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Supporting some local artists by taking a road trip to get them paint - Tom Ray's Day 200604


A couple of local artists that I had on my podcast recently were painting murals on some of the boarded-up windows in our downtown area but they were running out of paint. 

Check out the interviews with these artists on my Tom Ray's Art Podcast 
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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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How I use one Gmail address for multiple Soundcloud accounts

Do you know the Gmail "+" trick to use one email for multiple accounts on one service? Here's a little trick I use that works for any service.  I talked about this on the podcast episode I did with artist Mortimur K . In this case, let's say I used up all the uploads I have for my free Soundcloud account . With this trick, I can open a new free account and use the same Gmail address. I don't want to create another Gmail account to sign up again.  Using my one Gmail address for multiple accounts on the same service I don't remember when I learned this but you can alter the name on a Gmail address. Like, let's say mine is "tom@gmail.com". To be clear that is not my email. I wish it was, but this is just a short example. Start with the original Gmail address Add a "+" after the email name Where it says "tom" on the address I can put a "+" after that. Add a "+" after the email name After that "+" I ca...
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Rethinking Music Streaming: Should Listening Time = Payout Time?

🎧 Rethinking Music Streaming: Payouts and User-Centric Systems I recently posted a question online asking what one thing people would change about music streaming services, and I've received some really insightful responses! I know we all have issues with streaming services, and I wanted to talk about some of the suggestions I received.
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How I chose a webcomic size to use for websites and books

How I chose one size for my webcomic that works for websites and to use in a book Over time, my webcomic transformed into more than just something I posted on my website. It was a thing that I could find multiple uses for. Now when I draw the comic I know that it's going to be used for a book and put on multiple media websites and webcomic sites . I draw one thing and it's being turned into several things at once. Right now I draw the webcomic using these dimensions: 1000px by 1200px and a dpi of 300 Here is the story of how I decided this is what the size of my webcomic should be. ( Related post: Choosing webcomic book sizes for print - How do I make my webcomic books ) When I started my webcomic I just chose a size at random When I first started drawing the comic I was just posting it on my website.  Screenshot of my webcomic on the site I just picked a size for the comic that was a large rectangle like a comic page and I just went with it. No real thought behind it. This...
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