March 6, 2019

Dai Tamura: NBA Sketchbook

Dai Tamura (Japan)
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   Dai Tamura is a freelance illustrator from Japan whose love for basketball has changed his life. For a time, Dai was focused on caricature art, so much so that he came in 4th place at The International Society of Caricaturist Artists (ISCA) awards in 2015 & then became world champion in 2016. During that period, his art was very much typical caricature portraits with exaggerated features, however after winning the ISCA championship he changed to a more realistic, comic book style & he began focusing primarily on drawing NBA players.
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   Over the past 2 years, Dai's distinct basketball sketches have taken him around the world, particularly to courtside seats in Staples Center in LA, Oracle Area in Oakland & FedEx Forum in Memphis. He has met scores of NBA players including Ray Allen, Draymond Green, Mike Conley & Yuta Watanabe. He has exhibited his art at "Dubz Against the World 2" group show presented by Conscious Basketball & received numerous commissions from high profile clients.

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