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7 Sweet Illustrations Show That Love Is In The Little Things
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7 Sweet Illustrations Show That Love Is In The Little Things

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People tend to think that love can only be shown with grand, extraordinary gestures that the world can see. It’s arguable, though, that ‘true’ love exists in the small and seemingly mundane, yet intimate moments shared between two hearts. Auckland-based, Korean-born artist Lynn Choi is acutely aware of this fact, and has crafted a few illustrations that brilliantly capture those heartwarming ‘everyday’ experiences we all share with the ones we hold dear. Aren’t homemade pancakes on a lazy Sunday morning one hundred times better than a fancy dinner out, anyway?

Scroll down to see them all, and enjoy more of Choi’s work on her Instagram.

Waking up in the morning to find you making breakfast for me

Having you as my personal feeding assistant while working at home

Keeping me safe and warm, even when I have bad dreams

Keeping me entertained when it’s Saturday afternoon and there’s nothing else to do

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Sharing takeout while catching up on our Netflix time

You somehow manage to make every activity a blast

Even waiting for the bus is a little more fun with you

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layla-alsaady avatar
Lana
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this! It is so amazing and her illustrations have so much detail and it has this cozy mood. You can really see the content and happiness in it.

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Doggo
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kent, if you’re trying to mock those posts, don’t. It’s not funny, just annoying.

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Tony Moon
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Being single is temporary. When you find the right person it will make all of it so much sweeter.

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Sarah White
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG the style, the feeling, the anatomy, the lighting, the beautiful story behind every picture. Truly beautiful, you could maybe consider making 5 more and turning it into a calendar, I would gladly buy it! Or keep it as it is and sell them individually or as a zine! Or don't, your choice, but I would definitely buy some.

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Weeping Willowz (WeepingWillowz)
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are people saying the dude is a weird pedo in a inappropriate relationship? Lots of people are born taller or shorter than the average height. I’m taller than my my mum but the same height as my aunt.

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Troy Currie
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is shorter, and then there is younger looking...much younger. The first thing I thought when I saw this is that it must be daughter hugging the dad in the kitchen and then mom cuddling the daughter in the bed, until I kept scrolling. I knew these types of comments were coming...because I had one of my own.

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nimnimnim
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The mood conveyed by these illustrations is just magical! Super talented artist.... and lucky in love too :)

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Daria B
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awwwww.... But if you laugh underwater, you choke........

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Hoparduc Snowpanther
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love these illustrations so much! I'd like to imagine its about me and my *fictional* husband

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Nancy E
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can never get enough of these. They portray love in such a sweet, giving, & ,gentle way!

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Sable miner
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol- yeah well there's plenty of downers to relationships, too. Don't feel like the lone ranger, we're all alone actually and there's nothing worse than being with someone and still feeling alone!

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Katie Smith
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonderful talent but also wonderful messaging. Love IS in the small things.

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Pi...
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can this even be real.... Hurts my heart a lot to look at those sweet illustrations....

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Ross Carter
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think Eddie Vedder said it best when he said (about the Pearl Jam song "Nothingman") "If you love someone and they love you, don't f**k up... 'cause you are left with less than nothing.”. Cherish the little things! I've learned to do that every day after finally walking away from a decade-long abusive relationship and finding my soulmate

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Allana Rose
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Simply beautiful and I can totally relate to her little "somethings". We don't appreciate these small things until they are gone.

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Tony Moon
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beautiful artistry that catches the very essence of philia and pragma. Love that is affectionate and enduring.

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Victor Calamity
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, there seems to be an even mix of two reactions: "I love this" or "this makes me feel bad about my own life"... well, I'm in the "I love this" crowd: these are such warm, touching, whimsical illustrations...they remind me about what is great in my own life! Well done!

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Saima Masood
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When there's love then only you will find it in small things. When there's no love you wont find it anything. Sometimes love disappears after sometime. You always have to make effort to keep the love alive in your relationship.If you don't work on your relationship it gradually dies and before you know you and your partner will fall apart, read this https://livingshe.com/best-relationship-advice/ to read the best guide on how to make your relationship healthy and steady. Also there are women who are so smart that they often find themselves lonely, https://livingshe.com/best-relationship-advice/

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Tracy Moorhead
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very sweet! I'm envious of people who find this kind of caring!!

