The so-called Chinese style is an art form with Chinese charm formed by skillful design and innovation, and the integration of Excellent Traditional Chinese elements on the basis of Traditional Chinese Culture. In recent years, Chinese style elements with unique personality and distinct national characteristics have been widely used in different popular culture fields such as design, clothing, and advertising.
Rich composition. In terms of picture composition, it draws on the composition style of Chinese painting, and the work does not emphasize the change of light and shadow, does not pay attention to the perspective of focus, does not stick to the shape of the object, and pays more attention to the expression of the author's emotions. The biggest feature is the use of a large number of ink, blank space to show the mood of the picture, can give the viewer a space for imagination and with a hint of subtle mysterious meaning.
Shaped with a line. Chinese style illustration design has not only used color to express emotions and style, but also line, as a key factor in artistic language, has the characteristics of high conciseness and generalization, and is a more important means of expression in illustration modeling.
The color is warm and moist. The Chinese style illustration design pays special attention to the application of traditional Chinese color language, in addition to the characteristics of the ancient style, the work is also very classical in the processing of color, and the choice of low saturation, such as Cuilan, Shiqing, Begonia red and other warm and harmonious traditional colors.
In the traditional painting art, it mainly includes traditional Chinese painting, printmaking carving, religious murals, etc.; in traditional festivals and customs, including twisting songs, dragon boat races, lion dances, etc.; in the long river of history, Chinese traditional culture has gradually integrated into our daily lives with the passage of time.
The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates the great poet Qu Yuan; the Mid-Autumn Festival, which celebrates the moon, admires the moon, and symbolizes reunion. As one of the important forms of expression of traditional culture, the integration of festival customs into the design of Chinese style illustrations can not only make Chinese style illustrations have distinct national characteristics, but also play a vital role in promoting the establishment of the Chinese style illustration system, and make the festival customs and culture effectively known by the public through the form of illustration.
In the long river of China's profound and long historical development, countless classic literary works have emerged to pass on to future generations, including poetry and songs, prose novels, historical allusions and folklore. Classic literary works as an element also play an important role in the design of modern Chinese style illustrations. The illustration design draws on its plot or characters, organically integrates with modern illustrations according to its own feelings and understandings, carries out new interpretations, explores illustration works with more artistic value, and also shows the world the profound heritage of Chinese cultural history.
Traditional patterns in terms of traditional ideas mostly imply auspicious, harmonious, rich and other beautiful visions, roughly divided into animal patterns, plant patterns, graphic patterns, etc., of which animal patterns are mainly dragon phoenix, crane and fish, symbolizing glory and auspiciousness; plant patterns are mainly Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum four gentlemen, etc., implying the character of high wind and bright festival; landscape patterns, graphic patterns are based on dragon patterns, cloud patterns, waves patterns, these patterns, contain people's yearning for a better life and praise for beautiful rivers and mountains, It is a true portrayal of people's daily lives. The illustrator has borrowed and improved the auspicious pattern, thus enriching the connotation of Chinese style illustration works.
Traditional Chinese architecture is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, and in the process of long historical development, it integrates the essence of culture and humanistic accumulation. Especially under the influence of Confucianism, traditional Chinese architecture has gradually formed its own system and characteristics, mainly Han architecture, mainly including urban architecture, palaces, altar temples, temples, pagodas, great walls, bridges and other types.
These traditional buildings condense the local historical development, humanistic customs, regional characteristics, and are often regarded as symbols of local culture. When creating Chinese style illustrations, creators should take traditional buildings as the cornerstone, avoid simple reproduction and rigid copying, and carry out appropriate artistic treatment of traditional buildings to create a unique visual feeling for the viewer.
In the field of design, traditional architectural elements are used in the creation of Chinese style illustrations as a reflection of national culture and folk customs to show the expressiveness of the scene.