Chinese Sports Munus Primarium: Illustratio by Yanliu Cui

Chinese Sports Munus Primarium: Illustratio by Yanliu Cui is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Graphica Competition Category.

AesGraphica· 2023

Chinese Sports Munus Primarium: Illustratio

by Yanliu Cui

Client: Northeastern University of China

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Graphica Category

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About Chinese Sports Munus Primarium: Illustratio

Textus Libri: Sports Sinenses series est quinque illustrationum de exercitationibus athleticis Sinensibus traditionalibus. Hoc opus artes acrobaticas, cuju, exercitationes equestres, quinque animalium exercitia, et iactationem depingit. Quaeque illustratio suum exercitium intra periodum historicam in qua illud exercitium populare erat collocat, ita ut imagines sensum historiae cum sensu motus coniungant. Descriptiones graphidibus plumbeis primum factae sunt, deinde scannatae et instrumentis programmatis picturae digitalis perfectae. Series in interrete divulgata est ut populus significationem culturalem harum exercitationum traditionalium cognosceret.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Chinese Sports Munus Primarium: Illustratio victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Chinese Sports Munus Primarium: Illustratio rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Chinese Sports Munus Primarium: Illustratio necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

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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.