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Spectrum علم تصوير by Arata Yokoyama

Spectrum علم تصوير by Arata Yokoyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award برونز انعام in گرافڪس، عڪاسي ۽ بصري رابطي جو ڊيزائن Competition Category.


برونزگرافڪ· 2023

Spectrum علم تصوير

by Arata Yokoyama

Client: Arata Yokoyama

A' Design Award برونز انعام Winner in گرافڪ Category

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The Design

About Spectrum علم تصوير

اسپيڪٽرم هڪ ڊجيٽل مصوري آهي، جيڪا جاپاني اسٽريٽ فيشن کي جاپاني اينيمي جي انداز ۾ پيش ڪري ٿي. ھي ڪم فوٽو ريئلزم کان پاسو ڪري ٿو ۽ روشن رنگن کي ھڪ فليٽ انداز ۾ اپلائي ڪري ٿو، جيڪو اڃا به نظرياتي طور تي فطري نظر اچي ٿو. پس منظر ٽوڪيو جي نيون لائيٽس جي نمائندگي ڪري ٿو، جنھن ۾ شڪليون جرئت مندي سان سادو ڪيون ويون آھن ھڪ تيز، فليٽ ۽ روشن اثر لاءِ. مغربي گرافڪ ڊزائن جا عنصر جاپاني ڪردار جي مصوري سان گڏ ملايا ويا آھن. اسپيڪٽرم ايڊوب فوٽوشاپ سي سي سان ٺاھيو ويو آھي. مقصد اھو آھي ته ھن انداز کي جاپان اندر ۽ ٻاھر ٻنھي جي سامعين لاءِ واضح ڪيو وڃي.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award برونز انعام

Spectrum علم تصوير A' Design Award برونز انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، تمام گهڻو معزز اعتراف جيڪو تخليقيت، اختراع ۽ ذڪاوت سان ممتاز بهترين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو. برونز جا کٽيندڙ ڀرپور مهارت واريون ۽ نمايان طور تخليقي شاهڪار آهن، جيڪي پنهنجي ڊيزائنرن جي وسيع تجربي، تخيل ۽ ڏاهپ جي تصديق ڪن ٿيون. Spectrum علم تصوير کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پيارو شيءِ هوندو، قابل ذڪر حد تائين پيشه ورانه ۽ جدت وارو. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award برونز انعام کٽيو آهي، فن، سائنس، ڊيزائن ۽ ٽيڪنالاجي ۾ بهترين طريقا شامل ڪري ٿو ۽ ننڍين تفصيلن ڏانهن ڌيان ڏيڻ ڪري شاندار آهي. Spectrum علم تصوير ضرورتون خوبصورتيءَ سان پوريون ڪري ٿو، خواهشن کي ڇهي ٿو، جذبن کي موهي ٿو ۽ تجسس ڇڪي ٿو.

Behind the Design

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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.

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