Japanese Poster Prints:- Horizons

After research what the future holds the the Japanese poster print style i have found that they're are currently many artists who use Japanese Poster Print as a base for their style for example the artist Keaton Henson uses a similar art style.


This image was created by artist 'mcbess'  for the 'nice/nice exhibition' in 2009



This illustration is from 'Keaton Hensons' art book 'Gloaming'

Because of the way the art style keeps being used and re-used in modern media I believe that Japanese Poster Prints will still be used, not directly but subtly in artists own interpretations.

After continuing my research i have discovered that thier is no evidence of Japanese having a future in media in it traditional for, however it will still live on in other atists work. It is unfortunate that the traditional style is dying out, this is mostly due to computers modernizing the way media is produced for example a poster that would be displayed for a cinema would be created in a program like Adobe Photoshop rather than the more traditionall forms of art such as the Japanese Poster Prints.

The Television program Adventure time could also be linked in with the lose base in Japanese Poster Prints as the illustrations resemble mcbess’ artwork, the program has been extremely successful since its release in 2010. The art does have some resemblances to Japanese poster prints as the images are very simple and in bold block colours whereas some of the background images have more detail. I think that this is how this  art style will continue, not in its own way but through other means whilst still staying common in media.

This is a promotion poster for the television program called 'Adventure time' created by  Pendleton ward in 2010

The three different links above all have similarities which shows that there is a market for this art style, all of the characters have longer limbs and thin bodies, most of these art forms are also being transffered into animation aswell as just the hand drawn images. Both Adventure time and Mcbess have transfered theyre art styles into animations.

This is the video intro for the program Adventure Time iploaded by cartoon network in 2010

This second Video is by the artist McBess and is titled woods.



This is the video for the song "wood" by artist mcbess uploaded in 2009