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SmarterKids.com - Preschool Skills TestThe DrawingBoard started as a firecracker in my head in June of 1997. That's when I first started looking for a web domain that I could use to create a site dedicated to the creative mind.  The vision I had was to put something on the web that I'd personally like to visit every now and again, and maybe learn a thing or two.  I wanted to start an online community of creative people that could get together and help one another with anything from music to painting to theatre to art.

Since then, I've struggled to put time into learning the web and refining the idea.  In the end, I decided to stick much closer to what I know, and even closer to where my interests lie.

You... Me... Quake... NOW! The GingerBread Man Project

That meant COMICS!  Over the next several months of limited free time, I've come back again and again to redefine and re-think what would eventually become Figma.com.  I finally decided to at least finish this aspect of the site.  I've seen and enjoyed other sites on the internet dedicated to showcasing aspiring and/or established comic artists and illustrators, but none seem to do it the way I feel it should be done.  So, hopefully I can do that here... and with any luck, it can surpass everyone's expectations.

These days the site is still here at Figma.com, but we also answer to the net-name TheDrawingBoard.com, and it seems to be something people find easy to remember. Slowly but surely, Figma will expand, and include other sites under its umbrella... but as that happens, The DrawingBoard will continue to be one of them!

In the interest of making a cooler site... I hear the best thing is getting some FEEDBACK!  So, gimme some, and let me know what you like, what you don't, and what you'd like to see!  

Oh, yeah... and though I'm the "janitor" around here... your "host" here at the DrawingBoard is really this strange creature I met the other day.  Refers to itself as  the Figma.  It could easily be a product of my twisted imagination, but Figma made such a convincing argument, I couldn't help myself. So anywhere you hear "the website" talking, it's more than likely the Figma. Allows me to step-back and concentrate on the fun stuff! Ciao!

Dudley Bryan Jr.
Webmaster / Janitor
Direct Nexus Designs


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