2022 Goldsmiths MA Children's Literature: Cardboard Picture Book Illustration Graduation Exhibition Review

     

1. Appreciation of Qin Chuting's Cardboard Picture Book illustration works

   

1.1. Introduction of Qin Chuting and her Cardboard Picture Book:

    

Qin Chuting is a Cardboard Picture Book illustrator. She graduated from the Art Education Department of South China Normal University with a bachelor's degree. She has worked as a Cardboard Picture Book art teacher in children's art institutions such as the Children's Palace, and has been in contact with children of different ages.

  

     

As a graduate student, he majored in children's Cardboard Picture Book at Goldsmiths, University of London. He likes to use collage, gouache, colored pencils and other materials for painting, and likes to make Cardboard Picture Book pop-up books and study three-dimensional structures.

    

    

1.2. Qin Chuting Cardboard Picture Book "The Leopard In The Mountain"

    

Bao Bao, the leopard who lives in the mountains, has never had friends, and the small animals in the mountains are afraid of him because of the leopard prints on his body. There is a village at the foot of the mountain with a lot of people, Bao thought, "Maybe the people in the village can accept me". In order not to scare the people in the village, Bao made himself a coat out of leaves to make himself look less strange, but things didn't seem to go so smoothly...

      

 

 

      

2. Appreciation of Wang Jingyi's Cardboard Picture Book illustration works

     

2.1. Introduction of Wang Jingyi and her Cardboard Picture Book:

    

Wang Jingyi is a freelance Cardboard Picture Boo illustrator from China. She was born and raised in a seaside city that provided her with a steady stream of inspiration. When she's not painting, you can see her hanging out in the park.

   

     

Graduated from the China Academy of Art with a bachelor's degree in Cardboard Picture Boo Illustration and Comics. Then he entered the children's Cardboard Picture Boo picture book major at Goldsmiths College, University of London, focusing on the field of children's Cardboard Picture Boo picture books. She hopes to create Cardboard Picture Boo for children, for adults, and for those in need.

    

 

     

2.2. "HARRY THE DIRTY DOG" by Wang Jingyi Cardboard Picture Boo

    

Harry is a white dog with black spots, he doesn't like bathing! So one day when he heard the sound of water from the toilet faucet, he quietly slipped out of the house! He played frantically, and unknowingly became more and more dirty, and turned into a black and white-spotted dog. And when he got home, his family didn't recognize Harry anymore...

     

 

 

     

3. Appreciation of Wang Xin's Cardboard Picture Book illustrations

     

3.1. Introduction of Wang Xin and his Cardboard Picture Book:

      

Xin Wang likes to use charcoal, watercolor and crayon to create beautiful Cardboard Picture Book illustrations.

After quitting her job at an advertising agency, she studied illustration for the Cardboard Picture Book at Goldsmiths, University of London.

     

     

3.2. Wang Xin Cardboard Picture Book "the girl who collected the dark"

     

This Cardboard Picture Book story tells the story of a lonely but optimistic girl and her friends fighting loneliness through each other's company. Cardboard Picture Book illustrator Xin Wang shows the stark contrast between dark clouds and sunshine, happy little girls. This beautiful, positive, and unforgettable story brings the protagonist Jin to life. The little girl lives alone, but doesn't feel lonely. Later, seeing that others were afraid of loneliness, she decided to help them, but found that she couldn't digest so much loneliness, so they came up with a solution together....

     

 

     

4. Appreciation of Xie Yujia's Cardboard Picture Book illustration works

    

4.1. Introduction of Xie Yujia and his Cardboard Picture Book:

    

Xie Yujia is a Cardboard Picture Book illustrator and product designer. Since childhood, she has been fascinated by the magical power of Cardboard Picture Book illustrations. An avid lover of children's literature, she reads widely and is drawn to the beautiful worlds created by writers and Cardboard Picture Book illustrators.

In addition, she also likes to combine Cardboard Picture Book illustration with product design to create beautiful Cardboard Picture Book works.

