Molly Hahn

And she stressed the importance of affirmations.

And so I was like, okay, I hit rock bottom.

I was like, I need something.

And so I'm a very visual person.

I'm also super kinesthetic.

And so it's like, if I'm going to do the daily affirmation thing, it's got to be in my own way.

And so Buddha Doodles came from that.

And I've been sharing my work online since 2001.

So I started out with this pretty DIY image map Dreamweaver site like way back in the day.

So I've been sharing work online.

So it felt natural to just share my sketches.

And I had a daily sketch practice that was different from

buddha doodles before that uh i started that comic so yeah i just started tumblr and noticed that people liked the comic and uh and it started getting an audience on tumblr that was the first place i started sharing it and you know check back me like oh there's like 100 new followers that's interesting like nothing i'd ever put out there had like magnetized that kind of audience that quick of a rate like i just was exponential like suddenly i had 3 000 followers and it was like

just it just exploded and i was like wow this is this is really special um and that was in 2001 molly right

The Buddha Doodles, I started in 2011.

And then I've been cartooning, sharing my work online before that, since 2001.

Okay.

That's a great question.

Well, I had production experience working with people in the industry.

So I gleaned a lot of tools and inspirations from people that were actually making it happen.