High Priestess Kiʻi Hōʻike by Haiyang Sun

High Priestess Kiʻi Hōʻike by Haiyang Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hana Noʻeau Kikohoʻe Competition Category.

KeleaweHana Noʻeau Kikohoʻe· 2025

High Priestess Kiʻi Hōʻike

by Haiyang Sun

Client: Haiyang Sun

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Hana Noʻeau Kikohoʻe Category

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The Design

About High Priestess Kiʻi Hōʻike

Hōʻike kēia kiʻi pena alo kikokikona i kahi kahuna wahine e komo ana i lei poʻo kālā i hoʻoulu ʻia e nā moʻomeheu Tuake, Dagestani, a me ʻĀmenia. Ma ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻano o ka mana kilokilo a me ka aliʻi, ke kono nei ka hana kiʻi i ka poʻe nānā e ʻimi i nā hana kahiko. Ua hoʻoulu ʻia kēia kiʻi pena e ke ʻano pena Alla prima a hoʻi hou i ka manaʻo me nā mea hana pena kikokikona hou. Ma o ka hoʻolālā a me ka hana puliki pena, hōʻike ka kiʻi pena i ka hiehie a me ka mana o ka kahuna wahine. Ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kumu hoʻoulu moʻomeheu like ʻole, hāʻawi kēia hana i ka ʻike i kahi honua noʻonoʻo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā High Priestess Kiʻi Hōʻike i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā High Priestess Kiʻi Hōʻike he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā High Priestess Kiʻi Hōʻike i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a digital portrait Painting featuring a high priestess in a coined headdress, inspired by Turkish, Dagestani, and Armenian cultures. Merging mysticism and royalty, the painting invites viewers into ancient traditions. With meticulous detail and expressive brush strokes, it captures the priestess's power, urging viewers to unravel its layers of meaning. This artwork fuses diverse cultures, offering a glimpse into an imaginative realm.
Dimensions & Packaging: The original dimension is 3450*4465 px, 300dpi
Tags: Digital Painting, Digital Arts, Character Design, Fantasy, History
Production Technology: The painting process starts with preliminary sketches using pencil and paper, which are then transferred and painted digitally using Adobe Photoshop.
Design Challenge: The primary challenge lies in balancing each culture and integrating the alla prima style with digital painting tools like Photoshop. Additionally, overcoming the limitations of digital software was also a major challenge.
Research: Alongside the design process, research was conducted into different painting approaches and costume designs from various eras of the three cultures intended for fusion. This involved exploring diverse visual sources to improve the creation of the fantasy civilization.
Inspiration: The inspiration for this piece stems from the alla prima painting style and the utilization of modern digital tools. this work explores fantasy civilizations influenced by Turkish, Dagestani, and Armenian cultures. It blends history and fantasy, and reimagines a lost civilization within the digital realm.
Project Duration: 1 month, April 2024, Los Angeles
Operation Flow: This project aims to create a new fantasy civilization by combining existing cultures through a fusion of imagination and diligent research from photos and paintings. By integrating diverse visual references, the design goal is to craft a unique and refreshing new culture.
Image Credits: Haiyang Sun, 2024.