Material and Processes

My idea was to create a small window display focusing on traditional Chinese culture (Dragon King Temple). It would probably consist of a handmade book enclosing a product, creating a backdrop for it, and rendering an atmosphere.

Overall window design:

I will use clay and cardboard to create a sprawling Tang Dynasty Chinese dragon on the cover, and I will make two identical ones for this cover.

Handmade book design:

Sealing design

Content design

I plan to use white and mottled colors of kraft paper to express the sense of history.

Based on my previous research, I designed the Chinese dragon image and experimented with clay.

The design of the dragon

Character design:

When Zim and Zhu design windows for brands (such as Hermès, Louboutin, etc.), they will also deeply study the brand spirit and product stories, extract creative elements from them for re-creation, and ensure that the window theme can fit the theme of the product.

How do illustrators in this area of illustration work

Inspirtions

Materials, Skills and Processes

Their works often create a surreal sense of fantasy, similar to fairy tales or dreamlands. They may be inspired by fairy tale adventure books such as Alice in Wonderland or Hayao Miyazaki's animation and may also be influenced by some surreal artists.

According to their style and past works, they often use paper to create themes such as animals, plants, forests, and oceans, showing awe of nature and childish fantasy. Of course, sometimes they use leather, needlework, acrylic, wood, etc., but paper has always been the main material.