Akira Toriyama
Widely known in the USA for his long running series “Dragonball”, I fell in love with clear black & white characters and humor interjected into fights and serious situations.

Masamune Shirow
Mostly known for the “Ghost in the Shell” animations and comic, I started liking Shiro’s work back when he was still working on the series of “Appleseed”. His mecha really brought something to my imagination.

Chris Sanders
Character designer for Lilo & Stitch and director for “How to  Train Your Dragon”.

Robert DeJesus
I met Robert back in the 90′s and really liked how he drew anime and manga characters. His drawings were proof that Americans can indeed draw like the Japanese and add their own flair.

Hayao Miyazaki
One of the first anime I watched in the 90′s was “Castle in the Sky: Laputa”. It showed me that animation can show a serious story and be art at the same time.  I’ve since loved all his other work like “Nausica and the Valley of the Wind”, “Castle Cagliostro” and “My Neighbor Totoro”.

Other Artists that I greatly admire:

•  Patrick Nagel (Pinup Illustrator)
• Boris Vallejo (Fantasy Illustrator)
• Julie Bell (Fantasy Illustrator)
• Hajime Sorayama (Pinup Illustrator)
• Masakazu Katsura (Video Girl AI)
• Jim Davis (Garfield)
• John K (Ren & Stimpy)
• Craig McCracken (Power Puff Girls)
• Frank Frazetta
• Simon Bisley
• Jame Gurney (Dinotopia)