Chinese Sports 插畫 by Yanliu Cui is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 平面設計 Competition Category.

銅平面· 2023

Chinese Sports 插畫

by Yanliu Cui

Client: Northeastern University of China

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About Chinese Sports 插畫

《中國體育》係一系列以中國傳統體育運動為主題嘅五幅插畫作品。呢套作品分別描繪咗雜技、蹴鞠、馬術、五禽戲同投擲呢五種運動。每幅插畫都將相應嘅運動放置喺其盛行嘅歷史時期背景之中，令畫面既充滿歷史感，又不失動感。作品先以鉛筆繪製草圖，再經掃描後用數碼繪畫軟件完成上色。呢個系列已喺網上發佈，旨在幫助大眾了解呢啲傳統體育運動嘅文化意涵。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Chinese Sports 插畫是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Chinese Sports 插畫將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Chinese Sports 插畫出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: A set of illustrations about traditional Chinese sports, including "acrobatics", "Cuju", "equestrian", "Five poultry opera" and "throwing", depict the sports while showing different backgrounds of The Times. This group of illustrations is characterized by both a sense of historical weight and a sense of kinetic vitality, showing the charm of Oriental culture.
Dimensions & Packaging: Printing illustrations: Height 800mm x Width 800mm, Data size: Height 1800mm x Width 800mm, 300dpi, RGB.
Tags: China, Sports, Illustration, Acrobatics, Cuju, Horsemanship, Five Poultry Play, Throwing
Production Technology: The sketches were drawn in pencil, then scanned and drawn using Photoshop.
Design Challenge: The difficulty lies in looking up the relevant background information of the times. China's history has a long history. It is difficult to find the background of the times in which sports with different characteristics flourished in the long history. Only by reading a large number of documents and the aid of mind maps can we achieve the perfect integration of sports and the times, realize the combination of modern aesthetics and traditional elements, and make the picture have both the sense of history and the sense of vitality of sports.
Research: Under the background of the vigorous development of sports events around the world, this study, based on the oriental perspective, collected five different traditional Chinese sports, namely "acrobatics", "cuju", "equestrian", "five bird games" and "throwing", by consulting ancient books and relevant papers, and created five different theme illustrations according to the different times at that time, It is helpful for people to further understand the philosophical connotation, cultural connotation and humanistic spirit contained in Chinese traditional sports.
Inspiration: The inspiration of the illustration comes from traditional Chinese sports. Many sports in China have been passed down for thousands of years. Illustrators try to show sports with distinct Oriental cultural characteristics in the long history of China, and show the wisdom, rich imagination and creative spirit of the ancestors to the modern people, as well as fully reflect the philosophical connotation, cultural connotation and humanistic spirit contained in sports.
Project Duration: The project was started at Northeast University in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China in December 2022 and completed at Northeast University in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China in February 2023.
Operation Flow: The illustration was released on the Internet to attract the public and show the charm of traditional Chinese sports.
Image Credits: Cui Yanliu, Zhang Jiayu, Ju Jijing, 2022.