Buddha Said Raupapa Whakaahua by Mengjia Li

Buddha Said Raupapa Whakaahua by Mengjia Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Whakairoiro, Whakaahua Ringa me te Whakawhitiwhiti Ataata Competition Category.

ParahiWhakairoiro· 2021

Buddha Said Raupapa Whakaahua

by Mengjia Li

Client: Northeastern University

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Whakairoiro Category

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The Design

About Buddha Said Raupapa Whakaahua

Ko Buddha Said he raupapa whakaahua i hangaia i runga i nga peita ana o Dunhuang. E rima nga korero rongonui i tango mai i nga peita ana, ka tuhia ano mo tenei raupapa. Kua whakapaipaitia nga ahuatanga o tenei korero, tenei korero, a kua whakakotahihia ki nga whakaahuatanga ma te ahua whakairoiro hou. Ko nga tae i tango mai i nga peita ana o Dunhuang e homai ana i tetahi ahua nui me te ahua ngaro ki nga whakaahua. Ka hangaia nga whakaahua ma te rorohiko hoahoa "vector", a ka taatia ki te 800 miriona ki te 800 miriona (mm) i te ataahua teitei. Ko te whainga kia hono i te tikanga tuku iho ki te hoahoa hou, kia mohiotia ai enei korero ana e te iwi whanui ake.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Buddha Said Raupapa Whakaahua te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Buddha Said Raupapa Whakaahua he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Buddha Said Raupapa Whakaahua i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Through reading and understanding a large number of relevant materials of Dunhuang frescoes, this paper combines traditional frescoes with modern illustration design, explores the integration of tradition and modernity, and thus creates illustration design works with modern design flavor and national characteristics.
Dimensions & Packaging: Printing illustrations:800mm (H) x 800mm (W) (sheet size), Data size:1800mm (H) x 1800mm (W), 300dpi, cmyk.
Tags: Dunhuang, illustration design, mural story, traditional culture, Silk Road
Production Technology: The series of illustrations and expressions are drawn by the illustrator vector design software. It is produced by high level printing and manufacturing technologies to show the details of beautiful and exquisite illustrations.
Design Challenge: The difficulty lies in accurately grasping the characteristics of Dunhuang frescoes, combining modern aesthetics with traditional frescoes, and combining computer technology with traditional crafts to shape modern aesthetic feeling.
Research: This design selects the five most classic stories in Dunhuang frescoes for illustration design. First, the characters in the story are refined and skillfully combined. Then, the colors matched with the charm of Dunhuang are used to highlight the magnificent and mysterious atmosphere of the whole illustration. Moreover, the innovation of this illustration design lies in the integration of Dunhuang frescoes into the illustration design, and the integration of Dunhuang elements in the picture also enhances the unity of the whole design.
Inspiration: At present, Dunhuang Cultural Development Bureau is only limited to re-creating the image of Feixian, and the same classic Dunhuang mural stories have not been well developed and utilized. This design redesigns and creates Buddhist stories in Dunhuang frescoes, so that these classic frescoes are well known by more people, and the art of Dunhuang frescoes is pushed to the public and the world.
Project Duration: Luoyang, the starting point of the Silk Road, is in 2020 .
Operation Flow: This design selects the five most classic stories in Dunhuang frescoes for illustration design. First of all, the understanding of Dunhuang frescoes is reconstructed. Secondly, the characters in the story are refined and combined with the story skillfully. Finally, computer coloring with Dunhuang flavor highlights the magnificent and mysterious atmosphere of illustration as a whole.
Team Members: Art Director: Huo Kai, designer: Li Mengjia
Image Credits: Image #1 : Li Mengjia, 2020
Image #2 : Li Mengjia, 2020
Image #3 : Li Mengjia, 2020
Image #4 : Li Mengjia, 2020
Image #5 : Li Mengjia, 2020