Rek Bell

人々 (hitobito), or "everyone". Named thusly since the project started while I lived in Tokyo in 2012. I would draw a person I saw that day, everyday. I was most productive while living in japan, but the project ran until 2014, spanning 4 countries.

Digital sketches drawn while traveling in Japan, Thailand, Canada and Mexico.

Below is the full list of images for this project, divided by country.

Japan (Tokyo)

• Akira[166.9 kB]
• Walking the dog on a cold day[147.8 kB]
• Traffic cop writing a ticket[161.5 kB]
• Mamachari[244.1 kB]
• Discouraged post office worker[24 kB]
• Selling bento[23.5 kB]
• Afghan hounds[36.5 kB]
• Heading to the 109[25.4 kB]
• SO BIG![25.3 kB]
• Late night encounter with Minikomi[25.9 kB]
• Seeing if Gabriel likes nattou or not[22.5 kB]
• Grumpy[25.7 kB]
• Shibuya lurker[19.5 kB]
• Balloon kid[27.4 kB]
• Eric bringing back many snacks[33 kB]
• Oomori Suzuran tsukemen with Sagar[37.1 kB]
• Very kind game developer[21.6 kB]
• Dogs should be allowed everywhere[47 kB]
• Pico cafe akachan[27.2 kB]
• Afternoon stroll[23.2 kB]
• Big scarf[26.2 kB]
• Windy windy day[31.9 kB]
• Tonkatsu restaurant employee[33.4 kB]
• Hawken phoning his gf[26.8 kB]
• UFO! Naw, it's cirque du soleil[25.5 kB]
• Waving tracking through[24.5 kB]
• Texting instead of eating at kaiten sushi[31.3 kB]
• Snow storm in tokyo[28.6 kB]
• Straining noodles[25.7 kB]
• Do you mean me?[33.5 kB]
• A raincoat over a large backpack[27.4 kB]
• Trench coat[25.9 kB]
• Soccer[23.5 kB]
• Riding fixie[45.2 kB]
• Shopping in traditional wear[26.2 kB]
• Scooter kid[33.9 kB]
• Construction worker on a break[20.2 kB]
• Bear baby[20.5 kB]
• Capsule station kid[16.2 kB]
• Suzuran chef[20.5 kB]
• Walking two poodles[30.5 kB]
• Student with mask[18.7 kB]
• Keeping the streets clean[23.8 kB]
• Old man walking in the cold[24 kB]
• Stroller kid[32.2 kB]
• Model with prosthetic leg posing in Ginza[23.6 kB]
• Kind UR office headquarters worker[21.7 kB]
• Flight attendant[25 kB]
• Narita train passenger[38 kB]
• Artist manager[38 kB]
• Chigasaki umibune worker[25.1 kB]
• Truck driver[23.8 kB]
• Long haired Dachshund and friend[32.7 kB]
• Riverside fishing[31.5 kB]
• Winter kid[22.5 kB]
• Reindeer bike for NPC xmas ride[74.6 kB]
• Anne came to film us today[32.7 kB]
• Licking baby at Diver City[31.3 kB]
• Pouch baby on a rainy day[37.2 kB]
• Birthday MC[31.8 kB]
• Tsukiji shopkeeper[29.8 kB]
• Visit from Yameki[22.5 kB]
• Coca cola can collector[37.1 kB]
• Kid and mascot in Diver city[35.8 kB]
• Tokyo bike courier[52.5 kB]
• Cab driver smoking on break[26.9 kB]
• Eating oden outside of konbini[26.5 kB]
• So ready for cycling in the rain[41.2 kB]
• A bad back[31.7 kB]
• Shimokitazawa friend Lisa[22.9 kB]
• Chiyoda jogger[23.2 kB]
• Odaiba resident with too many dogs[45.5 kB]
• School kid in uniform[23.8 kB]
• Panzerotteria owner and his Labrador in Shibuya[36.8 kB]
• Kuroneko delivery[38.2 kB]
• Office worker cycling to work[50.7 kB]
• Groundhog owners meetup in Odaiba (wait—what?)[35.9 kB]
• Two shiba inus[41.3 kB]
• Ginza shopper[34.9 kB]
• Meeting in Shibuya[23.1 kB]
• Smoking on a delivery[51.4 kB]
• Officer worker asleep on train[30.5 kB]
• Kindergardener[27.5 kB]
• Help crossing the street[30.5 kB]
• Scooter delivery[42.4 kB]
• Construction worker[28.3 kB]
• Depachika salesperson[21.6 kB]
• This way please![32.3 kB]
• Police riding a bicyle[38.5 kB]

Mexico (Ensenada and La Paz)

• Keeping the bay clean[114.3 kB]
• Friends from Alaska[33.7 kB]
• I am a pirate[21.7 kB]
• A sailor in the boatyard[28.8 kB]
• A drink with our friends Douglas and Morgan[46.5 kB]
• Chili tamarind lollipop[22 kB]
• Cafe expreso y agua mineral por favor[22.3 kB]
• Dock master in Ensenada[25.2 kB]
• Falling asleep in strange places[32.1 kB]
• Training a dog to wear sunglassess[32.6 kB]

Thailand (Phuket)

• Beach chair carer[27.3 kB]
• Egg, squid and peanut vendor[20.3 kB]
• Kid going to school in the morning[20.3 kB]
• Corgi on a scooter[41.6 kB]
• Open water diver instructor[36.7 kB]
• Driving kid to school on scooter[141.2 kB]
• Lanky teen[20.4 kB]
• Restaurant worker[166.9 kB]
• Vintage toy cart[51.3 kB]
• Blankets and mattresses [60.3 kB]
• Mermaid hair[31.1 kB]
• Food cart[56.9 kB]

Canada (Montreal)

• Fruit wands for restaurant day[28 kB]
• Raincoat over backpack[60.1 kB]
• Grocery shopper[29.3 kB]
• Construction worker[38.9 kB]
• Striped[27.6 kB]
• Walking golden retriever[37.6 kB]
• Kaiseki bento at matsuri[24.7 kB]
• Construction worker on break[25.6 kB]
• Windy day, keep your ice cream safe[21.8 kB]
• Coffee and sudoku?[28.2 kB]
• Cycling around Laurier Park[48.8 kB]
• Poofy hair in subway[31.9 kB]
• The best mom[26.5 kB]
• Dad picking us up at airport[53.6 kB]