Philippa Rice’s Soppy illustrations capture the beauty of being in love.
British artist Philippa Rice knows that a relationship's tiny, private moments are usually the most special ones.
Is there anything more companionable than brushing your teeth together in contented silence?
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Rice started illustrating her favorite of these extraordinarily normal occurrences for her boyfriend, Luke Pearson, in 2011.
"They're all from our life together," Pearson told BuzzFeed Life. "We're both illustrators/cartoonists and work from home. I like to keep diaries of drawings to remember what I've done each day and what I'd do is choose the best bits and illustrate them with the red and black inks."
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She posted the drawings on Tumblr and turned some into comics, calling them "Soppy," a word she says is "somewhere between schmaltzy, sentimental, sappy, and silly."
"I was told that it's not a word people use in the U.S. and that surprised me!" she told the Huffington Post.
The comics were such a hit that she turned them into a Soppy book, which came out last year.
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Her illustrations capture the most relatable interactions — like choosing what to eat for dinner.
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