Where do I get the inspiration for my webcomics?

illustration of words in black pen on white

I've been asked where I get the inspiration for my webcomics.

It really is inspired by what happened to me that day. That's why I call the series "Then this happened..."

The concept really is kind of like that - today this happened and then I draw the thing, and then the next day this happened.

It first started out being a cathartic thing there was a year that we were going through a really rough time.

Then This Happened Book 1 is available on Amazon

Then the second year is when we had gotten through that time and how our lives had changed.

Then This Happened Book 2 is available on Amazon

By that second year, I had started the podcast, I was doing more with my website, and I was doing public events.

So it was kind of like growing from this really rough time to how our lives had changed.

I always forget to take pictures

And also, the main reason that I started this webcomic is that I had just started using Instagram and one thing I realized is something would happen and I would forget to take a picture of it. Afterward, I'd be like, "Oh! I should have got a photo of that".

Then it occurred to me that I could draw about it later and then I'd post this on Instagram. To me, that was just as good as a photo.

And people do ask me if some of the things I draw about really did happen. Yes, they did! 🙂

So that's the inspiration behind these webcomics, something that happens in my life every day and I always forget to take pictures of things.

Check out the video

I made a video talking more about this and making my webcomic book. You can check that out on the site here! Making a book of my webcomic - Part 1

Artwork for the original Candy Land game by Milton Bradley from 1955.

I have a vintage Candy Land game from 1955 by Milton Bradley and I was about to sell it so I thought I would add it to my personal art history course concept I've been doing . I'm going to try and see if I can find out how this game was created, designed and why? Here is what I found out about this game https://candy-land.fandom.com/wiki/Candy_Land_Wiki Candy Land is a board game about children exploring a world made out of candy and other sweets that originally came out in 1949. In every version of the game, there are a group of children that go through Candy Land. In the earliest versions of the game, it was a realistically drawn boy and girl. Drawing of the Candy Land kids I did on my phone ☝ https://board-games-galore.fandom.com/wiki/Candy_Land The game was designed in 1948 by Eleanor Abbott , while she was recovering from polio in San Diego, California. It's rumored that Eleanor also did the original artwork but I didn't find anything that

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Tom Ray

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