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An illustration of a person with one arm raised, looking towards their underarm. Japanese text at the top reads “ワキ汗 情報サイトへようこそ” and red text at the bottom reads “今年のワキ汗対策に、病院は入ってますか.”.

Simple scenes and surreal poses from Japanese illustrator Noritake

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Date
10 November 2015

The strange faces and minimal scenes in Japanese illustrator Noritake’s work are utterly charming. Working mainly in monochrome with occasional flashes of blue or peach, the work manages to distil emotions and actions into beautifully crafted one-liners. Noritake has worked on designs for clothing as well as editorial illustration projects, but it’s the advertising work we love the most – quite something considering we have no idea what we’re even being sold.

An illustration of a person standing beside a monkey, who reaches up to hold their hand. Red text to the left reads “郵便年賀.jp”.
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Noritake: Illustration

An illustration of a person with blue hair looking thoughtful, with their hand resting on their chin. Orange dots on their cheeks represent a skin condition, beside Japanese text that reads “かおしっしん” and “顔湿疹”.
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Noritake: Illustration

A line drawing illustration of five people wearing different styles of glasses. Japanese text above them and the words “Steven Alan Optical” below.
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Noritake: Illustration

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Emily Gosling

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Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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