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About ThinkingSketch:

ThinkingSketch is a drawing software, which enables user to create series of artworks with same design taste. The basic keyword for art work creation on this tool is ”trace and copy.” On this tool, user can generate graphic elements by tracing scanned artworks as seed objects for artworks. After making the elements then combine, transform, and copy them to canvas. This tool will help both beginners and professionals of visual art creation.

Exibition: "ThinkingSketch Night" was held in 2001 Dec 21-26 at Sendai.

This exibition was consist of three parts.

1. Screen Jack: Many visual artworks were projected on the 400 inch screen, every nights.
2. Display of Paintings: ThinkingSketch output was reproduced by ThinkingUnit member as painting.
3. Workshop using Thinking Sketch: 12 citizons from elementaly school puple to adults are participated in this workshop and enjoyed artwork creation using Thinking Sketch. Their our put was displaied on Screen Jack as one of the many artworks.

We have just started "ThinkingSketch (TS)" site.

• Technical Details and Materals


• ThinkingSketch Applet Version (Java2 is requred.)

ThinkingSketch additional information is also being provided
at the following web pages by ThinkingSketch Unit members.

• Yoshiaki MIMA (System Architect):

Assistant Professor of Future University - Hakodate


Mr. Yoshiaki Mima received his degree MS from Graduate School of Information Science, University of Tokyo in 1984. He joined IBM Japan and had been working as a researcher at Tokyo Research Laboratory. His research interest has been user friendly computer applications including the field of office document system, collaboration tool, and mobile agent system on internet. Mr. Mima has been contributed as system designer and programmer.

• Ken-ichi KIMURA (Educational Director):

Associate Professor of Future University - Hakodate


Mr. Ken-ichi Kimura received his diploma from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1982. He has been a fine-arts critic and journalist for the cultural and artistic magazine "Pia" after graduation. He got involved in the design of a new art museum and began thinking about issues of workshop design. From 1989 he started teaching visual and information design. Based on his experiences on his disign education, Mr. Kimura has been contrubuted as appication designer of "ThinkingSketch" as an educational tool for design.

• Arata NOGUCHI (Art Creator):

Independent Creator


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• Hidekats YANAGI (Art Director):

Associate Professor of Future University - Hakodate


Mr. Hidekatsu Yanagi received his diploma from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1980. He has been engaged in Installations, Design, Plastic Arts and Planning through Making TV programs, commercial films and stage settings. He has also experiences in such creative activities as stage effect and performance with multimedia. Mr. Yanagi has been contributed as art director and creator in this project.