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Trisha Dragon
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not really linking up with the topics but the style of illustration is fantastic. It would make an insanely awesome animation. Her color choices are awesome. Good stuff even if I don’t connect to the topics, that's hard to accomplish.

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Daniel Cihomsky
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks like a 12 year old little girl not a woman who is at least 18 years old .

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Daniel Cihomsky
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks too young like a 12 year old girl to be used for these illustrations.

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Aubrie Allen
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not exactly like my relationship. Add in blowing razz berries (bubbles) into his tummy as he tries to sleep.

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Adrijana Radosevic
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...I love how artists make everything surreal. I mean, life is usually about running around and getting a f**k or two in between all the errands. usually perforce becatse you both think the other wants to be f****d while both of you actually just want to sleep... this makes you feel so bad about it actually! XD XD XD

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Gustav Reijola
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6 years ago

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Your drawings are the most horrible ive seen on the internet so far, please learn how to draw better before you make more garbage like this, these can serve as a perfect example of what severe autism looks like.

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Timothy Foley
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6 years ago

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No he is showing love to his child. Sorry if you missed that, truly sorry

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Mary Griffin
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6 years ago

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Love is NOT like this at all. EVER! This is a total fantasy for sure.

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Meowton Mewsk
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What? Love is just like this. Just not all the time. Good and bad comes in waves. My relationship isn’t perfect but it definitely has moments like this.

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Rhonnda Oliver
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6 years ago

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Nothing about these reads as an adult couple, more like a teen and a younger child in a very inappropriate relationship. Doubt it was the illustrators intent but definitely not the type of content I'd expect here

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Daria B
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhmmm..... If the portrayal of the two of them live together alone and not each one with their respective parents doesn't read like an adult couple... They look like they're in their early twenties and they may be university students, to me. She's just shorter than him. I've met tons of short and sweet adult ladies who often get annoyed if they are confused for, or treated like little kids.

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6 years ago

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Nice drawings! Too bad they all add to the usual gender role that so many media continuously present and thus influence people into expectations of their partner which - simply said - don't happen like that in real life.

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Kitty Meow
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gender roles? You're fricken crazy, that's about the most gender neutral thing ever. You can switch those characters genders and It's The Same Comic. Jeez.

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Lana
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this! It is so amazing and her illustrations have so much detail and it has this cozy mood. You can really see the content and happiness in it.

doggo_1 avatar
Doggo
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kent, if you’re trying to mock those posts, don’t. It’s not funny, just annoying.

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geologist_luna avatar
Tony Moon
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Being single is temporary. When you find the right person it will make all of it so much sweeter.

Load More Replies...
sarahwhite avatar
Sarah White
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG the style, the feeling, the anatomy, the lighting, the beautiful story behind every picture. Truly beautiful, you could maybe consider making 5 more and turning it into a calendar, I would gladly buy it! Or keep it as it is and sell them individually or as a zine! Or don't, your choice, but I would definitely buy some.

weepingwillowzweepingwillowz avatar
Weeping Willowz (WeepingWillowz)
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are people saying the dude is a weird pedo in a inappropriate relationship? Lots of people are born taller or shorter than the average height. I’m taller than my my mum but the same height as my aunt.

troy-currie-39 avatar
Troy Currie
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is shorter, and then there is younger looking...much younger. The first thing I thought when I saw this is that it must be daughter hugging the dad in the kitchen and then mom cuddling the daughter in the bed, until I kept scrolling. I knew these types of comments were coming...because I had one of my own.

Load More Replies...
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nimnimnim
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The mood conveyed by these illustrations is just magical! Super talented artist.... and lucky in love too :)

dariab_1 avatar
Daria B
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awwwww.... But if you laugh underwater, you choke........

hoparducsnowpanther avatar
Hoparduc Snowpanther
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love these illustrations so much! I'd like to imagine its about me and my *fictional* husband

wroehlig avatar
Nancy E
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can never get enough of these. They portray love in such a sweet, giving, & ,gentle way!

keaneye1 avatar
loop12east avatar
Sable miner
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol- yeah well there's plenty of downers to relationships, too. Don't feel like the lone ranger, we're all alone actually and there's nothing worse than being with someone and still feeling alone!

