Vincent Trinidad is a Filipino graphic designer and illustrator based in Manila, best known for his bold fusion of retro nostalgia and traditional Japanese art. Drawing inspiration from his childhood love of 1980s and 1990s pop culture, Vincent has developed a signature style he describes as Japanese Retro Aesthetics—a playful blend of vaporwave, synthwave, outrun visuals, and ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints.

Vincent’s fascination with retro aesthetics and Japanese art drives a body of work that feels both nostalgic and timeless. Samurai cats, ramen bowls, retro robots, anime-inspired characters, and pop culture mashups populate his vibrant compositions, rendered with bold color palettes and clean graphic forms. By merging the simplicity and storytelling of traditional Japanese prints with the energy of modern digital culture, his art bridges eras, cultures, and mediums.

A Fine Arts graduate with over 15 years of experience in advertising, Vincent has worked across a wide range of creative fields, including advertising campaigns, video game illustration, book and album artwork, posters, and apparel design. Over time, he shifted his focus toward independent art and freelance illustration, allowing him to fully embrace the subjects and styles he loves most.

Today, Vincent works using both traditional and digital techniques, creating designs that translate seamlessly onto clothing, art prints, stickers, and lifestyle products. He believes that creating art requires deep focus, patience, and genuine love for the subject matter—values that guide his creative process and keep his work authentic and expressive.

This philosophy has earned Vincent recognition as a top seller on major print-on-demand platforms, as well as the title of Artist of the Year from Pixel Empire in 2021. Through his work, he encourages artists to protect their unique voice and approach collaboration as a shared creative process rather than simple execution.

Grateful to make a living doing what he loves, Vincent Trinidad continues to explore the intersection of nostalgia, culture, and design—creating art that is joyful, expressive, and unmistakably his own — in collaboration with DenimINK.

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• GREAT RAMEN WAVE
• CATANA
• GREAT RETRO WAVE
• KYOTO WAVE
• NEKO SUSHI BAR
• RAD TIGER WAVE
• RETRO VINYL SOUNDTRACK
• SUSHI SQUAD
• THE NEIGHBOR'S ATTACK
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