Spectrum Ілюстрацыя by Arata Yokoyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн графікі, ілюстрацыі і візуальнай камунікацыі Competition Category.

БронзаГрафіка· 2023

Spectrum Ілюстрацыя

by Arata Yokoyama

Client: Arata Yokoyama

Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Графіка Category

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The Design

About Spectrum Ілюстрацыя

"Спектр" — гэта лічбавая ілюстрацыя, якая адлюстроўвае японскую вулічную моду ў стылі японскага анімэ. Праца пазбягае фотарэалізму і выкарыстоўвае яркія колеры ў плоскай манеры, якая тым не менш выглядае аптычна натуральнай. Фон уяўляе сабой неонавыя агні Токіа, з формамі, смела спрошчанымі дзеля дасягнення вострага, плоскага і зіхоткага эфекту. Элементы заходняга графічнага дызайну спалучаны з ілюстрацыяй японскіх персанажаў. "Спектр" быў створаны з дапамогай Adobe Photoshop CC. Мэта — зрабіць гэты стыль зразумелым для аўдыторыі як унутры Японіі, так і за яе межамі.

The Recognition

About the Бронзавая прэмія A' Design Award

Spectrum Ілюстрацыя — пераможца Бронзавай прэміі A' Design Award, высокапрэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца выдатным дызайнам, што вылучаюцца творчасцю, вынаходлівасцю і праніклівасцю. Бронзавыя пераможцы — гэта ўмелыя і ўражліва творчыя артэфакты, якія пацвярджаюць вялікі вопыт, уяўленне і знаходлівасць сваіх дызайнераў. Чакаецца, што Spectrum Ілюстрацыя — гэта высока цэнены, захапляльны і любімы прадмет, надзвычай прафесійны і інавацыйны. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Бронзавую прэмію A' Design Award, уключае лепшыя практыкі ў мастацтве, навуцы, дызайне і тэхналогіях і выдатны ўвагай да дэталей. Spectrum Ілюстрацыя цудоўна задавальняе патрэбы, кранае жаданні, зачароўвае пачуцці і ўзбуджае цікаўнасць.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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.