New Year Illustration by Jui-Ping Lee

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DESIGN DETAILS
DESIGN NAME:
New Year

PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Illustration

INSPIRATION:
When I was sitting alone in my home watching a video about how Kimono's (traditional Japanese dress) are made, I suddenly imagined a figure in Karesansui (Japanese stone yards), surrounded by maples and wearing the most fine, magnificent Kimono; and I, a "photographer", would quietly approach, crouching on the ground and capture the evanescent moment with a single-lens-reflex camera (which is my canvas and pen)

UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
An elegant figure with splendid Kimono, serenely sitting in a yard on a cold winter's day at new year, with colourful leaves and slowly showering snow around her that represents the traditional artistic term, Wabisabi (beauty of solitude and tranquility). If we zoom in, it can be seen that the Patterns are mainly Pines, which is used in the most formal kimono, to be worn only on ceremonious occasions; and also "Seigaiha (sea waves)", which represents tranquility. Aside from that, the stone plate on the left reads the pen-name of the artist; and on the kimono, there are patterns depicting mice, to celebrate 2020, the year of mouse.

OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:
At first sight, you will immediately focus on the figure in the middle, in spite of the fact that the saturation level of the background is much higher. This is called the "blurring perspectives" technic that by burring out items whilst no obvious perspective cues, it creates a huge sense of space, and can lead the beholder to focus their sight at once at the non-blurred items, namely the figure in this painting, sitting in the middle, creating a "photo-like" effect.

PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION:
The vague inspiration of it formed since 2017-2018, and the actual drawing started in December 2019, finished & published in January 2020.

PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
Drawn using a Wacom Cintiq Pro 32, with software Easy Paint Tool SAI 2.0

SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:
Original dimensions at 5600*3150 px, with 935 canvas layers

TAGS:
Illustration, Kimono, Furisode, Kouyou, Karesansui

RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
Research especially on the meaning of the kimono patterns was conducted, to better represent kimono while avoid improper designs. Books and documents are examined, and different combinations of patterns are tried in the painting, and the one with best both cultural and visual effect was determined, resulting in a design which is both having superb color representation and cultural meaning that befit the theme of the work (new year).

CHALLENGE:
The key challenge is to make a painting while keep the authenticity of the elements - the kimono, the karesansui ("dry yard") and the red leaves. While many other illustrators prefer drawing kimono-like outfits, this work must be authentic on the kimono design so it can fit the theme properly; under such condition, the creating process became much more difficult due to the fact that it can not be a free-form creation, but a restricted one that the combination of all the elements in the painting must be meticulously designed and crafted.

ADDED DATE:
2024-02-18 03:36:05

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IMAGE CREDITS:
Jui-Ping Lee, 2023.

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NOMINATION DETAILS

New Year Illustration by Jui-Ping Lee is a Nominee in Digital Art Category.

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New Year Illustration by Jui-Ping Lee is Winner in Digital Art Category, 2023 - 2024.



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