Press Release
New Year Illustration by Jui-Ping Lee Receives the A' Design Award in Digital Art
Jui-Ping Lee recognized for digital art by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 15, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that New Year Illustration by Jui-Ping Lee has been granted the A' Design Award in the Digital Art category. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The A' Design Award Explained
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
About New Year Illustration
In a tranquil courtyard, amidst the gentle flurry of winter's snow and the vibrant hues of autumn leaves, sits a graceful figure adorned in an exquisite Kimono. The scene evokes the essence of Wabisabi, embodying the beauty of solitude and serenity. Delicate patterns adorn the fabric, mostly Pines, symbolizing solemnity; and the rhythmic Seigaiha representing the tranquility of the sea. Zooming in reveals more intricate details, a stone plate bearing the artist's pen-name rests to the left; and upon the Kimono, patterns of mice representing the new year 2020, the year of mice.
About Jui-Ping Lee
A trilingual artist from Taiwan, mostly known as "Atha". The artist's works have been renowned for the clean, elegant coloring and splendid details. The artist has been recognised by the largest illustration site Pixiv in its first illustration year book "VISIONS (2021)", as well as other yearbook and exhibitions such as "Artists in Taiwan (2021 & 2022)", "ILLUSTRATIONS 2021", “Creator’s Show Up Gallery in PARCO (2021 & 2022)”, “Tokyo Art Museum – International Modern Art Exhibition 45th & 46th” etc.
Award Record
With this recognition, Jui-Ping Lee is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Digital Art Award
The A' Digital Art Design Award is an international digital art competition recognizing good digital art by leading digital artists and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to digital art designers, digital artists, graphic designers and illustrators from all countries. Typical entries include digital art, animations, illustrations, 3D models, digital paintings and vector artworks. The awarded digital art designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/digital-art
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/158137
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/158137
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!158137
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/352893
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://twitter.com/Atha_re
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- New Year Illustration
- Function
- Illustration
- Category
- Digital Art
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts and Entertainment
- Colors
- Maroon, Black, Chocolate and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 4
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jui-Ping Lee
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #158137
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- An elegant figure with splendid Kimono, serenely sitting in a yard on a cold winter's day at new year, with colourful leaves and slowly showering snow around her that represents the traditional artistic term, Wabisabi (beauty of solitude and tranquility). If we zoom in, it can be seen that the Patterns are mainly Pines, which is used in the most formal kimono, to be worn only on ceremonious occasions; and also "Seigaiha (sea waves)", which represents tranquility. Aside from that, the stone plate on the left reads the pen-name of the artist; and on the kimono, there are patterns depicting mice, to celebrate 2020, the year of mouse.
- Inspiration
- When I was sitting alone in my home watching a video about how Kimono's (traditional Japanese dress) are made, I suddenly imagined a figure in Karesansui (Japanese stone yards), surrounded by maples and wearing the most fine, magnificent Kimono; and I, a "photographer", would quietly approach, crouching on the ground and capture the evanescent moment with a single-lens-reflex camera (which is my canvas and pen)
- Research
- Research especially on the meaning of the kimono patterns was conducted, to better represent kimono while avoid improper designs. Books and documents are examined, and different combinations of patterns are tried in the painting, and the one with best both cultural and visual effect was determined, resulting in a design which is both having superb color representation and cultural meaning that befit the theme of the work (new year).
- Challenge
- The key challenge is to make a painting while keep the authenticity of the elements - the kimono, the karesansui ("dry yard") and the red leaves. While many other illustrators prefer drawing kimono-like outfits, this work must be authentic on the kimono design so it can fit the theme properly; under such condition, the creating process became much more difficult due to the fact that it can not be a free-form creation, but a restricted one that the combination of all the elements in the painting must be meticulously designed and crafted.
- Realization and Technology
- Drawn using a Wacom Cintiq Pro 32, with software Easy Paint Tool SAI 2.0
- Operation and Interaction
- At first sight, you will immediately focus on the figure in the middle, in spite of the fact that the saturation level of the background is much higher. This is called the "blurring perspectives" technic that by burring out items whilst no obvious perspective cues, it creates a huge sense of space, and can lead the beholder to focus their sight at once at the non-blurred items, namely the figure in this painting, sitting in the middle, creating a "photo-like" effect.
- Project Duration and Location
- The vague inspiration of it formed since 2017-2018, and the actual drawing started in December 2019, finished & published in January 2020.
- Specifications
- Original dimensions at 5600*3150 px, with 935 canvas layers
- Keywords
- Illustration, Kimono, Furisode, Kouyou, Karesansui
