Henan Illustration Illustrationsserie by Wang Yisu

Henan Illustration Illustrationsserie by Wang Yisu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award i Jern in Grafik, Illustration og Visuel Kommunikationsdesign Competition Category.

JernGrafik· 2023

Henan Illustration Illustrationsserie

by Wang Yisu

Client: Northeastern University

A' Design Award i Jern Winner in Grafik Category

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The Design

About Henan Illustration Illustrationsserie

Book Text: Henan Illustration er en serie på fem illustrationer baseret på de traditionelle nytårsbilleder i træsnit fra Zhuxian Town i Henan-provinsen, Kina. Serien fortolker klassiske figurer fra disse tryk på ny i en flad, håndtegnet stil, der henvender sig til yngre betragtere. Figurernes streger blev tegnet på en tegneplade med et håndmalet board, hvorefter kanter og farver blev færdiggjort i et billedredigeringsprogram. Stærkt mættede gule og blå toner skaber kontrast, og hver figur bærer et forskelligt ansigtsudtryk. Målet er at genoplive offentlighedens interesse for en svindende folkekunst.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Jern

Henan Illustration Illustrationsserie er vinder af A' Design Award i Jern, en prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles gode designs, som opfylder de professionelle og industrielle krav, man forventer af veldesignede skabelser. Jernvinderne viser stor dygtighed, høj specialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapacitet hos deres skabere. Henan Illustration Illustrationsserie forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær skabelse, der er praktisk og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer branchens bedste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaber knyttet til knowhow og talent. Henan Illustration Illustrationsserie respekteres for sin grundighed og er designet til at levere forbedringer af livskvaliteten, der er med til at gøre verden til et bedre sted.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: New Year pictures have a long history in China, but fewer and fewer young people have seen or like New Year pictures. By adding their own imagination and understanding, the author recreates the figures in the pictures to better meet the aesthetic preferences of young people, and wants to activate these vivid images again, so that more young people can see the beauty of New Year pictures.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 304.8mm x Depth 304.8mm x Height 304.8mm
Tags: National tide,flat style,Henan,Henan Pictures,hand-painted
Production Technology: In the early stage, The team drew character lines on iPad with a hand-painted board, and in the middle stage, then author transferred them to PS to draw edges and fill in colors.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part is the control of characters, because the image of Zhuxian Town New Year wood-plank pictures is too deeply rooted, so when the team wanted to create a more novel illustration image, they could not help but deviate from the previous image, so that the painting is too similar.
Research: Zhuxian Town in Henan Province is a wonderful page of China's intangible cultural heritage. After field research and experience, the author had an in-depth understanding of the New Year wood-block prints in Zhuxian Town in Henan Province by taking photos, interviewing folk folk and visiting local museums. The tools used during this period included a camera and a sketch book, The team is one person. With the progress of the project, author hope that the final research results can bring positive effects to the publicity of Henan New Year Pictures.
Inspiration: By chance,the team went to the town of Zhuxian in Henan Province, where the New Year pictures are the precious intangible cultural heritage. During the next trip, The team collectedtook a lot of photos about the wood-block New Year pictures.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2022 in Linyi city, Shandong province, and will end in January 2023 in Zhuxian town, Henan province
Operation Flow: Design works has a total of five pieces, showing the classic images in the New Year pictures of Zhuxian Town, Henan Province, like Nianianyu, King Firewood cart, ghost and other images. The overall illustration style is a highly saturated yellow and blue contrasting color, looking carefully at the facial expressions of the characters are different, as if they want to tell us a story.
Team Members: WangYisu
Image Credits: Image #1 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #2 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #3 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #4 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #5 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.