Ferro Arte Digitale · 2024
New Year Illustrazione
by Jui-Ping Lee
- A' Design Award di Ferro 2024 in Arte Digitale
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About New Year Illustrazione
In un cortile tranquillo, tra il delicato turbinio della neve invernale e le vibranti tonalità delle foglie autunnali, siede una figura aggraziata adornata con uno splendido Kimono. La scena evoca l'essenza del Wabisabi, incarnando la bellezza della solitudine e della serenità. Delicati motivi ornano il tessuto, principalmente Pini, simboleggiando la solennità; e il ritmico Seigaiha che rappresenta la tranquillità del mare. Ingrandendo si rivelano dettagli più intricati: una lastra di pietra che reca il nome d'arte dell'artista riposa a sinistra; e sul Kimono, motivi di topi che rappresentano il nuovo anno 2020, l'anno del topo.
About the A' Design Award di Ferro
New Year Illustrazione ha vinto l'A' Design Award di Ferro, un riconoscimento prestigioso conferito a buoni design che soddisfano i requisiti professionali e industriali attesi da creazioni ben progettate. I vincitori di Ferro dimostrano la grande abilità, l'elevata specializzazione, la comprensione esperta e la capacità creativa dei loro creatori. Ci si aspetta che New Year Illustrazione sia una creazione molto apprezzata, ammirata e amata, pratica e innovativa. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award di Ferro integra le migliori pratiche del settore e ha caratteristiche tecniche competenti legate a know-how e talento. New Year Illustrazione è rispettato per la sua accuratezza ed è progettato per offrire miglioramenti della qualità della vita che aiutano a rendere il mondo un posto migliore.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- An elegant figure with splendid Kimono, serenely sitting in a yard on a cold winter's day at new year, with colourful leaves and slowly showering snow around her that represents the traditional artistic term, Wabisabi (beauty of solitude and tranquility).
If we zoom in, it can be seen that the Patterns are mainly Pines, which is used in the most formal kimono, to be worn only on ceremonious occasions; and also "Seigaiha (sea waves)", which represents tranquility.
Aside from that, the stone plate on the left reads the pen-name of the artist; and on the kimono, there are patterns depicting mice, to celebrate 2020, the year of mouse. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Original dimensions at 5600*3150 px, with 935 canvas layers
- Tags
- Illustration, Kimono, Furisode, Kouyou, Karesansui
- Production Technology
- Drawn using a Wacom Cintiq Pro 32, with software Easy Paint Tool SAI 2.0
- Design Challenge
- The key challenge is to make a painting while keep the authenticity of the elements - the kimono, the karesansui ("dry yard") and the red leaves. While many other illustrators prefer drawing kimono-like outfits, this work must be authentic on the kimono design so it can fit the theme properly; under such condition, the creating process became much more difficult due to the fact that it can not be a free-form creation, but a restricted one that the combination of all the elements in the painting must be meticulously designed and crafted.
- Research
- Research especially on the meaning of the kimono patterns was conducted, to better represent kimono while avoid improper designs. Books and documents are examined, and different combinations of patterns are tried in the painting, and the one with best both cultural and visual effect was determined, resulting in a design which is both having superb color representation and cultural meaning that befit the theme of the work (new year).
- Inspiration
- When I was sitting alone in my home watching a video about how Kimono's (traditional Japanese dress) are made, I suddenly imagined a figure in Karesansui (Japanese stone yards), surrounded by maples and wearing the most fine, magnificent Kimono; and I, a "photographer", would quietly approach, crouching on the ground and capture the evanescent moment with a single-lens-reflex camera (which is my canvas and pen)
- Project Duration
- The vague inspiration of it formed since 2017-2018, and the actual drawing started in December 2019, finished & published in January 2020.
- Operation Flow
- At first sight, you will immediately focus on the figure in the middle, in spite of the fact that the saturation level of the background is much higher. This is called the "blurring perspectives" technic that by burring out items whilst no obvious perspective cues, it creates a huge sense of space, and can lead the beholder to focus their sight at once at the non-blurred items, namely the figure in this painting, sitting in the middle, creating a "photo-like" effect.
