In 2017, I started a little web comic/art brand in an effort to carve out some time in my busy schedule to be creative on a daily basis. Coffee time was the best time to get a drawing session in, so why not make the whole thing about coffee? Coffee had also been a significant part of my professional life, from one of my first jobs as a barista to later developing websites for famous espresso machine brands and beyond. I eventually branded my caffeinated creativity “Coffee Hotline”, and while it is unfortunately not a phone number that you can call to instantly find hot coffees near you, I like to think it represents the connections coffee makes in all of our lives through creativity and community. I’ve had the joy of connecting with so many amazing people through this project: artists, baristas, coffee entrepreneurs, comic fans, and more. More info: Instagram | twitter.com | youtube.com | teepublic.com | Etsy My artistic inspirations and influences are definitely NOT single origin. I’m a huge fan of animated cartoons and Japanese anime. Bravest Warriors, Regular Show, Gravity Falls, Cowboy Bebop, Fairy Tail… just to name a few. I’m obsessed with cozy-feeling color palettes and I probably spend most of my time fine-tuning and balancing hues, then actually drawing. I dunno, the sympathy for the barista kinda vanishes if they really did it wrong, to the point that customer no longer enjoys it. First the wrong order, now an inaccessible one. Feels like the customer was being trolled. Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.