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Odd Japanese English: Demo

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So if you say "demo" to a Japanese, he/she will think of the protest...

Why LINE rejected my stickers 3 times before it can be sold on Creators Market

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Work began in April after persistent requests from fans to do LINE stickers. I first did a focus group on  Patreon  to gather feedback and Kurone Shizuhi, a very hardcore LINE user, suggested the most changes (Thank you Shizuhi, Reventon and Jerome!) After finalising the chosen 40 stickers, I inked it and sent it to my assistant to colour. Then it was returned to me a week later and I continued to clean up the lines and tweak the colours for another week or so (on and off). I finally submitted on 18th May excitedly and announced on my Instagram:

Illustration demo with Chameleon Marker Pens

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I posted this video last week on my Facebook wishing all my Muslim friends Happy Hari Raya and many asked me what materials I used and how long I took to make it. Actually the concept was thought of a week beforehand and the drawing took slightly more than an hour to complete. However learning how to use iMovie on my smartphone, selecting free music from YouTube music library and then figuring out how to transfer the music took like a whole day...

Japanese way of asking for payment

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Do you prefer your bill to face up or down while eating?

The Japanese Secret To Inside-Out Beauty Workshop at Ikeda Spa

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Besides offering spa packages and selling skin care products, Ikeda Spa also occasionally  organises workshops to impart beauty tips or things Japanese to customers. Today, we got to try making our own masks from ingredients that you can easily get from supermarkets!

Way of eating noodles in Japan

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I think Singapore is in between? P.S. Patreon Ewww-san is inside eating with Kelvin! Special thanks to all lovely patrons and http://www.patreon.com/evacomics !

Monday Yoga comics

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And this is my new mat (Eko mat) from Manduka! It's made of rubber so I had to use a mat restore to effectively clean and maintain it :) My first yoga mat!!! Can't wait to practice on it! (After I reply tons of work emails first....) #yogamat #manduka A photo posted by Evangeline Neo (@evacomics) on Jun 29, 2015 at 3:24am PDT When the instructor is very flexible, I do feel as if I am attending an acrobat class, it's challenging but fun :P Luckily I exercise, otherwise I think I will be pretty fat now... A photo posted by Evangeline Neo (@evacomics) on Jul 3, 2015 at 12:37am PDT