Kappa Jizo Ohun elo Ìwé Àwòrán by Kaori Hamura Long

Kappa Jizo Ohun elo Ìwé Àwòrán by Kaori Hamura Long is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ Alágbèéká, Ohun-èlò Fóònù àti Sọ́fítíwéà Competition Category.

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Kappa Jizo Ohun elo Ìwé Àwòrán

by Kaori Hamura Long

Client: Moss Moon Studio

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Alágbèéká Category

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The Design

About Kappa Jizo Ohun elo Ìwé Àwòrán

Kappa Jizo jẹ́ ohun èlò ìwé àwòrán amúbáṣepọ̀ fún àwọn ẹ̀rọ alágbèéká. Ìtàn náà ń fún àwọn ọmọdé níṣìírí láti ní ọkàn tí ó ṣí sílẹ̀ sí àwọn ènìyàn láti oríṣiríṣi ipilẹ̀ṣẹ̀. Ìtàn tí a ń kà lọ́nà ohùn wà ní èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì àti èdè Japanese. Àwọn ọmọdé lè fọwọ́ kàn, fà àti fún àwọn kàrákítà àti nǹkan mọ́lẹ̀ nígbà tí ìtàn náà bá ń ṣiṣẹ́, a sì tún fi ojú-ìwé kíkun àwọ̀ kún un. Gbogbo àwòrán ni a fi ọwọ́ yàwòrán rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú pẹ́nsùlù lórí bébà, lẹ́yìn náà ni a fi ẹ̀rọ ṣàyẹ̀wò rẹ̀ tí a sì fi àwọ̀ kún un lọ́nà dídiitáàlì. A gba ohùn àti orin kalẹ̀ fún ohun èlò náà. Ète náà ni láti kọ́ni ní ọ̀wọ̀ àti láti dín ìwà ẹ̀tanú kù.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Kappa Jizo Ohun elo Ìwé Àwòrán jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Kappa Jizo Ohun elo Ìwé Àwòrán yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Kappa Jizo Ohun elo Ìwé Àwòrán nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

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