Hiroshi Yoshii (Japan)

Hiroshi Yoshii is one of Japan's most important digital artists and the designer of some of the most famous characters from Japanese TV shows, ad campaigns and websites. He was also one of the first to use Corel Painter for digital illustration and has written several books on the subject. He is currently working on his own animated series.

Clients: Sony, NTT Docomo, Microsoft, Pixologic, Total, Le Point, SVM Publications, DCNS, Gloria Jean's, Scholastic, Ontex, ALC, ASCII, Japan Telecom, TV Tokyo, Nippon Television Network.

Website: Hiroshi Yoshii

Email: hiroshi@yoshii.com

"In Japan, people's cultural backgrounds are very similar, and this allows artists to express ideas that are completely understood from the outset without any need to go into lengthy explanations."

[Derived from: Campos, C. (2011) Japanese illustration now. London, United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson Ltd.. (p.93)]