Incorporating a variety of different styles, Japanese artist Marumiyan composes intricate illustrations that feature an assortment of different textures, influences and designs. Often referring to natural elements for inspiration, Marumiyan composes murals that initially appear self contained yet reveal their elaborate composition upon closer inspection.
The portraits often depict the delicate and sharp features of the female visage. To construct these profiles, the artist uses source material that is itself representative of the central image. The separate images and the encompassing portrait complement each other both in terms of visual features and metaphorical significance.
Studying one particular images initially reveals a beautiful feminine face, as your attention progresses to her hair you realize that it's composed of various music related instruments -- records, keyboard keys, megaphone. Like an alluring game of eye spy, these collages by Marumiyan invite you to create a connection between the individual elements and the portrait as a whole.
What's Driving This Trend
- Mixed Media Collages
- There is an opportunity for artists and designers to create mixed media collages that incorporate various textures and designs, as Marumiyan does, to create intricate and alluring pieces of art.
- Metaphorical Art
- Artists can create pieces that have a deeper metaphorical significance, like Marumiyan's portraits, which offer an initial beautiful depiction but also reveal intricate and meaningful compositions upon closer inspection.
- Interactive Art Pieces
- There is an opportunity for artists to create interactive pieces of art, like Marumiyan's portraits that invite the viewer to play a game of eye spy and make connections between individual elements and the portrait as a whole.
Who This Affects Most
- Fine Art
- Artists and galleries can explore incorporating mixed media and metaphorical significance in their pieces of art in order to create new and engaging art forms, as seen in Marumiyan's work.
- Graphic Design
- Graphic designers can explore incorporating mixed media and metaphorical significance in their work in order to create new and engaging design work, as seen in Marumiyan's intricate compositions.
- Advertising
- Advertisers can explore creating interactive ad campaigns that invite the viewer to make connections and play games with the ad, as seen in Marumiyan's portraits that invite the viewer to play an alluring game of eye spy.
