As I Remember Them Ealaín Ghineadach by Bowen Shen

As I Remember Them Ealaín Ghineadach by Bowen Shen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Duais Umha A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Gineadach, Algairimach, Parameatrach agus le Taic AI Competition Category.

UmhaGineadach· 2026

As I Remember Them Ealaín Ghineadach

by Bowen Shen

Client: Bowen Shen

Duais Umha A' Design Award Winner in Gineadach Category

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The Design

About As I Remember Them Ealaín Ghineadach

Léiríonn an tsraith ealaíne ghineadach seo nóiméid laethúla na hóige trí dhéanamh íomhánna le cúnamh ón intleacht shaorga. Díríonn an obair ar radhairc amhail sos scoile, tráthnónaí ciúine samhraidh sa bhaile, agus ceiliúradh na hAthbhliana, arna dtarraingt as taithí mhaireachtála i dTuaisceart na Síne. Cruthaithe trí leideanna treoraithe agus eagarthóireacht amhairc de láimh, tugann an tsraith tús áite don réadúlacht agus í ag ceadú neamhrialtachtaí amhairc caolchúiseacha a léiríonn an chaoi a gcaomhnaíonn an chuimhne mothú seachas sonraí cruinne.

The Recognition

About the Duais Umha A' Design Award

Tha As I Remember Them Ealaín Ghineadach air Duais Umha A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean sònraichte a tha air an comharrachadh le cruthachalachd, innleachd agus geurchuis. Tha buannaichean Umha nan obraichean gu math sgileil agus gu sònraichte cruthachail a dhearbhas eòlas farsaing, mac-meanmna agus tapachd an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi As I Remember Them Ealaín Ghineadach na nì air a bheil mòran meas, ion-mholta agus gràdhach, a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Umha A' Design Award a' cur nan cleachdaidhean as fheàrr ann an ealain, saidheans, dealbhadh agus teicneolas an gnìomh, agus tha e sàr-mhath airson an aire do mhion-fhiosrachadh. Bidh As I Remember Them Ealaín Ghineadach a' sàsachadh fheumalachdan gu h-iongantach, a' suathadh ri miannan, a' tàladh faireachdainnean agus a' togail fiosrachd.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: As I Remember Them is a generative art series that visualizes fragments of memory, emotion, and longing. It is an attempt to reconstruct the past through the lens of imagination.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1856 x 2464px image series
Tags: Generative AI art, Nostalgia, Childhood memories, Northern China, Visual storytelling, MidJourney, Photoshop, Digital art
Production Technology: This series was created with MidJourney, using iterative prompting and reference-based descriptions to shape culturally specific scenes. Outputs were then refined in Photoshop through compositing, retouching, and color adjustments, ensuring the final work aligned with my artistic vision and emotional intent.
Design Challenge: The greatest challenge was translating personal, culturally specific memories into AI-generated images. MidJourney lacked context for the textures of Northern Chinese life, requiring me to break scenes into elements, source references, and iteratively refine prompts. Balancing realism with the quirks of AI output, and deciding when to embrace its distortions, was both the obstacle and the creative breakthrough.
Research: Process documentation: https://bit.ly/49OvkvG

Type of Research: Practice-based creative research.
Research Objectives: To explore how AI can represent personal and culturally specific memories.
Methodology: Iterative visual experimentation and technical study.
Data Collection and Tools: Memory recall, curated reference images, MidJourney style parameters, prompting techniques, Photoshop.
Participants or Experiments: Repeated prompt and image generation cycles.
Results: Increased control over style, detail, and emotional accuracy.
Insights and Impacts: Structured prompting reduces emotional flatness in AI art.
Real Life Effects: Encourages more human-centered AI use in design and visual storytelling.
Inspiration: Bothered by how often GenAI outputs felt soulless, the project set out to render a deeply soulful subject, the emotional landscape of childhood.

I grew up in Northern China, in a hometown changed by time and distance. Through prompting, storytelling, and hands-on editing, I recreated scenes that linger in me: recess, summer solitude, New Year warmth, while embracing GenAI quirks that reflect how memory distorts and softens.
Project Duration: The project was created virtually over the span of one month in January 2025.
Operation Flow: The generative art is experienced through sequential viewing. Each image presents a self-contained moment, allowing viewers to pause, observe, and form personal associations. The series encourages slow viewing rather than interaction through controls, inviting audiences to connect individual scenes to their own memories and emotional experiences.