Toshiki Nakamura

Toshiki was born and raised in Japan but now lives in Canada, where he works as a character designer and visual development artist in the animation industry. He’s recently started working on children’s book illustration.

1 Arrival

“I redesigned the Grimms’ fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. This painting captures the moment when the wandering children finally arrive at the witch’s candy windmill.”

2 Monsters in the Dark

“Concept art for an animated short that’s being developed. I wanted to focus on the contrast of the lighting and atmosphere in the scene.”

3 On the Train

“This is a piece from a personal visual development project. My intention with this piece was to focus on the feeling and mood to create an atmospheric scene.”

4 Fight with the Witch

“Another of the paintings from my Hansel and Gretel project. Hansel is captured and Gretel fights with the witch to rescue her brother.”