Here's something a little different to my normal taste but has stuck in my head for years. A while back, I was watching an art programme on BBC2 (don't ask me the name, I can't remember for the life of me and neither can Google) and it featured a section on the Japanese artist
Now, I'm not normally a big fan of the whole anime/graphic arts scene but after watching the show, I really fell in love with this guy and his work. Not only does he work in digital design, he expands his work in fine art and sculpture in which he's developed his own style:
Superflat. Being a bit of a day dreamer, his use of bright colours, rainbows and smiling characters is really up my street! His merge of modern Japanese art styles with the works of the infamous pop artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein is ingenious (something which I believe drew me to him due to my love of the pop art era). Anyway, enough of me talking about the guy, here's some of my favourite images!
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| A lot of Murakami's work has been made in to toys and teddy bears. I love the ones above, especially the flowers due to how upbeat and bright they are |
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Digital version of the flowers, a design which is so popular, it has even been made into wallpaper (something which I would die for!)
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| I love how cute and colourful all his work is! Design doesn't always have to be serious and complicated and I love how his designs are always simple and sweet |
If I'm honest, I've kept one of his more famous pieces from you. Personally, I'm not a fan of his music but I still love this album cover:
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| Anyone who's a Kanye West fan will have probably seen this Murakami album cover design |
Check Murakami out, his work never seems to fail to cheer me up and inspire. I'm off to be with pasta now. Or try and recreate my own Murakami inspired piece!
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