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Spectrum Illustration by Arata Yokoyama

Spectrum Illustration by Arata Yokoyama is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award کانسی دا انعام in گرافکس، تصویر کشی تے بصری ابلاغ ڈیزائن Competition Category.


کانسیگرافک· 2023

Spectrum Illustration

by Arata Yokoyama

Client: Arata Yokoyama

A' Design Award کانسی دا انعام Winner in گرافک Category

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The Design

About Spectrum Illustration

Book Text: سپیکٹرم اِک ڈیجیٹل السٹریشن ہے جیڑھی جاپانی سٹریٹ فیشن کوں جاپانی اینیمے دے انداز وچ پیش کریندی ہے۔ ایہ کم فوٹو ریئلزم کنوں پرہیز کریندا ہے تے چمکیلے رنگاں کوں فلیٹ طریقے نال ورتیندا ہے جیڑھے فیر وی آپٹیکلی طور تے قدرتی نظر آندے نیں۔ پس منظر ٹوکیو دیاں نیون لائٹاں دی نمائندگی کریندا ہے، جتھے شکلاں کوں دلیری نال سادہ کیتا گیا ہے تاں جو اِک تیز، فلیٹ تے روشن اثر پیدا تھی سکے۔ ویسٹرن گرافک ڈیزائن دے عناصر کوں جاپانی کریکٹر السٹریشن نال گڈ کیتا گیا ہے۔ سپیکٹرم کوں ایڈوب فوٹوشاپ سی سی نال کھچیا گیا ہے۔ مقصد ایہ ہے کہ ایہ انداز جاپان دے اندر تے باہر دوہاں طرفاں دے ناظرین کوں واضح طریقے نال سمجھ آ سکے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award کانسی دا انعام

Spectrum Illustration A' Design Award کانسی دا انعام دا جتݨ والا ہے، ڈاڈھی معزز پچھاݨ جیڑھی تخلیقی صلاحیت، اختراع تے ذہانت نال ممتاز بہترین ڈیزائناں کوں ݙتی ویندی ہے۔ کانسی دے جتݨ والے بھرپور مہارت والے تے نمایاں طور تے تخلیقی شاہکار ہن، جیڑھے اپݨے ڈیزائنراں دے وسیع تجربے، تخیل تے ہوشیاری دی تصدیق کریندے ہن۔ Spectrum Illustration کنوں امید کیتی ویندی ہے جو او ہک بہوں قدر کیتی ہوئی، سراہی ہوئی تے پیاری چیز ہوسی، قابل ذکر حد تئیں پیشہ ورانہ تے جدت والی۔ ایہ ڈیزائن جنہاں A' Design Award کانسی دا انعام جتیا ہے، فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن تے ٹیکنالوجی وچ بہترین طریقے شامل کریندا ہے تے چھوٹیاں تفصیلاں ول دھیان ݙیوݨ کنوں شاندار ہے۔ Spectrum Illustration ضرورتاں خوبصورتی نال پوریاں کریندا ہے، خواہشاں کوں چھوہندا ہے، جذبیاں کوں موہندا ہے تے تجسس کھچیندا ہے۔

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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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