When you find a drawing you don't remember doing

illustration of man walking in red shirt and grey pants

I don't remember drawing this picture

A Google Photos drawing surprise

I set up all the drawing apps I use on my phone and tablet to automatically back up what I create to Google Photos.

The main reason is to save it of course.

But the other reason I back up my drawings to Google Photos is that it has a memory feature. I get an alert each day where it tells me I have photo memories that I can look at.

Along with the pictures I took, I'll see random sketches and drawings that I did that day in years past.

I like thinking back on some of the artwork I did and sometimes a drawing that I forgot about that inspires me to continue working on it again.

I don't remember why I drew this

But this sketch right here, I don't remember doing at all and I don't have any idea what I was trying to do with it?

I like the drawing but it just raises questions

Is it a person I saw?
Did I just make them up in my head?
Was it an idea for a comic or cartoon?

So, why did I draw it?

I have no clue. It's not a character I've drawn in the past and it's not in my usual style and to tell you the truth, looking at it I feel like I couldn't have made it. But when I look at it I can tell it was drawn by me, so why was I drawing it?

I feel like I had some great idea for it in my head that is now lost forever.

But I like it and I wish I had a better story behind drawing it but I don't.

And if I didn't back this up to Google Photos I pretty much would never have seen it again 😁

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...

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...

Can I Buy And Resell Copies Of My Own Book From Amazon KDP?

There are two questions that I get asked about publishing my webcomic books on Amazon KDP . 1 - Can I Order A Print Copy Of My Own Book From Amazon KDP? When I started printing on Amazon KDP I also had that question. The reason I put the books together is I was just kind of doing it for myself. I could make a paperback version of my webcomic books and then I and my family could get a copy. It didn't even occur to me that I could actually start selling the book in public. I thought it was just print-on-demand and then maybe I could order one. But when I print a book on Amazon KDP I can also get up to 999 copies and sell it on my own! I was able to get my own copies from Amazon KDP sent to me. As the author, I can get them at printing cost . So they're at a discounted price. The option to order author copies is right in the KDP publishing setup. The button is next to the book in KDP. 👇 The other question I get about publishing my book on Amazon KDP... 2 -...

How I came up with the name of my band Lorenzo's Music? Clip from Tha Bloc Report Podcast

How we came up with our band name Lorenzo's Music? In this clip from an interview I did on Tha Bloc Report Podcast , I answer the question everyone always asks about my band Lorenzo's Music ... Q: Where did the band name come from? Because I'm thinking Lorenzo Music. And then I'm thinking, Garfield. Yes, you are actually correct! That's where it came from. And then the apostrophe "S" was added because we were afraid of getting sued so it was to confuse people. And what people used to think is it was like the movie Lorenzo's Oil. But it's been so long now, and more people are farther away from that movie that we don't get that reference as much anymore. People are starting to figure out the Garfield connection again. So the story of how we came up with our band name? Essentially what happened was, I came home one night when our drummer Rob and I first got the idea for the band it was back when Nick at Nite used to actually play much old...

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