Hello, Verona.
I turn 54 on the 25th.
I've been drawing since half 1 of 1977, when I was 8 yo. The initial inspiration was Wee Pals, a comicstrip created/written/drawn by
Morris Nolton "Morrie" Turner for the better part of fifty years.
I've been influenced by books I've read on Comics/Animation, by numerous Animated works, even commercials.
Unfortunately, a feeling that I should become a writer, plus self-doubt about my abilities, got to me, causing me to temporarily give up drawing for a time in half 1 of 1987.
Comicstrips/Comicbooks have been influences; so have industry publications.