Henan Illustration Zaj Duab Kos Henan by Wang Yisu

Henan Illustration Zaj Duab Kos Henan by Wang Yisu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Duab Kos, Duab Piav thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus Pom Competition Category.

HlauDuab Kos· 2023

Henan Illustration Zaj Duab Kos Henan

by Wang Yisu

Client: Northeastern University

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Duab Kos Category

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The Design

About Henan Illustration Zaj Duab Kos Henan

Henan Illustration yog ib pawg muaj tsib daim duab kos raws li tej duab qub xyoo tshiab ntaus ntawv ntoo (woodblock) ntawm lub zos Zhuxian hauv lub xeev Henan, Suav teb. Zaj pawg no rov qhia dua cov cim qub hauv cov duab luam kom muaj ib txoj kev kos tes tiaj (flat hand-drawn style) uas haum rau cov neeg saib hnub nyoog hluas dua. Cov kab ntawm tus cim raug kos ntawm lub tablet nrog ib daim board kos tes, tom qab ntawd cov ciam thiab cov xim raug ua kom tiav siv software kho duab. Cov xim daj thiab xiav uas muaj zog heev (highly saturated) tsim kom muaj kev sib txawv, thiab txhua tus cim muaj ib qho kev qhia ntsej muag txawv. Lub hom phiaj yog xav txhawb kom pej xeem rov muaj kev nyiam rau ib txoj kev kos duab folk art uas tabtom ploj mus.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

Henan Illustration Zaj Duab Kos Henan yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. Henan Illustration Zaj Duab Kos Henan xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. Henan Illustration Zaj Duab Kos Henan tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

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.