Akiko is an illustrator and art director from Los Angeles that mainly works for Hollywood, doing amazing movie posters. Her style is really distinctive and she worked for big movies such as "Funny Games", "A Serious Man", "Bruno", "Away We Go", "Be Kind Rewind", "The Illusionist" and many many others. She's currently working on designing a poster for Todd Solondz's next film "Life During Wartime" and designing characters for an upcoming animated series called "Gunwolf". Akiko is also putting together a solo show of her personal pieces and continuing with a sculptural series she started last year. You should check out her website to discover more about her stunning works!

Could you please tell us more about your background and career?

I graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA in 2000. As an illustration major, I started to freelance independently and professionally during my last year of school, designing characters for Lego toys and Disney, and also doing advertisement illustrations for Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. After graduation, I moved to New York and continued freelancing doing editorial illustration for entertainment based magazines like SPIN, the SOURCE, FILTER magazine and New York Press. In 2004, I moved back to Los Angeles and got into movie poster advertising, while still maintaining steady illustration work on the side.