S_YAMA ORIGINALS
S_YAMA ORIGINALS
S_Yama
ORIGINALS
Art, Stories, Characters & Ideas
About
S_Yama is an IP creator and artist based in Tokyo.
He creates original characters, stories, and art by looking at ordinary things from a different angle.
Sometimes strange, funny, or unexpected, his ideas grow across illustration, picture books, characters, and art — with possibilities for publishing, products, spaces, and collaborations.
With a background in creative direction and design, S_Yama brings together free imagination and a professional creative perspective to turn original ideas into new worlds.
AVAILABLE FOR : COLLABORATION / LICENSING / PUBLISHING / EXHIBITION
ILLUSTRATION
ORIGINAL ART
GRAPHIC DESIGN
CHARACTER DESIGN
CREATIVE DIRECTION
VISUAL STORYTELLER
ORIGINAL IP CREATOR
Expertise
ORIGINAL IP CREATOR
ILLUSTRATION/ORIGINAL ART
GRAPHIC DESIGN
CHARACTER DESIGN
VISUAL STORYTELLER
CREATIVE DIRECTION
ORIGINAL works
Seeking publishing, licensing and IP development partners to help bring these original ideas into the world.
Planet Mojo
Original Character and Art
A place where imagination has no rules.
Strange things grow.
Colors behave differently.
And Mojo is always somewhere nearby.
NO RULES.
NO PERFECT SHAPES.
EVERY MOJO IS DIFFERENT.
Year
2003~
What can this become?
#Art #Fashion #Products #Publishing #Space #Collaboration
transformation cell
Graphic Art
An icon is treated as a "cell" and transformed through scaling, rotation, and horizontal/vertical reflection, creating infinite possibilities. This artwork is made using only three Adobe Illustrator tools: (1) Scale, (2) Rotate, and (3) Reflect to move the icon and combine it into a composition. Like stacking building blocks, it expresses a new and emerging
visual world.
16th Japan Media Arts Festival, Art Division, Jury Recommended Work
Year
2012~
What can this become?
#Art #Fashion #Products #Publishing #Digital #motion # Textile
Fat Man John
A Picture Book for Grown-Ups, About Grown-Ups.
Adults are less cool than we imagined — and much more interesting.
Fat Man John is a picture book for grown-ups who still don’t quite understand what being an adult means. We thought adults would be wiser, calmer, and more confident.
But real life is full of doubts, desires, and compromises.
Fat Man John follows the everyday life of an ordinary man, with humor, warmth, and affection.
Year
2005~
What can this become?
#Publishing #Editorial #Advertising
LET'S CREATE
SOMETHING.
S_Yama is open to collaborations in
art, design, fashion, products, spaces and storytelling.
COLLABORATION / LICENSING / EXHIBITION / OTHER
More ORIGINAL works
Seeking publishing, licensing and IP development partners to help bring these original ideas into the world.
Beam <ViViVi>
A Picture Book and Art
As a child, you may have imagined, “What if I had a special beam?”
A beam to see through things, move things with your mind, or bring something you like closer to you.
Even in real life, we sometimes feel that someone is looking at us.
BEAM is a series of picture books and artworks inspired by these invisible powers, created with imagination and humor.
What can this become?
#Art #Publishing #Editorial #Products #Collaboration
FusenOtoko (Balloon Man)
A Picture Book
FusenOtoko loves floating alone in the sky.
One day, he learns the kindness of others. From that moment, he starts to enjoy making people happy.
A small moment can open the heart and change the world a little.
Fusen Otoko is a story about that small “switch” inside us.
What can this become?
#Publishing #Editorial #Products #Collaboration
Mini Gallery
