Category: Art

  • Tokyo Cityscape for +81

    Pictured, the beautiful Tokyo cityscape that my buddy Andrew illustrated for the cover of this past summer’s issue of +81 magazine. You’ll find images of the issue itself here.

  • Izakaya Infographic

    This is but a tiny section of a large infographic produced for Gurunavi, to entice people on the joys of the izakaya. It was created by Mr. Papriko. Found via Canvas, where you can view the full image.

  • Illustrating Loftwork

    Beautiful illustration created for Loftwork — parent company of the excellent FabCafes — by Alessandro Bioletti. Found via Canvas.

  • Urban Layers

    My friend Mare is a game creator (maker, with her partner Raigan, of the fantastic N series) and she’s currently spending some time in Tokyo, something that has turned into an annual sojourn for the team. The reason for this post though is to share a fantastic mood board that Mare just shared through Pinterest,…

  • Momentary

    Ilya Kuvshinov is a Russian illustrator and comic artist based in Tokyo, and he’s just announced that Pie Books will be releasing an art book of his work, entitled Momentary (out on November 30). In the meantime, take some time to go through his beautiful illustrations, or support him through his Patreon.

  • Spectral Pot

    The ceramic tea bowl pictured is by Shohei Fujita, and is part of his “Pots on the Wall” exhibition, taking place at Shibuya Hikarie 8 (October 12 to November 3). I share it because, as a Bond fanatic, to me it looks like it was created for SPECTRE.

  • Motocross Saito

    I really love the animated pixel art of Motocross Saito, like the scene pictured (view the animated GIF). There’s more to see here.

  • Ken Niimura’s Love Letter

    As I just mentioned in my post about card games, the only games I kept and brought back from Tokyo where my two editions of the excellent Love Letter game (which I’m very happy to say that my wife quite enjoys as well). I have the basic Tempest edition from AEG, but also the beautifully…