Horyukaku Ilustración by Nico Aihara is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño Gráfico, Ilustración e Comunicación Visual Competition Category.

BronceGráfico· 2023

Horyukaku Ilustración

by Nico Aihara

Client: Nico Aihara

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Gráfico Category

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The Design

About Horyukaku Ilustración

A inspiración para as ilustracións vén da literatura clásica xaponesa Nanso Satomi Hakkenden. Horyukaku é unha escena popular en Kabuki. O tema dos deseños é a harmonía dos deseños tradicionais xaponeses e europeos. Os motivos tradicionais xaponeses foron debuxados incorporando os estilos Art Nouveau e Art Deco. Primeiro realizouse unha pintura debuxada a man e despois coloreouse en Photoshop para achegarse á calidade dun deseño vintage real. Aínda que as persoas que ven o deseño non viviron nesa época, poden sentir familiaridade e nostalxia.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Horyukaku Ilustración gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Horyukaku Ilustración sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Horyukaku Ilustración satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The theme of designs are harmony of traditional Japanese and European designs.
Traditional Japanese motifs were drawn by incorporating the styles of Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
The flowers drawn on the frame are peony and plum, which are often used in traditional Japanese patterns.
It is also based on the commercial design of the Meiji and Taisho eras in Japan (1868-1926).
During this period, many excellent designs inspired by European design were produced in Japan.
Dimensions & Packaging: Data size : 4556 x 6891 pixel, 600dpi, RGB.
It can be printed on paper of any size.
Tags: samurai, traditional, Japanese art, kimono, kabuki, fantasy, vintage, classic,
Production Technology: These works is produced through a unique process.First hand-drawn painting was made and then colored in Photoshop. This way makes it possible to get closer to the quality of a real vintage design.
Design Challenge: The kimono is intricately turned over to show that wind is blowing on a high place.trails of blood indicate heavy fighting.It was hard to draw them, however they create a dramatic effect.
Research: A clear outline like an ukiyo-e.
It also creates a taste like an old Western picture book.
Inspiration: Inspiration for the illustrations come from Japanese classic literature Nanso Satomi Hakkenden.This work depicts a scene where the cornered hero fights on the castle Horyukaku.He is desperately climbing on the roof to survive.A popular scene in Kabuki.
Japanese classical literature is becoming unfamiliar even to the Japanese.However, its charm has not faded even today.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2019 and finished in April 2019.
Operation Flow: This illustration can attract people's attention and lead them to a world of fantasy. It may also be an opportunity to come into contact with classical literature.
Image Credits: Image #1-5 : Illustrator / Aihara Nico