
Mazda RX-7 Dragon - Livery Design
The big question
Can a car carry a living spirit inside it, or is that just a designer’s fantasy?
Some projects go beyond livery design and become something closer to storytelling.
This RX-7 is one of them. The entire composition is built around how Japanese culture actually feels rather than how it looks on the surface, with a dragon moving through waves beneath a rising sun, and a kitsune mask woven into the chaos around it.
Iterations
01 / 04
The brief
Nothing here is decorative for the sake of it: the red waves carry the narrative of an endless rivalry, something ancient and unresolved. Every symbol was chosen to feel authentic rather than borrowed, and the FD’s long flowing body gave exactly the right canvas to let the illustration breathe and move the way it needed to.
Colour system
Primary body
Black
#000000
Artwork lead
Dragon red
#E3051A
Graphics support
Steel
#75828A
Outlines
Pale gold
#FFF27F
“Every time I look at it I find something I did not notice before.
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Project owner
@gannochenko_d















