Tomokazu Komiya
Tomokazu Komiya (Japanese: こみやトモカズ Komiya Tomokazu; born 1973) is an illustrator who has provided art for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as well as several Pokémon Tales books. His illustration style is well known within the Pokémon community particularly due to his deformed and loosely colored images. This is intentional, as Komiya is a practitioner of Primitivism, an art movement that takes inspiration from themes or stylistic elements of prehistory, tribal cultures, or children's art.
For the 2023 "Pokémon x Van Gogh" art collaboration, Komiya contributed illustrations of Sunflora and Smeargle, inspired by Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers and Self-Portrait as a Painter, respectively.
Artwork
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This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork drawn by Komiya.
Core series games
As part of a Legendary Pokémon Wallpaper promotion in the run-up to the release of The Crown Tundra, Poké Times released artwork of Kyogre and Groudon by Komiya.
Other games
Merchandise
There are 270 cards illustrated by Komiya. For a list of cards he has illustrated, go here.
Works
Manga
| Title | Date | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Ready, Set, Dodo! (Pokémon Tales #16) (no English release) | 1997-11 | Shogakukan |
| Nazonokusa's Hide and Seek (Pokémon Tales #29) (no English release) | 1998-04 | Shogakukan |
| Heart-pounding Sand (Pokémon Tales #39) (no English release) | 1998-12 | Shogakukan |
| The Important Feeling | 2000-07 | Futami |
| Corsola's Brave New World (Pokémon Gold & Silver Tales #9) | 2002-08 | Shogakukan |
| Contact with the Sea | 2005-07 | Shinpusha |
| The Mysterious Drum (Pokémon Daisuki Tales #8) | 2007-07 | Pokémon Daisuki Club |
Work for the TCG
Tomokazu Komiya has been illustrating cards since the Japanese Expansion Sheet 1 expansion, with his first English cards appearing in the Neo Genesis expansion. Komiya exaggerates the features of Pokémon in his art, particularly facial and bodily proportions, focusing on the eyes or length of the face. He often uses vibrant colors or unusual tones to create a stark contrast between the Pokémon and the background environment. He also varies his style to convey different feelings in his art, using soft blotches of color to emulate placidity, or using very deep areas of color and rapid brushstrokes to give a dominant feeling.
Thus far, Komiya has illustrated 270 cards. For a list of cards he has illustrated, go here.
Komiya has also illustrated 26 cards appearing in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket. For a full list of TCG Pocket cards he has illustrated, see here.
References
- ↑ "A Conversation with Two Pokémon TCG Official Illustrators Kouki Saitou and Tomokazu Komiya." Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest 2022 Column
- ↑ PokéTimes confirming Komiya drew the Crown Tundra wallpaper for Hoenn.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Pokémon Center Osaka postcard.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tomokazu Komiya confirming his work on the Pokémon x Van Gogh collab.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Bidoof sleeves.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Skwovet & Greedent sleeves.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Cramorant & Pikachu sleeves.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Chansey, Wigglytuff and Clefable sleeves.
- ↑ Komiya confirming he drew the Paradox Pokémon sleeves.
External links
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