 The webcomic's approach to storytelling and comedy was also influenced by that of manga artist Eiichiro Oda.Gopalan has stated that he intended to implement 2D animation to "Brown Paperbag" at some point, and produced a short celebratory animation when he reached 100,000 followers on Facebook in 2017.Though Gopalan gets many suggestions from fans, he primarily tries to take scenarios from his own life and work on his own ideas.