Feng Zikai did not need too much introduction, already famous, such as such titles - modern painter, essayist, art educator, music educator, cartoonist, calligrapher and translator - abounded, his prose and comics are particularly well known to the public, and articles about his artistic achievements are also full of sweat.
However, the author still wants to introduce feng Zikai's contribution to the art of book binding, he was the first creator to introduce comics into book cover design, and his unique style has created a new situation in the art of book binding.
The Thirsty Seeker of the Sea was Feng Zikai's earliest work of using characters for book-bound binding, and was printed in 1924. The cover shows a naked man sitting on a rock, facing the sea, where the sun is rising at the junction of sea and sky. The characters are portrayed realistically, all browned, showing a simple beauty.
Feng Zikai's comic book clothes are mostly character-oriented, and the characters often just outline a silhouette. The composition pays attention to decoration, and there are not many colors. The inscription of the title of the book is mostly brushed. Some of his book designs did not use comics, or only brush inscriptions, without any decoration, or with patterns.
Feng Zikai said in ("Preface to the Selected Art of Binding Books of Junzai") that cover binding "of course, you can take the advantages of foreign binding art, but you must maintain the characteristics of China, so that people can see that it is a Chinese book." In this way, books can easily win the love of the broad masses of the Chinese people." This passage was said in the 1960s, but this understanding is rooted in the binding of Mr. Feng's books.
Feng Zikai believes that the design of books not only seeks their beautiful form, but also requires the ability to express the content meaning of books, which is a symbol of the meaning of content. This seems to be the preface to the book, but the preface is expressed in words, and the binding is expressed in shape and color. This is like a prelude to an opera, and after listening to the overture, you know the essence of the content of the opera.