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Collecting: Hourly Comics Day

Posted on February 6, 2013 by BrassyDel

Friday was Hourly Comics Day! Here’s a collection of mine, originally posted throughout the big day on Twitter. They’re just quick little slice of life snippets, and the idea is to make one comic or doodle representing each hour. It was a weird day for us nearing the end of a pretty awful week. My dad was very sick and…

These Boots Were Made for Science Workin’

Posted on February 4, 2013 by BrassyDel

When I finally reached my last semester in college, I almost chickened out of graduating. There were so many cool classes I still wanted to take, and I hadn’t realized how bloody close I was to a minor in Biochem soon enough to do anything about it. But tuition kept going up and I was working part time doing QA/RA…

Cleverly Disguised

Posted on January 30, 2013 by BrassyDel

Maddy Jones, without her magic superhero kitty ears.

Don’t Make Me Hit You with This Tape Gun

Posted on January 28, 2013 by BrassyDel

I worked retail until about half-way through college, and at one point someone even promoted me to a store manager. You know what? I hate managing people. I like people, and I love having people to talk to, but I hate managing people. I am terrible at it, mostly because I trust people and when you hire people at barely…

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…

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…

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…

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….

Kissy Face

Posted on December 14, 2012 by BrassyDel

This is an old piece, but I don’t think it’s shown up on the blog before. I drew this back in high school so it’s maybe 14 years old? I don’t really draw stuff like this anymore, but I kind of miss it. Pointillism is very cathartic for me, but it’s kind of a zen activity and I don’t have…