Chinese Sports Illustracion by Yanliu Cui

Chinese Sports Illustracion by Yanliu Cui is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Bronze in Grafica Competition Category.

BronzeGrafica· 2023

Chinese Sports Illustracion

by Yanliu Cui

Client: Northeastern University of China

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Grafica Category

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The Design

About Chinese Sports Illustracion

Los Espòrts Chinés es una seria de cinc illustracions sus los espòrts tradicionals chinés. L'ensemble representa l'acrobacia, lo cuju, los espòrts eqüèstres, los exercicis dels cinc animals e lo lançament. Cada illustracion plaça son espòrt dins la periòda istorica ont aqueste espòrt èra popular, atal las imatges combinan un sentiment d'istòria amb un sentiment de movement. Los esquisses foguèron dessenhats al crajon, puèi escanerizats e acabats amb un logicial de pintura numerica. La seria foguèt publicada en linha per ajudar lo public a apréner la significacion culturala d'aquestes espòrts tradicionals.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Chinese Sports Illustracion a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze, una reconeissença plan prestigiosa acordada a de designs excellents que se destrian per la creativitat, l'engenh e la finessa. Los ganhaires del Bronze son d'artefactes largament abils e sorprenentament creatius que provan la vasta experiéncia, l'imaginacion e l'engenhositat de lors designers. S'espèra que Chinese Sports Illustracion siá un objècte fòrça considerat, admirat e estimat, notablament professional e innovant. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze integra las melhoras practicas de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia e es excellent per son atencion al detalh. Chinese Sports Illustracion satisfa esplendidament los besonhs, toca los desirs, encanta los sentiments e interèssa la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A set of illustrations about traditional Chinese sports, including "acrobatics", "Cuju", "equestrian", "Five poultry opera" and "throwing", depict the sports while showing different backgrounds of The Times. This group of illustrations is characterized by both a sense of historical weight and a sense of kinetic vitality, showing the charm of Oriental culture.
Dimensions & Packaging: Printing illustrations: Height 800mm x Width 800mm, Data size: Height 1800mm x Width 800mm, 300dpi, RGB.
Tags: China, Sports, Illustration, Acrobatics, Cuju, Horsemanship, Five Poultry Play, Throwing
Production Technology: The sketches were drawn in pencil, then scanned and drawn using Photoshop.
Design Challenge: The difficulty lies in looking up the relevant background information of the times. China's history has a long history. It is difficult to find the background of the times in which sports with different characteristics flourished in the long history. Only by reading a large number of documents and the aid of mind maps can we achieve the perfect integration of sports and the times, realize the combination of modern aesthetics and traditional elements, and make the picture have both the sense of history and the sense of vitality of sports.
Research: Under the background of the vigorous development of sports events around the world, this study, based on the oriental perspective, collected five different traditional Chinese sports, namely "acrobatics", "cuju", "equestrian", "five bird games" and "throwing", by consulting ancient books and relevant papers, and created five different theme illustrations according to the different times at that time, It is helpful for people to further understand the philosophical connotation, cultural connotation and humanistic spirit contained in Chinese traditional sports.
Inspiration: The inspiration of the illustration comes from traditional Chinese sports. Many sports in China have been passed down for thousands of years. Illustrators try to show sports with distinct Oriental cultural characteristics in the long history of China, and show the wisdom, rich imagination and creative spirit of the ancestors to the modern people, as well as fully reflect the philosophical connotation, cultural connotation and humanistic spirit contained in sports.
Project Duration: The project was started at Northeast University in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China in December 2022 and completed at Northeast University in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China in February 2023.
Operation Flow: The illustration was released on the Internet to attract the public and show the charm of traditional Chinese sports.
Image Credits: Cui Yanliu, Zhang Jiayu, Ju Jijing, 2022.