straightchain is written and edited by Alex (and hence from here on out this posting is going to be a blatant little self-advertisement). I am an illustrator from Germany, who is currently living in Japan, with a obvious amount of enthusiasm for bikes, games, Japan, drawing and ever increasingly photography.
In Germany I had been working as freelance illustrator for computer games, children’s books, comics and magazines until I returned to Japan as a student in the spring of 2011. I am currently enrolled in the local Kyoto Seika University as a research-student in the Manga Department, where I am researching japanese culture & mythology, as well as working on a comic project. Up to spring of 2012 I had been freelancing in textures and concepts for indie game-developer Black Pants Studios’ title Tiny and Big. The game will be released by publisher Crimson Cow in the second quarter of this year!

You can find my illustration portfolio here, and even though I am posting most of my photography on this blog, there’s a bit more at flickr and 500px.

Thank you.