Literature Illustration Contest

The Literary Creative City Okayama Illustration Contest held in collaboration with ARTEE Corporation. Grand Prize and four Award of Excellence works were selected from 75 entries.  

Sunny Day Okayama

Yurie Hoshiuchi

Illustrator, living and working in Tokyo. 

She draws animals, children, nature, women, etc. with a gentle and warm atmosphere. Many of her works incorporate interesting discoveries found in everyday life aiming to create illustrations that make people smile when they see them. Her illustrations are mainly published on Instagram and Twitter.

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Momotaro and his friends, as well as Ogre, are reading books together. I created this work to hope to become familiar with literary works, each of them would be able to face themselves, and that they would all enjoy literature and become good friends with each other. In the work, white peaches, muscats, and Pione-grape, which are local products, and the smiling sun, which symbolizes the sunny country, participated to create a gentle atmosphere. I hope this work will make people smile just like the sun.

Reading by Momotaro

Kogaharuko

With the motto of "not being bound by rules," I create illustrations, animations, designs, etc. using various techniques on a daily basis.

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I illustrated Momotaro reading to his three friends, a monkey, a pheasant, and a dog. The illustration depicts Momotaro and his three friends, a monkey, a pheasant, and a dog, reading together with Okayama Castle and a field of muscat-grapes!

Welcome to the world of attractions!

chno

She graduated Bunsei University of Art and worked for a printing company, producing mainly invitations and seat cards for bridal parties. Currently working as a freelance illustrator in Tochigi Prefecture working at a library. She draws retro and warm illustrations.

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With the theme of Okayama and literature, this work is inspired by "Momotaro" and  children's literature works by Joji Tsubota "Fox and Grapes" and "Little Cat Hide and Seek." The books are drawn for foreign visitors to imagine literature, Momotaro and animals in Joji Tsubota's works.  This work expresses our with to move forward to happy and bright future by Momotaro's jump out from opened book and the star above his head.

OKAYAMA

noi

She/he graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design, Department of Visual and Performing Arts. After working for a stage production company, she/he worked for a design company in Tokyo. Then she/he began working as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer in 2018.

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Creativity is nurtured through familiarity with literature. I expressed how children's creativity draw rich and beautiful Okayama and create a new future, just like a picture scroll.

Okayama created on the desk

T

I am a student and studying. I will do my best.

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I drew a girl trying to create a story in a coffee shop. Based on the image of creating Okayama through literature, I put up a books and made it look like Okayama Castle.