Kaixuan Guo · CLIENT: Northeastern University of China
Printmaking Tibet is a set of illustrations that depicts Tibetan culture and landscape. The illustrations are drawn with graphic design software and follow a printmaking style. Subjects include the Potala Palace, yaks on the snowy plateau and the distant pilgrimage path. Traditional culture is combined with modern visual aesthetics to present the beautiful, remote and devout character of Tibet. Each image measures 3600 by 3600 pixels at 300 dpi. The illustrations can be printed on coated paper or cloth and applied to cultural products.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The work is a set of illustrations depicting Tibetan culture, which expresses the creativity of excellent national culture through the form of printmaking, and creates the beautiful, remote and pious characteristics of Tibet. The combination of traditional culture and modern artistic aesthetics gives the spiritual connotation of a new era to the pilgrimage road in Tibet.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 3600 x 3600 pixels, 300dpi, RGB.
- Tags
- Tibetan culture, Illustration, Printmaking style, Cultural landscape
- Production Technology
- The work is drawn by using Photoshop and other graphic design software, and adopts high-level printing and manufacturing techniques to show exquisite details of illustrations. The illustrations can be applied to coated paper printing and cloth printing, etc., and the production materials are determined in the style of cultural and creative products.
- Design Challenge
- The difficulty lies in the display of national culture, combining modern aesthetics with folk content, and presenting the illustration in a novel form through the understanding of regional cultural connotation.
- Project Duration
- The work was created between June 2023 and October 2023 at Northeastern University in China.
- Operation Flow
- Through the dissemination of excellent traditional Chinese culture in the form of modern aesthetics, people can understand the charm of national culture.The Tibetan theme illustration is drawn by computer to bring the national culture into the public's vision and show the inheritance and affinity of traditional culture in a novel way.
- Research
- Tibet is a beautiful and remote part of China, with many unique cultural heritages. The Potala Palace stands under the blue sky and white clouds. The yak grazing on the snowy plateau is the king of the plateau. When he closes his eyes in the incense mist of the Sutras hall, he suddenly hears the truth of chanting sutras. The distant pilgrimage path, walking in it, small and firm, speaks of the long journey and the immortal faith.
- Inspiration
- As one of the important tourist destinations in China, Tibet has attracted more and more tourists for its unique geographical environment, history, culture and folk customs. Through the illustration design of Tibetan culture and landscape, explore the visual presentation of excellent Chinese culture, use the painting method of printmaking to express the beauty and mystery of Tibet, and further promote different national cultures through design.
- Image Credits
- Image #1 : Illustration Guo Kaixuan 2023.
Image #2 : Illustration Guo Kaixuan 2023.
Image #3 : Illustration Guo Kaixuan 2023.
Image #4 : Illustration Guo Kaixuan 2023.
Image #5 : Illustration Guo Kaixuan 2023.
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