Freelance Web Designer // Graphic Designer // Illustrator // Belfast // Akaihane » cover art http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog A Place to Rest my Mind Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:46:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tadaomi Shibuya http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/tadaomi-shibuya/ http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/tadaomi-shibuya/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:41:36 +0000 Akaihane http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/?p=691 Artist, designer and illustrator Tadaomi Shibuya was born in Yokohama in 1973. Using acrylic gouache, he creates amazing geometric portrait as well as print designs for CD covers, clothing and promotional material.

UNIT 1ST ANNIVERSARY "DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA" by Tadaomi Shibuya

UNIT 1ST ANNIVERSARY "DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA"

Tokyo.Ten "melting spot" by Tadaomi Shibuya

Tokyo.Ten "melting spot"

TASCHEN "ILLUSTRATION NOW !" by Tadaomi Shibuya

TASCHEN "ILLUSTRATION NOW !"

Henkei-Gattai Robo-Obama by Tadaomi Shibuya

Henkei-Gattai Robo-Obama

violin by Tadaomi Shibuya

violin

For more of Tadaomi Shibuya’s work, visit his MySpace page.

]]> http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/tadaomi-shibuya/feed/ 0 Japanese Criterion Collection Covers http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/japanese-criterion-collection-covers/ http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/japanese-criterion-collection-covers/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:37:49 +0000 Akaihane http://www.akaihane.co.uk/blog/?p=210 Criterion has always produced amazing covers for their DVD releases, and their Japanese titles are no different. Some beautifully traditional, others fiercely modern, these DVD covers will look amazing on any shelf.

Akira Kurozawa'a Seven Samurai

Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai

Akira Kurozawa's Kagemusha

Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha

Akira Kurozawa's The Bad Sleep Well

Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well

Akira Kurozawa's Ran

Akira Kurosawa's Ran

Akira Kurozawa's Throne of Blood

Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood

Akira Kurozawa's Rashomon

Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon

Akira Kurozawa's Sanjuro

Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro

Akira Kurozawa's Sanjuro & Yojimo

Akira Kurosawa's Sanjuro & Yojimo

Akira Kurozawa's Sanjuro & Yojimo

Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri

Kon Ichikawa's Fires on the Plain

Kon Ichikawa's Fires on the Plain

Hiroshi Teshigahara's Face of Another

Hiroshi Teshigahara's Face of Another

Kihachi Okamoto's Kill

Kihachi Okamoto's Kill

Rebel Samurai - Sixties Swordplay Classics Collection

Rebel Samurai - Sixties Swordplay Classics Collection

Mashiro Shinoda's Samurai Spy

Mashiro Shinoda's Samurai Spy

Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast

Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast

Nobuo Nakagawa's Jigoku

Nobuo Nakagawa's Jigoku

Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan

Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan

Kaneto Shindo's Onibaba

Kaneto Shindo's Onibaba

A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds - Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu

A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds - Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu

Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill

Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill

Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter

Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter

See more great covers on the Criterion website.

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