Kappa Jizo Rindrankajy Boky Sary by Kaori Hamura Long is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Vy in Famolavolana Teknolojia Finday, Fampiharana ary Rindrambaiko Competition Category.
VyFinday· 2021
Kappa Jizo Rindrankajy Boky Sary
Client: Moss Moon Studio
A' Design Award Vy Winner in Finday Category
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About Kappa Jizo Rindrankajy Boky Sary
Kappa Jizo dia rindrankajy boky sary mifandraika (interactive) ho an'ny fitaovana finday. Ny tantara dia mamporisika ny ankizy hanana saina malalaka amin'ny olona avy amin'ny fiaviana samihafa. Misy fanambarana feo amin'ny teny Anglisy sy Japoney. Afaka manindry, manintona ary manery ny endri-javatra sy zavatra ny ankizy mandritra ny fivalanan'ny tantara, ary misy koa pejy loko azo amboarina. Ny sary rehetra dia nosoratana tamin'ny tanana miaraka amin'ny pensilihazo teo amin'ny taratasy, avy eo naka sary sy nolokoina tamin'ny fomba nomerika. Nisy koa feo sy mozika nalaina ho an'ilay rindrankajy. Ny tanjona dia ny hampianatra ny fanajana sy hampihena ny fanavakavahana.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Vy
Nandresy ny A' Design Award Vy ny famolavolana Kappa Jizo Rindrankajy Boky Sary, fankasitrahana malaza omena ny famolavolana tsara izay mahafeno ny fepetra ara-barotra sy ara-indostria andrasana amin'ny famoronana natao tsara. Ny mpandresy Vy dia mampiseho fahaiza-manao lehibe, fahaizana manokana ambony, fahatakarana manam-pahaizana ary fahaizana mamorona an'ireo mpamorona azy. Andrasana ho famoronana ankasitrahana be, ankafizina ary tiana izay azo ampiharina sady vaovao ny famolavolana Kappa Jizo Rindrankajy Boky Sary. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Vy ity dia mampiray ny fomba fanao tsara indrindra amin'ny indostria ary manana toetra ara-teknika mahomby mifandray amin'ny fahalalana sy ny talenta. Ny famolavolana Kappa Jizo Rindrankajy Boky Sary dia hajaina noho ny fitandremany ary natao hanome fanatsarana ny kalitaon'ny fiainana izay manampy hahatonga ny tontolo ho toerana tsara kokoa.
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.
- Patents
- © Kaori Hamura Long
- 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
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