Goldsmiths Graduation Show | 2022 MA Children's Literature: Cardboard Picture Book Illustration

    

1. We produce Cardboard Picture Book great works in a variety of styles and media:

     

Enjoy Goldsmiths MA Cardboard Picture Book Illustration Graduation Show where you'll be immersed in the wonderful imaginations and stories of our talented Cardboard Picture Book illustrators, exploring each person's background and being able to build with them through their social media connect.

This year at Goldsmiths, we've produced a great Cardboard Picture Book in a variety of styles and media.

The public account "Pineapple Circle" specially compiled the Cardboard Picture Book works of Goldsmiths MA Children's Literature: Cardboard Picture Book Illustration Major 2022 outstanding master graduates, hoping to bring you a visual feast.

   

     

2. Appreciation of Xu Zhiwei's excellent cardboard Picture Book works:

      

Xu Zhiwei is a Chinese cardboard Picture Book illustrator, graphic designer and landscape architect. He has been engaged in education and training industry for many years, involving landscape architecture planning and interior graphic design training. In 2009, he engaged in children's art cardboard picture book training. During the teaching process, he discovered the importance of cardboard picture books to children, so he began to create cardboard picture books. and illustration design.

   

     

In the creation of children's cardboard Picture Book, he starts from the perspective of children, tells stories with colors and vivid graphics, and uses innovative ways to guide children's cognition of aesthetics.

   

     

He is good at expressing stories with comprehensive materials such as watercolor, marker pen, and collage, and he is also constantly trying and innovating in the illustrations of cardboard picture books. I often sketch outdoors, find inspiration from nature, and learn from life.

    

     

"Mr Gumpy's Outing" by Xu Zhiwei's cardboard Picture Book

     

Mr. Gumpy lives by a river. On a sunny day, he decided to go on a trip in his small boat. It was a perfect idea, and on such a perfect summer day he had company very quickly: first the children, then the rabbits, the cats, the dogs, the pigs, the sheep, the chickens, and others, until-- Mr. Cambie's trip had an inevitable but not unhappy conclusion. Mr. Gambit ends the book by saying, "Let's go for a ride another day". Young cardboard Picture Book readers will return time and time again to this lively story, whose clever, captivating illustrations reflect the quality of the sun on a lazy summer afternoon.

      

 

     

     

3. Appreciation of Fang Jingxin's excellent Cardboard Picture Book works:

      

Graduated from the Cardboard Picture Book studio of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2020 with an undergraduate degree, and then went to Goldsmiths, University of London to study Children's Literature: Cardboard Picture Book Illustration. He has published several Cardboard Picture Books, books "I HATE CRYING" and "Lights of Ten Thousand Houses".

    

      

Cardboard Picture Book has won the 2021 Communication Arts shortlist and the 2021 London International Creative Competition finalist. Cardboard Picture Book works have been exhibited at Wujie Art Museum, Zhuhai, China, and Boomer Art Museum, London, UK.

   

     

 Fang Jingxin Cardboard Picture Book "Winter Wind"

      

Winter Wind is a naughty little boy. Although he will make children angry, everyone still likes to play with him. The winter wind and the children went to the clouds to see the beautiful scenery, and sang with the birds. At night, the winter wind told the children a lot of stories. I have been talking and talking, talking about the melting of the winter snow and the arrival of spring... The winter wind is about to say goodbye to the children, but the children believe that they will meet in the winter of the coming year!

     

      

4. Appreciation of elegant and excellent Cardboard Picture Book works:

      

Gao Ya is a Chinese Cardboard Picture Book illustrator. During her four-year study in pure art watercolor at the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, she developed an interest in Cardboard Picture Book and illustrations, as well as children's hearts and children's education.

    

     

Before her postgraduate studies, she worked as a Cardboard Picture Book painting teacher, deeply understanding the thoughts and hearts of children of different ages, and gained inspiration in the creation of Cardboard Picture Book works, and also in teaching. Gained a wealth of teaching experience.

