Michael Takahashi - Illustrator in Tokyo

Michael Takahashi

I'm an illustrator in Tokyo, Japan

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About me

I am an illustrator / animator who’s just arrived in Tokyo.

I spend most of my time walking around the city, drawing and rifling through old CDs and video games.

The thing I most love about Tokyo is the old overgrown buildings that look a little haunted.

My Creations

  1. Halloween Hotel

    30 October 2022
    Halloween Hotel

    For Halloween I wanted to challenge myself by illustrating a huge scene full of characters. The way of working and visuals were quite a departure from what I'm used to...

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  2. Station Scene

    9 November 2022

    Personal exploration of a busy scene using a limited palette.
    I enjoyed coming up with some offbeat characters for this one!

  3. 23 Wards of Tokyo

    2 December 2022

    Tried my hand at illustrating a map of the 23 wards of Tokyo.

    Struggled to come up with ideas for some of the wards I hadn't visited myself but nevertheless really enjoyed working on this!

  4. Merry Christmas (Bit late)

    27 December 2022

    I forgot to post this here, so better late than never. Hope everyone had a good day!

  5. Abandoned Observatory

    28 February

    Experiment for a potential riso print.

  6. Incoming Fax

    4 April

    Haven't have to use one of these for many years...

  7. Spiky Flower

    14 April

    Might get this printed

  8. Just more flowers

    Lot of flowers blooming early in Tokyo this year

  9. Hand A

    15 August

    One of four.