Why Me?

Yoshi Tajima studied at Temple University Japan and The American Intercontinental University in London. After receiving a Bachelor in Commercial Arts in 1995, he started career as a freelance graphic designer in Tokyo. Now working as a director, a grahic designer and an illustrator in a variety of fields.

Yoshi Tajima's illustration and graphic art works have appeared in many publications including: VOGUE(Japan), Numero (Japan), Fashionize 2 (Italy), illusive 2 (Germany), ROJO (Spain), Advanced Photoshop (UK), D-mode (Argentina), RIOT(Australia), The Age of Feminine Drawing (HongKong), among others.

His first picture book Paris! Cirque! Paris! was published in Autumn 2007. Posters that were made for a promotion tool of the book, were accepted for TDC (Tokyo Type Directors Club) Annual Award 2008.

Yoshi Tajima uses pencil, ink, watercolour, gouache and Macintosh for his illustrations. His style is based on his own fantasy, finding the right balance between confusion and order.

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