People usually think I'm crazy for starting One Piece in 2024, but finding a way to enjoy the famously long-running anime has helped me develop traits that spilled over into my creative endeavors.

My desire to paint the world with the colors I want to see includes the nostalgia of a printed magazine or digest. I loved sitting in the doctor's office as a kid because it meant I could read whatever issues of Highlights they had. I desperately wanted Nickelodeon magazine because of their commercials. I loved skimming through Reader's Digest as it arrived at my family home as my mother has a subscription. Even to this day, I still read the single issue of Playstation magazine that I got in 1999 whenever I come across it in my mother's attic. What's new in this issue? What games could I play? Could I make whatever recipe they have for me this time? All of these things that I felt as a reader are things that I want to be able to provide as a creator.

Sunday Flamenco was an idea that came to me before I worked at IKEA, but IKEA was where I got most of its reps in.