It's a Tiny Little World Kids Illustration by Nathanna Érica is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2019 Bronze A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Competition Category.
BronzeGraphic· 2019
It's a Tiny Little World Kids Illustration
Client: Nathanna Érica
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Graphic Category
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About It's a Tiny Little World Kids Illustration
One of the things that served as the main inspiration behind the making of these designs is the variety of patterns, textures, and colors found in many different cultures around the world, as well as the wildlife usually found in these nations. It is a project that will allow the artist to continue expanding it for years to come, adding more and more nations. This project focuses on the importance of teaching children about cultural awareness. The use of vibrant colors and different shapes and patterns were essential to achieving the goal of paying homage to these nations and their traditions.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
It's a Tiny Little World Kids Illustration is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. It's a Tiny Little World Kids Illustration is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. It's a Tiny Little World Kids Illustration splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The inspiration behind these paper pieces was the variety of patterns, textures, and colors found in different cultures around the world. I was born in a very colorful and diverse country, and I was always fascinated by the craftsmanship of the clothing and pottery from countries like Morocco, India, China, Peru, and the many nations of the African continent. All this made me want to create art that celebrates diversity. The idea for this project was the original “It’s a Small World” design by Mary Blair.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
This work was designed to be used in a variety of products, as a way to raise awareness to the importance of celebrating the many beautiful cultures and nations around the world.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
I plan on using this design on products of The Art of Nathanna Érica brand, like clothing and accessories.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This set of illustrations was made using a mixture of paper-cutting techniques and some final touches of digital media, which makes it distinctive from other illustrations. The paper pieces were hand-painted with gouache and the use of vibrant colors and different shapes were essential to achieving the goal of paying homage to these cultures and their traditions. The use of mixed media, especially paper, gives the illustration a sense of it being 3D, because of the shadows created by the many layers with which the artwork is made.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The original artwork measures about 1180 mm X 250 mm.
- Tags
- World Culture, Kids Illustration, Cartoon, Cartooning, Paper Art
- Production Technology
- This illustration was made with paper-cutting techniques and hand-painted with gouache. They were cut with nothing more than a pair of scissors. It's made of different kinds and brands of paper. It started with reference research before the initial sketches. The second part was sketching some ideas and then copying the graphite sketch to the papers used for the creation of the artwork. After that, it is necessary to put the pieces together, like a puzzle, in order to create the 3D effect of these illustrations. Once the art is finished, it is ready to be photographed and printed.
- Design Challenge
- The main creative challenge encountered during the creation of these illustrations was the need to be respectful to the nations depicted and to accurately represent their traditions, their symbols and patterns without making them look stereotypical.
- Research
- The type of research was descriptive and it focused on the many different kinds of patterns found in Latin, African and Oriental cultures and the particularly intricate craftsmanship of the cloths, mosaics, woodwork, ceramics and overall architecture of these societies, which was the inspiration for the artwork. The methodology used was observation and the study of many pictures compiled for reference.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration behind these paper pieces is the variety of patterns, textures, and colors found in different cultures around the world. Each scene depicts the wildlife found in these nations. Having been born in a very colorful and diverse country, Nathanna is fascinated by the craftsmanship of items from countries like Morocco, India, China, Peru, and the many nations of the African continent. All this made her want to try her hand at creating art that celebrates diversity. It is a tiny little world indeed.
- Project Duration
- The project was developed between the years of 2017 and 2018, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It started in July 2017 and finished in February 2018.
- Operation Flow
- This design will be used on products of The Art of Nathanna Erica brand, like clothing and accessories. It was designed to be used in a variety of products, as a way to raise awareness to the importance of celebrating the many beautiful cultures and nations around the world.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Nathanna Érica, 2018.
- Image Credits
- Illustrator: Nathanna Érica
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