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Full-time freelancing is... tricky! 23 Mar 2012 | 04:15 am
Hello everyone! :D Been ages since I last wrote anything on here u__u Hope life's treating you all right and everything is easy breezy in the home/work/hobby department! ^^ As for me, since I've be....
Mad about inking 13 Jul 2011 | 12:40 am
Each manga artist has his/her own demons, and for me that's got to be INKING. This particular process takes up the largest portion of my drawing time and even if I've been doing it for nearly two year...
Of personalities and looks, part 1 13 Jul 2011 | 12:39 am
When designing new characters these days, I always refer to Myers and Briggs' 16 classic human temperaments, which I find to have been remarkably accurate to date. Basically the whole point is to cate...
Done! (but not quite dusted) 13 Jul 2011 | 12:38 am
Hurrah! Thanks to several days off work and a highly-appreciated-yet-unexpected help from my mother(!), The Fifth Columnist manga project has finally wrapped up! Here's a toast to family bonds and all...
The Copic experiment, part 1 13 Jul 2011 | 12:25 am
After a brief visit to Machiko Manga School in Kemang for work last week, I realised nothing was ever too late to begin exploring new manga techniques -- even if it meant spending hard-earned money on...
Preview in Elex Komikologi for December 2009 13 Jul 2011 | 12:24 am
Finally, the long-awaited moment of truth is nearly come! The last time I heard from my hardworking comic editor (bless her heart!), Fifth 1 is scheduled for release in the fourth week of December. I ...
Interview with Machiko Maeyama-san 13 Jul 2011 | 12:21 am
s One of the reasons for liking my day job: most of the time, we get to meet new interesting people and learn new things about the world we live in! :) That was definitely the case when I had the cha...
Teaser from The Fifth Columnist Hong Kong act 13 Jul 2011 | 12:19 am
The holidays are lurking just around the corner, so here's an early season's greetings to all :) Hong Kong, People's Republic of China A place where old junks / meet glistening skyscrapers A place wh...
End of days :D 6 Sep 2010 | 05:12 pm
Finally~~ the 30-day drawing challenge is finished! \^o^/ I'd thought to be more experimental for the last 10 days of the challenge, hopefully that much is obvious from the more solid inking as well ...
Ten days later 26 Aug 2010 | 06:30 pm
Phfew! Another 10 days done in response to the 30-day drawing challenge that I embarked on earlier. What's interesting about the challenge is that not only do you get to exercise drawing (or in my ca...