"I think the most unusual thing that I learned as a dental technician that I carry with me now, is how to modify my tools for making manga to fit my hands properly and to make them easier for me to use," Ito said at the same conference. The second skill is a little less obvious. RELATED: Junji Ito's Uzumaki Anime Adaptation Gets Disturbing First Teaser "And she was a fashion model, so she's supposed to be pretty, but she smiled like a monster… so that idea kind of got planted in my head, of the fashion model that’s also a monster," he then added, "But she has these fearsome powers to obtain work (despite her massive size and pointy teeth.)" "She was scary, kind of weird," said Ito at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival in May. Halloween, a girl's magazine, simultaneously baffled and inspired him to create Suchi, one of his most terrifying characters, based on one of the models that appeared in one of the fashion magazines he'd purchased to research the story. He started his adult life as a dental hygienist, working on his drawing after work. Some of his best-known stories include Tomie, Uzumaki and Gyo, but his influence spans across all media. His work is a mix of body horror, uncannily detailed pictures and cosmic terror.
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