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Jonathan Edwards

@jontofski

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Illustration/comics/character design. Cymru. See also @feltmistress www.jonathan-e.com

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10 months ago

Another exciting announcement! I’ve designed Welsh Eki stamps (rubber ink stamps that are ubiquitous at train stations in Japan) for use at the Wales section of the UK pavilion at the Osaka Expo in Japan this year. A dream job! The first version show is full colour and will be used online and at the Expo but the stamp will, obviously, just be black and white (scroll to see it). There will be multiple versions depicting different facets of Wales/Japan used throughout the year which I’ll post once they’re released. The link to the article is in my stories. See you in Osaka, Japan friends! #expo2025 #cymru #wales #japan #日本 by @jontofski

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2 years ago

Takoyaki. Painted 4 years ago today. Watercolour. #watercolour #painting #watercolor #osaka #takoyaki #dotonbori #illustration taken in Dotonbori Osaka, Japan by @jontofski

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6 years ago

Thumbnail sketches. by @jontofski

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3 days ago

I’ve got a few original with me at @lakesinternationalcomics this weekend. I’m in the comic book marketplace so ask if you’d like to see them as they’re not on display. I’ll be there Sunday 10 - 5. taken in Kendal, Lakedistrict by @jontofski

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7 days ago

Set up at @lakesinternationalcomics in the Comic Book marketplace with @feltmistress. Here Saturday and Sunday. All the usual stuff - prints, books, posters, stickers etc. Kendal College West Moreland Campus. taken in Kendal, Lakedistrict by @jontofski

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Here and Now - true stories of dementia from Wales and Japan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵

The Japanese side of the cover holds something remarkable.

The painting is by Ebisu Yoshikazu, legendary alternative manga artist and much-loved TV personality. He is in his eighties and living with dementia. This is his final painting, Relieved.

Welsh artist Jonathan Edwards @jontofski painted around it, showing Mr and Mrs Sato, two of our Japanese storytellers, looking at it in a gallery. We are grateful to Jonathan for the care and sensitivity he brought to it.

We are honoured Ebisu-sensei gave us permission to use it. For an artist who spent his life telling stories through comics, there is something moving about his final painting finding a home in a new one.

Created with Tenjin-kai, Ofunato.

Pre-order now, link in bio.

📅 Premiering at @lakesinternationalcomic - 3 & 4 October
📅 UK comic shops via Diamond - 11 November (order code SEP262089)

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Yma Nawr - straeon am ddementia o Gymru a Japan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵

Mae rhywbeth arbennig iawn ar ochr Siapaneaidd clawr y comic - darlun gan Ebisu Yoshikazu. Mae Ebisu-sensei yn artist manga amgen chwedlonol ac yn un o wynebau poblogaidd iawn teledu Japan. Mae e bellach yn ei wythdegau ac yn byw gyda dementia. Dyma ei ddarlun olaf, Relieved.

Fe baentiodd yr artist Cymreig Jonathan Edwards @jontofski o'i gwmpas, gan ddangos Mr a Mrs Sato, dau o'n storïwyr o Japan, yn edrych ar y darlun mewn oriel. Diolch enfawr i Jonathan am y gofal wrth wneud hyn.

Mae'n fraint cael cynnwys gwaith Ebisu-sensei yn y comic. Ar ôl oes o adrodd straeon drwy gomics, mae rhywbeth teimladwy iawn am ei ddarlun olaf yn dod o hyd i gartref mewn comic newydd.

Wedi'i greu gyda Tenjin-kai, Ofunato.

Archebwch eich copi ymlaen llaw — dolen yn y bio.

📅 Yn cael ei lansio yn @lakesinternationalcomic — 3 a 4 Hydref
📅 Mewn siopau comics ledled y DU drwy Diamond — 11 Tachwedd (cod archebu SEP262089)

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Translation/Cyfieithu: Ryan Holmberg @mangaberg Sharon Morgan @sharonhafmorgan Taiga Okamoto

@waicymruwales @britishcouncilwales @celfcymruarts #walesjapan2025

#dementia #comics #ebisuyoshikazu #ebisu #yoshikazuebisu #manga by @jontofski

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9 days ago

Two drawings from a few hours in Manchester yesterday. The @companiobakery NQ and the Peace Dove statues as seen out of the window of the cafe in the People’s History Museum. Brush pen and parallel pen. taken in Manchester, England, UK by @jontofski

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John Coltrane. Born 100 years ago today. Two portraits - the first in ink, acrylic, watercolour and pencil from 2018 and the second a brushpen drawing coloured digitally with scanned in textures from 2014. by @jontofski

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17 days ago

Ivy-covered Komainu statue. Watercolour on khadi paper. by @jontofski

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18 days ago

Two years today since my exhibition “Neighbourhood” opened at the much missed ōH Design Foundation @_chesterfoundation in Chester. I’d love to do it all over again. taken in Chester, Cheshire by @jontofski

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23 days ago

Billie Eilish by @jontofski

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