ARTIST12| the meaning of travel: look at the fireworks in another way

how much a person gets from traveling,

not how many beautiful places he has been to,

but how many beautiful stories he has found in a beautiful place.

-Alain de Botton's The Art of Travel

Make an Earthwar

Someone said:

"There must be at least two impulses in life:

a desperate love and a trip."

so, what is the meaning of traveling?

plan a graduation trip because of graduation;

because we broke up, we went away for fun.

because of the holiday, I went to another place to play;

...

Maybe there is no reason, just traveling for the sake of traveling.

So, we came to a country, a city and a landscape.

What we saw and met,

We went through some processes,

which made this trip grow some memories in our hearts.

what's the point of traveling?

There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people.

Everyone sees the world differently.

I can only say that maybe it makes the trip more meaningful.

I like to hand-draw my sister "Kaka" in Chongqing.

The illustrator Kasdindo (Kaka) is a sister who was born and raised in Chongqing, and is also a well-known travel illustrator and travel enthusiast.

Kaka is good at hand-drawing notes on his travels. He has long contributed to high-end travel magazines such as CondéNastTraveler, ELLEDECO Home Gallery and Travel World, and has traveled all over Europe, the United States, Canada and other places.

Kaka likes illustrations and picture books since she was a child, but when she was studying in Chuanmei, there was no special illustration major in the college. Even at that time, Kaka had never heard of the word "picture book", so she chose graphic design and new media and did a lot of interesting things.

When he was about to leave college, Kaka suddenly found himself still attached to the feeling of hand-painting, so in the year of graduation, he drew his first children's book through a friend's introduction, and thus began to "stray" into the illustration circle.

kasindo (Kaka)

was born in Shapingba, Chongqing

graduated from sichuan fine arts institute with a bachelor's degree

graduated from the Department of New Media Art of China Academy of Fine Arts with a master's degree; was a well-known travel illustrator and NinoArt teaching director

once taught at Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts and Shanghai school of visual arts of Fudan University

Now he is a doctoral student at the Research Center for the History of Thought and Calligraphy and Painting in China, China Academy of Art

Published works:

Look at fireworks in another way

Apart from painting, Kaka's greatest interest is traveling. Whether traveling with friends or alone, for Kaka, traveling around the world is always the most motivated thing, and this enthusiasm even exceeds making money and creating works.

It is with this fervent pursuit of "Poetry and Distance" that Kaka's "by-products of travel" were born, and they are deeply loved by everyone.

Later, "hand account" became popular. Kaka likes this illustrated recording method very much. During the trip, the combination of pictures and texts can complement each other, which can vividly reflect what you see and think at the moment.

Although Handbooks are not serious works for traditional academic art, they are just right for an illustrator like Kaka, who is "not serious". So it became Kaka's habit to draw wherever he went, the habit of being uncomfortable without drawing.

The notebooks of Kaka's paintings are all about the same size, which is mainly convenient to carry when traveling. In order to give a little continuity to the story of each trip, Kaka usually draws luggage and maps on the first page of his notebook, and draws the place he will arrive, so that it is easy to form a global view in his mind.

Kaka feels that doing this is just like writing an outline of a composition, and he is very stable in his heart. He can understand the relationship between this city and surrounding cities, or the relationship between this country and China, which is a preliminary impression.

Kaka has also made many interesting changes in the composition of her works, such as scallops she took with her camera at the Bastille Fair.

In creation, Kaka put the picture in the middle, and the words were written around the picture in circles. When reading, he had to turn around, as if the happiness at that time was like endless circles, which was quite interesting.

Kaka seems to be the kind of person who "walks away" and travels alone. In fact, no one is not afraid of the fear of the unknown, and so is Kaka. Fortunately, in a foreign country, all the way was safe.

almost all the tourists you meet on the trip will exclaim, "You're traveling alone! How dare you! " Kaka gradually became calm, and even felt a little "smug" when he saw the beautiful scenery.

Self-confidence and satisfaction during the trip are very short, and everyone has to go back to their daily life after all, so being able to sit down and listen to songs, draw pictures, and let go ... is also a reward for themselves who have been working hard and tired.

How limited is an individual's life,

But if we can pin our meaning on something beyond it.

For example, art, music, and ideological creation

...

A short and limited life may gain infinite power.

this is also one of the meanings of travel.

what do you think is the meaning of travel?

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House's winter outing season is coming, and these five kinds of tourist poster templates can give you inspiration

Most people find it difficult to get value from their work, but pulling up their suitcases and going to new scenery for even a two-day trip can become a spice of life and make people gain new possibilities.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many people have to cancel their travel plans. However, after a long period of 1 months, during the National Day Mid-Autumn Festival, domestic tourism has ushered in a prosperous peak season. Now, autumn and winter are coming quietly, New Year's Day is approaching, and a new round of winter outing is beginning to recover. Here are five kinds of travel poster templates for you. Choose your favorite style and start creating ~

1

Retrostyle

Travel posters began in the early 2th century. At that time, railway companies would entrust artists to design posters promoting tourist cities, resorts and weekend places with the same format.

