Tokyo On Foot : Travels In The City's Most Colorful Neighborhoods

Author: Florent Chavouet

Stock information

General Fields

  • : $33.00 AUD
  • : 9784805311370
  • : Tuttle Shokai Inc
  • : Tuttle Shokai Inc
  • : June 2011
  • : 29.99
  • : May 2011
  • :
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Florent Chavouet
  • : Paperback
  • :
  • :
  • :
Barcode 9784805311370
9784805311370

Description

Florent Chavouet, a young graphic artist, spent six months exploring Tokyo while his girlfriend interned at a company there. Each day he would set forth, with a pouch full of colored pencils and a sketchpad, to visit different neighborhoods. This stunning book records the city that he got to know during his adventures, a gritty, vibrant place, full of ordinary people going about their daily lives. Realistically rendered city views or posters of pop stars contrast with cartoon sketches of iconic objects or droll vignettes, like a housewife walking her pet pig and a Godzilla statue in a local park.
With wit, a playful sense of humor, and the colored pencils of his kit, Florent Chavouet sets aside the question of urban ugliness or beauty and captures the Japanese essence of a great city.

Author description

Florent Chavouet is a young graphic artist and author living in Paris. When he returned from Japan, he realized that all the observing and sketching he had done in Tokyo led to his evolution as an artist. This is his first book. florentchavouet.com