Author: Leslie

  • Kintai Bridge

    One of my favorite childhood memories is hanging around the Kintai bridge in Iwakuni, Japan.  I lived there as a child, and in fact was baptized only a few hundred meters down the river from this bridge.  So the area has very special meaning for me.  I was blessed to get to visit there again…

  • Old Japanese House

    Took a (long) walk in Chayamachi today … came across this old house.  Not my favorite photo ever, but I thought I would share anyway. I’m not sure if I like the color or b&w best:   And just for fun – a weird version.  Kind of a shout out to Adult Swim’s various backgrounds….

  • Girl in Overall Dress Sketch

    Sketch I did this afternoon – I love having days off! For a while now (much longer than it should be) I have been working on a children’s book.  I have redrawn some of the characters a number of different times, and this is an effort I undertook today to see if I could do…

  • Japanese Graffiti

    Well, I’m not sure it’s “graffiti” exactly, at least in the sense of being vandalism, but it’s the kind of art style: This graffiti painting is of komainu (at least I think it is).  These are lion-dog statues that stand at the entrance to many Buddhist temples here in Japan.  This drawing is at a…

  • Genesis

    After a week or so of incompetent coding on my part, and the help of a couple of friends, Headofleslie.com is ready to launch! What is this “Head of Leslie” you may ask? This is a place where I am able to streamline all of my creative work.  Photography, illustrations, and music – all of…