Henan Illustration Illustraasjerige by Wang Yisu

Henan Illustration Illustraasjerige by Wang Yisu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award yn Izer in Grafyk, Yllustraasje en Fisuele Kommunikaasje Ûntwerp Competition Category.

IzerGrafysk· 2023

Henan Illustration Illustraasjerige

by Wang Yisu

Client: Northeastern University

A' Design Award yn Izer Winner in Grafysk Category

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The Design

About Henan Illustration Illustraasjerige

Henan Illustration is in searje fan fiif yllustraasjes basearre op de tradisjonele houtsnee-nijjiersprinten fan Zhuxian Town yn de provinsje Henan, Sina. De searje ynterpretearret klassike figueren út dizze printen op 'e nij yn in flakke, mei de hân tekene styl dy't past by in jonger publyk. De karakterlinen waarden tekene op in tablet mei in hânskildere board, wêrnei't de rânen en kleuren foltôge waarden yn byldbewurkingssoftware. Sterk fersêde giele en blauwe toanen soargje foar kontrast, en elke figuer draacht in oare gesichtsútdrukking. It doel is om de publike belangstelling foar in ferdwinende folkskeunst te fernijen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Izer

Henan Illustration Illustraasjerige is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Izer, in prestisjeuze erkenning foar goede ûntwerpen dy't foldogge oan de profesjonele en yndustriële easken dy't ferwachte wurde fan goed ûntwurpen skeppings. Izerwinners litte grutte feardigens, hege spesjalisaasje, deskundich begryp en kreatyf fermogen fan har makkers sjen. Fan Henan Illustration Illustraasjerige wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierbere skepping is dy't praktysk en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Izer yntegrearret de bêste praktiken fan de sektor en hat feardige technyske skaaimerken ferbûn mei kennis en talint. Henan Illustration Illustraasjerige wurdt respektearre foar syn yngeandens en is ûntwurpen om ferbetteringen fan de kwaliteit fan it libben te leverjen dy't helpe de wrâld ta in bettere plak te meitsjen.

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.