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Yongle Palace Myth Illustrasie by Wang Yumeng and Huo Kai

Yongle Palace Myth Illustrasie by Wang Yumeng and Huo Kai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Brons in Grafika-, Illustrasie- en Visuele Kommunikasie-ontwerp Competition Category.


BronsGrafika· 2020

Yongle Palace Myth Illustrasie

by Wang Yumeng and Huo Kai

Client: Northeastern University

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Grafika Category

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The Design

About Yongle Palace Myth Illustrasie

Yongle-paleis Mite is 'n reeks spotprentkarakter-illustrasies gebaseer op die freskos van die Yongle-paleis in Shanxi, China, wat gedurende die Yuan-dinastie geskilder is. Die muurskildering-figure word vereenvoudig, oordrewe en versier om by die moderne smaak te pas, en elemente soos kraanvoëls, lotusblomme en linte is bygevoeg. Die illustrasies is met vektorprogrammatuur geteken, en kurwe-gereedskap behou die ligte gevoel van die klere en die lynwerk van die oorspronklike muurskilderinge. Die drukwerk word in vier kleure vervaardig om openbare belangstelling in die muurskilderinge en hul bewaring aan te moedig.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Yongle Palace Myth Illustrasie is 'n wenner van die A' Design Award in Brons, 'n hoogs prestigieuse erkenning wat toegeken word aan uitstaande ontwerpe wat gekenmerk word deur kreatiwiteit, vindingrykheid en skerpsinnigheid. Wenners in Brons is ruimskoots vaardige en opvallend kreatiewe artefakte wat die groot ervaring, verbeelding en vindingrykheid van hul ontwerpers bevestig. Daar word verwag dat Yongle Palace Myth Illustrasie 'n hoog aangeskrewe, bewonderde en gekoesterde voorwerp is wat merkwaardig professioneel en innoverend is. Hierdie ontwerp wat die A' Design Award in Brons gewen het, inkorporeer die beste praktyke in kuns, wetenskap, ontwerp en tegnologie en is uitstekend vanweë sy aandag aan detail. Yongle Palace Myth Illustrasie bevredig behoeftes pragtig, raak aan begeertes, bekoor gevoelens en spreek die nuuskierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The frescoes of Yongle Palace in China are made into cartoon figures by computer technology. It is a promising career and bright future to display Yongle Palace culture in a new aesthetic way. The cartoon works include "empress mother", "Emperor Huang Tian", "Queen Mother of the west", "maid" and so on. Cartoon image has found a foothold of design, which is to transform the traditional mural into the image accepted and loved by people.
Dimensions & Packaging
Cartoon figure painting is 127x127cm, 63.5x63.5cm, plane printing.
Tags
Yongle Palace, mural, cartoon, illustration, character, myth.
Production Technology
The cartoon is painted by the vector graphic design software Adobe Illustrator. Bessel tools are widely used to depict the elegant and light feeling of the characters' clothing and the essence of the line drawing art of the Yongle Palace mural. The cartoon is printed in four colors for the promotion of graphic design.
Design Challenge
The line drawing technology of this kind of cartoon painting is not easy, so it is necessary to summarize and sort out the frescoes of Yongle Palace, and grasp the characters' expression and the charm of the line drawing. In particular, to draw traditional mural characters in the form of modern cartoon, we need to transform time and space, which needs to be challenged.
Research
Yongle Palace mural needs publicity and recognition. The cartoon character illustration design is based on the prototype of Yongle Palace mural characters, seizing the verve and body style of the characters, and adopting simplification, exaggeration and decoration techniques to upgrade the characters of Yongle Palace mural. Add crane, lotus, ribbon and other elements to show Chinese "Taoist" art and enhance people's sense of identity.
Inspiration
The inspiration comes from the fresco of Yongle Palace, which is a large-scale fresco art painted in the Yuan Dynasty in Shanxi Province, China. With the development of time, the disappearance of murals in architecture is inevitable. Therefore, the preserved murals of Yongle Palace need to be protected and inherited. The mural characters of Yongle Palace designed with cartoon appeal to people to pay attention to and protect the murals of Yongle Palace.
Project Duration
The project started from March 2019 and finished in September 2019 in Shenyang.
Operation Flow
In the publicity of Yongle Palace, the use of cartoon image is an important part of the publicity. With the aesthetic and hobbies of modern people, people's interest and understanding of Yongle Palace will be enhanced, and the murals of Yongle Palace will be deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Team Members
Design Director:Huo Kai, Illustrator: Wang Yumeng
Image Credits
Wang Yumeng and Huo Kai, 2019.

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