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Serial Killers: Human's Potential Strength?
Before I selected serial killer as my theme, I was fascinated on human’s potential strength. The ability to go beyond the limit of one's body and evolve our capability. Compare to animals, our body sets a limit on what we could do and cannot do. Even though I was fascinated, it never worked out after the first attempt. I felt that theme was more like a one time thing than a theme where I would contribute more in depth artwork.

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