This is the final artwork for my second series "A Night in Japan". I created this artwork using Copic markers and coloured pencil. The work depicts a street scene in Tokyo which has a row of restaurants and their neon signs. A man is cooking yakitori by the light of a row of lanterns. There are a lot of small details in this work, adding to the realism.

This series continues from my first, 'A Year in Japan', yet focuses on a single night in Tokyo. There is no longer a 'lone man', instead, a variety of people are shown, each going about their lives on this one night which binds them together. My influence for this series is also drawn from the film Blade Runner, a film loved for it's dystopian, 'Neo Tokyo' nighttime scenes. As with my first series, I am attempting to convey the Japanese phrase 物の哀れ 'mono no aware' - the gentle sadness of things. This refers to the ephemeral, transitory nature of the world, which in turn evokes a greater appreciation for things which are quick to disappear, such as cherry blossoms. The scenes I portray are fleeting moments in time, where the figures, objects and light will only be in that exact state for a moment, never to be repeated. Furthering this concept, this series depicts scenes from a single night in Tokyo, highlighting the ephemeral quality of time. The style I used was inspired by Studio Ghibli animation and traditional Japanese woodblock prints.

My signature is on the artwork in white pen, near the bottom right corner. The dimensions are for the size of the image. There is a border around the image for framing.