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Hong Kong illustrator Choi Ming- she captured moments spent with her 1,000 enquiries on Instagram about
sum, or better known as Choi Sum, son. Choi’s sloth products were her her illustration book and sloth prod-
has never thought her drawings can son’s favourite toys. ucts shown on television. Her Insta-
warm others’ hearts and help her It was Choi’s idea to add sloth el- gram account has reached over 13,900
carve out a career. ements to the drama. She has always followers as of early December.
“I first started drawing because it loved drawing sloths and calls it a “It is really beyond my imagina-
was fun. Now, drawing means much “self-portrait”. tion. The drama director spotted a
more to me. It leads me to a state of “Sloths like to live in their own drawing I gave my pregnant friend as
mind called flow that I become fully worlds and they are reluctant to work. a gift by accident. He then invited me
immersed in drawing. This helps me They adopt a passive aggressive atti- to work together. I had never thought
meditate,” Choi says. tude when they feel powerless. That is the audience would like to buy my art-
Choi’s drawings and her iconic what I often do too,” Choi says. work. But I am happy to go with the
sloth products were featured in Vi- She believes one of the reasons her flow,” the 31-year-old illustrator says.
uTV’s TV drama Single Papa starring sloth products went viral is that many “Indeed, the sloth collection is the
Ronald Cheng Chung-kei and Maggie Hongkongers also shared this men- first milestone in my art journey. But
Cheung Ho-yee last winter. tality – unwilling to work and to deal I hope someday when people think of
The drama is about a single father with the powerlessness in life. me, it would be more than just sloths,”
learning to love himself and others Working on the TV drama aside she adds.
after his wife passed away in an ac- from her full-time job, Choi felt over-
cident. Choi’s drawings were featured whelmed when her work won praise
in a sketchbook left by the wife where from audiences. She received over