Snow Miku 2022 Design Contest Finalists Revealed, Voting Now Open
The Snow Miku 2022 design contest has come to an end, and so has judging to pick the top six designs! Just like with previous years, it was on the latest Yuki Miku no Jikan (“Snow Miku Time”), livestream from Good Smile Company that they were announced, and put up for voting! The design that gets the most votes by May 10th will be declared the official Snow Miku 2022 design!
You can see a summary of all the winning designs here on the voting page. Continue reading for more details about each!
※All translations below are unofficial
Design 1
Artist: クスノキ / Kusunoki
piapro page: https://piapro.jp/t/NE6v
Description:
The main themes are ‘wave’ and ‘snow,’ along with Hokkaido’s famous Hotate scallop thrown in the mix. When I hear ‘winter ocean,’ a decidedly Eastern image comes to mind, so I also included kimono features with frills resembling waves all over.
The gradation of her hair is meant to resemble the different layers of the ocean with the white parts being drifting ice. Her hairpieces resembling cat ears symbolize waves crashing into a bedrock shore.
As for the hem of her kimono dress, the blue represents oceans, the white represents places where bubbles form, and the yellow represents the reflection of light on the surface.
She wears two kinds of skirts with the white one representing drifting ice and the other representing a gentle wave, creating an asymmetrical look. I also like the boots that resemble geta clogs.
Her sleeves are a mix of a traditional wave pattern and a musical staff. The wave pattern means ‘prayer to spend time in tranquility,’ along with ‘may Miku’s music make everyone happy.’
Other points to the design are the seashell and music note hairpieces. I hope you like it!
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Design 2
Artist: でつ / Detsu
piapro page: https://piapro.jp/t/-URY
Description:
I designed her with the image of someone fighting against torrential waves, all while keeping her looking cute! I hope you like it!
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Design 3
Artist: イルカ / Iruka
Theme: seafood donburi
piapro page: https://piapro.jp/t/2m3q
Description:
I designed her with a delicious Hokkaido seafood donburi motif! I used scallops, shrimp, tuna, salmon, sea urchin, salmon roe, wasabi and shiso as accessories for her hat, and also for her hairstyle and clothing.
Her twintails resemble waves in a winter ocean, and her braid is meant to look like a shrimp. Her apron and skirt represent sea spray, and her sash and back ribbon look like fish scales.
The soy sauce bottle that Yukine holds is shaped like a Hokkaido smooth lumpfish.
I imagined eating seafood donburi with Snow Miku!
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Design 4
Artist: にゃんにゃ / Nyan Nya
Theme: Clione
piapro page: https://piapro.jp/t/IzMb
Description:
Her motif is a clione angel of drifting ice.
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Design 5
Artist: 皐月うさぎ / Satsuki Usagi
Themes: Whale, Soran Bushi, Eastern
piapro page: https://piapro.jp/t/CPH6
Description:
The whale comes to mind when thinking of sea creatures that sing.
Whales are sea creatures that have been known to Japan since ancient times, and sperm whales can be seen in Hokkaido. (For this piece, it’s the humpback whale)
Hokkaido has a flourishing fishing industry, and the Soran Bushi dance found all over Japan was originally a song about the Hokkaido herring. Since the Soran Bushi is danced while wearing a happi, I tried making a Snow Miku wearing a happi that resembles a whale.
I wanted to incorporate snowflakes in some way, so I put in a snowflake-shaped crest.
The ocean means waves, so I imagined four different types: the traditional seigaiha pattern with raging waves, white waves, and small ripples.
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Design 6
Artist: ARAM
Theme: The captain of an ice breaker
piapro page: https://piapro.jp/t/nay8
Description:
The motif is a captain of an ice breaker ship plowing through drifting ice in the Hokkaido winter seas. She pushes on along with her sailor, Yukine.
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The ‘winter ocean’ themed design contest has certain inspired a lot of diverse talent!
Here is the voting page once again, and we encourage everyone reading this to vote if you haven’t already!
Best of luck to all the finalists!
Links
Official Snow Miku 2022 design contest and voting page
Snow Miku
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