Illustrator and animator John Ho says his mother's death last year inspired him to rethink his life and create his most personal work to date - an illustrated book titled Green Honey Tea.
The book is a collection of melancholic poems, colourful illustrations and short, witty essays on love, family and life.
Ho, 31, sees it as a tribute to his mother, who had been his inspiration for life and his career.
'She was my closest friend. I talked to her about everything, and I guess few men do that nowadays,' says Ho. 'She was very supportive of me and always appreciated my art.'
Ho says he panicked when he found out his mother had liver cancer almost two years ago.
'My father passed away when I was young and my brother and three sisters moved out years ago. I was the one who spent the most time with her: we lived together for over a dozen years,' he says.