Ken Sugimori ( Jap. 杉 森 建 Sugimori Ken , born January 27, 1966 ) is a Japanese game designer, artist, illustrator and manga . Famous for creating character designs for the Pokémon game series [1] . Sugimori also did artistic design for other Game Freak games [2] . In addition, Sugimori creates character designs for the Pokémon anime series, draws illustrations for a collectible card game and works on Nintendo projects such as Super Smash Bros.
| Ken sugimori | |
|---|---|
| Jap. 杉 森 建 | |
| Date of Birth | January 27, 1966 (53 years) |
| Place of Birth | Fukuoka , Japan |
| Allegiance |  Japan |
| Occupation | artist , illustrator , mangaka |
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Career
From 1981 to 1986, Sugimori painted illustrations for the amateur magazine Game Freak , which was founded by Satoshi Tajiri [1] . Sugimori found the issue of the magazine in the doujinshi shop and decided to participate in the creation of its future issues [3] . Soon, he and Tajiri became best friends. Together with Tajiri they decided to make a Quinty game for Namco [4] . When Tajiri started Pocket Monsters Red and Green , Sugimori designed all 151 Pokémon as well as human characters [1] . Red and Green quickly gained popularity, and Sugimori began to create designs for anime based on games, as well as illustrations for a card game .
Creating pokemon designs, Sugimori led a team of several people, while Sugimori himself gave the designs a complete look. To be inspired, he went with the team to the zoo [5] . Sugimori also painted illustrations for manga , including the one that was distributed with pre-ordered copies of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness games [6] . Starting a new design, Sugimori first creates rough sketches, then with a tracing paper several times transfers them to other sheets of paper in order to give a more complete look. [7]
Works
Computer games
Card Games
| Anime
Manga
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Hobbies
In 2007, Ken Sugimori announced that he was a big Sega fan [8] . He seriously enjoys the old consoles Sega: Sega Master System , Sega Mega Drive , Sega Mega-CD and Sega 32X .
Notes
- 2 1 2 3 Gifford, Kevin 'Game Mag Weaseling': Just Checking In . GameSetWatch. Think Services (April 7, 2008). The appeal date is January 27, 2010. Archived August 1, 2012.
- ↑ Thomas, Lucas Pulseman Review . IGN. News Corporation (July 23, 2009). The appeal date is January 27, 2010. Archived August 13, 2012.
- ↑ Kohler, Chris. Power-up: How it’s Got the World an Extra Life. - BradyGames , 2004. - P. 238. - ISBN 0744004241 .
- ↑ Barnholt, Ray 25 Sorta Significant Famicom Games: # 19 . 1UP.com . UGO Networks (July 30, 2008). The appeal date is January 27, 2010. Archived August 13, 2012.
- ↑ Iwata, Satoru DS と ２ 作 目 の 完全 新 作 を つ く る こ と (Jap.) . Iwata Asks . Kyoto, Japan : Nintendo (2010). The appeal date is September 23, 2010. Archived August 13, 2012.
- ↑ Staff Pokemon Pre-Order Offer . IGN. News Corporation (March 13, 2008). The appeal date is January 27, 2010. Archived August 13, 2012.
- ↑ Game Freak on Pokemon! (May 30, 2003). The appeal date is September 25, 2010.
- EG SEGA interviews Ken Sugimori on Pulseman release on Wii Virtual Console (Japanese ) . SEGA (April 26, 2007). The appeal date is March 30, 2011. Archived August 13, 2012.
Links
- Sugimori blog (j.)