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Komorebi: The Art of Djamila Knopf - with signed bookplate

Komorebi: The Art of Djamila Knopf - with signed bookplate

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This book features a bookplate signed by Djamila Knopf and a free mini print.

Travel through the world of Djamila Knopf, an artist and teacher whose Japanese-influenced characters and settings enchant fans worldwide. Go behind the scenes to uncover her processes, including the use of storytelling in her artwork, and her ideation techniques. Explore a curated gallery of favorites and never-before-seen art commissioned for this book. Tutorials reveal how she creates her stunning images.

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This book features a bookplate signed by Djamila Knopf and a free mini print.

Illustrator Djamila Knopf leads us through her world, where anime-influenced characters, exquisite settings, and the process of creating fantasies enchant her fans worldwide.

Having settled on her own authentic, creative style, featuring line art and a palette of delicate yet impactful colors, Djamila has decided to write a book that charts her journey. Japanese art was a key influence from an early age, and the book illustrates how Djamila has fused her favorite aspects of anime with her own, the result being a unique style that has captured the attention of both art fans and the industry. Her approach to storytelling and ideation are covered in depth; although artists have different approaches, Djamila shares her own experiences and insights to help readers fine-tune their own early stages of creation. As a fantasy artist, symbolism and fantastical scenes have always been part of Djamila’s world, and here she shares how she works with these, as well as finding very personal connections to even the most general of concepts.

The final leg of the journey is visiting Djamila’s own studio, where she discusses being an independent artist, her daily routine and workspace, and the practical aspect of time management and motivation.

Hardback 152 pages
Dimensions: 285mm x 220mm
Paper quality: Full-color premium paper pages
ISBN: 978-1-912843-21-3

Special features

This book features a bookplate signed by Djamila Knopf and a free mini print.

About the artist

Djamila lives and works in Leipzig, Germany. Working as an illustrator for games and books until 2017, she one day had an epiphany and decided to dedicated herself to being an independent artist, concentrating on her own style of work. Primarily creating work digitally, Djamila was obsessed with fantasy and 90s anime, and her work today is an accumulation of these early influences.

    Contents

    FOREWORD

    Introduction

     

    THE PLAYROOM

    Beginnings

    Stories and animation: a lifeline

    Pursuing art

    My Playroom

     

    THE COUNTRYSIDE

    Escape to nature

    Adventures

    Inspiration

    Aspirational creatives

    Storytelling

     

    THE CITY

    Transition

    University

    Artistic self-discovery

    Developing a style

    Travels

     

    THE SECRET CHAMBER

    The fantastic and surreal

    Telling tales

    Symbolism and tarot

     

    THE WORKSHOP

    Workspace

    Workday

    Breaking out of routine

    Crafting the cover

    How I paint foliage

    Improving composition

    Developing color palettes

     

    THANK YOU

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    Tatiana
    I love it

    The quality of this book is really good. I'm really excited for the next ones. I'm really inspired by the calm and natural feeling of her art. I'm really happy of having this book in my collection.

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    Daniel Sevigny
    Amazing

    I love the part about childhood memories. When I look at her illustrations it feels like travelling to another world. Luminous, calming, inspiring. I also really liked the black and white illustrations. Towards the end of the book she tell us and show us her tricks of the trade. All in all I loved and recommend this book. !

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    Svava

    3D Total Publishing truly has an impressive book collection. I didn't know one could get love bombed by books but it really happened to me, cross my heart and hope to die!

    Their collections have outstanding quality, not only in reference to content, layout and design but also in the physical quality of the books themselves.

    I find their content to be spot on and relevant to art today, as a multi layered medium that ties together hands on craftsmanship with the complexity of high level digital artistry. The books are rich in the “know how” and give a pallet of styles from a collection of professional artists.

    I was surprised by the level of detail around their products, many books included a complimentary high quality print of the artist work, and some books were autographed by the artist themselves. What a treat!

    Their customer service is impeccable and personal. I was really aware that there is a human on the other side, funny how the absence of AI can make a human feel valued.

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    Michael
    Artful snap shots!

    Djamila has created beautiful stories in her artwork, full of colour and plays of light in a Japanese anime watercolour style. Inspirational art!

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    Gabby
    Beautiful illustrations

    This is a gorgeous art book, well laid out with distinct parts. The one criticism I have is that the layout could be a little better, but I enjoyed the stories that came along with each illustration. I do wish there were more space dedicated to her process as I find I learn a lot from a step by step, but overall a wonderful purchase!

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