Horyukaku
Horyukaku Illustration by Nico Aihara is a winner of the 2023 Bronze A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design.
Horyukaku is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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Inspiration for the illustrations come from Japanese classic literature Nanso Satomi Hakkenden. Horyukaku is a popular scene in Kabuki. The theme of designs is harmony of traditional Japanese and European designs. Traditional Japanese motifs were drawn by incorporating the styles of Art Nouveau and Art Deco. First hand-drawn painting was made and then colored in Photoshop to get closer to the quality of a real vintage design. Even though people who see the design didn't live in that era, they can feel familiarity and nostalgia.
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Horyukaku by Nico Aihara
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Illustration
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Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Award Winner in 2023.
Bronze Winner
Horyukaku Illustration
Horyukaku is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Horyukaku is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Horyukaku splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Winner Designer
Nico Aihara
An illustrator who works in a wide range of genres, including illustrations for websites, books, goods design, etc. In addition to color illustrations drawn by hand with a pen that are then painted with Photoshop, she also works on line drawings, featuring a retro-inspired style regardless of whether it is a Western or Eastern drawing
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Nico Aihara
An illustrator who works in a wide range of genres, including illustrations for websites, books, goods design, etc. In addition to color illustrations drawn by hand with a pen that are then painted with Photoshop, she also works on line drawings, featuring a retro-inspired style regardless of whether it is a Western or Eastern drawing.
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