"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"I don't know B-2..."

Can this really happen? It happens more often than one would think apparently.

How did a doodle I scribbled on work's drafting board in between joinery details and electircal drawings ended up a toy??
I modeled after a character "Cacutuar" (see: the game "Final Fantasy") ...played with its proportion and scale and made it a ninja. Only a handful of people had seen the sketches and even less had seen the digital version... There is now a toy made thats almost identical with the sketch !? ( I should also add that similar toy can be found in souvenir shops while departing from Kansei Airport...)

I'm sure it IS a coincidence (???) ( after all, its a very basic form made up of lines and curves - Just to throw something else into the mix - a straight line IS a curve! except without gradient/ curvature , hmmm...) but it did put things into perspective for me. The way information is distributed and how we communicate... and how many people out there are thinking of/ created/ drawn/ scalpted the same thing? and how many people out there are externalising these ideas and turning them into reality ? Process vs Product? etc...

But I guess what it comes down to is the creative process and the joy that comes with. That simple sketch put a smile on her face, and to me, theres nothing more rewarding than her smile and her laughter.

Lame?
Yea... I know.
But true :)