It's Sunday, let's talk.

First of all: Happy birthday to this fine specimen, The wild Kri Kri, commonly known as "Kristina". Scientific name: Karlina

Kristina photographed by Rebekah

Erin Michelle posted this drawing.
It makes me feel things, I think it's very good.

If you feel things and think it's good also, you are able to buy this from Erin's Etsy shop.

I will be working with the creative genius Kai Smythe on a sweet photo/illustrato combo this week. Can't wait to give this to your eyeballs so that they may see it. 

Previously mentioned genius, Kai Smythe photographed by Rebekah (I'm Rebekah).

Have you ever wondered "Why Saint Damascus, what does that even MEAN?"

Well, allow me to introduce you to Damascus.

On the topic of kitty cats, here's one that I am needing more of in my life:

It's everybody's favourite sushi-feind Courtenay!

 And here is a quick scribble for your troubles:

 Mucho Loveo, Rebekah

 

A black hole is a region of spacetime from which gravity prevents anything from escaping



So heavy.

Don't Worry

A Billion.

THIS IS IMPORTANT:

Hey. 

Do you know what's shit?

This weird expectation that we're supposed to just BE HAPPY all the time.

WHO DECIDED that we have to be happy ALL-THE-TIME?

Guess what.

We don't have to be happy all the time. 

Guess what else? 

We aren't happy all the time. 

We just  can't talk about it because we get in trouble or we're simply told otherwise.

"Depressed!? Nonsense! You have a roof over your head & people that love you. Children in Africa starve to death and you don't see them being "depressed". Besides, you're so SKINNY! You're not allowed to be depressed. If I were that skinny I would be happy all the time."  

Depression is not embarrassing.
People still just don't really get it.

Kind of like how being weird isn't embarrassing, people just don't get it. Being weird is awesome. I' m weird.

I have had some lovely, beautiful wonderful people tell me that they are struggling.
They are so sheepish!
They only come to me because they know that I know how it feels.

They cannot go to friends or family, because they might not understand. They might not understand that happy people get depressed. Skinny people get depressed. Successful people get depressed. Rich people. Fat people. Funny people. Stupid people. Anyone can get depressed. Just because yesterday they were frolicking in a field of sunflowers singing Abba, doesn't mean SHIT if TODAY they are depressed.

If someone tells you that maybe, they might be feeling depressed, for the love of God, just be cool.

I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO JUSTIFY TO THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LIVE WITH SOME KIND OF WEIRD SECRET SHAME WHEN LIVING WITH DEPRESSION IS ALREADY TOO HARD AS IT IS.

Sad Shopping

Self Esteem, why you so low?

But the bins MUST go out.

Overthinker.

SOMETHING COOL THAT HAPPENED

Guys!
Something cool happened!
I was contacted by a lady named Kira who works in a gallery in the UK.

blah blah blah details details boring TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT

My crazy cartoons were exhibited in this group show! 

and my image of The Black Dog made it to the poster! 

Wooo! Go little doggy, we'll fix you yet!

Some of the cartoons on display include:

The Bunny Story

Further Adventures with the black dog : What does depression look like? I don't know.

and the black dog piece from A Bad Week

This is pretty cool guys. 

For someone with some silly self loathing problems, this is a great achievement! I'm a bit proud of myself I think!? Wait until I tell my psychologist about this!

Crusher

Quick Sketch: Self Portrait

I found a self portrait sketch I smashed out last year...I think it's funny.

All bombs are sad.

This little one is not very legible, nor eloquent, because to be perfectly honest, I cannot think about the topic for long enough without getting upset.

Please Fix

The Lady and the Tram: A Question and Phlegmy man.

A question:

If you're sitting on a crowded tram and a young man with a broken arm gets on, do you offer him your seat?

I have decided to set some criteria for this:

You should offer your seat to a young man with a broken arm when:

1. He has lots of bags or 1 heavy bag. Having bags is awkward when you can use only one arm.
2. He is having trouble balancing.
3. He is giving you evil eyes and using mind powers to make you give him your seat.

This morning a few people on the 55 tram were full of mucus.

PHLEGM clogging up the nostrils, throats & lungs plagued my fellow public transportians.

One man who was sitting on the seat to my right across the passage had it the worst. This man had holes in his jumper and his shoes were all worn out, but he did not smell homeless so...?

Anyway, his lungs were a phlegmy mess. He had an inhaler which he would deeply suck in, then he would splutter and cough and phlegm-about (new verb?) all over himself. He was an older guy, but not really old. I think he looked older than he was.

From the moment he sat down across from me, he stared at me. The really rude uncomfortable stare. Like he's looking at me and he is not going to look away. He just continued to stare at me. Thankfully the tram became more crowded and his stare was broken by people filling up the passage between us.

The Constant Stomach Ache of Anxiety

Iz alllright babeh I gotcha.

Scrap Metalephant & An Indian Fox with a pipe.

This is a sketch from 2 or 3 years ago, It was one of the first sketches I scanned and started to colour in photoshop.

My Cousin asked me to draw a fox with an Indian Feather Headdress, smoking a pipe. So, ages later, I did it.

Sketchy

Nothing particularly funny or profound has happened to me or my brain lately, so we're just going to have to wait for something hilarious to happen/occur to me. Until then, here's some junk from the trusty ol' sketch book. 

High Expectations.

I have had this blog post open for 2 days because I want to try and explain myself but I have no idea what I'm trying to say.

Grump.

ARTIST FEATURE: THE LOST FAMILIAR

Good Morning!
Are you ready for something fantastic?

It's...

The Lost Familiar 

This Brisbane based artist draws super cute kitties and funny comics and other stuff too!

You can see more work/follower her on the Tumblr (clicky click)

When I asked if it would be cool for me to do a feature on my blog, not only did I get the thumbs up...I got THIS!!

It's Damascus!!! IT'S DAMASCUS!!