Cartoonist
while living & working in Japan, I sometimes did illustration work on the side.
In 1988 I was living and working in Tokyo, and I had a few steady illustration gigs to supplement my other jobs, which were some English teaching when I first arrived in Japan, and then working at TOEI animation studio when I got better established. It was a busy time but I had a lot … Read more
With his typical eloquence, SLY STALLONE raises a lot of valid points… A test caricature illustration of Sylvester Stallone, done when trying to get illustration work in Tokyo.>
Here’s an old doodle of SLY STALLONE; expressing his feelings, mid-1980s style. A test illustration of Sylvester Stallone, for Tokyo Journal.
More from the archive; a magazine illustration done while living in JAPAN, for a story about the TOKYO CAR SHOW (in ball-point pen and water colour). The article claimed that the prestigious CAR OF THE YEAR award was won not on the merits of the car itself but on how much money was spent in … Read more
These are some of the illustrations for an English Language text book for Japanese readers. I drew them many years ago while I was working and living in Japan. In the early months, my income was mainly from Teaching English, so freelance illustration jobs were a welcome distraction from my limitations as an English Language … Read more