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Drawing all my ex girlfriends from memory [hww_CxgJlyg]

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Overview

Daniel undertook a drawing exercise using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate, and Videoleap to sketch former romantic partners from memory, recounting his personal histories with each person.

Daniel recounted his earlier relationships, including a first Japanese girlfriend who ghosted him across communication platforms, a Korean woman 15 years his senior met at a guesthouse in 2010, an adopted French woman dated in 2011 while working at a Lawson store in Japan, and a Japanese partner in Oita with whom marriage plans were abandoned before he ghosted her.

Daniel also recounted dating a Japanese single mother from Nagano connected via Japan Cupid in 2017 while working night shifts at a petrol station, ending the relationship over lack of physical attraction and feeling unprepared for stepfather responsibilities, and abandoning plans to reunite after interacting on HelloTalk with a married woman named Tomoko who misled him about her age.

Themes

Drawing former romantic partners from memory using digital cartooning tools.

Relationship history with a first Japanese girlfriend who ghosted Daniel.

Relationship with an older Korean woman met at a guesthouse in 2010.

Employment at Lawson in Japan and relationship with an adopted French woman.

Cohabitation, health issues, and abandoned marriage plans in Oita, Japan.

Relationship and two-week visit to a single mother in Nagano Prefecture met via Japan Cupid.

Online interaction on HelloTalk with Tomoko leading to canceled travel plans.

Developments

In 2010, Daniel met a Korean woman at a guesthouse in Japan and began a relationship with her.

Around November 2011, Daniel traveled to Japan on a working holiday visa and worked at a Lawson convenience store.

Daniel broke up with his French girlfriend, resigned from Lawson, and traveled to Korea.

Daniel moved into an apartment in Oita with an acquaintance from the guesthouse and initiated marriage documentation at the town hall.

Daniel left Japan after three months as a tourist without completing the marriage process, cut off contact, and spent three months in South Korea with his former Korean girlfriend.

Daniel returned from Taiwan and took a night-shift petrol station job suggested by his father.

In 2017, Daniel connected with a woman from Nagano Prefecture on Japan Cupid and asked her to be his girlfriend.

Daniel booked a two-week paid leave, purchased flight tickets, booked a hotel, and flew to Nagano Prefecture to meet the woman and her daughter.

Daniel, the woman, and her daughter went on outings to a mountain and a Japanese festival.

Daniel broke off the relationship with the woman from Nagano Prefecture.

Tomoko misled Daniel on HelloTalk regarding her age and marital status, leading him to cancel plans to return to Nagano.

Uncertainties & gaps

Whether the first girlfriend ghosted Daniel because she found a new partner, based on photos reportedly seen on Facebook by another individual.

Whether Oita is situated on the southern or western tip of Japan.

The exact name of the required marriage certification document Daniel needed from Osaka.

The wellbeing and circumstances of Daniel's former partner from Oita after her July 2017 entry on a language learning website.

Whether Daniel had five or six previous girlfriends.

The exact age of the single mother from Nagano, shifting between whether she was 38 or 40 at the time of speaking.

Whether Daniel should draw Tomoko because he did not consider her an ex-girlfriend.

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