This is a very excellent work.
On the whole, the color matching is reasonable, with strong visual impact, but it is not boring. With a strong Rayna Sue contrast, green is useful to ease the impact on the eyes. This proves that the author has a good sense of color and control ability. The bracket is decorated with green vines, which are yellow and green, echoing the main object above. However, the bracket is slightly monotonous and somewhat "distracting". It is suggested to alter it with other painting pigments to reduce the visual impact; In addition, the vine decoration is too thin, so it can be decorated more. The stones and other things below are too scattered, giving people a messy feeling.
if there is more than the main part above, you can add some contents, otherwise those branches will look messy.
You can modify them according to your personal needs, and I wish you success. How good is the illustration analysis of Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House?
According to the standard of illustration by Song Juzhi, we can find that the illustrations in this book fully explain the contents of fairy tales.
Next, I will analyze how the illustrations in this edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales are integrated with the story from the perspectives of the colors and details of the illustrations.
if you were asked to choose a color to represent witches, what color would you choose?
purple, blue and black?
generally speaking, we are used to using dark tones to represent evil and weird.
The Dark Tone is used in Daughter of the Sea to outline the image of an undersea witch.
This picture depicts a mermaid who wants to become a human being and goes to find an undersea witch. The whole illustration, except the mermaid is pink, almost all the surrounding background colors are dark: black, dark blue, purple, grass green, even if there is red, it is only used as a line to outline the witch.
this dark background+red embellishment will give people a strange mystery.
A similar dark tone+red color design will appear in many tomb-robbing movies in China. But these pictures are scary, so I won't put them.
perhaps this color scheme symbolizes strangeness, danger and death. Therefore, the illustrator also described the image of death in The Nightingale with dark tones and red outlines.
In The Nightingale, the god of death who wants to take the life of King China wears a black robe with red patterns and a black hat with a red pendant, and reaches out his red hand to grab the king. If we look closely, we can find that the lower eyeliner of death is also red.
In addition, do you feel that the image of this god of death in the illustration is very similar to the ancient emperor of our country?
that's true. The creation of the image of death in this illustration really draws lessons from the costume characteristics of ancient Chinese emperors.
why should we learn from the characteristics of Chinese emperors' costumes when creating the image of death often mentioned in western culture?
Because The Nightingale is a fairy tale that happened in China.
Therefore, when the illustrator depicts death, he does not follow the western image, but combines the image of death in Chinese culture-Yan Wang.
The original text describes the plot in the illustrations as follows:
The details of these illustrations can make people see at a glance that the story The Nightingale took place in China.
The illustration of Nightingale was taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
It is not only death that makes people shudder, but also The Snow Queen.
The queen who brought the biting cold was both beautiful and cold. The illustrator also used dark tones to express her appearance.
The seemingly bottomless dark forest creates a dark and mysterious feeling, which is in contrast to the snow queen with white light shining.
In order to highlight that the hat and coat of the Snow Queen are made of ice and snow, the illustrator deliberately put out a cross-shaped flash under the hat and clothes.
Against the dark forest, the Snow Queen is even more crystal clear, but there is no warmth.
The illustration of "The Snow Queen" was taken from "Andersen's Fairy Tales" by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
Fairy tales are not only dark and evil, but also full of hope.
if you choose a color to represent hope, what would you choose?
In The Last Leaf, O Henry used a dark green leaf painted on the wall to symbolize the hope of living.
The illustrator of this edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House also dyed the hope in the fairy tale with green and yellow.
The illustrator painted the ugly duckling when it was born with yellow-green leaves as the background. The ugly duckling, together with a group of ducklings, learns to swim after the mother duck.
Because the ugly duckling is the last egg hatched by the mother duck, it ranks last among the ducklings.
but did you find it?
Mother Duck and other ducklings are very comfortable and laid-back, and their feathers are all yellow.
And the ugly duckling at the end seems to be a different kind, completely different from them.
Not only are the feathers dusty, but they also hang their heads low, lifeless and embarrassed.
But why didn't the illustrator use dim colors to render the ugly duckling's unpopular gray mood when he was born, and chose bright yellow-green as the background of the illustration?
