The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilistrasyon by Zhang Yuqi

The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilistrasyon by Zhang Yuqi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Bwonz in Grafik Competition Category.

BwonzGrafik· 2025

The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilistrasyon

by Zhang Yuqi

Client: Northeastern University of China

A' Design Award Bwonz Winner in Grafik Category

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The Design

About The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilistrasyon

Sis Atizay Jantiyòm yo se yon seri ilistrasyon ki baze sou sis atizay Lachin ansyen an: seremoni, mizik, tir ak flèch, teknik cha, kaligrafi ak matematik. Ilistrasyon an prezante sijè edikatif tradisyonèl sa yo atravè figi pèsonaj ki desine nan yon nouvo estil Chinwa. Travay la kreye ak lojisyèl penti dijital, itilize zouti bwòs, aerograf ak gradyan pou rann limyè, lonbraj ak tèkstir. Yo ajoute motif grafik tradisyonèl pou detaye ekspresyon ak je yo. Objektif la se konekte kilti tradisyonèl ak atizay dijital.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Bwonz

The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilistrasyon se yon ganyan A' Design Award Bwonz, yon rekonesans ki gen anpil prestij yo bay design ekselan ki make pa kreyativite, enjenyozite ak finès. Ganyan Bwonz yo se objè ki abil anpil e ki kreyatif nan fason ki frape, ki otantifye gwo eksperyans, imajinasyon ak debouyaj designer yo. Yo atann The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilistrasyon pou se yon objè anpil moun estime, admire e renmen, ki pwofesyonèl e inovatè nan fason remakab. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Bwonz enkòpore pi bon pratik nan atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji, e li ekselan pou atansyon li bay detay. The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilistrasyon satisfè bezwen yon fason espledid, li touche dezi, li chame santiman e li atire kiryozite.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: From the aspect of cultural heritage and cultural innovation, it deeply excavates the six arts of traditional Chinese culture, presents the educational culture of the six arts with specific and innovative design, and closely integrates with modern characteristics, so that traditional culture radiates new vitality in the context of the new era, and promotes the integration and development of digital art and traditional culture.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 3600 pixels Depth 3600 pixels
Tags: Illustration, Traditional, six arts, Culture, China
Production Technology: Decide on a theme and style, gather footage and sketch it, open a drawing software such as Photoshop to draw a line drawing, then lay out the base color and gradually paint the details, and add light, shadow, texture and other details to optimize the color.
Design Challenge: The new Chinese illustration style is a dialogue between tradition and modernity, integrating modern design concepts and expression techniques on the basis of retaining traditional painting skills and aesthetic taste. Outline the IP image with delicate lines. Combined with the composition principles of modern graphic design, the IP image is not only rich in traditional cultural heritage, but also meets the aesthetic needs of contemporary people.
Research: The six ancient arts of ritual, music, archery, car, calligraphy and mathematics carry the cultural genes and spiritual core of the Chinese nation. They not only build a solid framework for traditional education, but also have a profound impact on the development of Chinese society. The design is based on the admiration and inheritance of this rich cultural heritage.
Inspiration: The six major arts of ancient China, rituals, music, archery, chariot skills, calligraphy, and mathematics. It carries the cultural genes and spiritual essence of the Chinese nation and has profoundly influenced the development of Chinese society. This illustration is based on the admiration and inheritance of this rich cultural heritage.
Project Duration: Launching in China in 2024.
Operation Flow: Use the photoshop tool to sketch on a new layer to determine the silhouette, pose, and composition of the characters. Use the brush tool to sketch along the pattern and adjust the brush parameters to express line variations. and use brushes, airbrushes, and gradient tools for transition rendering to render light, shadows, and textures. Add traditional graphic footage to the appropriate location to depict details such as expressions and eyes.
Patents: Zhang Yuqi.2024
Team Members: Zhang Yuqi
Image Credits: Image #1 Illustration Zhang Yuqi 2024.
Image #2 Illustration Zhang Yuqi 2024.
Image #3 Illustration Zhang Yuqi 2024.
Image #4 Illustration Zhang Yuqi 2024.
Image #5 Illustration Zhang Yuqi 2024.