The posters are very colorful, and they are very eye-catching when posted at the station. Hand-painted illustrations are full of retro flavor and strong narrative, giving people an adventurous, fresh and charming impression.

from p>19 to 194, tourist posters were also influenced by different artistic movements, such as decorative arts and art nouveau movements.

Recommend the retro tourist poster of the Republic of China for you > >

2

Noise Illustration Flat Illustration

Alexafour is a graphic designer and illustrator from Miami who runs his own studio IdeaStormStudios in sunny South Florida.

In his spare time, AlexAsfour likes to draw illustrations on tourism and scenery, and has published a collection of world travel posters.

These flat-style illustrations are mostly composed of color blocks, which are simple and fresh, and the perspective composition makes the picture look very open and attractive.

in addition, AlexAsfour also adds noise to the sky, mountains, cars and other scenes, and the soft gradient color fills the texture with strong graininess, which not only gives the illustration a rich three-dimensional sense, but also makes the whole page look very delicate.

The colors of illustrations are mostly warm, full of retro flavor, and the flat wind with low saturation is soft, light and full of vitality. Posters are mainly based on graphic visual presentation of illustrations, with few words, including main subtitles and auxiliary information.

Alexafour takes into account the composition and color of illustrations when typesetting, and the text style and arrangement are in harmony with the whole.

I recommend the flat wind illustration poster for you > >

3

GeometricShapes

In the 2th century, many travel agencies stopped entrusting artists and invited commercial designers instead, so the poster style became more modern and simple.

Nowadays, Memphis style is very popular in graphic design, which is characterized by a large number of geometric elements such as points, lines and planes, lively and bold typography, bright colors and strong contrast.

ToralBheda, a designer from Mumbai, India, used this style to create a series of minimalist tourist posters, which presented the representative elements of various countries or regions, such as landmark buildings, national flags and cultures, with abstract visual language. The pictures were simple but full of interest.

4

quality photography GreatPhotos

The promotion of tourist attractions is inseparable from photographers, and good pictures can often make people think at a glance that they must go to xx in this life.

A lot of Japanese-style tourist posters are composed of large-scale photography and simple typesetting.

Every award-winning poster can be printed as a decorative painting. Photographs show beautiful natural scenery everywhere from composition and color to light and theme.

5

graphic creativity

The idea of expressing creativity in posters is also a common advertising routine, and people have a low sense of rejection of interesting and novel things. The content of tourist posters is to attract tourists, and how to express the beauty of scenic spots is a creative idea worth exploring.

For example, the print advertisement designed by ALMAPBBDO in Brazil for the travel magazine "TOPDestinos" is very novel, presenting the waterfall scenery vividly in the form of cakes. In the gradient gray background, a large area of green and a small area of clear blue make people shine.

For another example, in this ski-themed travel advertisement, there are no scenic spots in the poster, and only a few pieces of paper and a paper clip on the desk are used to build a simple skiing scene. At first glance, it is a travel advertisement aimed at office workers, and the copy and picture cause strong * * * sound. Ballpoint pen can paint masterpieces | Hand-painted story of illustrator Xu Yaxin after 199s

"People who love knowledge jump on books, just like hungry people jump on bread." Many people know that Gorky said this sentence, but culture and food have been brought together in this way.

Zhou Zuoren wrote in Tea Food in Beijing: "It is necessary for us to watch the sunset, the autumn river, the flowers, the rain, the fragrance, the tea that does not satisfy our thirst, and the snacks that do not satisfy our needs-although they are useless decorations, the more refined they are, the better."

Life is not only about poetry and distance, but also about food and painting. For a veteran foodie who can draw, the truly greedy food is always on the album.

As a native of Wuhan, Miss Xu said very responsibly that Wuhan is really the breakfast capital, and all kinds of breakfasts make you picky.

This is the first time that Miss Xu has painted strawberry waffles for dessert since she taught herself watercolor painting. The tool used is Terrence 24 solid watercolor, and the pen is a Japanese Wu Zhushui pen trumpet. A step chart is attached. Will it be very appetizing after reading it?

Miss Xu is not only a high-class foodie, but also a traveler. Let's enjoy her tourist hand painting.

"I forgot when I began to like traveling, and I forgot when I began to like drawing travel notes. I only know that my dream now is to record every bit of beauty in my life, and I can slowly relive it when I get old. It turns out that I have been to so many places and I have seen so many scenery."

I believe my friends have feasted their eyes on the delicious food and travel notes. I have to say that Miss Xu is really talented! Admirable! Let's enjoy Miss Xu's daily hand painting, including ballpoint pen (monochrome and color) hand painting, lead painting and watercolor painting.

You'll never think that the following stills of Anne Hathaway's Les Miserables are actually done with colored ballpoint pens! I simply worship!

Let's enjoy her other works.