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Comics: Japanese Stairs

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Anyone who has traveled to Japan will know that their train stations require a lot of stair climbing. Escalators and elevators are either far away or non-existent, so be prepared if you are bringing your parents or kids in strollers!

Comics: Trishaw and Rickshaw pullers in Singapore and Japan

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You can find trishaw uncles at Chinatown and dashing rickshaw pullers at Kyoto~ Idea contributed by Catherine, one of my yoga teachers!

Drawing Tokyo Tourist map demo

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A few of my fans on Patreon requested me to upload screen captures of me working, so I decided to do one of the pages of my second book that I was working on. The second part is a travel guide to Japan and this one showed how I came to design the map (which turned out to be drawing a Totoro fanart...). This is 17min long. The second part shows more finished artwork but the final map is a bit different and you will be able to see it in my second book, releasing later this year. This second part video is 20min long. Enjoy! Software: Manga Studio EX 5 Hardware: Macbook Pro and Wacom Cintiq 24HD -------------- If you like what you see, please considering becoming my patron on patreon.com! https://www.patreon.com/evacomics Thank you!

Comics: Long-term relationship between Client and Artist

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Quite a lot of us receive emails from companies who say they were looking to build a "long-term" relationship with the artist as a way to request more discount (sometimes free work too). But we prefer to see the cash first...

Another Naiise retail shop for local artists and designers to showcase and sell our products

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If you have been receiving all the posts from my FB and Instagram, you'll know that my book and cat cushions are now selling at all 6 Naiise outlets in Singapore. They opened a brand new flagship store at the Cathay's basement this month and they invited all suppliers to party!

Patreon goal finally reached after more than a year, although for one day only

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After relentless whining about the lack of support for artists and my expensive monthly medical fees, a friend decided to pledge and encouraged me to finish my second book earlier. And because it was my birthday month, a fan increased her pledge to $10 for this month only, hence for the first time in more than a year, I finally reached the goal of US$600/month!!! \(≧▽≦)丿♪ \(≧▽≦)丿♪ \(≧▽≦)丿♪  But after one day, a fan lowered his pledge for June... ... anyway, at least all patrons are still around!!! It has not been easy and many times I was disappointed because although I have 96,000 likes on FB  and 5,400 followers on Instagram, I have less than 60 patrons supporting me. Which made me wonder WHY??? Sometimes I post about my disappointment on FB, but I would get random readers telling me to stop posting such demoralising posts, so I only post my comics nowadays... #supportlocal ? When my first book was published in 2014, I had around 48,000 likes but sales was slow. I h

Comics: Ad and Reality

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#1: Pads #2: Matchmaking app/service   #3: Sports gear (particularly headband) #4: Perfume #5: Fast food hamburgers  #6: Packed drinks #7: Cat food

Comics: Kids and Insects

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This idea was actually by Kok Hong, one of my FB reader. Quite interesting don't you think? Probably because of our lack of interaction with nature that causes us to freak out whenever when we see insects.

Comics: Pear-shape body woes with clothes

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It's a pain when you have a big belly and thick thigh... We can only wear bootcut or flare jeans and the tops had to be loose at the waist and hip area. Can't wear lots of nice yoga clothes and have to experiment with different lengths of tops and patterned leggings.

Comics: Diet plan that fails

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This doesn't work... the only way is to completely stop buying (and seeing evil). BTW, if you like my comics, please consider to support me on patreon! I promise no snacks... ...