Japanese Illustrators’ Rep / Licensing Agent for Commercial Illustration, Artworks & Characters
Ato Fujihara
Born in Osaka, Japan in 1964, Mr. Fujihara was fascinated with drawing from a young age. He started learning the basics of handicrafts in the world of traditional Wajima lacquerware, the ultimacy of analog drawing. After he became an independent lacquer artist, drawing on numerous lacquerwares, Mr. Fujihara became a freelance designer in 1995, and worked in various fields of advertisements, publications, machinery, lacquerware, art, construction, and product development. Later on, he started working on digital art production as he continued his design work, as well as work as an art planner. Recently, he produced artworks that fuse analog (Wajima lacquerware techniques) and digital techniques together.