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Fruity! Series of Designs from my MonthSets.

Creatures of the Mechazoic Era,

Quadrupedal and bird pokemon cannot easily open doors and drawers. Tie rope to handles so they can pull them open instead.

Smaller pokemon cannot reach the tops of counters and tables. Having step-ladders and stools on hand allow them to reach better.

Todd Simpson (Australian, b.1989)

"The Burning Hour," 2024

Acrylic on canvas

Panel 1: A figure is turned away from the viewer and text around them says "Sometimes, I think I'm hard to love. My body doesn't work like it's supposed to"

Panel 2: Three sections. In the first the figure is looking at a chart confused and upset, labelled "I forget things". In the second they are walking using the cane and looking tired, labelled "I move slow". In the third, they are bending down with back pain to pick up a pencil and it is labelled "It hurts to do things most people do easily".

Panel 3: The cat is looking at the viewer, labelled "My cat's body also doesn't work like it's supposed to"

Panel 4: A similar 3-section layout. The cat is looking away from its food bowl, confused, labelled "He doesn't remember things". The cat then jumps and lands face-first, labelled "He's clumsy". Finally, he is stretching up to a window but can't reach it and it says "He can't do things that other cats can do".

Panel 5: The figure is holding the cat with their foreheads together and a heart above them, labelled "And I love him so much"

Panel 6: The cat is asleep on the figure's lap as they pet him, looking down at him considering and unsure. It is labelled "So maybe it's not too hard to love me".