The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilustrasi by Zhang Yuqi

The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilustrasi by Zhang Yuqi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Grafis, Ilustrasi dan Komunikasi Visual Competition Category.

PerungguGrafis· 2025

The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilustrasi

by Zhang Yuqi

Client: Northeastern University of China

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Grafis Category

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The Design

About The Six Arts of Gentlemen Ilustrasi

Enam Seni Kaum Terpelajar adalah seri ilustrasi yang didasarkan pada enam seni Tiongkok kuno: ritual, musik, memanah, keterampilan kereta kuda, kaligrafi, dan matematika. Ilustrasi ini menampilkan mata pelajaran pendidikan tradisional tersebut melalui figur karakter yang digambar dengan gaya Tiongkok baru. Karya ini dibuat menggunakan perangkat lunak lukis digital, dengan memanfaatkan alat kuas, airbrush, dan gradien untuk menghadirkan cahaya, bayangan, dan tekstur. Motif grafis tradisional ditambahkan untuk memperkaya detail ekspresi dan mata. Tujuannya adalah untuk menghubungkan budaya tradisional dengan seni digital.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

The Six Arts of Gentlemen 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. The Six Arts of Gentlemen 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. The Six Arts of Gentlemen 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: 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.