quailblog
quailblog
Mike Shirley-Donnelly (MSD)
Hi hello I am msd I make music and take photos and make art but also run a joint cat rescue / recording studio in southern new england with my partner Della. I'm still mourning Cohost closing, but at least I started blogging as a result??
Latest Posts
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop The weekend was not nearly as long as I wanted it to be - ever notice how 48 hours as a system of measurement is like, highly unreliable? Anyway, here's the pokemon...
Cooperative play in the Crosslands is so goddamn satisfying I've spent the last few days playing the Spirit Crossing playtest and man, I gotta put these thoughts down somewhere because it's a TREAT. First, some background When Spry Fox's...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Apparently this is day 211 of the project, meaning I'm about 20% of the way through the currently released pokemon. That's pretty daunting considering Wind and Waves...
A celebration of gender rebels throughout history In a weird twist of things I'm never quite sure how to explain, a while back my brother became the executive director of the Vallejo Naval Museum; now from its name alone you'd think that...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Fri 06/05/2026 - Natu I don't know how else to describe this than "it looks like it'd be wall art in Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared. On the "is it just a bird" spectrum I'd...
It pays to check notifications on your discarded social media every once in a while I guess lmao Because “curious quail” is our band name but also has been my primary online identity since like 2008, if I have an account somewhere and I...
TALKIN SHIT I-guess-this-is-just-gonna-be-a-format-I-use-from-now-on photography
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop The work continues! Let's take a look at a few pokemon: Tues 06/02/2026 - Yveltal When I started this project I knew it wasn't gonna be all dittos and simple line art...
Comitting to sharing other's blog posts on my blog to further encourage the blogging ourorborus Photo unrelated, I just like having photos on my blog posts. His name is Mastodon, by the way I've been using Bubbles a lot lately in lieu of...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Hey we're back! My favorite pen that I use for line art finally died during last Thursday's drawing o7 o7 o7 - so starting with Friday's we're moving from the .005mm to...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Christ, a few Daily Dex posts ago I was like "I wanna do these a bit more on a schedule" and then got distracted by time off work, going to a few movies, cleaning my...
The bar for not engaging with media that directly supports genocide is in hell, apparently Photos unrelated, thought we could use some pretty. Here's Monday's sunset. I don't have a greater throughline here or moral but I kinda needed to...
Finally had a Gundam film showing at a theater close to where I live after like 30 years of watching this franchise Thursday night I saw Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nypmh Circe in theaters. It's a weird experience seeing...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop This week has marked some of the first times I've not had the post-5pm "long covid crash" since I got sick back in March. I'm trying not to push myself but I've...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop A slightly more managable haul for one blogpost - gonna try to get to a rhythm where I do these about 4 at a time but not more. That way the blog isn't all pokemon all...