POP&DOPE Illustration 002: くわがた

Kuwagata is a Japanese artist lives in Yamanashi, Japan. Her animation covers not only “cute/kawaii” but also impasto like a foreign illustration.

She displayed an animation named Yukisusumisariyuki in a graduation production at an art college, which buzzed on the internet. The background changes every moment so that it appears like ephemeral bubbles.

She also launched a new paper craft project, which is called 2.5D Mask Project. People can create a mask via printer. They would exist in the gap between 2D and 3D if they put on/take off the face mask, and they can be approached the begriff of the animation character at the different dimension vector via masks. This mask has applied for a commercial film of Fits (chewing gum brand) presented by a booming Japanese actress Suzu Hirose and...