    

     

Her Cardboard Picture Book work, Chinese Style Parents, was shortlisted for the World Cardboard Picture Book Illustration Awards 2022.

    

     

 Koya Cardboard Picture Book work "Come on! ! ! 》

     

On this day, the tranquility of the forest was suddenly broken by a loud noise! ​​"Gudong!" scared a family of rabbits who were sleeping by the lake. This is definitely a big scary monster! Everyone ran to the top of the mountain to find the lion. Goo-dong is coming! Goo-dong is coming! Gudong is here! They walked cautiously to the lake where they heard the sound. Gudong! This time, "gu dong" came again...

      

     

5. Appreciation of Han Jiaxi's excellent Cardboard Picture Book works:

       

Hash graduated from the Animation Department of Beijing Film Academy with a bachelor's degree and is now studying Illustration for Children's Cardboard Picture Book at Goldsmiths, University of London. During his studies, he participated in the illustration drawing of the Cardboard Picture Book of the project "Children's Literature in Action" at Goldsmiths College and Language Center, University of London.

   

    

Working with several Cardboard Picture Book publishers, Zhiri, Bei Shiguo, etc. Her experience in animation has enabled her to master new media art, but currently prefers to paint with hand-painted collage. Hopefully an imaginative Cardboard Picture Book image can be depicted with simple lines and exaggerated colors

    

 

      

Han Gaxi Cardboard Picture Book "Mr. Fox's Candy Box"

    

Mr. Fox's Candy Box is a heartwarming Cardboard Picture Book about precious friendships. Mr. Fox has just moved to a new town. He is very introverted and met Duo Duo, a warm and hospitable neighbor. Duo Duo accompanied Mr. Fox with his warm singing. Mr. Fox was also gradually moved by the singing, let go of his guarded heart, and shared the "treasure" in the candy box with Duo Duo, and Duo Duo's singing also turned into a new treasure to be stored in Mr. Fox's candy box. This Cardboard Picture Book story comes from my childhood experience, when I was a child, I received beautiful candy boxes, even after eating all the candy, I would not throw it away, instead choosing to put small marbles or The poster is in a candy box. The candy box in the story also represents Mr. Fox's heart, gradually opening his heart and sharing himself.

     

 

 

     

7. Appreciation of He Yujun's excellent Cardboard Picture Book works:

     

He Yujun is a Cardboard Picture Book illustrator and artist from China. She graduated from Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts with a background in printmaking.

    

    

She enjoys experimenting with various mediums and enjoys painting natural landscapes and animal worlds. She hopes to communicate with children and draw interesting Cardboard Picture Books for them.

   

    

 He Yujun Cardboard Picture Book "The King's Flower"

     

The little king is a spoiled child who tends to want the biggest things. He lives in a big castle and everything around him is huge. One day, he asked his attendants to plant a tulip bulb in a large pot. He thought there must be some of the biggest and best tulips in the world! He said: "Over time... will the tulips grow to look like giant trees?"

Not the biggest is the best. People need to observe the world with their hearts and find that each thing is unique.

    

 

      

7. Jiang Xinyu Cardboard Picture Book appreciation

       

Jiang Xinyu, Cardboard Picture Book illustrator and artist. He graduated from Xiamen University majoring in digital media art, and then studied at Goldsmiths, University of London, majoring in children's Cardboard Picture Book.

    

      

She likes new things and explores the poetry of life, likes paintings without boundaries, and hopes to perceive, express and communicate with a sensitive heart.

    

    

Jiang Xinyu's Cardboard Picture Book "The Painting of Angry"

    

Bianca is a girl who likes to draw, but one day, this peace is disturbed by the arrival of Dario. Two misunderstood children embark on a fantastic drawing journey, tigers and pythons, baseball players and robots...what else? They use imagination and childlike innocence, express their emotions with painting, survive crisis and create exciting world!