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person while design needs to be targeted
to many people.
I once heard of a mother who made a
picture book for her child and it became a
pictures that have a strong message. Caricatures
fit that requirement perfectly.
'''EF:''' Who are some of your caricature
influences?
'''Dai:''' Kage, of course, is the one who has
influenced me the most. Besides him,
and my coworkers at Caricature Japan
have taught me a lot as well.
'''EF:''' Where do you work as a caricature
artist?
'''Dai:''' I work as the Area Manager of
Asakusa at Caricature Japan.
'''EF:''' Do you work everyday? What is your
work schedule like? What is your typical
workday like?
'''Dai:''' Yes, I work almost every day. We
have caricature shops in several areas of
mainly live-sketch. We draw people from
photos, too.
'''EF:''' What types of caricature art do you
do?
'''Dai:''' Most of my artwork is hand-drawn.
The media I mainly use are Holbein Artists’
like to heavily exaggerate and use heavy
colors.
In this context, the best Japanese word
to describe the word “heavy ” is 重い
(omoi).
'''EF:''' What is your favorite thing/person
to draw?
'''Dai:''' I like drawing NBA athletes. Kobe
Bryant is the one I’ve drawn the most.
his face is not the easiest to draw, so I
hardly draw him.
'''EF:''' What were your goals for this year?
I know that you told me in October that
you think it would really happen or were
you just hoping it would happen?
'''Dai:''' My goal for this year was to indeed
win the Golden Nosey and I had made
thought, “If I do better than last year, the
result will take care of itself.”
'''EF:''' Do you think that taking the bootcamp
at the Watts Atelier in San Diego
helped you win? If so why? How did it
prepare you? What did you study there?
'''Dai:''' Yes, it became one of the reasons
why I could win because I learned there
oil painting was helpful too, although I
did not use it the convention.
'''EF:''' Did you do anything else to prepare
yourself physically, mentally, emotionally?
'''Dai:''' Since the last day of 2015 Convention
in Ohio, I had been preparing myself every
day. There was not a day that I did not
draw.
'''EF:''' The Japanese artists always seem to
work the hardest at every convention,
What is your secret to staying
awake, maybe a magical potion?
'''Dai:''' Haha yes, I think the members of
Caricature Japan are especially sleepless
folks. Kage advises us to get some sleep
though.
In total, I slept four hours this convention.
One and a half hours in bed each night
for your wall at the convention? Was it
different than what you did last year?
'''Dai:''' I used the very same media as last
year, Copic Markers, Holbein Artists’ Colored
sunlight, which clearly brought out the
shadows and made the coloring easier.
'''EF:''' Is there any new media that you
would like to try?
'''Dai:''' Digital art is what I am interested
in investing my strength in, because the
quality looks higher on screen than on
paper.
'''EF:''' What other artwork do you do
besides caricature?
