Takayama Toshiaki

Illustrator - Japan

: I'm a freelance illustrator. I mainly draw illustrations of anime, games, and toys.

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Manga
Armed dragon illustration series - someday I think I'd like to turn this into a manga.
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Female Characters
I’m learning to draw photo-realistic female comic characters. Drawing ‘realistically’ is a completely different sort of difficult.
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Even among the several existing statues of David, I found inspiration for this work in the consciously boyish/feminine carvings of Donatello’s “David” statues. How many times did I redraw their faces, were they any good? Even now I worry.
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About Me

Takayama Toshiaki

Illustrator / Japan

Before I became a freelance illustrator, I did illustrations for magazines at an advertising artwork production company and airbrushing the Japanese versions of food packaging such as Snickers. After leaving the advertising company, I switched over to digital and started acting as a freelance illustrator. I became involved with the “Dragon Drive” anime original dragon design & toy card illustration and began to deal with anime, toy, and game illustrations.

In recent years, my work on Konami’s PS3/Xbox 360 “NeverDead” packaging design and promotional materials, “Kaijudi - Rise of the Duel Masters,” and “Rage of Bahamut” card illustrations have been released overseas.

I love Tove Janson’s Moomins.

Creator NameToshiaki Takayama
GenreIllustrator
GenderMale
Zodiac SignAquarius
Years Active12
RegionJapan

Career History

3rd “Dengeki”game prize Grand Prize illustration section, mechanical section Silver prize
2009 Spectrum 16: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (publication)
2013, June Holland World Museum “Manga Exhibition” illustration exhibited

Work released overseas
・Takara Tomy- Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters
・Bushiroad - Cardfight!! Vanguard
・KONAMI- NeverDead Packaging ＆ Promotional illustrations
・Cygames - Rage of Bahamut
・Aiming - Kingdom Corps

In Japan I’ve mainly been working on anime, games, card games, and social networking. In 2013, an illustration and “making of” collection will be released by Hobby Japan.