Kappa Jizo Porogaramu y'Igitabo cy'Amashusho by Kaori Hamura Long

Kappa Jizo Porogaramu y'Igitabo cy'Amashusho by Kaori Hamura Long is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Telefoni Igendanwa Competition Category.

IcyumaTelefoni Igendanwa· 2021

Kappa Jizo Porogaramu y'Igitabo cy'Amashusho

by Kaori Hamura Long

Client: Moss Moon Studio

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Telefoni Igendanwa Category

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The Design

About Kappa Jizo Porogaramu y'Igitabo cy'Amashusho

Kappa Jizo ni porogaramu y'igitabo cy'amashusho ihuza abakoresha ku bikoresho ngendanwa. Iyi nkuru ishishikariza abana kugira umutima ufunguye ku bantu bafite inkomoko itandukanye. Ijwi ry'inkuru riraboneka mu Cyongereza no mu Kiyapani. Abana barashobora gukanda, gukurura no gufunga amashusho y'abantu n'ibindi bintu mu gihe inkuru igenda ikina, kandi hariho n'ipaji yo koroshya (coloring page) yashyizwemo. Amashusho yose yakozwe n'intoki hakoreshejwe ikaramu ku rupapuro, hanyuma agasomwa (scanned) maze agahabwa amabara mu buryo bwa dijitale. Amajwi n'umuziki byanditswe kugira ngo bikoreshwe muri iyi porogaramu. Intego ni ukwigisha icyubahiro no kugabanya ivangura.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

Kappa Jizo Porogaramu y'Igitabo cy'Amashusho ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. Kappa Jizo Porogaramu y'Igitabo cy'Amashusho biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. Kappa Jizo Porogaramu y'Igitabo cy'Amashusho yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

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