Japan’s biggest tourist company JTB (Japan Tourist Bureau) has just released a promotion campaign featuring this illustration. Starting from 1st July the image is being displayed in posters and other print media in JTB outlets across Japan. It was a memorable job in more ways than one, as I began on the final artwork just as news of the Tohoku earthquake reached us. As I drew cheerful smiling faces for the illustration I watched with horror as shocking and distressing events

Here’s some images for a recent Japanese job, a brochure on the development of “Eco-cars” (environmentally friendly low Co2 emission vehicles) for JAMA (Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association). I don’t drive, so this is about as close as I get to working for the motoring industry! These kind of simple conceptual images are a lot of fun, and it’s a theme often explored in my commercial work, i.e. humanity interacting harmoniously with the environment. Ironically, the wor