Artist: Ashed~Dreams
Title: Utada Hikaru typo portrait
To better understand this subject, perhaps it best I explain who Utada Hikaru is. She is a popular singer/songwriter. She is born Japanese American and is versed in piano, guitar and vocals across a wide range of musical genres including Pop, R&B, Rock, Alternative, Dance, Synthpop, and electronica. Holds twelve number one singles on Japan's Oricon Singles chart including her debut album First Love and two record achievements for a solo female artist or group artists. To western audiences, she is the songwriter and singer of the Kingdom Heart's Simple and Clean, the franchises' theme song.
Almost every single letter is written in Kanji, Japan's premier written language. I find it amazing how naturally the kanji can be manipulated to form shapes as fine as individual strands of hair or shadow lines under Hikaru's chin. The smaller the lettering the bigger the hue on Hikaru's facial features. It creates a natural beauty that can be easy to read. Whereas English words would read funny to most audiences as they are intended to be in a straight line from left to right; imagine it if these Kanji were translated into bold cap english letters, you would start to see Kanji does not have this restriction and can be read horizontally or vertically.
Finally, the sentence "Can you keep a secret" is a nice enticement for viewers to ponder.
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