to line I can actually take this weekend off 😂 that’s nice!
Haha! I just realized, that I miscounted and only have 15 more pages of lineart to do and not 17 🫢 2,5 weeks until the deadline. I CAN DO IT 🎶
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Haha! I just realized, that I miscounted and only have 15 more pages of lineart to do and not 17 🫢 2,5 weeks until the deadline. I CAN DO IT 🎶
Yay! The sun's out. It's still very cold in my studio (the heating system makes a lot of funny noises but still doesn't work), but the light helps to cheer me up a little 🌞
And I got the info, that I get a tax refund 😂
So the day could have started much worse ...
And I got the info, that I get a tax refund 😂
So the day could have started much worse ...
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Yay! The sun's out. It's still very cold in my studio (the heating system makes a lot of funny noises but still doesn't work), but the light helps to cheer me up a little 🌞
And I got the info, that I get a tax refund 😂
So the day could have started much worse ...
And I got the info, that I get a tax refund 😂
So the day could have started much worse ...
The heating is currently broken in my studio. I prepared and wear a lot of woolen layers and a hat. But my hands are my weak point 🥲 How should I draw properly with icy fingers?
October 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The heating is currently broken in my studio. I prepared and wear a lot of woolen layers and a hat. But my hands are my weak point 🥲 How should I draw properly with icy fingers?