Henan Illustration Uchungechunge Lwemidwebo by Wang Yisu

Henan Illustration Uchungechunge Lwemidwebo by Wang Yisu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Igrafikhi Competition Category.

InsimbiIgrafikhi· 2023

Henan Illustration Uchungechunge Lwemidwebo

by Wang Yisu

Client: Northeastern University

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Igrafikhi Category

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The Design

About Henan Illustration Uchungechunge Lwemidwebo

I-Henan Illustration iyichungechunge lemidwebo emihlanu esekelwe emidwebeni yesintu yasendulo yezithombe zonyaka omusha ezenziwa ngezingxenye zamapulangwe (woodblock) zaseZhuxian Town, esifundazweni saseHenan, eShayina. Lolu chungechunge luhlaziya kabusha izithombe zamagugu ezitholakala kule mishwana yendabuko, ngesitayela sokudweba ngesandla esiflethi esifanele izibukeli ezisebasha. Imigqa yabalinganiswa yadwetshwa ngethebulethi kusetshenziswa ibhodi yokudweba ngesandla, kwathi imiphetho nemibala kwaqedwa kusetshenziswa isofthiwe yokuhlela izithombe. Amathoni kagolide naluhlaza aqhamile kakhulu enze umehluko obonakalayo, futhi ngamunye wabalinganiswa unemvezo yobuso ehlukile. Injongo ukuvusa kabusha intshisekelo yomphakathi kubuciko bendabuko obuqala ukuncipha.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

Henan Illustration Uchungechunge Lwemidwebo iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. Henan Illustration Uchungechunge Lwemidwebo ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. Henan Illustration Uchungechunge Lwemidwebo iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: New Year pictures have a long history in China, but fewer and fewer young people have seen or like New Year pictures. By adding their own imagination and understanding, the author recreates the figures in the pictures to better meet the aesthetic preferences of young people, and wants to activate these vivid images again, so that more young people can see the beauty of New Year pictures.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 304.8mm x Depth 304.8mm x Height 304.8mm
Tags: National tide,flat style,Henan,Henan Pictures,hand-painted
Production Technology: In the early stage, The team drew character lines on iPad with a hand-painted board, and in the middle stage, then author transferred them to PS to draw edges and fill in colors.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part is the control of characters, because the image of Zhuxian Town New Year wood-plank pictures is too deeply rooted, so when the team wanted to create a more novel illustration image, they could not help but deviate from the previous image, so that the painting is too similar.
Research: Zhuxian Town in Henan Province is a wonderful page of China's intangible cultural heritage. After field research and experience, the author had an in-depth understanding of the New Year wood-block prints in Zhuxian Town in Henan Province by taking photos, interviewing folk folk and visiting local museums. The tools used during this period included a camera and a sketch book, The team is one person. With the progress of the project, author hope that the final research results can bring positive effects to the publicity of Henan New Year Pictures.
Inspiration: By chance,the team went to the town of Zhuxian in Henan Province, where the New Year pictures are the precious intangible cultural heritage. During the next trip, The team collectedtook a lot of photos about the wood-block New Year pictures.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2022 in Linyi city, Shandong province, and will end in January 2023 in Zhuxian town, Henan province
Operation Flow: Design works has a total of five pieces, showing the classic images in the New Year pictures of Zhuxian Town, Henan Province, like Nianianyu, King Firewood cart, ghost and other images. The overall illustration style is a highly saturated yellow and blue contrasting color, looking carefully at the facial expressions of the characters are different, as if they want to tell us a story.
Team Members: WangYisu
Image Credits: Image #1 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #2 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #3 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #4 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.
Image #5 : Illustration Wang Yisu, 2023.