1. Through my rather short experience, I learnt that I enjoy working with those who understand what sort of things I create (know why they choose me), lead me logically in the right direction, but leave me just enough freedom to finish things properly. The works created under such conditions often turn out to be people’s favourite, as well as the clients’ and my own. I just hope every new project will be like that.

    Through my rather short experience, I learnt that I enjoy working with those who understand what sort of things I create (know why they choose me), lead me logically in the right direction, but leave me just enough freedom to finish things properly. The works created under such conditions often turn out to be people’s favourite, as well as the clients’ and my own. I just hope every new project will be like that.

     
  2. I’ve done another fun project with Sotokoto. This time they asked me to create typography, maps, and a few spots. This is how I started idea sketches of the letters.

    Below are some of the samples I sent out. Some were based on existing fonts but others were newly created with a hint taken from various fonts. Page design was not fixed at that stage and I was not sure what would suit well, so I ended up with eight versions in all.

    They chose 2_c, and below are my typography inverted and applied on the pages, and one of the final maps sitting in the corner. I made a couple of spots too, but this is going to be too long so I’ll put the rest on my website… I had a lot of fun.

    ソトコト9月号の「次世代シェアハウス」企画に、文字、地図、その他諸々…を描きました。一応スタイリッシュ路線なのですが、グラフィックを無理矢理手作りした感じの、直球のクールとはちょっと違う印象のものに仕上がりました。その他諸々の部分はwebsiteで。

     
  3. Nothing new I can show at the moment but a lot of pencil drawing is going on. Today I’m going through a kind of ‘pencil therapy’ aka hand lettering… fun. Might or might not use for the final piece.文字の実験中。とりあえず見せても当たり障りのない部分はこれだけ…文字描いていると楽しすぎて時間を忘れそうです。

    Nothing new I can show at the moment but a lot of pencil drawing is going on. Today I’m going through a kind of ‘pencil therapy’ aka hand lettering… fun. Might or might not use for the final piece.
    文字の実験中。とりあえず見せても当たり障りのない部分はこれだけ…文字描いていると楽しすぎて時間を忘れそうです。

     
  4. I meant, as an illustrator.

    I meant, as an illustrator.