Henan Illustration Ka Hoʻonui Kiʻi by Wang Yisu

Henan Illustration Ka Hoʻonui Kiʻi by Wang Yisu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Kiʻi, Kiʻi Paʻi a me Kamaʻilio ʻIke Competition Category.

HaoKiʻi· 2023

Henan Illustration Ka Hoʻonui Kiʻi

by Wang Yisu

Client: Northeastern University

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Kiʻi Category

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The Design

About Henan Illustration Ka Hoʻonui Kiʻi

He ʻano kiʻi ʻo Henan Illustration i haku ʻia mai nā kiʻi lā hou kahiko o Zhuxian Town ma Henan Province, Kina, i kālaiʻia ma ka lāʻau. Hoʻonoho hou ke ʻano kiʻi i nā kiʻi kaulana o kēia mau paʻi ma ke ʻano pālahalaha, kaha lima ʻia, e kūpono ana i ka poʻe nānā ʻōpio. Ua kaha ʻia nā laina o nā kiʻi ma luna o kahi papa hoʻopili me ka peni kikohoʻe, a laila hoʻopau ʻia nā kaʻe a me nā waihoʻoluʻu ma ka polokalamu hoʻoponopono kiʻi. ʻO nā kala melemele a me polū ikaika ka mea e hoʻokū ai i ka ʻokoʻa, a loaʻa i kēlā me kēia kiʻi kahi hōʻike helehelena ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka pahuhopu, ʻo ia ka hoʻāla hou ʻana i ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu i kēia hana noʻeau kuʻuna e nalowale nei.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Henan Illustration Ka Hoʻonui Kiʻi i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Henan Illustration Ka Hoʻonui Kiʻi he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Henan Illustration Ka Hoʻonui Kiʻi no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

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.