Noboru S.

Sequential Art, Storyboarding, Definitive Guides & Visual Companions, Art Nouveau, Illustration & Design, Character Design & Development
Influences
Franklin Booth, Alfonse Mucha, Jeff Smith, Craig Thompson, Bill Watterson, Osamu Tezuka, Hiroaki Samura, Hayao Miyazaki, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Shirow Masamune, Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira Toriyama, Kia Asamiya, Tatsuya Egawa, Usamaru Furuya, Takehiro Inoue, Suehiro Maruo, Reiko Okano, Erica Sakurazawa, Miou Takaya, Jiro Taniguchi, Yuko Tsuno, Mafuyu Hiroki, Mokona, Satsuki Igarashi, Tsubaki Nekoi, Ageha Ohkawa, Yasushi Suzuki, Oh Se-Kwon
Clients/Project List
Lucky Lane Farm, Comic Book Artist, Project heArt, Ambition Studios, MaximumCNG, Sun-Eighteen, A Beka Book Publications
Whimsical Projects
Swamp Fox
Song of Atlantis
Gnemo
Legend of the Storm
In Dominus Sanctum

Whimsical Creative
Mike Sturgulewski
Jonathan & Lola Myers
Mark Vining
Mike Austin
Joe Holley
Noboru Shimataki
Three Degrees
Jennifer Houghton
Lloyd S. Wagner
Chris Hodapp
Chad Seip
Meryl Nass, M.D.
Lance Evans
Cindy Alexander
Six Degrees
Whimsical Entertainment
Cornerstone TSP Games
Shriners Hospitals for Children
32' Masonic Learning Centers for Children
Fiat Lux
SESAC
Noveltown
Studio Ghibli
Pixar Animation Studios
U.S. Copyright Office
Xtreme Stuff
T&C Surf Designs, Quiksilver, Hurley, SurfTech, O'Neill, RipCurl, Body Glove, Ocean Minded
Charities
LiveStrong, Shriners Hospitals for Children, World Vision, Open Door Mission, Operation Christmas Child, Samaritan's Purse, American Cancer Society
Report a Missing Child
Alternative/Rock/Indie/Emo
Angels & Airwaves, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Velvet Revolver, Eisley, 3 Doors Down, A New Found Glory, Anberlin, the All-American Rejects, American Hi-Fi, Alanis Morissette, Barenaked Ladies, Bell Book & Candle, Ben Folds Five, Blind Melon, Blink-182, Coldplay, Collective Soul, Copeland, Death Cab for Cutie, Deep Blue Something, Diffuser, Dropline, Dead Poetic, Eve 6, Filter, Finger Eleven, the Flys, Fountains of Wayne, Fretblanket, Fuel, Garbage, Gas Giants, Gin Blossoms, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Heather Nova, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Joydrop, Len, Lifehouse, Linkin Park, Matchbox Twenty, Neve, New Order, New Year's Day, Nine Days, Our Lady Peace, Pete Yorn, the Presidents of the United States, Primitive Radio Gods, Semisonic, the Shins, Simple Plan, Smashing Pumpkins, Smoother, Monoral (Ergo Proxy), Something Corporate, Soul Asylum, the Soundtrack of Our Lives, Sugarcult, 30 Seconds to Mars, Sum 41, the Summer Obsession, Swirl 360, Avril Lavigne, Third Eye Blind, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Veruca Salt, the Verve, the Verve Pipe, Waking Ashland, Weezer, XTC, Yellowcard, Zwan, Buffalo Nickel, the Afters, Jars of Clay, Michelle Tumes, Plumb, Evanescence, Nickelback, Staind, Billie Myers, Chantal Kreviazuk, Deathray, Natalie Imbruglia, Oleander, Sam Roberts, Smash Mouth, Aerosmith, the Beach Boys, LaRue, Sarah Mclachlan, Better than Ezra, the BoDeans, Box Car Racer, Donna Lewis, Cindy Alexander, Diana DeGarmo, the Cranberries, Creed, Dave Matthews Band, Default, Everclear, Foo Fighters, Greenwheel, Hoobastank, Incubus, Jesus Jones, Lenny Kravitz, Leona Naess, Meredith Brooks, Michelle Branch, Nirvana, Oasis, P.O.D., Puddle of Mudd, R.E.M., Rubyhorse, Saliva, Spin Doctors, Stone Temple Pilots, Sugar Ray, Switchfoot, Tommy Henriksen, Tonic, Trik Turner, Trinket, Trust Company, U2, Vertical Horizon, A.C. Newman, Abandoned Fools, Ana, Angela Ammons, the Ataris, the Black Crowes, Bryan Adams, Cracker, Dashboard Confessional, Eddie Vedder, Eels, Evan & Jaron, Feeder, Fenix TX, Film Dialogue, Flunk, Gob, Grandaddy, Harvey Danger, Howie Day, Imogen Heap, the Jayhawks, JET, Josh Rouse, Sixpence None the Richer, the Killers, Left Front Tire, Lostprophets, Lucia, Lustre, Matt Nathanson, the Monkees, Paul Westerberg, Pinback, Please, Red House Painters, the Reindeer Section, Rufus Wainwright, South, Super Furry Animals, Taking Back Sunday, Train, Transmatic, the Vines, the Wallflowers, Wheatus, the Working Title, Imani Coppola, Krystal Meyers, Shift Music
Electronica/World/New Age
Sigur Ros, Holli & Christi Banks, Conjure One, DJ Encore (feat. Engelina), Orbital, Sarah Mclachlan (remixed), Iona, 2002, Adiemus, Ceredwen, Dan Gibson, Enigma, Enya, Ryan Farish, Yanni, the Samurai Collection, Secret Garden, Sleep, Yeha-Noha, Madonna (Ray of Light), Sting, Elemental Gearbolt, George Fenton, Hans Zimmer, James Horner, Mozart, Bill Douglas, Deep Forest, Himekami, Jeff Johnson, Joanie Madden, John Boswell, John Doan, Loreena McKennitt, Mychael Danna, Steve McDonald, Sounds of Nature, Hennie Bekker, Uttara Kuru, Kiyoshi Yoshida, Eric Sugai
Business/Art
the Thinker's Toolkit, Holy Discontent, Simple Steps to Impossible Dreams, Inspirations, How to Become CEO, Organizational Behavior, Type Talk at Work, Art of War, the Book of Five Rings, Failing Forward, Effective Executive Communication, Global Business from Theory to Practice
History/Philosophy
the Message 2.0, the Book of Enoch, Conversations with God: an uncommon dialogue, the Hiram Key, Solomon's Builders, Illuminata, the Celestine Prophecy, Secrets of Christianity, 1984, the Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Mere Christianity, Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, Suns of God, Secrets in the Fields, Fingerprints of the Gods, Rappacinni's Daughter, Pillars of the Earth, Swamp Fox, Secret Tactics, Civilization of the Middle Ages, the Five People You Meet in Heaven, the Screwtape Letters, the Pharmacratic Inquisition
Graphic Novels
Blankets, Voices From a Distant Star, Marionette Generation, Blade of the Immortal, Ghost in the Shell, Bone
Wisdom
A wise man once said to me, "Your spouse is more important than anyone. That means family, friends, and even your own children. If you (both) follow this simple rule, you will be granted all the happiness this world has to offer."