Children Holding Guns is a military-themed brand I started as a tribute to my two years of mandatory National Service in Singapore.

From shellscrape nights to endless waits in training sheds, I filled a notebook with ideas while counting down the days to finishing service and returning to my creative life in civilisation.

Unfortunately, life isn’t always a bag of night snacks. While unemployed and building my portfolio, I started Children Holding Guns to bring those ideas from the past two years to life—and hopefully bring some laughter to those who are serving, or have served.

It’s been 10 years. I went from creating small ephemera to over-the-top memes. Lately, I’ve started to feel like I’m too old to continue this project—so here it is.