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Remembering Illustrator Makoto Wada (1936 – 2019) www.spoon-tamago.com

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 4 years, 6 months ago

Japanese illustrator Makoto Wada passed away on October 7, 2019 due to pneumonia.
The Osaka-born artist graduated from Tama Art University in 1959 and entered the advertising industry where we quickly made a name for himself.
Although we never smoked, this stands out as an example of Showa-era design1965 ad for Canon1993 ad for KFC.
here we have 2 illustrations he did of Tokyo in 1995 for a TIS (Tokyo Illustrators Society) exhibitiona caricature of Toshiro Mifune.
Wada illustrated numerous caricatures, mostly of film stars, directors and authorsShukan Bunshun cover from 2017