Gung Ho Primary Function: Tlahtoltēchān Āmoxtēntli Tlahcuilōlli by Thomas von Kummant

Gung Ho Primary Function: Tlahtoltēchān Āmoxtēntli Tlahcuilōlli by Thomas von Kummant is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl in Tlacuilolli, Tlacuilolixiptlaliztli ihuan Tlachialtlanonotzaliztli Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.

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Gung Ho Primary Function: Tlahtoltēchān Āmoxtēntli Tlahcuilōlli

by Thomas von Kummant

Client: Thomas von Kummant

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl Winner in Tlacuilolli Category

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The Design

About Gung Ho Primary Function: Tlahtoltēchān Āmoxtēntli Tlahcuilōlli

Book Text: Gung Ho ce tlahcuilōlli tēntli tlēn ōmochīuh īpampa in caxtīllān francés cualnēzqui tlamantli in tlahtoltēchān Gung Ho. In tlahcuilōlli quicāhua in tlīltic tepoztlahcuilōlli tlēn miec tlahtoltēchān quitequitiltiah, īhuān quitequitiltia ce tlatetequiliztli collage tlamantli tlēn quipiya in īxiptla chipāhuac. In tlacayōtl īca tlapalli mochīhua ic ce nezcayōtiliztli mochīhua tlēn quipalēhuia in tlahtōlli īyōllōtzin. In tlahtōlli mocāhua īpan ce tlālpan tlēn ōmopolohqueh ītech in caxtīllān tlālli ītzintlān, cāmpa in nēmiliztli īpampa in tlapiyalōyān tepāntin. In īxiptla quiānā ce cāhuitl in ohuihcāyōtl, in tēlpōchtlacayōtl chicāhualiztli īhuān in cāhualli tēlpōchtli adrenalina. In digital tlahcuilōlli ōmochīuh īca ce graphics tablet.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl

Gung Ho Primary Function: Tlahtoltēchān Āmoxtēntli Tlahcuilōlli ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in huel yectli, tlanextic ihuan mahuiztic tlachihualli. In quicuicah Iztacteocuitlatl ca cenca cualli ihuan cenca yancuic tlachihualli in quinextia in tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ixtlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Gung Ho Primary Function: Tlahtoltēchān Āmoxtēntli Tlahcuilōlli ca cenca cualli, cenca motequiuhtia ihuan yancuic. Ni dizayno in quicuic Iztacteocuitlatl quihuelitia in toltecayotl, tlamatiliztli, dizayno ihuan teknolohia. Gung Ho Primary Function: Tlahtoltēchān Āmoxtēntli Tlahcuilōlli quiyolchicahua in tlacah, quipaquiltia ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Comic-Cover for the Comic Series Gung Ho.
The design of the comic series is an exceptional style for the French comic market. Without the drawn line, a kind of cut-out collage still tries to preserve the graphic legibility. Silhouettes are treated with colour to create an expressionistic impression, which serves the tone of the story. The synergy of narrative and aesthetics serves only the dramaturgy and the development of the comic. This Cover image captures the moment of released teenage adrenaline.
Dimensions & Packaging: Edition DELUXE 280mm x 375mm hardcover, 60 pages
Tags: Illustration, comic, digital, photoshop, story, book, series, narrative, storytelling, characters
Production Technology: Digital artwork for the cover of the french edition of Gung Ho - Court-circuit - Edition DELUXE 2.2, created with Photoshop and Wacom Tablet
Design Challenge: The script sets a certain tone with which the story is told. The challenge is to find a style that supports the tone of the story and gives the project uniqueness. When you see an image from the story, it has to be recognisable - that can only be an image from Gung Ho. The German comic market has not been able to develop due to the Second World War and is therefor very small - especially as far as in-house productions are concerned. To get our ambitious 420-page project financed, we had to enter the largest European comic market - the French market. With Edition Paquet we found a partner who supported us very well.
Research: Sequential art is older than millennia as we can see on cave paintings. It is later found in antiquity and can be found in the High Middle Ages on the Bayeux Tapestry. With the printing of books, sequential art became known to a wider readership. In the late 19th century, picture sheets were published, just like short comic strips. Picture and word told a short story.
In France and Belgium at the beginning of the 20th century, a new form of comic strip developed - the comic book - in which longer stories were printed in continuation. The comic series was born. This is also where drawing styles developed, such as Ligne claire, whose best-known representative is Herge with his Tintin. What most comics had in common was that legibility was created by a line drawn with black ink.
Inspiration: The inspiration came from our kids and the question - What if nature stroke back created a new aggressive species? The fictive story is telling happenings in a post apocalyptic south europe, where survival is only possible in fortified cities and settlements. Following the rules is a matter of life and death. Every child knows that. Until he becomes a teenager…
The theme of Gung Ho is on one hand about the destructive side of youth, but also on the other hand its power for renewal.
Project Duration: The project began in Munich in 2012. The first book was published in France in 2013. The project was completed in January 2021 in Munich with a publication in France in June 2021.
Operation Flow: The book was used in the Amiens region of France for classroom discussion and analysis. The aim is to adapt the book into film - animation or life action - or game media.
Team Members: artist: Thomas von Kummant
writer: Benjamin von Eckartsberg
editor: Edition Paquet