LCD Doodle Board for Kids

My sister, her two kids, and her husband live far away. It's about a 4-hour drive from São Paulo city towards the mountains of Minas Gerais. Just after Monteiro Lobato, we arrive at São Francisco Xavier, a small and charming town nestled among the beautiful mountains, fauna, and flora. There, playfulness is found in the rivers, on walks, in gatherings, on the lawns, in the bars, in the birdsong, in jam sessions, in the arts... well, above all, in the warmth that each person there has to offer. It's very rare to find my nephews watching TV, using a cellphone, or a tablet. Until one fine day, I was surprised when I saw my nephew Martim on the couch; he seemed to be drawing on a tablet. I immediately went to see his tool and creation. He said, "No, Uncle Thom, this is like a drawing board for kids, look. Here you draw, and this button erases! Cool, right?" Thus began a conversation/drawing together that lasted until the last day of the trip. Upon returning to São Paulo, one of the first things I did was to look for this children's drawing board, and I found it! Besides being super cheap, it didn't take long for my order to arrive. What I liked was that using this kind of toy, I draw more freely, without fear of making mistakes or aiming for perfection. Its function was solely and exclusively to draw for fun, and I liked it very much, a good buy! Another important detail is that there's no way to save what you've drawn, except by taking a photo or using a scanner(?), and that's when the possibility of creating a collection of these works on Web 3 struck me(!), since that would be the only way to truly immortalize the creations made there. Thus, the series "LCD Doodle Board for Kids" is born.

TOROVOA // 2024