Color Palette is the first art book by Fukuoka based Japanese illustrator Zashiwarashi (ざしきわらし), a bold and vibrantly colored collection of female portraits adorned in stylish street apparel and futuristic headphone tech gear. I first featured the artist’s work in my review for the Illustration 2019 art book.

The visual attractiveness of Zashiwarashi’s impish female characters are in no small part thanks to the artist’s incredible color sense, with striking, complementary combinations that make the illustrations pop off the pages. The artist’s keen eye and astute sense of stylish street fashion and tasteful combination of tech accessories also jazz up the visual energy levels of the characters.

The overarching color use and visual aesthetics of Zashiwarashi’s illustrations certainly bring to mind that of Katsuya Terada’s earlier works as seen in his 1999 art book Zenbu ( image below ), although he has since departed from this look and his drawings and illustrations have evolved considerably.

I definitely dig Zashiwarashi’s illustrations and art style and hope to see more future work from the artist, hopefully exploring subject matter other than just female portraits. Recommended.

I also suggest checking out the work of another Japanese artist Cotoh Tsumi (古塔つみ), who like Zashiwarashi has a good pulse on sleek street fashion.

“Color Palette – Zashiwarashi Illustration Works ざしきわらしイラスト作品集” details :

– Dimensions – 17.6 × 25 x 1.7 cm
– Softcover, 168 pages
– Full color, in Japanese

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