Henan Illustration Ntchito Yaikulu: Mndandanda wa Zithunzi by Wang Yisu

Henan Illustration Ntchito Yaikulu: Mndandanda wa Zithunzi by Wang Yisu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Zithunzi, Zojambulidwa ndi Kulumikizana Mwazithunzi Competition Category.

ChitsuloZithunzi· 2023

Henan Illustration Ntchito Yaikulu: Mndandanda wa Zithunzi

by Wang Yisu

Client: Northeastern University

Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award Winner in Zithunzi Category

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The Design

About Henan Illustration Ntchito Yaikulu: Mndandanda wa Zithunzi

Malemba a Buku: Henan Illustration ndi mndandanda wa zithunzi zisanu zomwe zimachokera ku zithunzi zachikhalidwe za Chaka Chatsopano zosemedwa pamatabwa za mumzinda wa Zhuxian, m'chigawo cha Henan, ku China. Mndandandawu umamasulira mwatsopano anthu odziwika bwino ochokera m'zithunzi izi mu njira yosalala yojambulidwa ndi manja yomwe ikukondweretsa owonera achinyamata. Mizere ya anthuwo idajambulidwa pa tablet pogwiritsa ntchito bolodi lojambulira ndi manja, kenako m'mphepete ndi mitundu adamalizidwa pogwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu yosinthira zithunzi. Mitundu ya lalanje ndi buluu yokhala ndi mphamvu zambiri imapanga kusiyana, ndipo chithunzi chilichonse chimasonyeza nkhope yosiyana. Cholinga chake ndi kukonzanso chidwi cha anthu pa luso lachikhalidwe lomwe likutha pang'onopang'ono.

The Recognition

About the Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award

Henan Illustration Ntchito Yaikulu: Mndandanda wa Zithunzi ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino omwe amakwaniritsa zofunika za akatswiri ndi za makampani zomwe zimayembekezeka kuchokera ku zolengedwa zopangidwa bwino. Opambana a Chitsulo amaonetsa luso lalikulu, ukatswiri wapamwamba, kumvetsetsa kwa akatswiri ndi mphamvu yolenga ya opanga awo. Henan Illustration Ntchito Yaikulu: Mndandanda wa Zithunzi akuyembekezeka kukhala cholengedwa choyamikiridwa kwambiri, chosirira ndi chokondedwa chomwe ndi chothandiza ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Chitsulo ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a makampani ndipo ali ndi makhalidwe a ukadaulo oyenerera olumikizidwa ndi chidziwitso ndi luso. Henan Illustration Ntchito Yaikulu: Mndandanda wa Zithunzi amalemekezedwa chifukwa cha kusamala kwake ndipo anapangidwa kuti apereke kukonza kwa moyo kumene kumathandiza kusandutsa dziko kukhala malo abwino.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: New Year pictures have a long history in China, but fewer and fewer young people have seen or like New Year pictures. By adding their own imagination and understanding, the author recreates the figures in the pictures to better meet the aesthetic preferences of young people, and wants to activate these vivid images again, so that more young people can see the beauty of New Year pictures.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 304.8mm x Depth 304.8mm x Height 304.8mm
Tags: National tide,flat style,Henan,Henan Pictures,hand-painted
Production Technology: In the early stage, The team drew character lines on iPad with a hand-painted board, and in the middle stage, then author transferred them to PS to draw edges and fill in colors.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part is the control of characters, because the image of Zhuxian Town New Year wood-plank pictures is too deeply rooted, so when the team wanted to create a more novel illustration image, they could not help but deviate from the previous image, so that the painting is too similar.
Research: Zhuxian Town in Henan Province is a wonderful page of China's intangible cultural heritage. After field research and experience, the author had an in-depth understanding of the New Year wood-block prints in Zhuxian Town in Henan Province by taking photos, interviewing folk folk and visiting local museums. The tools used during this period included a camera and a sketch book, The team is one person. With the progress of the project, author hope that the final research results can bring positive effects to the publicity of Henan New Year Pictures.
Inspiration: By chance,the team went to the town of Zhuxian in Henan Province, where the New Year pictures are the precious intangible cultural heritage. During the next trip, The team collectedtook a lot of photos about the wood-block New Year pictures.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2022 in Linyi city, Shandong province, and will end in January 2023 in Zhuxian town, Henan province
Operation Flow: Design works has a total of five pieces, showing the classic images in the New Year pictures of Zhuxian Town, Henan Province, like Nianianyu, King Firewood cart, ghost and other images. The overall illustration style is a highly saturated yellow and blue contrasting color, looking carefully at the facial expressions of the characters are different, as if they want to tell us a story.
Team Members: WangYisu
Image Credits: Image #1 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #2 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #3 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #4 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #5 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.