New Year Fanoharana by Jui-Ping Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Vy in Zavakanto Nomerika Competition Category.

VyZavakanto Nomerika· 2024

New Year Fanoharana

by Jui-Ping Lee

A' Design Award Vy Winner in Zavakanto Nomerika Category

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The Design

About New Year Fanoharana

Ao anatin'ny tokotany tony, eo afovoan'ny oram-panala malefaka amin'ny ririnina sy ny loko mamirapiratra amin'ny ravin'ny fararano, misy endrika tsara tarehy mipetraka mitafy Kimono mahafinaritra. Mampatsiahy ny foto-kevitra Wabisabi ny sehatra, izay maneho ny hatsaran'ny fitokanan-tena sy ny fitoniana. Lamina madinidinika no mandravaka ny lamba, ny ankamaroany dia hazo Kesika, maneho ny fahamasinana; ary ny Seigaiha misy gadona tsara maneho ny fahatonianan'ny ranomasina. Rehefa jerena akaiky dia hita ny antsipiriany madinidinika kokoa, misy takelaka vato mitondra ny anaran-tsoratr'ilay mpanakanto mipetraka eo ankavia; ary eo ambonin'ny Kimono, misy lamina voalavo maneho ny taona vaovao 2020, taona ny voalavo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Vy

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Vy ny famolavolana New Year Fanoharana, fankasitrahana malaza omena ny famolavolana tsara izay mahafeno ny fepetra ara-barotra sy ara-indostria andrasana amin'ny famoronana natao tsara. Ny mpandresy Vy dia mampiseho fahaiza-manao lehibe, fahaizana manokana ambony, fahatakarana manam-pahaizana ary fahaizana mamorona an'ireo mpamorona azy. Andrasana ho famoronana ankasitrahana be, ankafizina ary tiana izay azo ampiharina sady vaovao ny famolavolana New Year Fanoharana. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Vy ity dia mampiray ny fomba fanao tsara indrindra amin'ny indostria ary manana toetra ara-teknika mahomby mifandray amin'ny fahalalana sy ny talenta. Ny famolavolana New Year Fanoharana dia hajaina noho ny fitandremany ary natao hanome fanatsarana ny kalitaon'ny fiainana izay manampy hahatonga ny tontolo ho toerana tsara kokoa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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.