DCA is a "Computer Picture" contest which Toray Industries, Inc hosts as part of its support for cultural activities. |
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| In this section, we interview the past DCA JUNIOR winners to hear about their process of artistic creation and techniques. Our first Winner's TIPS interview in DCA JUNIOR features Shunsaku Hayashi, who won the Grand Prize of the 9th DCA Junior Section in 2004. Hayashi's work, which depicts a powerfully unique world, received an overwhelmingly favorable response from the screening committee. |
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The 1st Interview
DCA2004 Junior Section Grand Prize Winner
Shunsaku Hayashi [THE GATE OF THE DEVIL WORLD] |
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[THE GATE OF THE DEVIL WORLD] |
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[Comments on the prize-winning work]
This work is a depiction of the character 'AQUA' who became tired of living in Hell and is passing through the gates of Hell to a different dimension. |
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When did you start using computers?
When I was about seven years old. |
What provided your first opportunity to use a computer?
Because my father does a bit of drawing, I have grown up in an environment where painting supplies are all around, so I began drawing from a young age. And once we got a PC I had a go at creating images on it. |
Why did you enter the DCA?
This was because Mr. Tosa of Maywa Denki was a member of the screening committee. For a number of years I have watched him on the TV program Daredemo Picasso [Anyone Could Become Picasso]. I wondered what he would think of my artwork. |
Could you tell us something about aspects of your award-winning work 'THE GATE OF THE DEVIL WORLD' that you paid particular attention to or that posed difficulties?
This was a B3-size work drawn with a ballpoint pen and acrylic paint, which I then scanned and printed out, before using a ballpoint pen to draw apparitions in the empty spaces. The hard part was the process of scanning and combining the apparitions. One aspect I paid particular attention to was drawing the apparitions precisely with a ballpoint pen on top of the part that I had painted |
Your work was popular with the screening committee for 'presenting a unique world with the power to really captivate people.' What sort of attitude underlies the painting?
There wasn't anything that I was conscious of in particular. I just had fun drawing as usual |
Where did your idea for the painting come from?
I was inspired by the films directed by Tim Burton, the novels of Clive Barker, illustrations, the paintings of Salvador Dali, and other works. I have accumulated such sources of inspiration within me and I think they come out in the images I create. |
What are your dreams for the future?
I want to express myself in a broad range of ways, not limited exclusively to drawing or animation. |
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