Edwin Kinji Ushiro

Away from his native region of Maui, Edwin Ushiro moved to California where he attended the Art Center College of Design and graduated Honors with a BFA in Illustration. He has since worked in the amazing world of entertainment as a Production Designer, Visual Consultant, Art Director, Storyboard Artist, and Concept Designer. His clients include: Platinum Dunes, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Sony Pictures, Sony Playstation, Touchstone Pictures, NBC, ABC, CBS, Disney Creative Development, Jim Henson Company, Mary-Kate + Ashley Olsen, and Jerry Bruckheimer. In addition to his filmworks, Edwin has been driven to complete his comic opus, "The Cardboard Symphony" published by Deadtreebooks.com and distributed by Cold Cut Distributions. He is Co-Founder of Dead Tree Books, a publisher of independent comics. Completed artworks can be found at: http://www.mrushiro.com with the entire sketchbook series from 1980-2004.