I guess there are two reasons why illustrators use this bright yellow-green color scheme:
Not only the ugly duckling has changed, but also the little boy who lives under the control of the Snow Queen.
The Snow Queen planted hard ice in his heart, which erased the old memories and trapped him in a cold castle.
He didn't wake up like a dream until his childhood friends found him and melted the ice in his heart.
When he walked home with his partner, the snow and ice melted because the magic of the Snow Queen disappeared, and the land once ruled by the Snow Queen gradually recovered and was full of spring.
The illustrator also painted the feeling of spring returning to the earth with yellow-green as the keynote.
The illustration of "The Snow Queen" was taken from "Andersen's Fairy Tales" by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
The illustrator also used similar colors in the morning when she showed that the little mermaid couldn't bear to hurt the prince and jumped into the sea.
The illustration below depicts the process that the mermaid became an elf after jumping into the sea because she couldn't bear to stab the prince.
The figure of the little mermaid shows a color similar to that of the morning sun.
this light yellow figure gives people a warm feeling.
This color seems to indicate that the mermaid will not die as foam in the sea without the prince's love as predicted by the witch, but will become an elf.
The illustration of "The Daughter of the Sea" was taken from "Andersen's Fairy Tales" by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
The illustrator wants to draw illustrations that can make children understand the plot only by illustrations, and needs to be loyal to the story when creating, and can't follow the horse's lead.
Many illustrations in this edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House draw the details of the story.
1. The facial expressions of the characters reflect people's feelings
How do you feel when you see the prince in this illustration? Does it seem that this prince is lifeless and lifeless?
The illustration of Daughter of the Sea was taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
That's true, because the "prince" in this picture is not a prince, but a white marble statue.
This illustration is taken from The Daughter of the Sea. It depicts that the little mermaid fell in love with the prince at first sight, but she has nowhere to talk about her deep feelings, only holding a big white marble statue she found that looks like the prince to relieve her lovesickness.
that's why the "prince" in this picture gives people a sense of lifelessness, because he is not a real person, but a stone.
In spite of this, the illustrator painted a gentle and tender face of the little mermaid, which further showed her tenderness for the prince.
We can infer her Prince loved one from the mermaid's expression. Can you guess the mood of everyone in the picture below?
who is secretly happy and proud, and who is worried?
The illustration of Wild Swan was taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
This illustration is taken from Wild Swan, which shows the scene that the stepmother gives her stepchildren a cup filled with sand instead of food. We can infer the situation of these characters from their expressions.
The Queen has a face of Gherardini, as if she was happy to see her abused child. Eleven princes and one princess are all sad. However, if we look closely, we can find that although everyone has a sad face, everyone has a different expression on his face. I admire the illustrator's skill here.
2. The content of the painting shows the details of the story
In this edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales, Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House also hides many details of the story.
Let's test our eyesight first. Please look for it. How many people are there in the illustration?
The illustration of Little Klaus and Big Klaus was taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House
Did you find it?
There are three people in the illustration.
in addition to the two people sitting at the table, there is another person in the box under the table looking out secretly.
why is this man in the box? You can find the answer in the fairy tale "Little Klaus and Big Klaus".
Let's test our eyesight again. Please count how many dogs are there in this illustration?
The illustration of "The Lightbox" was taken from "Andersen's Fairy Tales" by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
This painting has three dogs, because there are three dogs with big eyes in the fairy tale "The Lightbox" corresponding to this illustration.
have you noticed that the white dog has unusually large eyes?
Another illustration also shows three objects that appear in the story-three pears.
This illustration corresponds to A Pin Can Bring Good Luck.
In this story, the craftsman made pear trees into three kinds: large, medium and small.
The illustration of A Pin Can Bring Good Luck was taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
Besides three dogs, three kinds of pears and clover.
the fairy tale "I don't say it, but I remember it in my heart" tells three stories.
Andersen said that these three stories are like three leaves growing on the same root.
Therefore, the text of the whole fairy tale is embedded in clover, and three pages of grass are painted next to the title of the fairy tale.
