Ever wondered them creative types got to be who they are today? Wouldn’t you like to get the skinny on their processes? Wouldn't you like a peek behind the curtain of how their work came about? What’s stopping you from cracking open their heads to see the magic that swirl about in their brain pans? (The law, my dude... The law will stop you.)

So we asked creatives from all disciplines about what they were influence by. Local artist and the nicest man in the business, tobyato aka Toby Tan, volunteered as tribute to be the first subject for our project. You've seen his work like the IKAN TODAK mural at a shophouse in Duxton Hill and his collaboration with us on a NFT project, tobyato has been hustling seven years ago since graduating.

From a Tinker Hatfield quote to the kindness of Lewis Hamilton to salt bread (yes, really!), discover the what inspires tobyato, and who knows, you might be inspired as well.