I am also an illustrator, and a writer—but neither title alone fully captures what I do.
History Is Too Difficult When It’s Only Words
Most history is recorded in text.Years, events, people, places…
The deeper you go, the easier it is to get lost.
I’ve often thought:
“What if someone encountering this for the first time
could understand the whole flow just by looking at a single page?”
Visual storytelling began with that question.
I Am Not an Expert, but a Translator
I’m often asked, “Are you a military expert?”
I don’t consider myself one.
If anything, I see myself as a translator.
I read vast amounts of records and materials, distill the essence,
and translate it into a language people can understand.
From text to image, from complexity to intuition,
from specialized knowledge to everyday understanding.
That, to me, is visual storytelling.
Drawing Is Not Decoration, but Language
In my work, drawing is not something that decorates text.It is a way of explaining.
I compress the flow of war into a single frame,
unfold complex structures like diagrams,
and visually arrange relationships between people and events.
So whenever I draw, I ask myself:
“Can someone seeing this for the first time understand it?”
A well-understood image matters more than a well-drawn one.
Why I Continue This Work
This work takes time.There are moments when results don’t come quickly.
Still, I continue for a simple reason:
Because I want to create moments
when someone says, “Ah—now I understand.”
That moment when history suddenly comes alive
through a single image, a single page— That’s why I keep drawing.
What I Want to Keep Telling
Moving forward, I want to keep making visible stories about:History, war, social structures,
and the systems we take for granted.
I believe visual storytelling is not a special technique,
but an attitude toward understanding.
And I will continue to carry that attitude
through images and stories.