Ko te hoahoa New Year Whakaahua nā Jui-Ping Lee he kaitoa whakahirahira o te 2024 A' Design Award Rino i te Wāhanga Whakataetae Toi Matihiko.

RinoToi Matihiko· 2024

New Year Whakaahua

nā Jui-Ping Lee

Kaitoa o te A' Design Award Rino i te Wāhanga Toi Matihiko

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Ngā Tae

Te Hoahoa

Mō New Year Whakaahua

I roto i tētahi papa whare mārie, i waenga i te hukahuka māmā o te hukarere o te hōtoke me ngā tae kānapa o ngā rau o te ngahuru, e noho ana tētahi āhua ātaahua kua whakapaipai ki te Kimono tino mīharo. E whakaatu ana te tirohanga i te momo o te Wabisabi, e whakaata ana i te ātaahua o te noho takitahi me te houkura. E whakapaipai ana ngā tauira ngāwari i te kākahu, ko te nuinga he Paina, e tohu ana i te hōhonu; me te Seigaiha whakarare e tohu ana i te mārie o te moana. Mā te toro whakamua ka kitea atu ngā taipitopito urupounamu ake, kei te taha mauī tētahi papa kōhatu e mau ana i te ingoa tāpae o te kaitoi; ā, i runga i te Kimono, ko ngā tauira o ngā kiore e tohu ana i te tau hou 2020, te tau o te kiore.

Te Whakamihi

Mō te A' Design Award Rino

Ko New Year Whakaahua te toa o te A' Design Award Rino, he whakaaetanga whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa pai e whakatutuki ana i ngā hiahia ngaio me te ahumahi e tūmanakohia ana mai i ngā mahi kua hoahoatia pai. Ko ngā toa Rino e whakaatu ana i te pukenga nui, te tohungatanga teitei, te māramatanga mātanga me te kaha auaha o ō rātou kaihanga. E tūmanakohia ana ko New Year Whakaahua he mahi whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he whaihua, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Rino e whakakotahi ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa o te ahumahi, ā, he āhuatanga hangarau pūkenga tōna e hono ana ki te mōhio me te pūmanawa. E whakahonoretia ana a New Year Whakaahua mō tōna tōtika, ā, i hoahoatia hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga me te āwhina i te ao kia pai ake.

I Muri i te Hoahoa

Kete Pāpāho

Ngā whakamihi, ngā mema o te rōpū me ngā taipitopito hangarau i whakaratohia e te kaihoahoa.

Āhuatanga Motuhake: 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.
Inenga & Pēketanga: Original dimensions at 5600*3150 px, with 935 canvas layers
Tūtohu: Illustration, Kimono, Furisode, Kouyou, Karesansui
Hangarau Whakanao: Drawn using a Wacom Cintiq Pro 32, with software Easy Paint Tool SAI 2.0
Wero Hoahoa: 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.
Rangahau: 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).
Whakaaweawe: 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)
Roanga o te Kaupapa: The vague inspiration of it formed since 2017-2018, and the actual drawing started in December 2019, finished & published in January 2020.
Rerenga Mahi: 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.