Kazuo Oga Art Book II (Ghibli THE ART Series)

Release date: ‎ 2005/9/22
Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese
Book: ‎ 142 pages

A must-have for Studio Ghibli movie fans!

The long-awaited second art book by Kazuo Oga, the animation art director who supported Studio Ghibli works!

This book includes background paintings, art boards, and art for works such as "Princess Mononoke" and "Heisei Tanuki Battle Pon Poko" for which he was the art director, as well as "Whisper of the Heart," "Spirited Away," and "Howl's Moving Castle." Contains many settings etc.
Based on a conversation with Naoya Tanaka, who also served as art director at Studio Ghibli, and the making of the book's cover illustrations, this is an art book that explains in detail how animation background art was drawn, and describes the ``techniques''. A unique technique book that approaches "expression".
This is a valuable book that I would like to pass on to the next generation.

◆Table of contents◆
About this book
Introduction Kazuo Oga
"Technique" and "expression" seen in cover illustration production

Chapter 1 Princess Mononoke
Emishi no Sato / Shishigami no Mori / Deep in the forest / Green regeneration
“Princess Mononoke” technique
Basics of animation background art
1: Animation background art tools
2:About color mixing
3: From water filling to base coating
4: Living brush strokes
5: Awareness of space and surface
6: How to understand the light source
7: Screen balance and density
8: Omission and exaggeration
9:What you can get from the interview
10: How to use materials

Chapter 2 Heisei Tanuki Battle Pon Poko
Four seasons in Satoyama / Life of raccoon dogs / Developed nature
Expression of “Heisei Tanuki Battle Pon Poko”
1: Observation and sketching
2: Composition with a sense of tension
3: Depiction of light and shadow
4: Describing the atmosphere
5: Layout and composition
6: Color and spatial expression
7: Elegance and playfulness

Chapter 3 Other works
“If you listen carefully.”
"Spirited Away"
"The Cat's Return"
"Howl's Moving Castle"
"Koro's Great Stroll"

Chapter 4: About techniques and expressions
[Conversation] Kazuo Oga x Naoya Tanaka
Column 1: Ingenuity in the analog era, techniques in the digital era
Column 2: Regarding the “brush” of background art,
15 years of trial and error

Kazuo Oga
Born in Akita Prefecture in 1952. Animation art director.
After he graduated from high school, he entered a designer school.
He is an animation background art company for 72 years.
He joined Kobayashi Productions. tv series
Worked on backgrounds for the first time in ``Oak Tree Mock.''
Since then he has been involved in numerous television series and feature films.
In Studio Ghibli works
He participated for the first time as an art director for the movie ``My Neighbor Totoro''.
Since then, he has been in charge of art direction and background art for most of his works.
He is currently freelance and works on animation works as well as
Writing, illustrating, and illustrating picture books,
He has written essays and other works in a wide range of fields.
he is active. His latest work is the movie ``The Tale of Princess Kaguya''.

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