Brad Howe is originally from Sydney, Australia where he worked in the animation industry. He relocated to Amagasaki, Japan (10 mins from Osaka) in November 2001 to pursue a career in freelance illustration.

Brad occasionally exhibits work, performs live painting at music events and sometimes contributes to Wax Poetics magazine.

A big music fan, Brad hopes to work on more music related projects in the future. As a long time reader of Straight No Chaser, he was honoured to be included in its pages. His influences include many of the artists previously featured in the SNC Gallery, as well as Vaughn Bode, Barry McGee and many music greats from the past and present. He’d like to thank his family and friends for their support, the industry professionals that returned mails and gave encouragement and advice, and most of all thanks to Mizuho.