Gung Ho 漫畫書封面插畫 by Thomas von Kummant is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 平面設計 Competition Category.

銀平面· 2022

Gung Ho 漫畫書封面插畫

by Thomas von Kummant

Client: Thomas von Kummant

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About Gung Ho 漫畫書封面插畫

《Gung Ho》係為漫畫系列《Gung Ho》嘅法國豪華版所創作嘅封面插畫。呢幅作品摒棄咗大部分漫畫慣用嘅黑色勾線,改用剪紙拼貼嘅手法,令畫面保持清晰。剪影配以色彩處理,營造出富有表現主義色彩嘅印象,呼應故事嘅基調。故事背景設定喺一個後末日嘅南歐地區,喺嗰度生存全靠設有防禦工事嘅聚居地。呢幅圖像捕捉咗危機四伏嘅一刻、青春嘅勇氣同埋青少年腎上腺素爆發嘅瞬間。呢件數碼作品係以繪圖板製作而成。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Gung Ho 漫畫書封面插畫是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Gung Ho 漫畫書封面插畫將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Gung Ho 漫畫書封面插畫是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Comic-Cover for the Comic Series Gung Ho.
The design of the comic series is an exceptional style for the French comic market. Without the drawn line, a kind of cut-out collage still tries to preserve the graphic legibility. Silhouettes are treated with colour to create an expressionistic impression, which serves the tone of the story. The synergy of narrative and aesthetics serves only the dramaturgy and the development of the comic. This Cover image captures the moment of released teenage adrenaline.
Dimensions & Packaging: Edition DELUXE 280mm x 375mm hardcover, 60 pages
Tags: Illustration, comic, digital, photoshop, story, book, series, narrative, storytelling, characters
Production Technology: Digital artwork for the cover of the french edition of Gung Ho - Court-circuit - Edition DELUXE 2.2, created with Photoshop and Wacom Tablet
Design Challenge: The script sets a certain tone with which the story is told. The challenge is to find a style that supports the tone of the story and gives the project uniqueness. When you see an image from the story, it has to be recognisable - that can only be an image from Gung Ho. The German comic market has not been able to develop due to the Second World War and is therefor very small - especially as far as in-house productions are concerned. To get our ambitious 420-page project financed, we had to enter the largest European comic market - the French market. With Edition Paquet we found a partner who supported us very well.
Research: Sequential art is older than millennia as we can see on cave paintings. It is later found in antiquity and can be found in the High Middle Ages on the Bayeux Tapestry. With the printing of books, sequential art became known to a wider readership. In the late 19th century, picture sheets were published, just like short comic strips. Picture and word told a short story.
In France and Belgium at the beginning of the 20th century, a new form of comic strip developed - the comic book - in which longer stories were printed in continuation. The comic series was born. This is also where drawing styles developed, such as Ligne claire, whose best-known representative is Herge with his Tintin. What most comics had in common was that legibility was created by a line drawn with black ink.
Inspiration: The inspiration came from our kids and the question - What if nature stroke back created a new aggressive species? The fictive story is telling happenings in a post apocalyptic south europe, where survival is only possible in fortified cities and settlements. Following the rules is a matter of life and death. Every child knows that. Until he becomes a teenager…
The theme of Gung Ho is on one hand about the destructive side of youth, but also on the other hand its power for renewal.
Project Duration: The project began in Munich in 2012. The first book was published in France in 2013. The project was completed in January 2021 in Munich with a publication in France in June 2021.
Operation Flow: The book was used in the Amiens region of France for classroom discussion and analysis. The aim is to adapt the book into film - animation or life action - or game media.
Team Members: artist: Thomas von Kummant
writer: Benjamin von Eckartsberg
editor: Edition Paquet