China Minsheng News Network News (This network reporter Qiu Yu) Recently, the jury of the International Hans Christian Andersen Award Competition was announced, Shao Xiao, a teacher majoring in digital media art in the College of Arts and Media, won the gold medal in the professional group, student Li Feixuan won the gold medal in the student group, and the original illustration work was invited to be exhibited in the Aarhus City Government of Denmark.
Only 33 years old this year, Mr. Shao Xiao has been interested in Andersen's fairy tales since he was a child, and studied in Japan for seven years, and after returning to China, he joined Qingdao Stellar Science and Technology College and taught courses such as "Digital Inserts", "Digital Stereotyped Design", "Design Composition", "Animation Movement Rules" and other courses in the Digital Art Major of the College of Arts and Media. His classes are very popular with his students.
The title of his work "The Legend of the Mermaid" presents the ocean, architecture, balance, peace dove and other landscapes, and it is surprising that on the head of a giant goddess, there is a nest of peace doves, corals and fish, and in the neck of the goddess is a passageway, and the balance emits a light that illuminates the seabed, making people have unlimited reverie...
According to Teacher Shao Xiao, due to the influence of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, he was very touched by the story of "Alice in Wonderland", so his works were also created around the wonderland. Alice with flowers in her hand came to the bottom of the sea and saw so many magical scenes, there are wonderful wonderlands in the ocean, there are also buildings that have been destroyed by humans, protecting the ocean is the common principle of mankind, he hopes that through this work, more children will feel the dream inside and truly take on the responsibility of protecting the ocean.
In another student group gold medal work, student Li Feixuan is based on Chinese elements. Under the guidance of Teacher Shao, Alice in The Dream is a Chinese girl, she has black hair, black eyes and yellow skin, she is a girl with dreams and pursuits, she is good at adventure, and likes all kinds of traditional Chinese retro small things. In this work, he wants to reflect that this Chinese girl named Alice is walking in the antique building, suddenly the stone steps under her feet break, she enters a strange heterogeneous space, this small space is celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, which also reflects the merger between China and the West, the painting has a Chinese qipao, a Western-style teapot teacup, an ancient jade scroll, and a hurried little rabbit written in the story, but he also put on the traditional Chinese costume, in the dreamlike cloud smoke, the girl's expression is slightly surprised, But it's full of surprises, which also makes people look forward to it, and when the girl falls to the ground, what will happen to people to look forward to.
The winner of the International Hans Christian Andersen Award by the teachers and students of the School of Arts and Media is a useful attempt for the College to participate in international high-level design competitions, which not only promotes the teaching level of teachers, increases the experience of competition guidance, but also exercises students' professional ability and broadens international vision, which is of great benefit to enhancing the influence and popularity of schools and colleges. It is reported that Teacher Shao Xiao is currently preparing his works to participate in the National Illustration Biennale, and looks forward to his creation of brilliance again.