Using only pen and ink, his work depicts urban landscapes in which buildings dominate, presenting a high-density monochrome world radiating power.

The artist also draws inspiration from his travels to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China, creating a unique worldview of urban spaces, redefining the potential for two-dimensional expression. Born in Nara Prefecture in 1993, Tajima graduated from the Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts in 2015. Users are strongly encouraged to check the sidebar and stickied general questions thread before posting. Aggressive lines infused with the artist’s impulses criss-cross freely on the screen, and the accumulation of these lines creates a unique worldview.

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Tajima's works are urban landscape drawn with pen, ink, and paper with aggressive lines which eliminate human figures and buildings in the picture take center stage in a proliferating urban space that crosses boundaries such as imagination and reality, digital visual experience and the ink brush, country and country, and past and future. With overlapping influences from American science fiction films and Japanese animation, Daisuke Tajima presents his first collection of works in 'Beyond the Lines.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Nara based artist Daisuke Tajima specializes in hand drawn meticulous and intricate art of futuristic urban megalopolises. With overlapping influences from American science fiction films and Japanese animation, Daisuke Tajima presents his first collection of works in ‘Beyond the Lines. Daisuke Tajima draws imaginary cities with the help of Japanese manga, animation, and films that Tajima has been influenced by since the 1990s.