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Nestlé Japan is starting a membership service for its Kit Kat Chocolatory product line, and it comes with a chance to win an actual gold Kit Kat!
Get out the tissues because this short ad will make you appreciate family bonds all over again.
There are no reference photos and no sketches; just an artist, a pen and his beautiful mind.
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Author Victor Hugo once said, “Virtue has a veil, vice a mask,” but what if Japanese, contemporary, and fetish masks are your vice? You’ll want to check out Tokyo Mask Festival Vol. 2!
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It’s not like we really needed any more reasons to eat potato chips, but matcha and chocolate together make a pretty convincing argument.
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