I’m a self-taught multidisciplinary artist from Australia. I’ve done lots more “serious” illustrations, but silly comics are by far the most fun for me.

A “spicy” brain refers to a neurodivergent brain. I’m Autistic, and I always refer to some of my patterns of thinking and communicating as “spicy”, so the inception of Spicy Little Brain was largely based on my thoughts and experiences as a neurodivergent person.

Spicy Little Brain was started initially to distract me from pain. I’m chronically ill, and part of that includes some pretty nasty ongoing pain. During a particularly bad flare-up, I just felt like creating something and allowing it just to be weird and silly, and not agonizing over the process.

At the time, I was also doing more “serious” illustration work, where I would spend up to 50-100 hours working on highly detailed pieces, and I was getting really frustrated with having to be super focused. So I wanted to distract myself from pain, but also get myself out of my head.

I was also making another comic at the time… it was very focused on positive, wholesome messages, and whilst that was fun, it felt inauthentic to me, and I wasn’t enjoying making it, because it just didn’t feel true to who I am. Whilst I’d like to say that I’m a positive person all the time, truthfully, I’m pretty cynical, analytical, and I get a little bit of joy out of poking fun at things that are a bit serious. Spicy Little Brain was a bit of a rebellion against all those things - pain, depression, anxiety, inauthenticity, and the weirdness of being human.I get a lot of messages from people going through serious, heavy things, or experiencing mental health struggles, or feeling isolated and strange about being neurodivergent… and they let me know that my comics have helped them find joy in humor in that. I think that’s so cool, and it really makes my day when I receive messages like that. If I can be part of helping someone have a better day by making them laugh or smile, and especially if I can help them feel less alone with humor, that truly makes my heart sing!

They’re just silly little comics, really… but they’ve shown me the capacity of honesty and humor to bring people together.

I know that humor certainly helps me take away the power of the things in my own life that feel heavy and difficult, so I’m really glad that I can help others do the same in any small way.

If people take anything away from my comics, I hope they leave them feeling less alone, less weird, and less alien. We’re all a bunch of ridiculous beings at heart, and life can get super serious… so

I hope my comics help people laugh, smile and embrace the weirdness.