The Seoul Chungmuro subway station rather strikingly resembles a fake cave.

Working through the night and resting by day, one of Matt’s occasional sleeping places as a Net Cafe Refugee was the Den-en-Toshi subway line, which he’d ride back and forth throughout the morning. The following time lapse shows just how one of these trips would go, in the kind of fascinating style that we have come to expect from Bryan Gomez and Kevin Land, crew extraordinaire.

This is the second in a series of three time-lapses, which in many ways symbolize the experience each of us had in Tokyo. The first showcased the dreary but industrious Tsukiji Fish Market– an early morning scene characterized by bustle, irritability, and an overdose of caffeine (hallmarks of my life in Kanagawa). Stay tuned for our forthcoming, third installment– Brian’s neon orgy in Shibuya.

I’m having continued problems uploading large videos, so (as you can see) still no season 2.  In the meantime, the North East is getting hammered by snow and pretty much everything is canceled, so I’m going to use this day to get some other cool things done.

The following are a few of the sketches I did while I was in Tokyo with the cast/crew over January.  My background is in animation, so I do tend to carry a little sketchbook wherever I go and once in a while I actually remember to use it.  Click on the images to enlarge.

Mr. Brian Lio and a denizen of the Denentoshi line.

From the early morning at Tsukiji

I draw *exclusively* people in trains and bars.

Oh Matt, get some sleep.

Back in Brooklyn.

From the Edo falconry park.

Laters, Tokyo.