I'm approaching the end of our current month-long visit to Japan, so here are some more train sketches.

For me it's been a month basically looking up old contacts, finding the current buzz of what's going on for illustrators, and peering through the busy noise of central Tokyo, where I'm staying.

Usually nowadays I stay in areas outside the circle of the Yamanote line, though I was based within it for over half the 21 years I was "permanently" living here. As mentioned previously, my relatively central location means train journeys have been much more hurried and shorter affairs.
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Some more train sketches from my current sojourn in Tokyo.

I've been here over two weeks now and it's been a remarkably wet and cool July until now, the rainy season just carried on and on, with some significant downpours adding to the general drizzle. The cooler than expected weather meant getting about town was more efficient (if you could avoid being poked in the eye by umbrellas) but the general gloom was definitely sense in the mood of train passengers....

I'm back in Tokyo throughout this month, and, as is my habit, have been drawing people on trains again.

As I'm staying in a central part of the city this time there are not so many long commuter train journeys, so sketching has been sporadic, on short journeys with bustling trains, when people move, get on and off more frequently, and (in many cases) block my view of my drawing model. So I'm getting a lot of false starts like this!

You've just got to get on with it....
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