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Damian Alexander

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Since it’s Father’s Day and Pride Month I thought I’d share Marcella’s dad’s from my graphic novel Absolutely Everything! 📕 I loved being able to write and illustrate this perfectly imperfect family. They’ve been near and dear to my heart since I first came up with them when I was in high school and I’m so happy to see them in a real book that people had resonated with so many people. Thank you to everyone who’s read and enjoyed it! 🌈 Did you ever have any really odd interests as a kid? I was weirdly fixated on old-timey things (and still am TBH) and forced to have trendy Pokemon shirts and fun Toy Story sneakers (that I also enjoyed TBH). I think American Girl and Anne of Green Gables are to blame. I never know what to say when someone just... stares at me. But somehow it's always the wrong thing. I'm not sure he was interested in talking about fiber arts. Sometimes I'll try as softly as possible to let someone know that a word or phrase they're using is derogatory... and suddenly it becomes their most favorite word in the whole world and I'm the worst person to ever exist in the universe for saying something. I can't count how many times I've stumbled into this same situation. Just thinking about that one time in middle school that I had to walk home sick in the rain. #illustration #watercolor #artist #painting #artwork Just another watercolor to get me through the dismal days of existing on this planet of monstrous humans when all I want to do is have tea parties and roll around in fields of lilies. Hand-Me-Down is "Poignant, bittersweet, and delightful." - Kirkus Reviews I decided to try my hand at mending this sweater I had sitting around. It's kind of become one of my favorites despite all the holes in it. I used to embroider and embellish clothing, but my whimsy was beaten out of me over the years. My brain was feeling messy and I started spiraling about how I'm annoying and remembered this scene in my book Absolutely Everything where Marcella starts bullying herself. Something I have to remind myself to stop doing. I'm trying a new comics layout on Instagram... do you prefer swipe-able/close-up panels or seeing all the comic panels at once?
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