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Jinho Kang Receives the A' Design Award for Crazy Head Digital Art in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design

Jinho Kang recognized for fine arts and art installation design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category for Crazy Head Digital Art by Jinho Kang. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the A' Design Award

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

About Crazy Head Digital Art

Every human being have their own characters like different ego, thinking and basic nature. The artist Jinho Kang stated that this Crazy Head came from it. So the car represents human's ego. Man is watching the car and wants to get rid of it but he can't. They seemed stick together forever. Man's eye is exaggerated like cartoon style. Even though the topic is heavy everything that he had done on this work looks more fun and casual.

About Jinho Kang

He is something new artist in illustration area compare to his long career of animation. He splits the human's thinking into small pieces and put it together by weird way. It represent the human's ego, mind, natural characters that every human being has.

Award Record

Jinho Kang is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.

About the A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award

The A' Fine-Art Design Award is an international fine-art design competition recognizing best fine-art works by leading fine-art artists and creators worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Typical entries include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. The awarded art designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/fine-art

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Crazy Head Digital Art
Function
Digital Art
Category
Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Arts
Colors
Dark Salmon, Peru, Light Salmon, Steel Blue and Indian Red
Images
5

The Recognition

Laureate
Jinho Kang
Country
Republic of Korea
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#89875

Credits

Image Credits
Illustrator Jinho Kang, Crazy Head, 2015.

Design Details

Unique Properties
Every man have different characters like thinking, idea. Sometimes It is positive or negative things. It sticks to human's mind. On this art the car represent that ego. Man's eye is exaggerated like cartoon style. So It looks more fun.
Inspiration
Some funny stuffs came up instantly during watching trailer movie. I don't remember exactly when it was what movie it was. Later I mixed something on the man's head and made it into gif animation. That's the start of my Crazy-Head series. It have been developed many times through the last five years.
Research
Animator is my main job since 1988 and still working on animation & game area as animator. Anyone can watch Crazy Singing Bird show on YouTube. Anyway, I always eager to make new things which is related with cyber punk & bio mechanic style. Also interested in inside of human mind. So I mixed together. Using Photoshop, makes some crazy stuffs as 2D. Sometimes I took the pictures, drawing, and research the google. All kinds of stuffs related with humans are my materials.
Challenge
Hardest one is that what kind of stuffs I put it in on the man's head and when should I finish this project. It's the battle between my thought and technical drawing. It continues retouch.
Realization and Technology
Normally I use some photo I took and sometimes it comes from many different sources, made draw and retouched many times then finally change into different object.
Operation and Interaction
It's only digital art for the personal project.
Project Duration and Location
It started 2013 and retouched 2018. No exhibition.
Specifications
It's 2362x1813 300dpi. digital art.
Keywords
digital art, cyberpunk, crazy head, cyber zico

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