New Year Sawir-tusid by Jui-Ping Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award in Farshaxanka Dhijitaalka Competition Category.

BirFarshaxanka Dhijitaalka· 2024

New Year Sawir-tusid

by Jui-Ping Lee

Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Farshaxanka Dhijitaalka Category

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The Design

About New Year Sawir-tusid

Barxad aamusan gudaheeda, iyada oo barafka jiilaalka si tartiib ah u da'aya iyo midabada nool ee caleemaha dayrta dhex joogaan, waxaa fadhida muuqaal qurux badan oo xiran Kimono aad u qurux badan. Muuqaalku wuxuu soo bandhigaa macnaha Wabisabi, isaga oo ka tarjumaya quruxda kaliganimada iyo xasiloonida. Qaababka quruxda badan ayaa qurxiya dharka, inta badan geedaha Pine ah oo calaamad u ah murugada iyo xushmadda; iyo Seigaiha laxankiisa oo matala deganaanta badda. Marka la soo weyneeyo waxaa muuqda faahfaahin aad u tafatiran, saxan dhagax ah oo qabanaya magaca qalin-duubka fannaanka ayaa ku yaal dhinaca bidix; Kimonada korkeedana waxaa ku yaal qaabab jiirka ah oo matalaya sanadka cusub 2020kii, sanadkii jiirka.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award

New Year Sawir-tusid waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf leh oo la siiyo naqshado wanaagsan oo buuxiya shuruudaha xirfadeed iyo kuwa warshadeed ee laga filayo hal-abuurro si wanaagsan loo naqshadeeyay. Guuleystayaasha Birta waxay muujiyaan xirfad weyn, takhasus sare, fahan khabiir iyo awood hal-abuur oo abuurayaashooda. New Year Sawir-tusid waa hal-abuur la filayo inuu noqdo mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, wax ku ool ah oo cusub. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu isku daraa hab-dhaqannada ugu wanaagsan warshadda wuxuuna leeyahay sifooyin farsamo oo karti leh oo ku xiran aqoon iyo hibo. Dhammaystirkeeda awgeed, New Year Sawir-tusid waa mudan ixtiraam, waxaana loo naqshadeeyay inay keento hagaajin nololeed oo ka caawisa in adduunka laga dhigo meel ka wanaagsan.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: An elegant figure with splendid Kimono, serenely sitting in a yard on a cold winter's day at new year, with colourful leaves and slowly showering snow around her that represents the traditional artistic term, Wabisabi (beauty of solitude and tranquility).

If we zoom in, it can be seen that the Patterns are mainly Pines, which is used in the most formal kimono, to be worn only on ceremonious occasions; and also "Seigaiha (sea waves)", which represents tranquility.

Aside from that, the stone plate on the left reads the pen-name of the artist; and on the kimono, there are patterns depicting mice, to celebrate 2020, the year of mouse.
Dimensions & Packaging: Original dimensions at 5600*3150 px, with 935 canvas layers
Tags: Illustration, Kimono, Furisode, Kouyou, Karesansui
Production Technology: Drawn using a Wacom Cintiq Pro 32, with software Easy Paint Tool SAI 2.0
Design Challenge: The key challenge is to make a painting while keep the authenticity of the elements - the kimono, the karesansui ("dry yard") and the red leaves. While many other illustrators prefer drawing kimono-like outfits, this work must be authentic on the kimono design so it can fit the theme properly; under such condition, the creating process became much more difficult due to the fact that it can not be a free-form creation, but a restricted one that the combination of all the elements in the painting must be meticulously designed and crafted.
Research: Research especially on the meaning of the kimono patterns was conducted, to better represent kimono while avoid improper designs. Books and documents are examined, and different combinations of patterns are tried in the painting, and the one with best both cultural and visual effect was determined, resulting in a design which is both having superb color representation and cultural meaning that befit the theme of the work (new year).
Inspiration: When I was sitting alone in my home watching a video about how Kimono's (traditional Japanese dress) are made, I suddenly imagined a figure in Karesansui (Japanese stone yards), surrounded by maples and wearing the most fine, magnificent Kimono; and I, a "photographer", would quietly approach, crouching on the ground and capture the evanescent moment with a single-lens-reflex camera (which is my canvas and pen)
Project Duration: The vague inspiration of it formed since 2017-2018, and the actual drawing started in December 2019, finished & published in January 2020.
Operation Flow: At first sight, you will immediately focus on the figure in the middle, in spite of the fact that the saturation level of the background is much higher. This is called the "blurring perspectives" technic that by burring out items whilst no obvious perspective cues, it creates a huge sense of space, and can lead the beholder to focus their sight at once at the non-blurred items, namely the figure in this painting, sitting in the middle, creating a "photo-like" effect.