WOW was responsible for planning and producing the communication design for “Riiiver,” a new IoT platform jointly developed by Citizen Watch and VELDT. To coincide with the launch of Riiiver, the first compatible product, the solar-powered smartwatch “CITIZEN Eco-Drive Riiiver,” was released. Combining the functionality of a smartwatch with the beauty of a wristwatch, this product is characterized by the high degree of freedom it offers users to customize the watch’s functions themselves. By linking it with the Riiiver smartphone app, users can assign their preferred functions to the buttons and freely control the movement of the hands. The promotional video focuses on the distinctive motion of the hands, graphically depicting the various movements of the three hands, the body design, and the color variations in a fast-paced sequence. It also expresses the connections and sharing between apps through this watch by arranging multiple color variations of the watch on a single screen.

Exploring a variety of expressive approaches through different techniques, such as digital drawing that looks like pen-and-ink or pencil-and-watercolor illustrations, animation compositing with photorealistic 3D, and creating and compositing animation with analog ink. Outside of reels, I also work on planetarium pieces and other projects using hand-drawn 3D created with VR painting.