ADOBE CREATIVE RESIDENCY COMMUNITY FUND - CULTURE DAY (2020)
I’m tremendously grateful to have been chosen to be a member of Adobe Japan’s Creative Residency Community Fund, which was put together in order to help visual creators throughout 2020. As a participant, I was commissioned to create a piece in honour of Japan’s national holiday ‘Culture Day’ on 11/03.
As the purpose of the holiday is the promotion of arts, academics and all-around creativity with exhibitions, parades and special school events wherein students can showcase their club activities, I wanted to draw various visual elements representative of Japan that could be recognized and understood internationally.
I chose to draw a student proudly showcasing her creative materials, including an Apple Pencil and iPad, which are the main tools I used to create this piece. Just behind her hand is the icon for Adobe Fresco, the app I used to bring this illustration to life.
Because Culture Day occurs in autumn around the time that leaves begin to change colour, and because the Japanese custom of ‘leaf-viewing’ is so prominent, I thought it would be nice to use the visual motif of momiji leaves as another background element tying the whole piece together.
Mediums: Apple Pencil, iPad Pro, Adobe Fresco, Adobe Photoshop
Dimensions: 4000x4000px