History and Work of Ikko Tanaka Essay

Looking over the work of Henryk Tomaszawski I found his work to be uniquely his own in the sort that each design is composed. I also felt hes done a fine job in expressing his culture passim his work. Id birth to comp are his artifice form and proficiency to lacquerese graphic designer Shigeo Fukudo. In comparing their wag whole works they both display their own unique style barely the form, colors, and in some posters ideas are much alike. In both artists work you wait their individual cultures expressed. In Tomaszawski work theres a aeonian manipulation of rich colors of purples, yellow, reds, and greens. He also uses black to express his designs. Like bold lettering in heavy guessing lines. His use of these heavy stokes resembles to Japanese calligraphy. Many of his posters are real impacting but in an animated and lively way that pulls the viewer in. His work presents much softer and curvier stroke than that of Fuduka, but much of their elements are identical. The timbreing is quite the same with Shigeo Fukuda.Hes also expresses his culture throughout his work. In his more late work theres a modern Japanese feel to it. Much of his work displays the vivid red color like that from Japans flag. He also fuses heavy strokes of black into most of his work. In some of his older works you see these heavy yet softer strokes but recent work shows harder more uniformed lines. Fukudas work is very simplistic with an animated twist. Throughout his work you see a continual use of bright colors. I think Tomaszawski and Fuduka express a intelligence of illusion in their work. They do this excellent job of getting their points across in a way thats almost fantasy like. yet in their more serious nationalistic posters both chose to represent them in a impacting way that still expressed a bit of animation.Henryk Tomaszawski Manekiny opera Poster (1985)Shigeo Fukuda In Poland (1995)In both posters you can see the elements are very similar but each artist h as a severalise way of expressing his style. I found throughout many of their posters they both have found a usage for limbs thats quite interesting. Here is these poster Tomaszawski used more whimsical strokes to draw a females leg. His poster looks very much like other Polish art I have seen. While Fudukas poster is quite similar he chose harder more serious modern style. Here he has intertwined a male and female leg while giving the illusion of a necktie flying.