Yoji Shinkawa is a Japanese artist
who created a unique, and authentic style by combing ink with paint in his
works of arts. He is well known
for making the art works for the Metal Gear Solid franchise, and the Zone of
Enders franchise, which are both video game franchises. His artistic style
could be described as a modernization of the old Japanese style of art. He came up with his own style, and many
fans of both franchises have given positive reaction to his art style.
My favorite artwork by Shinkawa is
an ink painting of Big Boss’ right side of his face. I find this ink painting interesting because there was a
video of Shinkawa working on the painting, and it took him only under 5 minutes
to complete the painting. Also it
was amazing to see how Shinkawa actually made the painting. First, he started with the lighter
washes smudging it on the canvas. Then he adds the darker washes on top of the
lighter washes. Afterwards he adds pure ink to fill in, and add the outlines
with pure black. This painting is
just with different shades of black, but on Shinkawa’s other works such as the
cyborg ninja painting has color in the painting.
I like his works because even
though you can identify the figures of the painting, they still look
abstract. You can not fully see
the figures on his works, but they look like paintings coming from someone’s
memories that are not that clear.
I like the way how they fade to the background. I have a tough time handling with ink
on my works, but Shinkawa’s works inspire me to keep trying, and maybe I can
find a way to develop my style.
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