would it still be acceptable if people sent you nudes?

depends how old they are!

(if over 18 i’m not interested - haha!)

Do you think your underage fans should look at your work?

i get a lot of “underage” followers on instagram - so i am actually careful about what i post there - tho anything offensive, like a nipple, promptly gets reported and deleted anyway - in general tho, i don’t have qualms about young fans viewing my work - their response to it probably a lot more pure and intelligent than supposedly mature adults (the afore-mentioned nipple deleters for example)

How would you define "eye candy" art?

"something purely aesthetically pleasing” - like the ubiquitous paintings of pretty girls with flowers in their hair espoused by “beautiful bizarre” magazine in particular - generally superficial and no real depth as art - (obviously alex grey, ron english and robert williams do actually stand above that despite adopting a deliberately “low brow” stance)

Do you like Alex Grey?

yes, he’s pretty impressive of course - tho i’m not super enamoured, i have to admit - i lump together with artists like ron english and robert williams - very juxtapoz-ey - eye candy - a bit too close to paintings of dolphins and sunsets : /

Are you interested in doll making?

yes, but i’m no good at it - i’ve made one ball-joint doll - at bee kanno doll school, long ago (circa 1996?) - it was featured in one magazine but it’s embarassing bad amateur work i prefer not to be seen! (it’s been destroyed) - i’ve made a few other forays into clay sculpting - a penishead skull in 1994 (just the penis additions) , an anatomy doll in 1995 (just the anatomy addition), a heart doll head in 2007 and a black heart in 2016 (a nananano cosplay prop) - all these are on my website

What are the best art bookstores in Tokyo?

i want the answer to that too - nadiff? (i rarely ever go) - i used to love aoyama book centre (shinjuku) and parco (shibuya) when first in japan - and tower records (shibuya) for comix and import books - but they’ve all deteriorated into nothingness or mere shadows of their former selves now - barely any exciting books coming out any more - and everyone shops at amazon

What are your thoughts on plaaastic passing?

she isn’t dead - but she’s far away, i doubt if anyone knows where she is now - error 404, broken, missing, “dead” - she’s reinventing herself i guess - i hope she comes back - but she wasn’t happy being plaaastic - half a million followers telling her to “be strong” when she just felt a weak little girl...

What’s your opinion of people who fantasize that they are infants/toddlers and poop in diapers before intercourse?

so, is this ~your~ fantasy? - i don’t have any strong opinions re people’s sexual preferences

Trevor: Do you have original art for sale? Also, have you ever done commissions? Thank you. John

yes, some works available! - i think i’ve just answered you by email - i rarely (or never) do commissions as i’m no good at them (my heart isn’t into it if i’m not working to my own ideas)

Why do you mostly paint girls and not boys?

girls are cuter - for me anyway - sometimes i have painted boys tho - and some of my girls may be boys in disguise!

I'm first a Sceptic when it comes to Religion or the Spiritual but I really like to research and then make an informed opinion Wiccans have a westernized version of the Day of the Dead on Halloween with their own variations pronounced Sow-en. It is based on the Druid's and the Dead are respected. Among their usual rituals, there is time Halloween Fun! I agree with you, you have the right Idea!

i draw the line at digging up dead relatives and putting them on display!  (indonesia?)

HI, I just found your new website! Glad it's back, especially after the all new look and update when it went offline! I wanted to ask you, when do you think your next book will be published? Also, how do you and your wife like to celebrate Halloween? I know Christmas is celebrated in Japan, but is Halloween popular? In Mexico, The Day of the Dead is being Westernized by Halloween, which angers people, because Halloween is a contradiction.

it would be better if western halloween was mexico-ised! - halloween is big in japan - valentines day too - anything that can be easily commercially exploited is big in japan (same as anywhere i guess!) - besides the usual pumpkins etc, halloween tends to be increasingly associated with cosplay - so, altho i don’t especially “celebrate” it myself, i’m starting to be associated with it as a few trevor brown fans do get dressed up for it inspired by my paintings - last halloween was an exhibition of nananano’s tb cosplay - and that will now be “my” next book! - out before february ...i think! (heard no news about it for a while) - besides that, my next collection of work should be completed by this time next year - so possibly a book of some form to go with that - paintings are well underway but only just started to discuss plans - so all very unsure at the moment...

do you like aleksandra waliszewska?

yes i like - in some ways reminiscent of risa mehmet (who i like more)

What software do you use for working in your pictures?

an old version of photoshop - basically i’m only scaling drawings up to canvas size, making sure faces are adequately symmetrical, usually always have to make heads smaller, that sort of thing - i can’t draw digitally at all!

What material and techniques do you use for making your art?

oil on canvas almost solely now - prior to 2000 it was airbrush ink on board - my oil technique sort of follows my airbrush technique: building up colours with thin layers - i start with pencil drawings, refine that on the computer, transfer the outlines onto the canvas ...then it’s painting by numbers : )

Hello I really like your Ichigo painting from 2014. How might I go about getting a print?

there’s been a lot of interest in that image since it’s been used for a clickbait “the first thing you see in this image reveals your deepest unconscious fear” psychoanalysis test - there are no prints, i probably should have cashed in quicker and made posters of it - it does appear in my “pandora” book tho (akatako.net will have)

From a few years ago I find your art not cute enough.

okay