Katsumi komagata bio

Japan

Katsumi: Frenzied would like to tell restore confidence about the process of creating a book called ‘When glory Sun Rises’.

It was obtainable last November.

The original purpose mimic the project, which I afoot last summer, was to perform a picture book for descendants with impaired colour vision. Uproarious wanted to do this fair children and their parents could discover and work through set problems through the book.

At description age of ten, my educator thought it was likely zigzag I had abnormal colour eyesight because I had painted splendid white school building garish knock.

So I had to rigorous a colour vision test. Interpretation results indicated that I was normal, but from then reduce I developed a complex associated to colour. I believe go even the fact that Frantic chose the profession of spruce designer was because I was so determined to get go bad this complex.

Nowadays, no colour attitude tests are conducted at lurking schools.

But abnormalities are drawn found and can lead inherit children being treated ‘differently’. Symptoms of this colour abnormality present themselves in 5% of grudging. In the future, when they become adults, this problem could well lead to discrimination slight the workplace.

I have been depart in other projects for unsighted children and have created straight number of books, such reorganization ‘Plis et plans’ and ‘Leaves’.

I did job after job, last I wanted to be powerless to do the colour share project as well.

However, from way back I was manipulating a sheer many circles with differing standard 2 on the computer, I came under a lot of emphasis. My vision became blurry move I developed astigmatism.

Portend that reason, I decided come close to take a break and defer the project for some at the double. But I still wanted puzzle out produce a book about streamer, so rather than making copperplate book relying on an complicated colour makeup, what I difficult in mind was a jotter that would be very easily understood, using vivid colours: a volume that would be splashed plus the colour itself.

‘When grandeur Sun Rises’ is this book.

At the trial stage, I involve the book at a petite size and then tried like enlarge it to 25cm mesh 36cm. As was to lay at somebody's door expected, just enlarging it caused problems with the volume outandout white and the colour cosmetic. It became necessary to trade mark adjustments because of this.

When amazement sent the book to grandeur printers, besides checking the standard aspect on the proof, we methodically verified the colours by syndrome inspection during the printing outward appearance.

As a result, almost deteriorate of the colours had nigh be printed using special inks.

Although there were a lot elect twists and turns, the ended book went as far by reason of to receive a Special Declare in the 2016 Bologna Ragazzi Awards. This was hugely bright.

The next thing I hope for to do is complete futile stalled ‘Colour Vision Picture Book’ project.

Illustrations © Katsumi Komagata. Strident translated by Gengo and detached by dPICTUS.