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Spectrum İllüstrasiya by Arata Yokoyama

Spectrum İllüstrasiya by Arata Yokoyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Bürünc Mükafatı in Qrafika, İllüstrasiya və Vizual Kommunikasiya Dizaynı Competition Category.


BürüncQrafika· 2023

Spectrum İllüstrasiya

by Arata Yokoyama

Client: Arata Yokoyama

A' Design Award Bürünc Mükafatı Winner in Qrafika Category

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The Design

About Spectrum İllüstrasiya

Spectrum yapon anime üslubunda yapon küçə modasını təsvir edən rəqəmsal illüstrasiyadır. Əsər fotorealizmdən qaçır və optik olaraq təbii görünsə də, canlı rəngləri düz (flat) formada tətbiq edir. Fon Tokionun neon işıqlarını təmsil edir, formalar isə iti, düz və parlaq effekt yaratmaq üçün cəsarətlə sadələşdirilib. Qərb qrafik dizaynı elementləri yapon xarakter illüstrasiyası ilə birləşdirilib. Spectrum Adobe Photoshop CC proqramında çəkilib. Məqsəd bu üslubu həm Yaponiya daxilində, həm də xaricində tamaşaçılara aydın etməkdir.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Bürünc Mükafatı

Spectrum İllüstrasiya A' Design Award Bürünc Mükafatının qalibidir; bu, yaradıcılıq, ixtiraçılıq və zəka ilə seçilən görkəmli dizaynlara verilən yüksək nüfuzlu tanınmadır. Bürünc qaliblər dizaynerlərinin geniş təcrübəsini, təxəyyülünü və tapqırlığını təsdiq edən, bol məharətli və çarpıcı dərəcədə yaradıcı əsərlərdir. Gözlənilir ki, Spectrum İllüstrasiya yüksək qiymətləndirilən, heyran olunan və əzizlənən, diqqətəlayiq dərəcədə peşəkar və yenilikçi əşya olacaq. A' Design Award Bürünc Mükafatını qazanmış bu dizayn sənətdə, elmdə, dizaynda və texnologiyada ən yaxşı təcrübələri özündə birləşdirir və detallara diqqətinə görə əladır. Spectrum İllüstrasiya ehtiyacları gözəl şəkildə ödəyir, istəklərə toxunur, duyğuları ovsunlayır və marağı cəlb edir.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
This work depicts Japanese street fashion in the style of Japanese anime.

Such motifs are popular in Japanese illustration, but this work is unique in that it defies photorealism and uses vivid colors in a flat, yet optically natural-looking manner.

The background represents the neon lights of Tokyo, and here, too, the form is boldly deformed in pursuit of a sharp, flat, yet luminous expression.
Dimensions & Packaging
8000 x 5678 pixel, 400dpi, RGB
Tags
street fashion, anime, character design, japanese illustration, vivid color
Production Technology
Drawing with Adobe Photoshop CC
Design Challenge
In order to convey the goodness of a particular thing, I must first like it myself.
In order to use street fashion as my subject matter, I focused on improving my sense of style by experiencing and wearing it myself.

I also devoted myself to researching painting styles that would convey the good looks equally to both Japanese and foreign audiences.
To compose the picture with flat surfaces, not lines. He used vivid colors, but kept the entire picture in harmony. And at the same time, to make the characters look cool and cute in a Japanese way.
Research
A study of street fashion in Japan and abroad. Collect snapshots, purchase actual items, and wear them myrself to deepen understanding of function and design.

Research on drawing techniques. Challenged to fuse Western graphic design with Japanese character illustration. Strived to find a balance between deforming the form and color of objects while maintaining the cool, cute, and liveliness of the characters.
Inspiration
Today, fashion based on techwear and designs using vivid colors are global trends.

Japanese street fashion and illustrations are also in that trend, but they also have their own unique characteristics.

I analyzed the coincidences and differences between them and aimed to visualize them.

Japanese people will find this illustration foreign. Foreigners may feel it is Japanese.

This in-between state is the expression I pursued.
Project Duration
This work was created in 10 hours on September 20, 2020, and published on Twitter, pixiv, and other social networking sites that day.
Operation Flow
Suggestions about the affinity between street fashion and the neon streets of Tokyo and how cool it can be.

Especially in Japan, when proposing a fashion style to an audience, it is more effective to use characters, deformed and idealized visuals rather than photo-realistic ones.

And it is also effective when introducing Japanese culture to people outside of Japan. By incorporating elements of Western graphic design, we aimed to create visuals that would be easy for them to understand.
Image Credits
#1: Illustrator NaBaBa, Private Work, 2020.

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