BrassyDel

Brassy Draws: Familiar Faces

Posted on January 21, 2013 by BrassyDel

Long time followers will recognize Katii below, who’s been on my mind lately (along with Biiku). No, you can’t read Tomodachi Forever online anymore. Yes, I might put the archives back up. I haven’t decided.

Chappy Loves Puppies

Posted on January 18, 2013 by BrassyDel

Chappy’s been shaking up his love of cars and now he alternates between lining cars up (underfoot) and carting around stuffed doggies. He’ll find the little pushing shopping cart and either load the basket up with cars or dogs, but not cars and dogs. Let’s not get crazy here. Then when he goes to bed or down for his nap…

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Posted on January 14, 2013 by BrassyDel

I started to tell you all about Pixie’s surgeries, but I couldn’t stand my own angst. I’ve been very stressed and Pixie’s determination to break herself further has made a major dent in my ability to cope. We had a terrible day recently where she was in a lot of pain from nobody knows what and we’d already been back…

Paper Doodles

Posted on January 11, 2013 by BrassyDel

The ever-lovely Biiku recommended I check out the Paper iOS app because I have an unhealthy addiction to my iPad and I also was whining about not being able to really draw on it, nor can I usually sketch during the day on real paper without Chappy going completely insane about it. I kind of want to write an in-depth…

Apple Picking

Posted on January 7, 2013 by BrassyDel

Gramma’s backyard is on the small-to-average size as far as suburban American backyards go, but it boasts a small garden and a nice, big apple tree. Before Pixie’s first surgery in September, we had an apple picking party, which really just means all the grandkids were thrown together in the backyard and big people helped them pick apples. Or, if…

Fanart Friday: Donkey Kong Country Returns (Diddy Kong!)

Posted on January 4, 2013 by BrassyDel

One of the games Pixie asks to watch is Donkey Kong Country Returns. The kid loves monkeys and they always get her chattering. You play as Donkey Kong, who I believe is actually a great ape, and you can find his simian sidekick Diddy Kong (perhaps he’s adopted?) in barrels throughout each level. Your hit counter goes from 2 hearts…

Pretty Pitty

Posted on December 31, 2012 by BrassyDel

One of the things I’m really interested in doing is designing fabric, especially stuff for kids clothes. Have you been in a baby store recently? There’s a sea of blues, dinosaurs, trucks, and wild animals on one side contrasted with another sea of pinks, purples, flowers, butterflies, poodles, and “sassy” leopard printed kittens on the other side. If you want…

My Son, the Parking Attendant

Posted on December 28, 2012 by BrassyDel

Chappy is almost 2 now and has recently entered the part of his life where cars are everything. Now, Pixie likes cars, but what she really loves are trains. For Chappy, a train is merely an acceptable approximation of a car. You are far more likely to find him lining up every single car he can find on his sister’s…

Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2012 by BrassyDel

I Resolve to Suck Less

Posted on December 21, 2012 by BrassyDel

I’m pretty fond of Cracked articles. I think there are quite a few good writers working there and I love the mix of fact and humor in a lot of their articles. Recently I read this one by David Wong discussing self-improvement and how other people view us. It’s worth a read, so go do that. Right now, in fact….