Yummy Ip插畫 by Du Qingyu and Zhang Jun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 平面設計 Competition Category.

銅平面· 2025

Yummy Ip插畫

by Du Qingyu and Zhang Jun

Client: Joy Studio

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About Yummy Ip插畫

呢套插畫作品靈感源自捕捉日常生活嘅簡單快樂。色彩組合旨在營造歡樂氣氛，喚起人哋嘅愉悅情感。角色對食物嘅熱愛透過佢哋手持食物時嘅面部表情同身體變化展現出嚟。呢套插畫可應用於品牌推廣同產品包裝，提升品牌認知度，滿足用戶嘅情感需求。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Yummy Ip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Yummy Ip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。Yummy Ip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

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a set of 3D IP illustrations. It is a visual presentation of people's spiritual demands in a fast-paced life, exploring the pursuit of emotional comfort through characters and food. Compared with other designs, it focuses on the details of life and sees the big picture from the small. The image has exaggerated big eyes and simple shapes, which are highly recognizable and cute. Such a childlike design can easily arouse people's resonance with simple happiness.
Dimensions & Packaging: Image size 1800Pixels x 1800Pixels
Tags: character design, food, colorful, illustration, happiness
Production Technology: This set of illustrations uses 3D modeling technology, with the help of C4D to build models of cartoon characters and food, set proportions, and shapes. In the early design stage, collect inspiration, study popular cartoon styles and audience preferences, and determine the direction of high-saturation colors and simple and exaggerated shapes. Arranging light sources, enhance visual impact and artistic appeal. Use Octane renderer to render high-quality artworks.
Design Challenge: 1. How to stand out among many food-themed designs is the primary challenge.
2. From the historical perspective of illustration development, traditional hand-painted illustrations are deeply rooted, and there are many stereotypes in the process of transformation to 3D digitalization.
3. Society's perception and demand for illustrations are constantly changing, and how to make the work fit the expectations of different social groups has also become a big challenge.
Research: The study revolves around the creation and application of 3D cartoon illustrations, using an interdisciplinary research type. With the help of literature, the development and application of 3D cartoon illustrations were sorted out, classic cases were analyzed, and online user surveys were conducted. The study shows that the unique style of 3D cartoon illustrations can meet the emotional demands of users, can be applied to brand promotion and product packaging, and enhance brand recognition.
Inspiration: This set of illustrations is inspired by capturing the simple joys of daily life. The pictures are constructed with brightly colored elements, symbolizing the colorful and vibrant life. The characters' desire for food is the instinctive pursuit of human beings for material enjoyment, it reflects our spiritual yearning for simple happiness in a busy world. Food is like the little things in life that make us happy, reminding us that happiness is often hidden in ordinary daily life.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2023 in Beijing and finished in June 2023 in Beijing
Operation Flow: An interesting picture is formed by combining the characters' body shapes with the food's characteristics. The cartoon characters' desire for food is highlighted. Combining the food that people are familiar with and love can easily trigger the public's emotional resonance. The unique 3D cartoon style, bold use of colors, and vivid images stand out from the crowd of visual content and can quickly attract users' attention.
Team Members: Du Qingyu
Zhang Jun
Image Credits: Du Qingyu