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Gung Ho Асноўная функцыя: Ілюстрацыя вокладкі коміксу by Thomas von Kummant

Gung Ho Асноўная функцыя: Ілюстрацыя вокладкі коміксу by Thomas von Kummant is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award in Дызайн графікі, ілюстрацыі і візуальнай камунікацыі Competition Category.


СрэбраГрафіка· 2022

Gung Ho Асноўная функцыя: Ілюстрацыя вокладкі коміксу

by Thomas von Kummant

Client: Thomas von Kummant

Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award Winner in Графіка Category

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The Design

About Gung Ho Асноўная функцыя: Ілюстрацыя вокладкі коміксу

Тэкст: Gung Ho — гэта ілюстрацыя вокладкі, створаная для французскага падарункавага выдання серыі коміксаў Gung Ho. Твор пазбягае намаляванага чорнага контуру, які выкарыстоўваецца ў большасці коміксаў, і прымяняе падыход выразнага калажу, які захоўвае выразнасць выявы. Сілуэты апрацаваны колерам, каб стварыць экспрэсіянісцкае ўражанне, якое падтрымлівае настрой гісторыі. Дзеянне разгортваецца ў постапакаліптычнай паўднёвай Еўропе, дзе выжыванне залежыць ад умацаваных паселішчаў. Выява перадае момант небяспекі, юнацкай адвагі і выпушчанага падлеткавага адрэналіну. Лічбавы твор быў выкананы з дапамогай графічнага планшэта.

The Recognition

About the Срэбная прэмія A' Design Award

Gung Ho Асноўная функцыя: Ілюстрацыя вокладкі коміксу — пераможца Срэбнай прэміі A' Design Award, надзвычай прэстыжнага прызнання, якое прысуджаецца дызайнам вышэйшага класа, цудоўным і ўражальным. Срэбныя пераможцы — гэта надзвычай бліскучыя і вельмі творчыя працы, якія ілюструюць выдатную кампетэнтнасць, талент і праніклівасць сваіх дызайнераў. Чакаецца, што Gung Ho Асноўная функцыя: Ілюстрацыя вокладкі коміксу — гэта цудоўная, паказальная праца, надзвычай прафесійная і глыбока інавацыйная. Гэты дызайн, што атрымаў Срэбную прэмію A' Design Award, — вельмі значнае, вартае захаплення вынаходніцтва, якое прыносіць карысць і пашырае межы мастацтва, навукі, дызайну і тэхналогій. Gung Ho Асноўная функцыя: Ілюстрацыя вокладкі коміксу — гэта твор, якому шмат хто зайздросціць, што абуджае жаданні, дорыць пазітыўныя пачуцці і запальвае здзіўленне і захапленне.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Comic-Cover for the Comic Series Gung Ho.
The design of the comic series is an exceptional style for the French comic market. Without the drawn line, a kind of cut-out collage still tries to preserve the graphic legibility. Silhouettes are treated with colour to create an expressionistic impression, which serves the tone of the story. The synergy of narrative and aesthetics serves only the dramaturgy and the development of the comic. This Cover image captures the moment of released teenage adrenaline.
Dimensions & Packaging
Edition DELUXE 280mm x 375mm hardcover, 60 pages
Tags
Illustration, comic, digital, photoshop, story, book, series, narrative, storytelling, characters
Production Technology
Digital artwork for the cover of the french edition of Gung Ho - Court-circuit - Edition DELUXE 2.2, created with Photoshop and Wacom Tablet
Design Challenge
The script sets a certain tone with which the story is told. The challenge is to find a style that supports the tone of the story and gives the project uniqueness. When you see an image from the story, it has to be recognisable - that can only be an image from Gung Ho. The German comic market has not been able to develop due to the Second World War and is therefor very small - especially as far as in-house productions are concerned. To get our ambitious 420-page project financed, we had to enter the largest European comic market - the French market. With Edition Paquet we found a partner who supported us very well.
Research
Sequential art is older than millennia as we can see on cave paintings. It is later found in antiquity and can be found in the High Middle Ages on the Bayeux Tapestry. With the printing of books, sequential art became known to a wider readership. In the late 19th century, picture sheets were published, just like short comic strips. Picture and word told a short story.
In France and Belgium at the beginning of the 20th century, a new form of comic strip developed - the comic book - in which longer stories were printed in continuation. The comic series was born. This is also where drawing styles developed, such as Ligne claire, whose best-known representative is Herge with his Tintin. What most comics had in common was that legibility was created by a line drawn with black ink.
Inspiration
The inspiration came from our kids and the question - What if nature stroke back created a new aggressive species? The fictive story is telling happenings in a post apocalyptic south europe, where survival is only possible in fortified cities and settlements. Following the rules is a matter of life and death. Every child knows that. Until he becomes a teenager…
The theme of Gung Ho is on one hand about the destructive side of youth, but also on the other hand its power for renewal.
Project Duration
The project began in Munich in 2012. The first book was published in France in 2013. The project was completed in January 2021 in Munich with a publication in France in June 2021.
Operation Flow
The book was used in the Amiens region of France for classroom discussion and analysis. The aim is to adapt the book into film - animation or life action - or game media.
Patents
GUNG HO © von Kummant / von Eckartsberg / Edition Paquet
Team Members
artist: Thomas von Kummant
writer: Benjamin von Eckartsberg
editor: Edition Paquet

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