PERSONAL/ EDUCATION

Architecture Caribbean: Who is Marumiyan? Where were you born? live? What do you do?
Marumiyan: Graphic Artist, born in Fukuoka City, Japan in 1985. I live in Fukuoka. 

AC: Where and what did you study?
M: I studied graphic design in university.

AC: Who or what inspired you to become a Graphic Artist?
M: My father drew pictures for a hobby. I was interested in drawing from my early childhood and I kept drawing illustrations whenever I was free.

CAREER
AC: How long have you been doing illustrations and art?
M: Started to work freelance since 2007.

AC: What about graphic arts excites you?
M: A good artwork I am satisfied with excites me, and when my illustrations or designs are produced, I feel the job worth doing.

AC: Who are your favorite graphic artists and what do you admire about their work?
M: There are many artists I love, but they all have their own world and produce very original work.

AC: What are some of your achievements over the past year or two?
M: Illustration for a timetable of FM802 radio station.

DESIGN
AC: What are the main features and elements of your work? Why?
M: I like to illustrate natural objects such as flowers and animals.

AC: How do you formulate your ideas and develop them? Where do you go for inspiration?
M: I usually draw freely as I like unless there is a subject that a client wants me to draw on. Whenever I create I listen to music. Music inspires me. When I hit new enchanting music, I can make a good piece of work.

AC: Tell us about your working process? How do you start a piece?
M: Firstly, I take an image that I want to create on the subject, draw many objects that have a good match for my image, and sometimes combine photos that I took.

AC: What tools and programs do you use to produce your pieces?
M: I mostly work in Photoshop with Pentab, sometimes in Illustrator, combining many graphic elements.

AC: The colors in your pieces really stand out, they’re extremely eye-catching…How do you determine the colours used in your pieces? In addition, how is this part of your design method?
M: I don't always choose colors beforehand; colors are decided then and there in the process.

PROJECTS 
AC: Which are your favorite works?
M: Mongrel, Wellspoken, Harmony, Princess Lotus

AC: Rastafarianism
M: I made this with my Jamaican image.

AC: Mongrel
M: This title "Mongrel" comes from the image that when animals and plants are mixed, something different is born.

AC:  What do you want people to see or feel when they look at your work?
M: I think it important to enjoy creating and I hope people enjoy my artwork and my world.

OTHER
AC: If you could offer only one bit of advice to an up and comer, what would it be?
M: I also have just started, but I hope they enjoy creating themselves.

AC: Have you ever been to the Caribbean or thought of visiting the Caribbean?
M: I have never been to the Caribbean; I want to visit the Caribbean someday.

THEME
AC: The theme for the launch of Architecture Caribbean is RHYTHM. What does Rhythm mean to you?
M: I think sound or rhythm is a very important factor. I want to draw a world from which people feel rhythm.

AC: What do you think about Architecture Caribbean’s goal to highlight Architecture and the Arts in the Caribbean and other parts of the world?
M: I'd like you to continue introducing many exciting artists.