TOSHEE
ART
DESIGN
When internationally-acclaimed designer and artist Professor Toshihiro Katayama died in January 2013, there was still much I wanted to say to him.
Toshi was a singular talent and one of the most generous souls I've met. What he taught still reveberates in my head, coloring how I experience and interpret the visual world. I believe when a teacher imparts his wisdom--no matter how different the student's style or temperament--a strand of the master's creative DNA is metaphysically combined with the disciple's. That artistic biochemistry creates an unmistakable fingerprint.
Toshee is a way of continuing my conversation with my teacher. I don't pretend to speak for him or intend to draft off his good name; indeed, that would be foolish. Rather, what I strive for as Toshee is to announce to the public that Toshi Katayama's work as an educator, designer and artist is still vibrant, still relevant, still very much with us.
TOSHEE / HIM
TOSHEE / ME
I provide inspired art, design and copy services to clients and collectors who share my love for line, color and the written word.
As a multi-talented contemporary creative professional with a broad skill set,
I've worn many hats:
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video game producer
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university teaching fellow in graphic design
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multimedia consultant
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web designer
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sketch comedy writer/producer
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children's animated tv writer
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primetime network sitcom writer
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feature script consultant
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online music editor/curator
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blogger
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gallery artist
I continue to enjoy a passion for all those pursuits, and look forward to opportunities for marrying two or more of them in both highly conceptual and imminently practical projects.