〜 Updates of the existing concepts and formats with xR〜
Provider of the VR/AR/MR creative platform “STYLY” (https://styly.cc), the joint project of Psychic VR Lab (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo), PARCO Corporation (headquartered in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) and LOFTWORK Co. NEWVIEW is simultaneously released #Illustration and #Graphic, the 3rd & 4th editions of NEWVIEW CYPHER, a community of genre-specific xR expression, respectively. We are now accepting artists and creators’ applications.
*xR is a general term for technologies that combine the real world and the virtual world, such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), to provide new experiences.
NEWVIEW CYPHER #Illustration：https://newview.design/cypher/illustration/
NEWVIEW CYPHER #Graphic ：https://newview.design/cypher/graphic/
NEWVIEW CYPHER is a community activity with all kinds of xR creative expression in a freestyle. Today’s exhibition consists of two- Illustration (Part 3) and Graphics (Part 4). While expression techniques have been systematized as methods of visual communication in the context of art, these genres have new expressions and creators were born over the Internet. We develop community activities that explore expression, methods, and experiences, and we aim at global impact as a non-verbal genre of expression only.
- 1 In both genres, we’ll be revealing collaborative works with a new generation of artists! Illustrations by Wataboku and Anakone Tsukamoto/ Graphics by Rei Nakanishi, Jenny kaori and Cpnnn.
- 2 NEWVIEW CYPHER #Illustration overview
- 3 NEWVIEW CYPHER #Graphic overview
- 4 About NEWVIEW CYPHER
- 5 About STYLY
- 6 Psychic VR Lab Inc.
In both genres, we’ll be revealing collaborative works with a new generation of artists! Illustrations by Wataboku and Anakone Tsukamoto/ Graphics by Rei Nakanishi, Jenny kaori and Cpnnn.
NEWVIEW CYPHER presents collaborative works with inspirational artists in the genres. For the illustration, Wataboku, whose work using the fictional character SAI has aroused a lot of attention domestically and internationally on social media, and Anabone Tsukamoto has been active on Twitter since 2015. He creates characters with various textures and colors using the discernible nature of computer graphics, and he is going to participate in the exhibition as well. Graphic design is done by Rei Nakanishi, who studied in New York and works in the fashion/culture industries. Her girls’ illustrations are specialized in fashion with the concept of “Coolness dwells inside a girl” that define the “KAWAII culture”. Jenny Kaori and Cpnnn, which offers works to and collaborates with artists both in Japan and overseas, are going to participate in this event and reveal new AR and VR expressions.
NEWVIEW CYPHER #Illustration overview
NEWVIEW CYPHER #Illustration：https://newview.design/cypher/illustration/
This is a community activity that explores new forms of illustration expression. How will illustration change when xR is added as a new option? We are going to continue to create works via a variety of approaches not bound by conventional concepts.
Collaborative Artists
wataboku（@wataboku_） / Digital Artist
A Japanese digital artist. In late 2016, he held his first solo exhibition at Omotesando ROCKET. Besides exhibitions in Japan, he also held solo shows in Shanghai and Jakarta. He held solo exhibitions in four Asian cities, with some at the Embassy of Japan (Japan Creative Center) that attracted thousands of visitors. She creates in a wide range of fields including illustration, art direction, character design, and concept art.
WEB：https://www.wataboku.com/
Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/wataboku__/
Twitter：https://twitter.com/wataboku_
Anabone Tsukamoto（@DOnut_bone）/ Illustrator
He has been active on Twitter since 2015. He is interested in characters and the internal such as the unconsciousness and dreams.
He expresses the delicacy of character’s inner life with various textures and colors while making use of the accidental nature of textures in CG production.
Twitter :https://twitter.com/DOnut_bone
Collaboration Works
『（submerged memory』wataboku
The world view of the character “SAI”, the axis of my work, was reproduced in AR space. The walls, the floor, the desks, and the chairs are all composed of flat surfaces in the space. I imagined the suffocating atmosphere of a classroom, a space with people from the same generation being confined together as a group, and the intertwisted relationship between them.
Detail URL：https://newview.design/works/submerged-memory/
『Spring and Shura- Introduction（mental sketch modified）』Anabone Tsukamoto
There are all sorts of “unseen” stuff around us- little things of the micro world and the spiritual things. The closest thing to us is the content of ourselves. This work expresses the phenomenon of the illusory sensations and mental movements of Kenji Miyazawa’s poetry, and at the same time makes “invisible things” visible through AR. Looking into a space interspersed with crystals, molecules, invisible ghosts, and gaze at the person who used “yourself” as a motif through AR.
Detail URL：https://newview.design/works/mental-sketch-modified/
Artists/Creators wanted
- Those interested in new ways of illustration expression from all age groups, all professional field, all modes of professions.
- You have to create and enter your work
Schedule
NEWVIEW CYPHER has a player (participating artists and creators) limit, an audience limit, and an open call for artworks for submissions only.
- The recruitment period for players (participating artists and creators) and audience members
17th August 2020, 12:00 midday (Mon) – 10th September 2020, 7:00 pm (Thu) - Submission period- 17th August 2020 (Monday)
14th August 2020 12:00 midday (Mon) – 23rd October at 00:00 midnight (Fri)
All entries will be put into NEWVIEW AWARDS 2020 at the same time.
#Illustration Page
AWRD：https://awrd.com/award/newview-cypher/tab/illustration
*Other information will be released soon.
NEWVIEW CYPHER #Graphic overview
NEWVIEW CYPHER #Graphic：https://newview.design/cypher/graphic/
The role and expression of graphics in AR, which extension to the real world, remain unexplored. I will design and create AR with graphics for new roles, expressions and experiences.
