Opus Spectrum Illustratio a designatore Arata Yokoyama est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Certaminis Graphica.

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Spectrum Illustratio

a Arata Yokoyama

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Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Graphica

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De Spectrum Illustratio

Spectrum est illustratio digitalis quae vestitum viarum Iaponicum in more anime Iaponici depingit. Opus photorealismum vitat et colores vivos modo plano adhibet qui tamen optice naturalis apparet. Origo posterior lumina neonia Tokiensia repraesentat, formis audacter simplicibus ad effectum acutum, planum ac lucidum. Elementa graphicae artis Occidentalis cum illustratione personarum Iaponicarum coniunguntur. Spectrum instrumento Adobe Photoshop CC depictum est. Propositum est ut stilus spectatoribus tam intra quam extra Iaponiam clarus fiat.

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De Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Spectrum Illustratio victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Spectrum Illustratio rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Spectrum Illustratio necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

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Proprietates Singulares: 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.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: 8000 x 5678 pixel, 400dpi, RGB
Notulae: street fashion, anime, character design, japanese illustration, vivid color
Technologia Productionis: Drawing with Adobe Photoshop CC
Provocatio Designandi: 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.
Investigatio: 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.
Inspiratio: 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.
Duratio Operis: This work was created in 10 hours on September 20, 2020, and published on Twitter, pixiv, and other social networking sites that day.
Cursus Operationis: 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.
Agnitiones Imaginum: #1: Illustrator NaBaBa, Private Work, 2020.