Chinese Sports Ilustrasi by Yanliu Cui is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Grafis, Ilustrasi dan Komunikasi Visual Competition Category.

PerungguGrafis· 2023

Chinese Sports Ilustrasi

by Yanliu Cui

Client: Northeastern University of China

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Grafis Category

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The Design

About Chinese Sports Ilustrasi

Chinese Sports adalah rangkaian lima ilustrasi tentang olahraga tradisional Tiongkok. Set ini menggambarkan akrobatik, cuju, olahraga berkuda, senam lima hewan, dan lempar. Setiap ilustrasi menempatkan olahraganya dalam periode sejarah ketika olahraga tersebut populer, sehingga gambar-gambarnya memadukan nuansa sejarah dengan kesan gerak. Sketsa digambar dengan pensil, lalu dipindai dan dirampungkan menggunakan perangkat lunak lukis digital. Rangkaian ini dirilis secara daring untuk membantu masyarakat memahami makna budaya dari olahraga-olahraga tradisional tersebut.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Chinese Sports Ilustrasi adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain luar biasa yang dicirikan oleh kreativitas, kecerdikan, dan ketajaman. Pemenang Perunggu adalah artefak yang sangat terampil dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imajinasi, dan kelihaian para desainernya. Chinese Sports Ilustrasi diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu ini menyertakan praktik terbaik dalam seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi, dan sangat baik dalam perhatiannya pada detail. Chinese Sports Ilustrasi memuaskan kebutuhan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan, dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A set of illustrations about traditional Chinese sports, including "acrobatics", "Cuju", "equestrian", "Five poultry opera" and "throwing", depict the sports while showing different backgrounds of The Times. This group of illustrations is characterized by both a sense of historical weight and a sense of kinetic vitality, showing the charm of Oriental culture.
Dimensions & Packaging: Printing illustrations: Height 800mm x Width 800mm, Data size: Height 1800mm x Width 800mm, 300dpi, RGB.
Tags: China, Sports, Illustration, Acrobatics, Cuju, Horsemanship, Five Poultry Play, Throwing
Production Technology: The sketches were drawn in pencil, then scanned and drawn using Photoshop.
Design Challenge: The difficulty lies in looking up the relevant background information of the times. China's history has a long history. It is difficult to find the background of the times in which sports with different characteristics flourished in the long history. Only by reading a large number of documents and the aid of mind maps can we achieve the perfect integration of sports and the times, realize the combination of modern aesthetics and traditional elements, and make the picture have both the sense of history and the sense of vitality of sports.
Research: Under the background of the vigorous development of sports events around the world, this study, based on the oriental perspective, collected five different traditional Chinese sports, namely "acrobatics", "cuju", "equestrian", "five bird games" and "throwing", by consulting ancient books and relevant papers, and created five different theme illustrations according to the different times at that time, It is helpful for people to further understand the philosophical connotation, cultural connotation and humanistic spirit contained in Chinese traditional sports.
Inspiration: The inspiration of the illustration comes from traditional Chinese sports. Many sports in China have been passed down for thousands of years. Illustrators try to show sports with distinct Oriental cultural characteristics in the long history of China, and show the wisdom, rich imagination and creative spirit of the ancestors to the modern people, as well as fully reflect the philosophical connotation, cultural connotation and humanistic spirit contained in sports.
Project Duration: The project was started at Northeast University in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China in December 2022 and completed at Northeast University in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China in February 2023.
Operation Flow: The illustration was released on the Internet to attract the public and show the charm of traditional Chinese sports.
Image Credits: Cui Yanliu, Zhang Jiayu, Ju Jijing, 2022.