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Making $2k from stickers: Singapore’s Gen Z illustrators turning their bedroom doodles into dollars

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(Clockwise from top left) Illustrators Arissa Rashid, Dylan Chia and Sarah Goh.

(Clockwise from top left) Illustrators Arissa Rashid, Dylan Chia and Sarah Goh.

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SINGAPORE – The rise of art markets like Public Garden in Singapore is nurturing a conducive environment for up-and-coming local arts talent – self-taught illustrators who have turned their doodles into businesses, with full-fledged merchandise and characters with a following of their own. The Straits Times meets three who are now regular features at markets.

Not many 25-year-olds spend their weekends on a crusade to take down copycats of their work.

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