Load More Replies...
katieanddustin avatar
Katie Smith
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonderful talent but also wonderful messaging. Love IS in the small things.

pun-in-wunderland avatar
Pi...
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can this even be real.... Hurts my heart a lot to look at those sweet illustrations....

dextramorph avatar
Ross Carter
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think Eddie Vedder said it best when he said (about the Pearl Jam song "Nothingman") "If you love someone and they love you, don't f**k up... 'cause you are left with less than nothing.”. Cherish the little things! I've learned to do that every day after finally walking away from a decade-long abusive relationship and finding my soulmate

allanarose1996 avatar
Allana Rose
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Simply beautiful and I can totally relate to her little "somethings". We don't appreciate these small things until they are gone.

geologist_luna avatar
Tony Moon
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beautiful artistry that catches the very essence of philia and pragma. Love that is affectionate and enduring.

victorcalamity avatar
Victor Calamity
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, there seems to be an even mix of two reactions: "I love this" or "this makes me feel bad about my own life"... well, I'm in the "I love this" crowd: these are such warm, touching, whimsical illustrations...they remind me about what is great in my own life! Well done!

saimaa_masood81 avatar
Saima Masood
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When there's love then only you will find it in small things. When there's no love you wont find it anything. Sometimes love disappears after sometime. You always have to make effort to keep the love alive in your relationship.If you don't work on your relationship it gradually dies and before you know you and your partner will fall apart, read this https://livingshe.com/best-relationship-advice/ to read the best guide on how to make your relationship healthy and steady. Also there are women who are so smart that they often find themselves lonely, https://livingshe.com/best-relationship-advice/

tracym09 avatar
Tracy Moorhead
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very sweet! I'm envious of people who find this kind of caring!!

cougarthehairywombat avatar
Trisha Dragon
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not really linking up with the topics but the style of illustration is fantastic. It would make an insanely awesome animation. Her color choices are awesome. Good stuff even if I don’t connect to the topics, that's hard to accomplish.

danielcihomsky avatar
Daniel Cihomsky
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks like a 12 year old little girl not a woman who is at least 18 years old .

danielcihomsky avatar
Daniel Cihomsky
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks too young like a 12 year old girl to be used for these illustrations.

geekymcdork avatar
Aubrie Allen
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not exactly like my relationship. Add in blowing razz berries (bubbles) into his tummy as he tries to sleep.

adrijana_radosevic avatar
Adrijana Radosevic
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...I love how artists make everything surreal. I mean, life is usually about running around and getting a f**k or two in between all the errands. usually perforce becatse you both think the other wants to be f****d while both of you actually just want to sleep... this makes you feel so bad about it actually! XD XD XD

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Gustav Reijola
Community Member
6 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Your drawings are the most horrible ive seen on the internet so far, please learn how to draw better before you make more garbage like this, these can serve as a perfect example of what severe autism looks like.

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Timothy Foley
Community Member
6 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

No he is showing love to his child. Sorry if you missed that, truly sorry

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Mary Griffin
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6 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Love is NOT like this at all. EVER! This is a total fantasy for sure.

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Meowton Mewsk
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What? Love is just like this. Just not all the time. Good and bad comes in waves. My relationship isn’t perfect but it definitely has moments like this.

Load More Replies...
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Rhonnda Oliver
Community Member
6 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Nothing about these reads as an adult couple, more like a teen and a younger child in a very inappropriate relationship. Doubt it was the illustrators intent but definitely not the type of content I'd expect here

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Daria B
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhmmm..... If the portrayal of the two of them live together alone and not each one with their respective parents doesn't read like an adult couple... They look like they're in their early twenties and they may be university students, to me. She's just shorter than him. I've met tons of short and sweet adult ladies who often get annoyed if they are confused for, or treated like little kids.

Load More Replies...
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A dose of reality...
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6 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Nice drawings! Too bad they all add to the usual gender role that so many media continuously present and thus influence people into expectations of their partner which - simply said - don't happen like that in real life.

kittymeow avatar
Kitty Meow
Community Member
6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gender roles? You're fricken crazy, that's about the most gender neutral thing ever. You can switch those characters genders and It's The Same Comic. Jeez.

Load More Replies...
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