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Mykola Lomakin Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Prince John Book Illustration in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
Mykola Lomakin acknowledged for fine arts and art installation design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Prince John Book Illustration by Mykola Lomakin has been granted the A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Prince John Book Illustration
It is made with paints on the toned paper, the final touch – on the graphic tablet. The designer combined figural imagery which illustrates the part of the text with frise compositions on the top and at the bottom, which details are psychologically connected with a figural image and make the illustration more expressive. Ornaments accentuate the horizontal rhythm of the illustration and bring to life the medieval atmosphere. The original text and fragments of other illustrations are below.
About Mykola Lomakin
His motto: “To work quickly means to work slowly, just without breaks”. Mykola chooses the road less traveled in his work. He thoroughly considers the topic he works upon and strives to finish the work. He learns to see complicated in the simple, uncommon in common, fascinating in average. Mykola takes an example from those people who realize their creative vocation as mission, aimed at establishing in the world the ideals of good and beauty, truth and justice, freedom and love.
Award Record
Mykola Lomakin is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award
The A' Fine-Art Design Award is an international fine-art design competition recognizing best fine-art works by leading fine-art artists and creators worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Entries typically include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. Awarded art designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/fine-art
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/91797
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/91797
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!91797
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/258148
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Prince John Book Illustration
- Function
- Book Illustration
- Category
- Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts
- Colors
- Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Gray, Saddle Brown and Sienna
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mykola Lomakin
- Country
- Ukraine
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #91797
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The designer made an illustration so that it looks as if from an old book. Searching for a composition he came to the decision to divide the image into three parts. The central part unfolds the plot. The top and bottom parts are filled with the details that are connected with the central part narratively and psychologically. They complete and make the composition more expressive. The illustration is made with paints on a paper with the final touch on the graphic tablet.
- Inspiration
- The Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, who is the founder of the historical novel genre, wrote the novel Ivanhoe in 1819. The main essence of this novel is to live by the laws of honor, fidelity, justice and love. The relevance of these eternal human principles inspired the designer to begin work on the project. While working on the illustration, the sources of inspiration are Bayeux Tapestry, miniatures of medieval manuscripts, paintings of Hans Holbein, Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
- Research
- Prince John stands against the wall where the flag of his royal house of the Plantagenets hangs. The wall has two exits. This detail hints the viewer that when people run out of patience and rebel, Prince John and his followers will escape through them. There are soldiers in the foreground, who keep a close eye on a viewer. Coin purses are depicted on the top of the illustration, these are for rich. Kitchen slops are depicted at the bottom of the illustration, these are for poor.
- Challenge
- The work objective is to convey the atmosphere of the book full of dramatic events: love and hatred, friendship and hostility, dignity and dishonor. The secondary task is to achieve the historical accuracy of the characters and items portrayed. When working on the project, the main difficulties lay in the collection of the historical material and search for the personalities of the novel characters.
- Realization and Technology
- Before drawing, Mykola toned the paper with strong tea. This process took place in such a way that an uneven coating resembling a marble texture turned out. In the finished work, this is almost imperceptible, but this method of tinting helped the designer to form some areas of the image and to imitate the chipped paint. The designer applied color in some areas with watercolors, and in some areas with oil using a glaze metad. The texture of the stone is made with acrylic applied to limited areas of the image with a paralon roller. On this texture, the details of the stone blocks were also made in the glazing technique.
- Operation and Interaction
- A detailed draughtsmanship should intensify visual expressiveness and attract a wide array of readers of the future book. People would like to see a beautiful, high quality book on their bookshelves. It is a delight to take such a book, thumb it and have a look at the illustrations, read. Such warmth and closeness to the writer and illustrator cannot be conveyed by an electronic book. As well as movies and television had not displaced theatre, electronic books did not displace printed books.
- Project Duration and Location
- This illustration is a part of the art project and was completed in 6 weeks between April and June 2018. According to the author plan, the project consists of 21 illustrations on the full page, including 3 double page spreads. In addition to the illustrations, the text of the book is going to be complemented with initials and small decorative elements in the same style as the illustrations. The project is a personal initiative of the designer. Mykola works on the project in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Specifications
- Paper, acryl, watercolors, oil paints 225x330 mm, graphic tablet.
- Keywords
- Ivanhoe, Walter Scott, illustration, characters, Middle Ages, Renaissance painting, historical
