The style of the japanese and Korean famous school illustration portfolios
Japan is arguably the best cradle for Asian illustrators! The main illustration styles are: Japanese style, simple style, and conceptualization.
Korean illustration is famous for its small fresh style, and the choice of illustration majors includes Hongik University, Ewha Women's College, Dongguk University, and Gyeon University of the Arts.
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Tama Art University
Tama University of Fine Arts, Japan
Strong conceptualization
Tama University of Fine Arts in Japan likes conceptual design, that is, to use images to reflect the concepts and ideologies in the author's mind, and the themes include humanistic care, criticism of society and exploration of self.
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3D stereoscopic wind
Tama University of Fine Arts does not stick to 2D flat painting in its creation, and encourages everyone to use 3D techniques to create.
For example, Harada Yonako's work is to reassemble the original text, using 3D building blocks to create Chinese characters and words, bright colors and simple shapes are witty and humorous.
Y2K aesthetic style
Tama University of Fine Arts also encourages students to use a three-dimensional sense of technology and translucent PVC with candy colors and reflective effects to create the most popular Y2K aesthetic style of the millennium.
Hasegawa uses her series of works on the female body to call on everyone to reduce their inferiority complex, accept the imperfections of their bodies, and love themselves.
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Musashino Art University
Musashino University of Fine Arts
Aesthetic sad wind
Musashino University of Fine Arts has a high demand for the basics and techniques of painting, coupled with the sad beauty of traditional Japanese aesthetics. Therefore, the painting style of some students is delicate and aesthetic, full of story sense.
Illustration by Miho Hirano
Minimalist style
Because Musashino Fine Arts University's illustrations are advertising-oriented, the minimalist style of editorial illustration is particularly popular here, and these illustrations are often used as covers for magazines and books, such as Ryo Takemasa's minimalist illustrations.
Japanese culture and customs
Musashino University of Fine Arts has a long history, and many students have also applied Japanese culture and customs to their own artistic creations.
For example, the puzzle paintings circulated among the common people in the late Edo period. Yamamoto Expressuu expresses words and images from japanese songs and others in the form of handmade books.
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Kaywon School of Art And Design
Gyeon University of the Arts, Korea
Children's picture book style
South Korea Gyeon University of the Arts is a three-year art and technical school, corresponding to major publishing companies, so it attaches great importance to cultivating students' children's picture book style creation, small and fresh colors and rich composition content.
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Hongik University
Hongik University
Three-dimensional book style
Hongik University has arguably korea's most prestigious illustration art major, and encourages students to use a variety of mediums to create, especially pop-up books, which are both delicate and vivid and intuitive.
For example, Yeni Kim's work City Acrobat reflects citizens' thinking about the surrounding social environment.
Typography Editing/VC
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