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Andrew Browne is an American artist based in Tokyo and Minneapolis. His youth was dominated by film—genre-based and filmmaker retrospectives as well as film festivals showcasing independent films from around the world. It was precisely this exposure that inspired his interest in art and storytelling and helped develop his sensibilities and style. A random chance to see contemporary prints out of Tokyo by Hisaharu Motoda led to Andrew learning intaglio and lithography formally and his decision to pursue drawing professionally.
His ballpoint pen drawings take on ideas of social disconnect, dystopia, and humanity while exploring the subcultures, youth, and politics of the films that permeated his formative years. The meditative quality of his process is itself an escape, and with it comes a focus allowing Andrew to build complex drawings from layers of fine lines.
Andrew is now looking to create art for films as well as expand his creative work into the world of comics.
My Creations
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The Demon Queller
15 September 2015
A contemporary take on [part of] a Kuniyoshi woodblock print. Ballpoint pen on paper.
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Contemporary Idols #1
15 September 2015
A look at contemporary Japanese and American idols. Ballpoint pen on paper.
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Contemporary Idols #2
15 September 2015
A look at contemporary Japanese and American idols. Ballpoint pen on paper.
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Contemporary Idols #3
15 September 2015
A look at contemporary Japanese and American idols. Ballpoint pen on paper.
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Ballpoint Pen Sketch of Suehirotei
22 June 2016
A ballpoint pen sketch of the Suehirotei rakugo theater in Shinjuku for IMANO TOKYO.
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Yokai Band Doodles
25 July 2016
An important part of my work is to fill up sketchbooks. Some pages are of nearly finished drawings; others are barely thought out. Some drawings have potential; others...
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Black Hole
26 September 2016
Ballpoint pen on paper (A3).I recently completed this drawing for a short story by Hengtee Lim. Read the story on Medium—Black Holes.
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Salaryman Buddha | 傲岸不遜 サラリーマン大仏
15 November 2016
Ballpoint pen on bristol. This is part of a larger series on contemporary idols—the ideas some idolize and what others believe they themselves should be idolized for.
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Schoolgirl Buddha | 人造人間 女子高生大仏
21 November 2016
Ballpoint pen on bristol. This is part of a larger series on contemporary idols—the ideas some idolize and what others believe they themselves should be idolized for.
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Wine Shokudo Shonan | 和飲食堂湘南店
1 March 2017
The owners of the wonderful Wine Shokudo Shonan in Samukawa, Kanazawa asked me to create a piece for their restaurant. Their sole request was that it be based on their...
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Sundaze Bonsai I
28 November 2017
One of two collaborations with Switzerland-based Studio Sundaze, a table manufacturer inspired by surf culture. My bonsai drawings were meant to mimic the concept behi...
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Sundaze Bonsai II
4 December 2017
The second of two collaborations with Switzerland-based Studio Sundaze, a table manufacturer inspired by surf culture. My bonsai drawings were meant to mimic the conce...
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Metalhead—Doomsday Cowboy
6 February 2018
Doomsday cowboy inspired by the metal scene in Botswana.Ink and screentone, 297 x 420 mm (11.7 x 16.5 in).
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Metalhead—Electric Bass
13 March 2018
Inspired by the metal scene in Botswana.Ink and screentone, 297 x 420 mm (11.7 x 16.5 in).
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Ninenzaka (Kyoto)
16 April 2018
A digital drawing of the Ninenzaka hill in Kyoto from 2014, based on a pencil sketch. Completed after a nighttime visit to the area; inspired and informed by 1960s Jap...
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Neon Condor
5 July 2018
A cyberpunk reinterpretations of Condor Joe from Gatchaman (©Tatsunoko Production). I was asked to create three ballpoint pen drawings for the official Tatsunoko ART c...
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Neon Condor—Colorized
20 August 2018
A cyberpunk reinterpretations of Condor Joe from Gatchaman (©Tatsunoko Production). I was asked to create three ballpoint pen drawings for the official Tatsunoko ART c...
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