doodle – Page 19 – Little Fears

Magica

February 13, 2019 LittleFears11 Comments

“A magic dog?” gasped Sprite. “What breed is it?”

“A labracadabrador,” grinned Fluffeh.

Boom! Hah! Take that to the face, readers!

So, that right there is an ACEO. ACEO stands for Art Card Originals and Editions. They are sisters-in-law of ATC’s or Art Trading Cards.

They are diddy. 2.5 by 3.5 inches. Credit card sized art you can carry in your wallet. It’s a compact and affordable art form for artists and anyone who enjoys their art.

Fluffeh here is currently on my Etsy store £6. She’s got free global delivery and even comes in a wee plastic sleeve. She doesn’t come with a magic dog. Sorry about that.

Little Fears Etsy store link: etsy.me/2sHiY3a

Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Battery Power

February 12, 2019 LittleFears29 Comments

Copper rummaged around a table. She knew she had at least one half-full battery remaining. Though, most of them were empty.

She’d drained and used the deionized water from all of the cells. The empty batteries she’d leave on her brick-a-brak table, outside of her front door. Giving them away to passing strangers.

Free of charge, of course.

Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Bath Tub

February 8, 2019 LittleFears9 Comments

Brass Ep. 24

Home, at last, Copper pulled a tin of WD-40 off the shelf and started giving the creature a clean. Wondering what this robot was for in a previous life. A faded red rectangle with an indigo cross suggested it was built in Norway. Although its front legs were burnt black, she could make out bird decorations on them.

Copper slid the creature into a bathtub filled with oil and let it soak. She figured this Norwegian robot could have been created to study remote bird life. So it Scandinavian.

Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Love Morph

February 6, 2019 LittleFears26 Comments

Fear of Ink (ep. 2)

“Wimmin, huh?” laughed Sprite.

Cloud dropped a few raindrops on Sprite. “So what happened?”

“I told her she should embrace her mistakes,” replied Morph.

“And then?” asked Sprite.

“Well, nothing,” replied Morph. “She just hugged me.”

Cloud held it in as she drifted off on the breeze.

Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Magnetic Switch

February 6, 2019 LittleFears11 Comments

Brass Ep. 22

She tried a switch to turn it on. Aside from a click, there were no signs of life. The metal creatures appearance pleased Copper. She wasn’t sure why. She dragged it out of the earth and gave it a brush, removing the loose soil.

Copper noticed the creature contained magnets as she struggled to release her grip of it. Despite the rust, it looked to be in good condition. A few minor repairs and a battery charge might have it working again. She knew better than to get her hopes up. But she found the idea of a new magnetic friend in these decaying lands quite attractive.

Photo by Caylee Betts on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Rust Theory

February 5, 2019 LittleFears17 Comments

Brass Ep. 21

Copper reached down and clawed at the dirt around the metal lump. The soil around it was dark, both burned and stained with oil.

Stones came up in her claw. Underneath, a cracked bulb glinted up at her. She dug her talons in around the metal casing and lifted it out. A long and narrow head, similar to her own emerged. A rigid body and four legs followed. Its stiff tail coiled like a spring. A rusted patina browned with age and dirt.

Who or what-ever this was, she knew it wasn’t evil. After all, there’s no rust for the wicked.

Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Falling Street

February 4, 2019 LittleFears24 Comments

Brass Ep. 20

Copper darted outside when she heard a rumbling from up the road. She could see the supermarket had collapsed in the distance. The rot of this human-made world was decaying faster by the day. No change there.

As she started the long walk home, she noticed the storefronts had rotted in the short time she’d been in the hardware store. Buildings creaked as the timber frames gave.

A clunk came from below her, as she stubbed her toe on a lump of metal protruding from the ground. Something was afoot.

Photo by Andrew Amistad on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Electric Ave

January 30, 2019 LittleFears40 Comments

Brass Ep. 17

Copper pulled a few lengths of wire off their reels. Electrical work wasn’t her speciality. Despite needing some electrical work, she’d repeatedly avoided repairing herself. A lot like the lady used to avoid going to the dentist.

She picked up some fuses and looked around for some rubber matting and safety gloves. Her inability to repair basic faults had been called into question many times.

People were frequently shocked when they realised what a bad electrician she was.

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.

Paint Canned

January 29, 2019 LittleFears20 Comments

Brass Ep. 16

Copper made her way up the paint aisle. She loved the rainbow of paint pots. Racing Green, Warm Sand, Yellow Sulphur and Deep Violet.

Suddenly, she realised there was no blue paint. She backtracked along the aisle reading the names on the pots. Copper saw labels that read Royal Blue and Ultramarine Blue. They both appeared to be green. Her heart sunk. Was she going colour blind?

That’s come completely out of the green.

Original photo by Joey Huang on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage and a howdy to Karl Duncan. A long time Fear who’s just subscribed to my Patreon.

Mapped Out

January 28, 2019 LittleFears10 Comments

Brass Ep. 15

The hardware stores door had fallen off its hinges since she was last here. On the counter was a display stand filled with maps. She gave it a spin, browsing the locations.

She’d heard early on that the East was uninhabitable. To the West, out on a peninsula was Brass. A massive city but with only a handful of roads leading to it.

Copper took the map for Brass out of the stand. Her curiosity piqued by maps for North and South poles. A mild confusion washed over her. The maps presented both poles as covered in ice. But the maps also said they were both ninety degrees.

Photo by Stephen Monroe on Unsplash. Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage.