Tomokazu Komiya

Tomokazu Komiya^[1]

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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Core series games

This is a collection of core series Pokémon games that Komiya has contributed artwork to.

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Crown Tundra wallpaper
(Hoenn)^[2]

Other games

This is a collection of other Pokémon games that Komiya has contributed artwork to.

HOME
Sticker
(Bidoof, Bibarel and Staraptor)^{[citation needed]}

Merchandise

This is a collection of official Pokémon merchandise that Komiya has contributed artwork to.

There are 262 cards illustrated by Komiya. For a list of cards he has illustrated, go here.

Pokémon Center
My151 art^{[citation needed]}

Pokémon Center
Osaka postcard^[3]

Pokémon x Van Gogh
(Smeargle)^[4]

Pokémon x Van Gogh
(Sunflora)^[4]

TCG
Bidoof sleeves^[5]

TCG
Skwovet & Greedent sleeves^[6]

TCG
Cramorant & Pikachu sleeves^[7]

TCG
Chansey, Wigglytuff and Clefable sleeves^[8]

TCG
Paradox Pokémon
(Brute Bonnet and Sandy Shocks)^[9]

Works

Manga

Work for the TCG

Tomokazu Komiya has been illustrating cards since the Expansion Sheet 1 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 262 cards. For a list of cards he has illustrated, go here.

References

External links

• Tomokazu Komiya's Twitter

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.