The extension of the 12th issue illustration of saury

"Saury" Issue 12 "Extension of Illustration" Exclusive interview with popular Japanese illustrators Nagaba Xiong X May Girl Katsura X OKATAOKA X SAITOE X Yamane Keijo Open your eyes every day, the mugs used in the morning, the signs passing by on the street, the magazine covers on the convenience store shelves, the promotional posters in the tram, the new mobile phone case that I just bought recently, the healing paper tape , Send the stickers out forcefully in the communication software group... In seemingly small places, illustrations are quietly integrated into life, unlike graphic design or product packaging that is always regarded as the key to aesthetics, by The imagination of illustration instead of words is gentle but has perseverance. It has become Japan’s secret weapon for creating cross-border cooperation in recent years. Many fashion brands, popular magazines, and even blunt public agency publications have coincidentally put down their character images and turned to embrace. Unfettered illustration art, through the infinite extension of lines on the plane, opens another page of Japanese creation. The illustrator in people's mind is always able to portray people on the road at their fingertips, sitting in a coffee shop and observing their faces to inspire inspiration. But how can illustrators in reality coexist with the brush in their hands and persist in creating in the endless marathon of illustrations? This issue of "Saury" exclusively visits 5 popular Japanese illustrators with unique styles, the minimalist fashion illustrator Nagao, the black humorous gorgeous May girl Katsura, and the warm-hearted representative of the orchestra guitarist OKATAOKA and Daikanyama Saitoe, a rookie highly praised by Tsutaya Bookstore, and Yoshitake Yamane, who is born in the 1990s with Showa-sensing comic style clashing visual images, will give readers a glimpse of the work and life of illustrators. I also interviewed Taiwanese magazines, publishing, branding, and illustration on the four major areas of cooperation with Japanese illustration experience, and analyzed the idea pinned on an illustration, how to rely on various media to deliver value, and how to make Taiwan and Japan a paradise for illustration creation. Illustrations can be supporting actors or protagonists. In the ever-extending platform, from a sticker to the establishment of an image, many Japanese illustrators who are called "teachers" are not only widely acclaimed for their popular works. , But because I firmly believe that illustration is not to create added value, but to create value. This time, let us follow the imaginary space connected by a line to achieve the best gift for the world by illustrations.