Gauche the cello player

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"Hey, Gauche-kun. I'm having trouble with you. You just can't make facial expressions. You can't express any emotions, whether you're angry or happy."
From that day on, animals came one after another every night as Gauche practiced hard until late at night, being yelled at by the musical director.

There's always someone you can't see watching over you...
Aya Sato's warm-hearted depiction of how Gauche's blissful time with the animals that visit him every night rekindles his passion for music.

[Profile]
Picture Aya Sato
Born in Chiba Prefecture. After graduating from Kuwasawa Design Institute, studied at Setsu Mode Seminar.
Received an honorable mention in the 6th Franco-Japanese Congregation Poster Original Art Contest.
Debuted in 1999 with ``The Horse Who Wanted to Dance Ballet'' (written by H. Stoltenberg, translated by Akiko Hishiki, published by Fukuinkan Shoten).
His main illustrations include the ``Cat Taxi'' series (by Kazuya Nanbu, published by Fukuinkan Shoten), ``Obake no Ochan'' and ``Keizo-san hates April.'' ” (both written by Nobuko Ichikawa, Fukuinkan Shoten), “Joyful Farm” (written by Marcel Aimé, translated by Yumiko Sakumay, Fukuinkan Shoten), “Pippin and TomTom: The Secret of the Phantom Thief Dandan”, “Do Jijiru-san of Remifa-so” (both written by Houko Takado, Rironsha Publishing), “Fumikiri Kanta-kun” (written by Fumie Fujimaki, published by Kyoiku Gageki), and “Tomodachi” (written by Ryo Kisaka, produced by Kaiseisha), etc.

●Art materials used: transparent watercolor, gouache (opaque watercolor), face color/Paper: Shin-torinoko paper

[Publication date] October 17, 2012