Hiroshi Tanabe - Illustrator

[Avant Garde]

"Tananbe's drawings are often compared to traditional Japanese woodcuts. His ink drawings are mechanically transformed so that they sometimes seem to blur or move across the page. He explains: 'My drawings are so flat and simple that I try to give them a little more movements by putting things off register'

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[Avant Garde]

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[two months off]

I like the off-registry thing. Very interesting use of color, too.

 

[gius]

^me too

 

[MUXU]

i love that one he did for anna sui back in 03 or was it 02..i cant remember

 

[Estella*]

^^and me three...

what i also like is that despite the very 'modern', streamlined figures there is a touch of old-fashioned prettyness to his backgrounds and colours, a nice cross-over...

thanks again, avant garde!

 

[Avant Garde]

i love that one he did for anna sui back in 03 or was it 02..i cant remember

I have that picture which I can scan later

And don't mention it Estella Mare