Among these, he came across the American magazine Life, which often featured articles and photographs dealing with the natural world. "Once," Tsai reminisces, "I saw a picture of a dewy spider web and started wondering, 'How much time would it take to try and render all of these drops of dew by drawing them by hand?'"
其中，美國生活雜誌 LIFE，經常會穿插一些自然生態的報導和攝影作品，「有回，看到一張凝滿露珠的蜘蛛網圖片，當時心想，如果用畫筆畫出這麼多晶瑩剔透的露珠，要耗掉多少時間？」