Kappa Jizo Aip Leabhar Dealbh by Kaori Hamura Long

Kappa Jizo Aip Leabhar Dealbh by Kaori Hamura Long is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Duais Iarainn A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Theicneòlasan, Aplacaidean agus Bathar-bog Fòn-làimhe Competition Category.

IarannFòn-làimhe· 2021

Kappa Jizo Aip Leabhar Dealbh

by Kaori Hamura Long

Client: Moss Moon Studio

Duais Iarainn A' Design Award Winner in Fòn-làimhe Category

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The Design

About Kappa Jizo Aip Leabhar Dealbh

Is e Kappa Jizo aplacaid leabhar-deilbh eadar-ghnìomhach airson uidheaman gluasadach. Bidh an sgeulachd a' brosnachadh chloinn a bhith fosgailte nan inntinn a thaobh dhaoine bho chùl-raointean eadar-dhealaichte. Tha aithris fuaim ri fhaighinn sa Bheurla agus san Iapanais. Faodaidh clann suathadh, slaodadh agus pinseadh a dhèanamh air na caractaran agus na nithean fhad 's a tha an sgeulachd a' cluich, agus tha duilleag dhathadh air a gabhail a-steach cuideachd. Chaidh na dealbhan uile a tharraing le peansail air pàipear le làmh, agus an uairsin an sganadh agus an dathadh gu digiteach. Chaidh guthan agus ceòl a chlàradh airson na h-aplacaid. Is e an rùn spèis a theagasg agus claon-bhàidh a lughdachadh.

The Recognition

About the Duais Iarainn A' Design Award

Tha Kappa Jizo Aip Leabhar Dealbh air Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean math a choinnicheas ris na riatanasan proifeiseanta is gnìomhachais a thathar a' sùileachadh bho chruthachaidhean a chaidh an dealbhadh gu math. Tha buannaichean Iarainn a' nochdadh sgil mhòr, speisealachadh àrd, tuigse eòlaiche agus comas cruthachail an luchd-cruthachaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Kappa Jizo Aip Leabhar Dealbh na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach a tha practaigeach agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Iarainn A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr sa ghnìomhachas còmhla agus tha feartan teignigeach comasach aige ceangailte ri eòlas-dèanamh agus tàlant. Tha meas air Kappa Jizo Aip Leabhar Dealbh airson a dhùrachd agus chaidh a dhealbhadh gus leasachaidhean càileachd beatha a thoirt seachad a chuidicheas le bhith a' dèanamh an t-saoghail na àite nas fheàrr.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This hand-drawn interactive picture book app will get children thinking about the importance of being open-minded towards people who are different from them. Kids can listen along with audio recorded in English or Japanese and they can also have fun with interactive characters and the coloring page. They can tap, drag, and pinch the characters and objects while the story plays. The children will find that they can be friends with people even though they come from different backgrounds.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2048 x 2732 pixel (214.9mm x 280.6mm)
Tags: picture book app, children’s book app, book app, children’s book, picture book, iTune, Google Play, Japanese book, kid’s book app, app, jizo, app jizo, kaori hamura, kaori hamura long, moss moon, mission, moss moon studio, tolerance, prejudice,
Production Technology: First, the storyboard and dummy book was made and then created illustrated pages with pencils and paper. Then the illustrations were scanned and colored in Photoshop. There, all the layers were separated, heads, eyes, arms, etc. for animation. The sprite sheets were created using the extension software called Kwik in Photoshop. We recorded voices and music in Garage Band, and the sound files were imported into Kwik programming. All the pages were published into Solar 2D programming software to build for Xcode (App Store) and Android Studio (Google Play).
Design Challenge: The creative part came quickly and naturally for the artist, but the challenge was to create programming without knowledge. Even as an artist and writer with no programming background, she made her first interactive picture book app using the Photoshop extension called Kwik. With easy to use interface within Photoshop, she was able to program her book the way she wanted. However, submitting the app to App Store and Google Play was a totally different challenge, and she has to keep updating the app according to the technological changes.
Research: Once the artist decided to take on a challenge to make her picturebook into an interactive picturebook app, she had done an extensive research to create it without too much knowledge of programming. There were few software and extension choices to create an app without extensive knowledge of programming, so she has tried out a few. She decided to use the Photoshop extension program called Kwik, and their tech support was beneficial, so she decided to use the software.
Inspiration: Living in a time of the divided world, with bias and hate crimes rising, the artist felt that she had to do something to teach the next generation that it doesn't have to be that way. By changing our mindset, we could change the world to be more united, respectful for people with different backgrounds, and show love for each other. She wrote the story and made a picturebook and decided to turn it into an interactive picturebook app.
Project Duration: The manuscript and dummy book was created in October 2007 in Vermont, U.S.A. The app development started in 2015 and was released in June 2017 in Fukuoka, Japan. The updated version was released in October 2020.
Operation Flow: It is an interactive children's book app for Apple and Android devices. The reader can listen along with audio recorded in English or Japanese. Children can also have fun with interactive characters and the coloring page. They can tap, drag, and pinch the characters and objects while the story plays.
Team Members: Creator/ Illustrator/ Voices/ Music: Kaori Hamura Long
Voices: Bill Long
Voices: Mika Long
Image Credits: Image1-5: Illustrator/Writer/Music: Kaori Hamura Long,
Voices: Kaori Hamura Long, Bill Long, and Mika Long