When did you start drawing?

I’ve started drawing since I was very young; I drew on almost anything including walls and furniture. I’ve always enjoyed drawing and I’ve never stopped –it was something I’ve always enjoyed doing. As for drawing “manga” style, I used to draw a lot of my favourite childhood “anime” characters –like Doraemon.

What materials do you use?

I use 5mm HB mechanical pencils, 0.2 Pilot drawing pens, DELETER nibs (Maru, G-Pen and Saji), and no.1 DELETER black ink. For traditional colouring materials, I use Copic sketch markers, Faber-Castell colour pencils, and occasionally I use water-colour paint. Colouring digitally and lettering my comic pages, I use Photoshop CS2. I tone digitally with DELETER’S Comic Works.

How did you develop your own style?

I am still developing, improving and learning. I’m a big fan of other artists and their works influence my art a lot.

Who are your influence and inspiration?

My art is influenced by a lot of my favourite artists like, Takeshi Obata (Hikaru No Go, Death Note), Katsura Hoshino (D. Gray-Man), Ryu Fujisaki (Hoshin-Engi) and many others… (A lot of Shōnen Jump artists here…). My biggest inspiration is Hayao Miyazaki. Many things inspire me, whether it’s artwork from a legendary artist to new aspiring artists.

What do you read?

I read an insane amount of Japanese comic books, but only buy a few. I like a lot of Shōnen Jump comic books, they have a bigger impact on me, I read many Shōjō and Josei titles but I tend to get annoyed or bored reading them.

Other than comic books, I tend to read non-fiction, mostly history books. I like travel books with deep insight to different cultures. I have beautiful photography books, I currently own a lot to help me with architectural designs and perspective. As for fiction, I don’t have the patience to read them, which is terrible of me.

What is “Sau-San”?

Sau-San is my Chinese name in Chinese Cantonese phonetics, Lam Sau-San. Don’t know what Cantonese is? Wiki it. I don’t speak or understand Mandarin Chinese, my grandparents migrated to England from Hong Kong since the early 70s, before the “Battle between Cantonese and Mandarin” started in Hong Kong in the 80s. In the 70s Mandarin was rarely used in Hong Kong, of course today is different. I just thought I’ll make this clear, since a lot of people I come across seemed shocked to know I don’t speak Mandarin. I’m not proud of the fact I don’t know Mandarin, but I am proud to be a Cantonese speaker. =3

More coming soon (comment if you want to ask a question)