Night Tale Rangkaian Ilustrasi by Wenxu Zhao

Night Tale Rangkaian Ilustrasi by Wenxu Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Basi in Grafik Competition Category.

BasiGrafik· 2025

Night Tale Rangkaian Ilustrasi

by Wenxu Zhao

Client: Strawberry Fish Girl

A' Design Award Basi Winner in Grafik Category

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The Design

About Night Tale Rangkaian Ilustrasi

Night Tale adolah rangkaian ilustrasi nan mangikuik perjalanan Strawberry Fish Girl di malam musim paneh. Rangkaian ko manggabuangkan fantasi jo surealisme untuak manyajikan curito nan tabuka. Satiok adegan mananpekkan karakter di tangah-tangah binatang, bungo, jo tumbuahan nan gadang, nan bafungsi sabagai metafora untuak pikiran batin, tujuan, jo raso ingin tahu. Ilustrasi ko dibuek sacaro digital jo resolusi tinggi, sainggo detail-detail alui tatap jaleh doh dalam ukuran gadang. Karyo ko dapek dipatunjuakkan sabagai cetakan, sabagai proyeksi gadang, atau sabagai instalasi imersif nan malingkuangi dindiang ruangan interior.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Basi

Night Tale Rangkaian Ilustrasi adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Night Tale Rangkaian Ilustrasi dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Night Tale Rangkaian Ilustrasi dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The work is an illustrated series depicting the whimsical journey of Strawberry Fish Girl on a summer night. Blending fantasy and surrealism, it invites viewers into a world where imagination flows freely. Each detail whispers fragments of an open ended tale.
Dimensions & Packaging: 17x22 inches (each), 600 dpi. Flexible sizing based on medium and usage.
Tags: illustration, children's illustration, fantasy, animals, dream world, summer night
Production Technology: The illustrations are digitally created using Photoshop and other graphic design software, allowing for high resolution detail and intricate artistry. The original works are large scale, designed to showcase a rich tapestry of fine details when viewed up close or projected onto expansive surfaces.
Design Challenge: The challenge is to artfully integrate childlike innocence, fantasy, and mystery into illustrations rich with intricate details, while maintaining a sense of visual unity and storytelling coherence.
Research: This project began with the creation of the Strawberry Fish Girl, a whimsical character embodying innocence, mystery, and fantasy. Building upon her image, a series of illustrations were developed, exploring her actions, surroundings, and interactions with her dreamlike environment. Through an introspective creative process, I crafted a narrative that serves as an honest reflection of their inner world, weaving together a story filled with childlike wonder and gentle mystery.

Each illustration carefully incorporates floral elements, plants, and animals, meticulously designed to contribute to the immersive dreamscape. Using digital tools such as Photoshop, the work balances intricate details and visual unity, resulting in a collection that is both technically refined and emotionally resonant. Whether presented as traditional prints, large scale projections, or immersive installations, the series invites viewers to step into a delicate, otherworldly world shaped by imagination and introspection.
Inspiration: This illustration series draws inspiration from my self reflection and dreams. I’ve visualized my self ego through a mystical, dreamlike world, where the interaction between the Strawberry Fish Girl and large animals becomes a metaphor for my inner landscape. Each animal symbolizes a part of me, my goals, my ideas, and my curiosity, weaving together a tale that bridges imagination and introspection.
Project Duration: The work was originally created in 2022, New York City, USA, and revised in 2024, New Jersey, USA.
Operation Flow: The illustrations can be showcased as traditional artworks in an exhibition, projected onto large outdoor screens on summer nights, or enveloping all four walls of an expansive indoor space, creating an immersive, dreamlike experience where the audience can step directly into the enchanting world of the paintings.