Collaborative Artists
rei nakanishi / Artists
Born in 1994, have been presenting mainly graphic works, paintings, and collaborative works.
https://www.instagram.com/reinakanish/
Jenny kaori / Illustrator
Developing girls’ illustrations specialized in fashion with impressive deformations and vivid colors themed “Coolness dwells inside a girl”, with Illustrations and graphic designs widely loved by teenagers to 20s all over the world, also collaborates with apparel brands and manufacturers of the “Harajuku-style” as subcultures or as mainstream, and provide drawings and artwork at club event for both domestic and overseas firms. Offering inspirational creative works.
WEB：https://kaochanxxxxxx.wixsite.com/jennykaori
cpnnn / 3D Artist & Designer
A 3D artist and designer.
Has been providing works to artists both in Japan and overseas countries; presenting collaborative works that transcend location, language, and dimension.
Instagram：https://instagram.com/cpnnn_
Collaboration Works
『FUTURE OLD SCHOOL』rei nakanishi
The ideas behind this project is the use of STYLY- imagining the vision of future graffiti inspired by traditional ones.
Detail URL：https://newview.design/works/future-old-school/
Tokyo Girls’ Picture Scroll – TOKYO GIRL STORY – menmeiz – x Jenny Kaori
The project “Menmeiz” aims to create “Kawaii” not bounded by generations and national borders. The illustrator Jenny Kaori depicts girls’ inner strength in a fashionable way. In the collaboration, she recreates Tokyo Girls from the 80s and 00s in the AR world- the girls are dressed in their unique fashions such as Lolita, Gal, and Crow tribe.
You can also learn about the history and literature of fashion and culture! Take a deeper look of “Kawaii”.
Detail URL：https://newview.design/works/tokyo-girl-story/
『Paradise (Type: Ice)』cpnnn
Paradise (Type: Ice)” combines 3D objects, rendered images and vector graphics to create an optical illusion on the screen.
Exploring 3D expression on a smartphone, this work reminds us of a cool summer that never existed.
Detail URL：https://newview.design/works/paradise-type-ice/
Artists/Creators wanted
- Those interested in the new expression of graphics, from all age groups, all professions, and all modes of work.
- You have to create and enter your work
Schedule *Same as #Illustration
NEWVIEW CYPHER has a player (participating artists and creators) limit, an audience limit, and an open call for artworks for submissions only.
- The recruitment period for players (participating artists and creators) and audience members
17th August 2020, 12:00 midday (Mon) – 10th September 2020, 7:00 pm (Thu) - Submission period- 17th August 2020 (Monday)
14th August 2020 12:00 midday (Mon) – 23rd October at 00:00 midnight (Fri)
All entries will be put into NEWVIEW AWARDS 2020 at the same time.
#Graphic Page
AWRD：https://awrd.com/award/newview-cypher/tab/graphic
*Other information will be released soon.
About NEWVIEW CYPHER
NEWVIEW CYPHER is a community activity where creative expressions of all in a free, xR style like hip-hop cypher, artists and creators from the genres gather and present their works. Through the exchange, artists and creators learn from each other. Moreover, we would love to develop xR expression in each genre. As a culmination of the activities, an event “Open Cypher” will be held at which participating artists/ creators are going to have public presentations of their works, the best works will be selected. Unlike other competitions and award presentations, there will be no judge panel, and the best works will be selected by participants through voting. Work submission will be opened to the public. At the event, we are going to give details about the works and present awards.
WEB：https://newview.design/cypher/
Opening Event（Online/Zoom）
An opening event and a simple workshop will be held to give details about the activities of NEWVIEW CYPHER.
28th August 2020 (Fri) 07:30 pm – 09:00 pm
NEWVIEW CYPHER Opening Event Application Page
Peatix：https://newview-cypher-opening.peatix.com
Organizer: NEWVIEW PROJECT
About NEWVIEW
Launched in January 2018 as an experimental project/community that pioneers the design of new creative expressions and experiences in 3-D space. Other than setting up experimental works with artists of various genres and presenting new forms of expression to society, the project has developed the NEWVIEW AWARDS and the NEWVIEW SCHOOL, an art school for learning xR as a comprehensive art form, to discover, nurture, interact with, and transmit the next generation of creators.
◉Contact: NEWVIEW CYPHER Office (Attn: Ichioka)
info@newview.design
Download the press kit below, including press releases and logos.https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BeIEZTS2VBp0gEaoFheRSiC1CKFF4z7C?usp=sharing
About STYLY
STYLY is a VR/AR/MR creative platform for artists to express themselves.
STYLY is a where to create conceptual shop spaces, installations and galleries that visualize imagination in freely without any constraints. Participants can share their experience online, which is never possible in the real world.
xR space can also be created using only a web browser, and it is compatible with Mac, Windows, as well as other computer environments other than VR-compatible PCs. In addition, as it is linked to services such as YouTube and SoundCloud, along with 3D software (such as MAYA and Blender), it is possible to import various materials and use them for space creation without complicated operations.
STYLY Official Site：https://styly.cc/
STYLY GALLERY：https://gallery.styly.cc/
STYLY Mobile：
Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.psychicvrlab.stylymr
App Store | https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/id1477168256?mt=8
Psychic VR Lab Inc.
- Headquarters location) 2/F, MORIAURA, 1-34-2 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Representative: Yoshihiro YAMAGUCHI, Representative Director
We develop STYLY, a cloud service as a creative platform in this xR era to build and distribute xR spaces with just a browser. We promote the conversion of art, fashion and lifestyle interfaces to xR aiming to create xR spaces for all artists