New Year Yllustraasje by Jui-Ping Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award yn Izer in Digitale Keunst Competition Category.

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New Year Yllustraasje

by Jui-Ping Lee

A' Design Award yn Izer Winner in Digitale Keunst Category

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The Design

About New Year Yllustraasje

Yn in rêstich binnenhôf, te midden fan it sêfte dwerreljen fan winterssnie en de libbendige kleuren fan hjerst blêden, sit in sierlike figuer fersierd yn in prachtige Kimono. De sêne ropt de essinsje op fan Wabisabi, ferbyldend de skientme fan iensum en stilte. Delikate patroanen fersiere de stof, foaral Dennen, symbolisearjend earnstigens; en de rytmyske Seigaiha dy't de rêst fan 'e see fertsjintwurdigje. By ynzoomen wurde mear yngewikkelde details sichtber, in stiennen plaat mei de pennaam fan 'e keunstner rêst oan 'e linkerkant; en op 'e Kimono, patroanen fan mûzen dy't it nije jier 2020 fertsjintwurdigje, it jier fan 'e mûs.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Izer

New Year Yllustraasje 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 New Year Yllustraasje 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. New Year Yllustraasje 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

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

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.
Dimensions & Packaging: Original dimensions at 5600*3150 px, with 935 canvas layers
Tags: Illustration, Kimono, Furisode, Kouyou, Karesansui
Production Technology: Drawn using a Wacom Cintiq Pro 32, with software Easy Paint Tool SAI 2.0
Design 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.
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).
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)
Project Duration: The vague inspiration of it formed since 2017-2018, and the actual drawing started in December 2019, finished & published in January 2020.
Operation Flow: 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.