studiosen

Thank you for visiting our page.
We are Norton Shigematsu, which is formed by . . .
Cole Norton, fine artist and illustrator, and . . .
Aki Shigematsu Norton, organic food writer and web designer.

We met in a hostel in Tokyo. Aki was job hunting , Cole was traveling and practicing Japanese traditional Martial Arts.

We have a lot stories to tell you, starting with our graphic novel, Sen.
We are writing the story together. Cole is creating the art, and Aki is creating the calligraphy.
The art is being produced with a variety of traditional and digital techniques. In our process videos we will discuss creating digital art in Photoshop, and traditional art using media such as Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil, Charcoal, Ink and much more.

To know more about stories and our videos, please visit our Patreon page!