Pride Shrike Naqshadaynta Mascot by Meng Chih Chiang

Pride Shrike Naqshadaynta Mascot by Meng Chih Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Xayeysiinta, Suuq-geynta iyo Isgaarsiinta Competition Category.

NaxaasXayeysiin· 2021

Pride Shrike Naqshadaynta Mascot

by Meng Chih Chiang

Client: Pingtung County Government

Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Xayeysiin Category

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The Design

About Pride Shrike Naqshadaynta Mascot

Qoraalka Buugga: Pride Shrike waa mascot loo naqshadeeyay dhacdo kubadeed oo qaran oo dhigatay dugsiyada sare, oo lagu qabtay Pingtung, Taiwan. Mascot-ku wuxuu ku salaysan yahay shimbirta brown shrike, kaas oo ah shimbirta rasmiga ah ee Degmada Pingtung, oo loo doortay meel ka bedelaya sawirrada daanyeerka ee muddo dheer lala xiriirin jiray magaalada. Waxaa la la tashaday khubarada shimbiraha (ornithologists) si loo hubiyo in maaskaradda madow ee indhaha, jirka sare ee cas-cas, iyo dabada cad ee dhamaadka lagu muujiyo si sax ah. Mascot-ka waxaa loo sawiray qaab garaafeed iyo mid saddex-cabbir ah, waxaana loo habeeyay istikarro dhaqdhaqaaqa leh oo loogu talagalay barnaamij fariimo oo si baahsan loo isticmaalo. Ujeeddadu waa in la kor u qaado ciyaaraha iyo gobolka martida loo yahay.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award

Pride Shrike Naqshadaynta Mascot waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf sare leh oo la siiyo naqshado aan caadi ahayn oo lagu garto hal-abuur, hal-abuur cusub iyo caqli. Guuleystayaasha Naxaasta waa shaqooyin xirfad buuxda leh iyo hal-abuur yaab leh oo xaqiijiya khibrad weyn, male-awaal iyo kartida naqshadeeyayaashooda. Pride Shrike Naqshadaynta Mascot waa walax la filayo inay noqoto mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, xirfad cad leh oo hal-abuur cusub leh. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu ku darsadaa hab-dhaqanno ugu wanaagsan farshaxanka, sayniska, naqshadaynta iyo tignoolajiyada wuxuuna ku fiican yahay dhawrista tafaasiisha. Pride Shrike Naqshadaynta Mascot si fiican ayay u buuxisaa baahiyaha, taabataa rabitaannada, soo jiidataa dareenka kicinayaanna xiisaha aqoonta.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Pride Shrike is the mascot of 2020 National High School Athletic Games in Pingtung, Taiwan. The mascot was named "Pride Shrike" as "bird" is pronounced similar to "pride" in Taiwanese, as well as echoing with the slogan "Pingtung Pride." The games cheer not only for the winners, but all athletes as they all make people proud.
Dimensions & Packaging: The guidelines of animated stickers in LINE store:
1. Their dimensions must be within 320 x 270 px.
2. Playback time: Up to 4 seconds per sticker.
3. PNG frame limits per APNG: Between 5 and 20 frames.
4. The maximum file size for each image is 300 KB.
Tags: Mascot, Games, Pingtung, Taiwan, Line, Animated sticker, National High School Athletics, Shrike, Bird, Brown Shrike
Production Technology: The mascot is drawn in both graphic and 3 dimensional way. For animated stickers, the team created animation in After Effect and generated the animated images with an APNG creation tool such as APNG Assembler.
Design Challenge: Capturing the traits of brown shrike is the most challenging aspect. The team has worked closely with ornithologists to picture the brown shrike. The face is white with the typical black "bandit-mask" through the eyes. The upper part is reddish and the lower parts are yellowish belly withrufousflanks. The tail is redder and tipped in white.
Research: Besides its adorkable appearance and flexible body, Pride Shrike has very distinctive personality. He is a national badminton player, in the senior year of athletic class in National Chao-Chou Senior High School. His favorite snack is Wandan red bean cake and favorite beverage is fresh lemon juice, which are both signature products in Pingtung. His objective is to show the characteristics of the host city. Pride Shrike is an important agent to promote its tourism and economy with local industries and signature products.
Inspiration: The mascot design of Pingtung City has long been monkeys because the old name of Pingtung is "Ahou," which is pronounced similar to "monkey" in Mandarin. In order to break away from stereotyped thinking, the team selected Brown Shrike, the bird of Pingtung County, as an inspiration to give everyone a refreshing impression about Pingtung. In particular, the team collaborated with Endemic Species Research Institute to draw the key features of Brown Shrike in detail.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 and finished in December 2019, and the mascot was released and exhibited in January 2020. National High School Athletic Games will be held from July 18 to July 23 in Pingtung, Taiwan. More than 12,000 athletes from other counties and cities will participate in the event.
Operation Flow: It's the first time to promote national games as LINE animated sticker since LINE is the most popular communication software in Taiwan. In order to create stickers with novelty, here are the creative directions:

1. Promoting sports as the main purpose, the sticker of shrike integrated into all kinds of sports to show the strength and beauty of each race.
2. Communicating with young generation, as all the athletes are between 12 to 18 years old, the shrike in the sticker speaks funny buzzwords.
Team Members: Creative Director: Meng Chih Chiang
3d Artist: Alex Wu
Motion Designer: Amy Wen
Coordinator: Pei Rong Lu
Photography: James Lin, Pei Tzu Chen
Image Credits: Image #1: Alex Wu
Image #2: Meng Chih Chiang
Image #3: Meng Chih Chiang
Image #4: Meng Chih Chiang
Image #5: James Lin, Pei Tzu Chen
Video Credits: Meng Chih Chiang
PDF: Meng Chih Chiang