High Priestess Fa'aaliga by Haiyang Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Apamemea in Faatufugaga Numera Competition Category.

ApamemeaFaatufugaga Numera· 2025

High Priestess Fa'aaliga

by Haiyang Sun

Client: Haiyang Sun

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Faatufugaga Numera Category

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The Design

About High Priestess Fa'aaliga

O lenei ata vali fa'akomepiuta e fa'aalia ai se tama'ita'i ositaulaga o loo ofuina se pale ulu fa'amatagofie i tupe na fa'amautuina mai aganuu a Turkish, Dagestani, ma Armenian. E aofia ai elemene o mea lilo fa'alelagi ma le mamalu a tupu, ma e vala'auina ai tagata matamata e su'esu'e tu ma aga anamua. Na fa'amautuina le ata vali i le sitaili vali Alla prima ma toe fa'atupuina le lagona i meafaigaluega vali fa'akomepiuta fa'aonaponei. E ala i le mamanu ma le tomai o galuega pulumu vali, e fa'ailoa mai ai e le ata vali le matagofie ma le mana o le tama'ita'i ositaulaga. I le tu'ufa'atasiga o a'afiaga fa'aleaganu'u eseese, e ofoina atu ai e lenei galuega se va'aiga i totonu o se lalolagi fa'apitoa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai High Priestess Fa'aaliga, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina High Priestess Fa'aaliga e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. High Priestess Fa'aaliga e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a digital portrait Painting featuring a high priestess in a coined headdress, inspired by Turkish, Dagestani, and Armenian cultures. Merging mysticism and royalty, the painting invites viewers into ancient traditions. With meticulous detail and expressive brush strokes, it captures the priestess's power, urging viewers to unravel its layers of meaning. This artwork fuses diverse cultures, offering a glimpse into an imaginative realm.
Dimensions & Packaging: The original dimension is 3450*4465 px, 300dpi
Tags: Digital Painting, Digital Arts, Character Design, Fantasy, History
Production Technology: The painting process starts with preliminary sketches using pencil and paper, which are then transferred and painted digitally using Adobe Photoshop.
Design Challenge: The primary challenge lies in balancing each culture and integrating the alla prima style with digital painting tools like Photoshop. Additionally, overcoming the limitations of digital software was also a major challenge.
Research: Alongside the design process, research was conducted into different painting approaches and costume designs from various eras of the three cultures intended for fusion. This involved exploring diverse visual sources to improve the creation of the fantasy civilization.
Inspiration: The inspiration for this piece stems from the alla prima painting style and the utilization of modern digital tools. this work explores fantasy civilizations influenced by Turkish, Dagestani, and Armenian cultures. It blends history and fantasy, and reimagines a lost civilization within the digital realm.
Project Duration: 1 month, April 2024, Los Angeles
Operation Flow: This project aims to create a new fantasy civilization by combining existing cultures through a fusion of imagination and diligent research from photos and paintings. By integrating diverse visual references, the design goal is to craft a unique and refreshing new culture.
Image Credits: Haiyang Sun, 2024.