Girls with Chess Esasy Funksiýasy: Redaksiýa Illýustrasiýasy by Mengyao Guo

Girls with Chess Esasy Funksiýasy: Redaksiýa Illýustrasiýasy by Mengyao Guo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Demir Baýragy in Grafika, Illýustrasiýa we Wizual Aragatnaşyk Dizaýny Competition Category.

DemirGrafika· 2024

Girls with Chess Esasy Funksiýasy: Redaksiýa Illýustrasiýasy

by Mengyao Guo

Client: Mengyao Guo

A' Design Award Demir Baýragy Winner in Grafika Category

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The Design

About Girls with Chess Esasy Funksiýasy: Redaksiýa Illýustrasiýasy

Kitap Teksti: Şahmat Oýnaýan Gyzlar, jyns deňligi barada makalalar we kampaniýalar üçin döredilen redaksiýa illýustrasiýasydyr. Eserde şahmat oýnaýan iki gyz şekillendirilýär. Bir gyz Şa figurasyny ýykýar, beýlekisi bolsa muňa syn edýär. Ýykylan Şa, patriarhal kadalaryň dargadylmagyny aňladýar. Ikili şahsyýetleri öwrenmek we dürli ýagdaý ýagdaýlaryny aňlatmak üçin iki tapawutly reňk - mämişi we gök reňkler ulanylýar. Illýustrasiýa ýokary çözgütli sanly şekil hökmünde taýýarlanyldy, şonuň üçin bu eser onlaýn paýlaşylyp, dürli ölçeglerde çap edilip bilner.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Demir Baýragy

Girls with Chess Esasy Funksiýasy: Redaksiýa Illýustrasiýasy A' Design Award Demir Baýragynyň ýeňijisidir; bu gowy dizaýn edilen eserlerden garaşylýan hünär we senagat talaplaryny kanagatlandyrýan gowy dizaýnlara berilýän abraýly ykrarnamadyr. Demir ýeňijileri döredijileriniň uly başarnygyny, ýokary ugurlaşygyny, hünärmen düşünjesini we döredijilik ukybyny görkezýär. Girls with Chess Esasy Funksiýasy: Redaksiýa Illýustrasiýasy uly baha berilýän, haýran galynýan we söýülýän, amaly we täzelikçi eser bolmagy garaşylýar. A' Design Award Demir Baýragyny gazanan bu dizaýn pudagyň iň oňat tejribelerini birleşdirýär we bilim we zehin bilen baglanyşykly ukyply tehniki aýratynlyklara eýedir. Girls with Chess Esasy Funksiýasy: Redaksiýa Illýustrasiýasy jikme-jikligi üçin hormatlanylýar we dünýäni has gowy ýere öwürmäge kömek edýän ýaşaýyş hilini gowulandyrýan zatlary hödürlemek üçin dizaýn edilendir.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This illustration is designed to highlight issues related to gender, ideally for an article or social movement campaign. It features two girls engrossed in a game of chess, one of them toppling the King piece, while the other watches. The artwork explores binary identities and the interplay of dual colors, orange and blue, to evoke various situational states.
Dimensions & Packaging: Digital works for any flexible changes.
Tags: Illustration, Gender, Equality, Communication, Visual Symbolism
Production Technology: The illustration was made using Adobe Photoshop, a leading graphic design software. Photoshop's diverse toolset facilitated nuanced color blending, detailed texture creation, and precise element placement. Its layer-based approach allowed for complex composition building. The high-resolution output ensured the illustration's quality was maintained across various digital and print applications.
Design Challenge: The main challenge was to create an illustration that effectively communicates complex themes of gender equality and societal norms. Balancing aesthetics and message clarity while ensuring the artwork was thought-provoking but not overly didactic required careful design decisions. Research into gender issues, color symbolism, and visual metaphors was crucial in addressing this challenge, ultimately leading to an evocative and meaningful illustration.
Research: The illustration was developed after researching gender issues and visual symbolism. The investigation encompassed an understanding of societal norms associated with gender, cultural implications of color, and the power of visual metaphors. This research informed the design, from the symbolic chess game to the gender-associated colors, resulting in a provocative artwork that fosters dialogue on gender equality and societal structures.
Inspiration: This illustration draws inspiration from the ongoing dialogue around gender issues and equality. It uses the metaphor of a chess game, traditionally seen as a strategic and intellectual pursuit, to underscore the abilities and potential of women in challenging societal norms and structures. The act of the girls toppling the King piece represents dismantling patriarchal norms.
Project Duration: The project started and finished in September 2020 in China.
Operation Flow: As a visual piece, this illustration invites viewer interaction through its symbolic elements: the chess scene and the color interplay prompt thoughts on gender roles and equality. As a digital artwork, it's easily shared and displayed across platforms, enhancing accessibility and facilitating discourse on the depicted social issues. The illustration thus catalyzes conversations about gender norms and societal structures.
Image Credits: Image #1: Illustrator Mengyao Guo, Girls with Chess, 2022.
Image #2: Illustrator Mengyao Guo, Girls with Chess, 2022.
Image #3: Illustrator Mengyao Guo, Girls with Chess, 2022.
Image #4: Illustrator Mengyao Guo, Girls with Chess, 2022.
Image #5: Illustrator Mengyao Guo, Girls with Chess, 2022.