The illustration of "I don't say it, but I remember it in my heart" was taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
The illustration beside the title of this edition of Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House can not only let us see the details of the story, but also get a glimpse of the whole story.
the title of "the old man can never do anything wrong" is surrounded by a circle of horses, cows, sheep, geese, chickens, apples and gold coins.
Because this fairy tale is connected by these contents.
Brief introduction of illustrator
These fantastic and touching illustrations are from a young female illustrator Kuri.
Kuri graduated from Beijing Film Academy, and graduated from Syracuse University as a postgraduate in illustration. He has made his mark in many design competitions and cooperated with many publishing houses and game companies.
Perhaps it is precisely because of women's delicate perspective and psychology that she can draw the pain and happiness of the little mermaid's infatuation.
The excitement and joy on the skirt when Xiao Aida's flowers dance;
Karen deeply repented when she remembered her dancing red shoes.
Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House not only illustrated the story, but also illustrated the title page (here, the page with the title), the ring lining page (the previous page with the title), the catalogue and other contents.
Can you guess why there is a soldier with only one leg under the words "Andersen's Fairy Tales" on the title page?
title page, taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House
If you look closely at the ring lining page, you will find that all the images in it appear in the illustrations of fairy tales.
Look for it. What images have you seen in the stories?
Ring-lined pages, taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House
Especially worth mentioning is the design of the catalogue.
first, there are pictures, which are beautiful;
Second, the distance between each story title in the catalogue is large enough to look oppressive.
Catalogue, taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House
Compare the compact and oppressive catalogues of other versions of Andersen's Fairy Tales, and you may feel how relaxed this sense of distance will bring.
I borrowed 15 books of Andersen's fairy tales published since 198s from the library.
it turns out that it may be because we didn't borrow the right books.
Because of the 15 books I borrowed, there are not many versions with enough illustrations, enough beauty and enough stories.
15 books of Andersen's fairy tales
The illustrations of these versions of fairy tales are either extremely naive and have no aesthetic feeling;
Either the illustrations are black and white and beautiful enough, but the presentation effect on the story atmosphere is limited;
Illustration of Andersen's Fairy Tales by a publishing house; Left: Daughter of the Sea, Friend: Wild Swan
Either it is black and white and the printing is not clear;
either famous artists paint, but some painting styles are not beautiful enough or a little strange (I personally think they are not beautiful enough and a little strange).
Because for children who are still in the period of thinking in images, they often take what they see as true.
So a little strange painting style will affect their understanding of real things.
Andersen's Fairy Tales by People's Literature Publishing House
The only colorful illustration of Andersen's Fairy Tales, which is beautiful and realistic and can explain the story, is Andersen's Fairy Tales by Children's Publishing House.
unfortunately, there are too few illustrations. There are 2 fairy tales in the book, with only 8 illustrations.
I had this version of fairy tales at home when I was in primary school, and I still remember this book because the illustrations are so beautiful.
But I remember that every time I picked up this book, I was absorbed in the illustrations for a long time, and then I put it down. I didn't want to read the story at all.
Because there are not enough illustrations, there are often many pages full of words. For me, who was still in primary school at that time, the reading experience was really unpleasant.
I'm also used to buying books now to see if the font is large enough and the spacing between words and lines is sparse. Numerous books, no matter how good the content is, are hard to arouse my interest in reading.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that there are 147 notes at the end of "Andersen's Fairy Tales" published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House to further explain the contents of the article and help readers understand the story.
For example, The Daughter of the Sea wrote at the end:
Maybe we didn't think it was special when we read it, but after reading the prompt, we will find that it was mentioned in the article that the mermaid has no tears, and the little mermaid's tears indicate that she has created a miracle.
Of the 15 books I borrowed, only 5 books have annotations.
The Fairy Tales of Andersen by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House is accompanied by a short biography of Andersen on the last page.
Readers can understand the brief life and literary status of this great fairy tale writer.
Maybe you will also care about translation.
Because some Andersen's fairy tales on the market are not only translated, but also compiled for young children, and the language is younger.
However, the language of Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House is not deliberately younger.
For example, the following paragraph is selected from 《