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Kappa Jizo Барномаи расмдор by Kaori Hamura Long

Kappa Jizo Барномаи расмдор by Kaori Hamura Long is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ҷоизаи оҳании A' Design Award in Дизайни технологияҳои мобилӣ, барномаҳо ва нармафзор Competition Category.


ОҳанМобилӣ· 2021

Kappa Jizo Барномаи расмдор

by Kaori Hamura Long

Client: Moss Moon Studio

Ҷоизаи оҳании A' Design Award Winner in Мобилӣ Category

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The Design

About Kappa Jizo Барномаи расмдор

Каппа Дзидзо як барномаи интерактивии китоби мусаввар барои дастгоҳҳои мобилист. Ин ҳикоя кӯдаконро ба доштани муносибати кушода ва беғараз нисбат ба одамони заминаҳои гуногун ташвиқ мекунад. Овозхонии матн бо забонҳои англисӣ ва японӣ дастрас аст. Кӯдакон метавонанд ҳангоми пахши ҳикоя бо ангуштони худ ба персонажҳо ва ашё зарба зананд, онҳоро кашанд ва фишор диҳанд, ҳамчунин саҳифаи рангубор низ дар барнома мавҷуд аст. Ҳамаи тасвирҳо бо дасти рассом бо қалам дар рӯи коғаз кашида шуда, сипас скан ва ба таври рақамӣ рангубор шудаанд. Овозҳо ва мусиқӣ махсус барои ин барнома сабт шудаанд. Мақсади асосии барнома омӯзонидани эҳтиром ва коҳиш додани таассуб мебошад.

The Recognition

About the Ҷоизаи оҳании A' Design Award

Kappa Jizo Барномаи расмдор ғолиби Ҷоизаи оҳании A' Design Award аст, ки эътирофи обрӯманд буда, ба тарҳҳои хуб дода мешавад, ки талаботи касбӣ ва саноатиро, ки аз офаридаҳои хуб тарҳрезишуда интизор меравад, иҷро мекунанд. Ғолибони оҳан маҳорати бузург, ихтисоси баланд, фаҳмиши коршиносона ва иқтидори эҷодии офаринандагони худро нишон медиҳанд. Интизор меравад, ки Kappa Jizo Барномаи расмдор офаридаи хеле қадршуда, мавриди таҳсин ва маҳбуб бошад, ки амалӣ ва навоварона аст. Ин тарҳи ғолиби Ҷоизаи оҳании A' Design Award беҳтарин амалияи соҳаро муттаҳид мекунад ва хусусиятҳои босалоҳияти фаннӣ дорад, ки бо донишҳои амалӣ ва истеъдод пайваст шудаанд. Kappa Jizo Барномаи расмдор барои диққаткорияш эҳтиром мешавад ва барои таъмини беҳбудиҳои сифати зиндагӣ, ки ба беҳтар кардани ҷаҳон кумак мекунанд, тарҳрезӣ шудааст.

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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