The Six Arts of Gentlemen Illustration by Zhang Yuqi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award i Bronze in Grafik, Illustration og Visuel Kommunikationsdesign Competition Category.
BronzeGrafik· 2025
The Six Arts of Gentlemen Illustration
by Zhang Yuqi
Client: Northeastern University of China
A' Design Award i Bronze Winner in Grafik Category
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The Design
About The Six Arts of Gentlemen Illustration
Bogtekst: De Seks Kunster for Gentlemen er en illustrationsserie baseret på de seks kunster fra det gamle Kina: ritual, musik, bueskydning, vognkørsel, kalligrafi og matematik. Illustrationen præsenterer disse traditionelle fagområder gennem karakterfigurer tegnet i en ny kinesisk stil. Værket er skabt med digital malesoftware, hvor pensel-, airbrush- og gradientværktøjer anvendes til at gengive lys, skygge og tekstur. Traditionelle grafiske motiver er tilføjet for at detaljere udtryk og øjne. Hensigten er at forbinde traditionel kultur med digital kunst.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award i Bronze
The Six Arts of Gentlemen Illustration er vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze, en højt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles enestående designs, som udmærker sig ved kreativitet, opfindsomhed og skarpsindighed. Bronzevinderne er rigeligt dygtige og påfaldende kreative artefakter, der bekræfter deres designeres store erfaring, fantasi og snilde. The Six Arts of Gentlemen Illustration forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær genstand, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionel og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Bronze, indarbejder bedste praksis inden for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi og er fremragende på grund af sin sans for detaljer. The Six Arts of Gentlemen Illustration tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- From the aspect of cultural heritage and cultural innovation, it deeply excavates the six arts of traditional Chinese culture, presents the educational culture of the six arts with specific and innovative design, and closely integrates with modern characteristics, so that traditional culture radiates new vitality in the context of the new era, and promotes the integration and development of digital art and traditional culture.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 3600 pixels Depth 3600 pixels
- Tags
- Illustration, Traditional, six arts, Culture, China
- Production Technology
- Decide on a theme and style, gather footage and sketch it, open a drawing software such as Photoshop to draw a line drawing, then lay out the base color and gradually paint the details, and add light, shadow, texture and other details to optimize the color.
- Design Challenge
- The new Chinese illustration style is a dialogue between tradition and modernity, integrating modern design concepts and expression techniques on the basis of retaining traditional painting skills and aesthetic taste. Outline the IP image with delicate lines. Combined with the composition principles of modern graphic design, the IP image is not only rich in traditional cultural heritage, but also meets the aesthetic needs of contemporary people.
- Research
- The six ancient arts of ritual, music, archery, car, calligraphy and mathematics carry the cultural genes and spiritual core of the Chinese nation. They not only build a solid framework for traditional education, but also have a profound impact on the development of Chinese society. The design is based on the admiration and inheritance of this rich cultural heritage.
- Inspiration
- The six major arts of ancient China, rituals, music, archery, chariot skills, calligraphy, and mathematics. It carries the cultural genes and spiritual essence of the Chinese nation and has profoundly influenced the development of Chinese society. This illustration is based on the admiration and inheritance of this rich cultural heritage.
- Project Duration
- Launching in China in 2024.
- Operation Flow
- Use the photoshop tool to sketch on a new layer to determine the silhouette, pose, and composition of the characters. Use the brush tool to sketch along the pattern and adjust the brush parameters to express line variations. and use brushes, airbrushes, and gradient tools for transition rendering to render light, shadows, and textures. Add traditional graphic footage to the appropriate location to depict details such as expressions and eyes.
- Patents
- Zhang Yuqi.2024
- Team Members
- Zhang Yuqi
- Image Credits
- Image #1 Illustration Zhang Yuqi 2024.
Image #2 Illustration Zhang Yuqi 2024.
Image #3 Illustration Zhang Yuqi 2024.
Image #4 Illustration Zhang Yuqi 2024.
Image #5 Illustration Zhang Yuqi 2024.
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