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[[File:Tomokazu Komiya.jpg|200px|thumb|Tomokazu Komiya<ref name=PTCGIC>"[https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2022/en/column/article-6/ A Conversation with Two Pokémon TCG Official Illustrators Kouki Saitou and Tomokazu Komiya]." Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2022 Column</ref>]] | [[File:Tomokazu Komiya.jpg|200px|thumb|Tomokazu Komiya<ref name=PTCGIC>"[https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2022/en/column/article-6/ A Conversation with Two Pokémon TCG Official Illustrators Kouki Saitou and Tomokazu Komiya]." Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2022 Column</ref>]] | ||
'''Tomokazu Komiya''' (Japanese: '''こみやトモカズ''' ''Komiya Tomokazu''; born 1973) is an illustrator who has provided art for the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]], as well as several [[Pokémon Tales]] books. His illustration style is well known within the Pokémon community particularly due to his deformed and loosely colored images. This is intentional, as Komiya is a practitioner of Primitivism, an art movement that takes inspiration from themes or stylistic elements of prehistory, tribal cultures, or children's art. | '''Tomokazu Komiya''' (Japanese: '''こみやトモカズ''' ''Komiya Tomokazu''; born 1973) is an illustrator who has provided art for the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]], as well as several [[Pokémon Tales]] books. His illustration style is well known within the Pokémon community particularly due to his deformed and loosely colored images. This is intentional, as Komiya is a practitioner of {{wp|Primitivism}}, an art movement that takes inspiration from themes or stylistic elements of prehistory, tribal cultures, or children's art. | ||
For the 2023 "[[Pokémon x Van Gogh]]" art collaboration, Komiya contributed illustrations of {{p|Sunflora}} and {{p|Smeargle}}, inspired by {{wp|Vincent van Gogh}}'s ''[https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0031V1962 Sunflowers]'' and ''[https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0022V1962 Self-Portrait as a Painter]'', respectively. | For the 2023 "[[Pokémon x Van Gogh]]" art collaboration, Komiya contributed illustrations of {{p|Sunflora}} and {{p|Smeargle}}, inspired by {{wp|Vincent van Gogh}}'s ''[https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0031V1962 Sunflowers]'' and ''[https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0022V1962 Self-Portrait as a Painter]'', respectively. | ||
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Tomokazu Komiya (Japanese: こみやトモカズ Komiya Tomokazu; born 1973) is an illustrator who has provided art for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as well as several Pokémon Tales books. His illustration style is well known within the Pokémon community particularly due to his deformed and loosely colored images. This is intentional, as Komiya is a practitioner of Primitivism, an art movement that takes inspiration from themes or stylistic elements of prehistory, tribal cultures, or children's art.
For the 2023 "Pokémon x Van Gogh" art collaboration, Komiya contributed illustrations of Sunflora and Smeargle, inspired by Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers and Self-Portrait as a Painter, respectively.
Artwork
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Core series games
This is a collection of core series Pokémon games that Komiya has contributed artwork to.
Other games
This is a collection of other Pokémon games that Komiya has contributed artwork to.
Merchandise
This is a collection of official Pokémon merchandise that Komiya has contributed artwork to.
There are 265 cards illustrated by Komiya. For a list of cards he has illustrated, go here.
Works
Manga
Title | Date | Publisher |
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Ready, Set, Dodo! (Pokémon Tales #16) (no English release) | 1997-11 | Shogakukan |
Nazonokusa's Hide and Seek (Pokémon Tales #29) (no English release) | 1998-04 | Shogakukan |
Heart-pounding Sand (Pokémon Tales #39) (no English release) | 1998-12 | Shogakukan |
The Important Feeling | 2000-07 | Futami |
Corsola's Brave New World (Pokémon Gold & Silver Tales #9) | 2002-08 | Shogakukan |
Contact with the Sea | 2005-07 | Shinpusha |
The Mysterious Drum (Pokémon Daisuki Tales #8) | 2007-07 | Pokémon Daisuki Club |
Work for the TCG
Tomokazu Komiya has been illustrating cards since the Expansion Sheet 1 expansion. Komiya exaggerates the features of Pokémon in his art, particularly facial and bodily proportions, focusing on the eyes or length of the face. He often uses vibrant colors or unusual tones to create a stark contrast between the Pokémon and the background environment. He also varies his style to convey different feelings in his art, using soft blotches of color to emulate placidity, or using very deep areas of color and rapid brushstrokes to give a dominant feeling. Thus far, Komiya has illustrated 265 cards. For a list of cards he has illustrated, go here.
References
- ↑ "A Conversation with Two Pokémon TCG Official Illustrators Kouki Saitou and Tomokazu Komiya." Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2022 Column
- ↑ PokéTimes confirming Komiya drew the Crown Tundra wallpaper for Hoenn.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Pokémon Center Osaka postcard.
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Tomokazu Komiya confirming his work on the Pokémon x Van Gogh collab.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Bidoof sleeves.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Skwovet & Greedent sleeves.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Cramorant & Pikachu sleeves.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Chansey, Wigglytuff and Clefable sleeves.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Paradox Pokémon sleeves.
External links
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