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Pride Shrike Aselkem n Lmuḍi by Meng Chih Chiang

Pride Shrike Aselkem n Lmuḍi by Meng Chih Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz in Afeṣṣel n Uselɣu, Azuzen d Teywalt Competition Category.


LbrunzAselɣu· 2021

Pride Shrike Aselkem n Lmuḍi

by Meng Chih Chiang

Client: Pingtung County Government

Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz Winner in Aselɣu Category

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The Design

About Pride Shrike Aselkem n Lmuḍi

Pride Shrike d aselkem i yettwaxedmen i tedyant n uneddi n uɣerbaz alemmas ilelli i d-yettwaxedmen di Pingtung, Taiwan. Aselkem-a yebna ɣef "brown shrike", agḍiḍ unṣib n twilayt n Pingtung, i yettwafernen deg umkan n tugniwin n ibki i yeqqimen zik-nni qqnen ɣer temdint. Ttwasteqsan yimusnawen n ledyur iwakken ad d-banen s tidet lqenaε taberkant n wallen, tama-nni n ufella i yeẓẓulen ɣer zzewǧ, akked yiri n yizi imellalen. Aselkem yettwarsem s tugna tasnegrafit akked tugna tasleḍant tres, yerna yettwabeddel s yisura yettmussuten i tsertit n uznuɣal yettwasqedcen aṭas. Aẓawan n uselkem d asnerni n usaru akked temnaḍt tanezwayt.

The Recognition

About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz

Pride Shrike Aselkem n Lmuḍi d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeṭṭafaren tinawt, tamusni d tezmert. Imerbaḥen n Lbrunz d isnulfa yelhan, ttbanen d timusniwin n tmusni n yimahilen-nsen. Pride Shrike Aselkem n Lmuḍi ad yili d asnulfu yettwaɛezzen, yelhan, amaynut. Pride Shrike Aselkem n Lmuḍi yettemlil ɣef yimawlan, yettwaɛezzen s tmahilt-is.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Pride Shrike is the mascot of 2020 National High School Athletic Games in Pingtung, Taiwan. The mascot was named "Pride Shrike" as "bird" is pronounced similar to "pride" in Taiwanese, as well as echoing with the slogan "Pingtung Pride." The games cheer not only for the winners, but all athletes as they all make people proud.
Dimensions & Packaging
The guidelines of animated stickers in LINE store:
1. Their dimensions must be within 320 x 270 px.
2. Playback time: Up to 4 seconds per sticker.
3. PNG frame limits per APNG: Between 5 and 20 frames.
4. The maximum file size for each image is 300 KB.
Tags
Mascot, Games, Pingtung, Taiwan, Line, Animated sticker, National High School Athletics, Shrike, Bird, Brown Shrike
Production Technology
The mascot is drawn in both graphic and 3 dimensional way. For animated stickers, the team created animation in After Effect and generated the animated images with an APNG creation tool such as APNG Assembler.
Design Challenge
Capturing the traits of brown shrike is the most challenging aspect. The team has worked closely with ornithologists to picture the brown shrike. The face is white with the typical black "bandit-mask" through the eyes. The upper part is reddish and the lower parts are yellowish belly withrufousflanks. The tail is redder and tipped in white.
Research
Besides its adorkable appearance and flexible body, Pride Shrike has very distinctive personality. He is a national badminton player, in the senior year of athletic class in National Chao-Chou Senior High School. His favorite snack is Wandan red bean cake and favorite beverage is fresh lemon juice, which are both signature products in Pingtung. His objective is to show the characteristics of the host city. Pride Shrike is an important agent to promote its tourism and economy with local industries and signature products.
Inspiration
The mascot design of Pingtung City has long been monkeys because the old name of Pingtung is "Ahou," which is pronounced similar to "monkey" in Mandarin. In order to break away from stereotyped thinking, the team selected Brown Shrike, the bird of Pingtung County, as an inspiration to give everyone a refreshing impression about Pingtung. In particular, the team collaborated with Endemic Species Research Institute to draw the key features of Brown Shrike in detail.
Project Duration
The project started in April 2019 and finished in December 2019, and the mascot was released and exhibited in January 2020. National High School Athletic Games will be held from July 18 to July 23 in Pingtung, Taiwan. More than 12,000 athletes from other counties and cities will participate in the event.
Operation Flow
It's the first time to promote national games as LINE animated sticker since LINE is the most popular communication software in Taiwan. In order to create stickers with novelty, here are the creative directions:

1. Promoting sports as the main purpose, the sticker of shrike integrated into all kinds of sports to show the strength and beauty of each race.
2. Communicating with young generation, as all the athletes are between 12 to 18 years old, the shrike in the sticker speaks funny buzzwords.
Team Members
Creative Director: Meng Chih Chiang
3d Artist: Alex Wu
Motion Designer: Amy Wen
Coordinator: Pei Rong Lu
Photography: James Lin, Pei Tzu Chen
Image Credits
Image #1: Alex Wu
Image #2: Meng Chih Chiang
Image #3: Meng Chih Chiang
Image #4: Meng Chih Chiang
Image #5: James Lin, Pei Tzu Chen
Video Credits: Meng Chih Chiang
PDF: Meng Chih Chiang

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