Born in Kyoto in 1993, Amity Sensei is one of the largest internet influencers within the sphere of digital art and productivity in Japan. A multi-hyphenate creator, she’s an iPad YouTuber, art director, educator, author and entrepreneur. She has inspired many to use the creative potential of Apple’s tablet, transforming it from a consumption device to a professional tool, and has a YouTube channel with more than 370,000 subscribers.
She started her journey with a solid basis in the arts. Amity was educated at a Kyoto high school specialising in fine arts and crafts and studied Digital and Technological Art at the University for the Creative Arts in the United Kingdom after graduation. She was a student in London when she began using the iPad for design work and became the top Japanese blogger in the city. After returning to Japan, she polished her skills as an art director at the country’s leading advertising agencies, including foreign-capital companies such as TBWA\HAKUHODO.
In 2019, craving more freedom and inspired by a love of sharing the joys of iPad creativity, Amity went independent and launched her YouTube channel. Her content is distinguished by its elegant, functional demonstrations, showing viewers how to draw, design, take notes, and even run professional workflows, all on the iPad. She is passionate about accessibility and often points out that “even if you’re not an artist, you can make beautiful work” with the proper tools and methods. This philosophy attracts a broad audience, from novices to experienced creatives.
Amity Sensei is not only on YouTube, but also in education and community building. She is the founder of iPadmate, an online salon and school with classes for adults and children, including Japan’s first dedicated iPad creative school for elementary students, iPadmate Kids. She has written several iPad technique books, was a lecturer at Kyoto University of the Arts and has worked with major brands and events such as Adobe MAX, Apple’s “Today at Apple” sessions and Cartier. She is also involved in NFT projects and the growing community iPadmate Lab.
Amity Sensei is an iPad & digital artist who has become an idol through the world of drawing and painting digitally. Because, Beyond being warm and friendly she, she produces extremely high-quality content and displays real enthusiasm. One moment she is showing you how to take full advantage of the most difficult Procreate functions; the next minute she has shared a few life saving productivity hacks or has guided a talented beginner from the ground up. In her way Amity has proved a great leader and at the same time that, if equipped with a good piece of software, creativity has no bounds. She is a perfect embodiment of a successful personal brand built by combining one’s passion, skill, and kindness, while being an amazing helper of others through internet personality.
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