mori chack
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Mori Chack. Biography. Born in Osaka, Japan Worked as a street artist Also took up small jobs Discovered by Pony Canyon Created numerous characters since Currently resides in Tokyo. Gloomy Bear. Gloomy Bear. Extremely violent pink bear Designed to look cute but morbid - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Mori Chack
Biography• Born in Osaka, Japan• Worked as a street
artist– Also took up small jobs– Discovered by Pony
Canyon– Created numerous
characters since• Currently resides in
Tokyo
Gloomy Bear
Gloomy Bear
• Extremely violent pink bear– Designed to look cute but
morbid• Reflects Chack’s beliefs– Animals cannot be tamed
Pity
Pity• Gloomy Bear’s owner• Found Gloomy and raised it
up– Gloomy turned on him
• Word play on his name
Podolly
Podolly
• Sheep dressed in a wolf costume• Bullied by her sheep friends
Kumakikai
Kumakikai• Originally a discarded stuffed toy• Found by a garbologist• Body now made of cast iron
Collaborations
Baby the Stars Shine Bright
DevilRobots
Hello Kitty
Inspiration
• Wanted to break free from restrictions– Previous jobs were strict
with drawing– Had to always draw based
on guidelines• Wanted to show freedom
within his work
Purpose• Comical/cynical viewpoints– Believes humans are full of contradictions
• Firm stance against animal cruelty– Animals getting along with humans is ironic
– Animals get along even though humans cause so much destruction
– Compares it to “children being forced to hold hands with Hitler, who just exterminated their parents.”
Style
• Bold, thick outlines• Vector-like• Bright, cheerful colors– Yellow– Pink–White– Light Blue
Links
• http://www.japanesestreets.com/reports/71/gloomy
• http://chaxart.blogspot.com• http://kalamarikastle.com/?p=840• http://www.singaporetgcc.com/stgcc_guest/mori-chack
• http://www.tinierme.com/tinierme/gloomyIllustContestDisp.do
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-uIk5AbuZw
• http://wn.com/Mori_Chack• http://www.myplasticheart.com/c/MORICHACK/Mori+Chack.html