Things I Need To-Do This Week - Rebranding and Revamping

I started vlogging about my creative ventures back in December, sharing personal projects and talking about my to-do list each week for managing my multiple creative outlets like my webcomics, music production, and the challenges of promoting them. Plus, running and managing my vintage reselling business.

Today I'm talking about how I think I need to revamp my personal website, which has primarily been focused on the art podcast. Realizing that I want it to be more about my own creative projects. So I think about creating dedicated sections for my webcomics and music and my process.

A big thing is I'm currently working on my fictional series titled "Bobert and the Monster." instead of my diary comic, "Then This Happened..."

Plus I've been working more on music production for my band, Lorenzo's Music, which has been consistently releasing songs every month and a half for the past two years. So I would like to highlight more about that creative process.

And I'm brainstorming plans for a new travel show on my YouTube channel. This show will document an upcoming trip to perform a solo show down south. Along the way, I plan to meet artists from my music podcast and explore antique stores for vintage toys, games, and books to sell in my online store. This would blend my creative projects while traveling to new places.

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...

How do I print and distribute my webcomic books?

How do I distribute my book? I distribute my book specifically on Amazon through Kindle Direct Publishing or KDP.

Vintage Illustration Artwork from Calling All Girls Digest from 1962

Here is some illustration artwork from a vintage magazine digest I found from 1962 called " Calling all girls ". This was a magazine that was for teens that later became Young Miss magazine. It has a lot of really cool two-color illustrations for each of the articles in the digest. If you would like to see more of the books that I've collected from resale shops over the years I also sell them in my eBay store . Each issue also had a minicomic called Tizzie by Kate Osann . Tizzy, the title character, was a stereotypical teen-aged American girl. The episode drawn in this comic was Tizzie and her first job as a babysitter. And much like the rest of the book it used a two-color theme. I actually like to try and recreate old ads like this and repurpose the artwork by illustrating them for band flyers. If you would like to see more of the books that I've collected from resale shops over the years I also sell them in my eBay store . Save this on Pinterest

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