    

 

     

4.2. "moon print yujia" by Xie Yujia Cardboard Picture Book

     

The Cardboard Picture Book "Moon" is from Grimm's fairy tale. It is an adaptation of the original Cardboard Picture Book story. It explores the good and evil in each of us. In this post-epidemic era, I want to encourage children to always be full of love and hope in their hearts. The story is based on the background of the disappearance of the moon in mainland England in 1110 AD. A poor young man stole the moon, and his family took it to the underworld after his death. Will the world without the moon be beautiful again? Will the Illuminati come to earth again?

     

 

     

5. Appreciation of Yang Youci's Cardboard Picture Book Illustration Works

     

5.1. Introduction of Yang Youci and his Cardboard Picture Book:

     

Angela Yang graduated from the Department of Experimental Art of Northeast Normal University with a bachelor's degree. After graduation, she worked as an art teacher for Cardboard Picture Book in an international school, and then entered Goldsmiths College, University of London, to study children's Cardboard Picture Book illustration.

   

Professor Zeng has children from all over the world and has some experience in getting along with children from different cultural backgrounds. These experiences provided a steady stream of inspiration for her subsequent creations. In addition, Yang Youci likes children very much. She hopes to integrate her love for children into her Cardboard Picture Book works to bring warmth to children.

    

 

     

5.2. "Miss Nelson is Missing" by Yang Youci Cardboard Picture Book

    

The children in Class 207 are tricking again! They glued paper balls to the ceiling and paper planes whizzed through the air, even ignoring teacher Nelson's discipline. They are the worst performing class in the school. Until one day, Teacher Nelson disappeared and a witch who claimed to be the new teacher took over the class. The witch is very strict, gives the kids a lot of homework, and has no time for storytelling! The kids are starting to miss Miss Nelson and they decide to get her back...

      

 

    

6. Yu Mengzhao Cardboard Picture Book illustration works appreciation

    

6.1. Introduction of Yu Mengzhao and his Cardboard Picture Book:

    

Yu Mengzhao, a novice Cardboard Picture Book illustrator. Bachelor's degree in Digital Media Technology. The Cardboard Picture Book "Only Child" healed her and made her fall in love with Cardboard Picture Book. Since then, she has decided to start learning Cardboard Picture Book illustration for children, drawing warm, healing Cardboard Picture Book picture books. Introverted, left-behind children, autistic groups and other minorities are the themes she wants to create a Cardboard Picture Book.

    

She likes to observe interesting people and things around her, and she likes to sketch, especially landscape painting. She loves to paint with mixed materials such as watercolor, colored pencils, soft chalk, crayons, acrylic charcoal and more. Besides sketching, she also likes to record some interesting things with electronic notes and cameras.

   

 

     

6.2. Yu Mengzhao Cardboard Picture Book "Let's go out for a walk together?" 》

    

Hope is a particularly shy little girl. Unfamiliar surroundings and people can make her feel extremely uncomfortable, so she prefers to stay at home, a place where she feels comfortable. Hope's grandmother always encouraged Hope to go out and try new things, but that didn't keep Hope out of the house. Until grandma gave Hope a book about the wonderful world outside, and that day, a seed called the outside world slowly sprouted in Hope's heart...

     

    

7. Appreciation of Lingkai Cardboard Picture Book illustration works

    

7.1. Introduction to Lingkai and its Cardboard Picture Book:

    

Lingkai is a Cardboard Picture Book illustrator and artist from Guangdong, China. Before coming to London for postgraduate studies, he studied at the Shanshui Studio of the Chinese Painting Institute of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

Because of her educational background in traditional Chinese art, she always likes to combine Chinese philosophy and narrative when creating Cardboard Picture Book works, and oriental elements often appear in her Cardboard Picture Book works. At the same time, she also likes to try new mediums and new forms of artistic expression in Cardboard Picture Book. In addition to the materials she is good at, such as color pencils, watercolors, and mineral paints, she also tries printmaking and other expressions.

   

 

     

7.2. The Moon Rabbit by Lingkai Cardboard Picture Book

    

The little girl Ke Feng had a hard time falling asleep since she was a child. She always slipped out of the room after everyone in the family fell asleep to check on her parents and see if the pets fell asleep. One day, she found the moon rabbit in the garden late at night! So she discovered a mysterious world! Learned many secrets of the moon!