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Splash Illustrazione by Maria Bradovkova

Splash Illustrazione by Maria Bradovkova is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award di Ferru in Belle Arti Competition Category.


FerruBelle Arti· 2020

Splash Illustrazione

by Maria Bradovkova

Client: Maria Bradovkova

A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Belle Arti Category

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The Design

About Splash Illustrazione

L'illustrazioni sò prughjettu persunale fattu da Maria Bradovkova. U so scopu era di praticà a so creatività è u so pensamentu astratto. Sò disegnati in tecnica tradiziunale - tinta di culore nantu à u paperu. Un pappu casuale di tinta era u puntu di partenza è l'ispirazione per ogni illustrazione. Ella osservò una forma irregulare di l'acquarellu finu à avè vistu una traccia di figura in questu. Ella aghjunghjia detaglii cù disegnu lineale. A forma astratta di splash hè stata trasfurmata in una figura figurativa. Ogni disegno mostra carattere umanu o animale diversu in umore sentimentale.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Splash Illustrazione hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Splash Illustrazione sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Splash Illustrazione hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Project consists of five illustrations. Each drawing started from a random splash of ink later detailed with linear drawing. Topic of illustrations was not planned before. Bradovkova let splash of ink to inspire and lead her. Each has its own dominant color — blue, vine red or brown. Drawings represent human or animalistic characters in emotional moment of lament, instinct, fear, melancholy and sadness.
Dimensions & Packaging
123 x 93 mm
155 x 132 mm
Tags
drawing, illustration, ink, creative process, splash, linear drawing, intuitive drawing, intuitive art
Production Technology
Ink, pencil, marker, white crayon on paper.
Design Challenge
The challenge was to find harmony between abstraction and figuration. Not to change the form of splash but to make the most of it. Secondly to handle composition of whole picture.
Research
Bradovkova used playful and creative method in her drawing project. She combined organic form of watercolor with linear drawing. She created original and expressive characters.
Inspiration
Drawings represent personal project of Maria Bradovkova which she did as an exercise to challenge her creativity and abstract thinking. Presented works are part of series Drawing just today challenge, that she accomplished one drawing per day during October 2019 and published on her Instagram. The main idea was to be inspired by abstract irregular shapes of ink.
Project Duration
Illustrations were made during October 2019 in Cracow, Poland.
Operation Flow
Presented project can be an inspiration for creators to use this method in their own practice, to expand creativity and intuitive drawing. It allows subconscious to give a voice. Illustrations give space to feel and create stories.
Image Credits
Image #1: Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Lament, 2019.
Image #2: Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Instinkt, 2019.
Image #3: Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Fear, 2019.
Image #4: Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Melancholy, 2019.
Image #5: Illustrator Maria Bradovkova, Sadness, 2019.

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