My Design Fusion Entry - To live on in spirit for the better future
*This was an entry i did for design fusion contest back in 20th june 2008 i did some minor adjustments after my entry.

When the Sichuan Earthquake happened nobody expected it. It had caused so such devastation to the place that was once very beautiful, and took away the lives of many. What the survivors can do now is to pick up theirselves, carry on with their lives and rebuild their homeland.Something fortunate at this midst of this crisis, lots of inspirational stories of different people have been born. Soldiers, doctors, policemen, firemen and volunteers, providing help to others have been reported broadly across the media.

It's really very heart-warming to hear all these news, as although something so terrible has happened, the rest of us are all doing their best to help as well. So I thought of myself as an artist at this point I should do something too. I decided to make an artwork tribute as for them

So there I start to come out with my story for design fusion. A deity normally shouldn’t interfere in mortal world affairs, but this particular flower fairy (peonies & plum blossom, China’s unofficial national flower) was so touched by the extra ordinary actions of different people in times of crisis, she decided to give a helping hand to the people affected by the Sichuan earthquake, blessing Sichuan with prosperity and progress for it to be rebuild, same time giving the people more hope to live on happier. So to do that She actually leaps out from the space that shes supposed to be in and enters the real world. I played around with the borders at the side with only her overlapping to achieve this result.


I hope to encourage people viewing my work to just have a lighter heart, never and don't think about politics ( i hate that) - just try to appreciate life more. I'm also not intending to go into a propaganda artwork or any sort at the start. Hope nobody is offended by my theme and that you'll liked it. I’ve have not painted a artwork so huge in 2 years already, main reason being I won’t have the time and another reason being that my old computer won’t be able to work efficiently. I've worked on this piece for about 30 days, started just a little while after I bought my new computer. Estimate 250hours of work

The whole artwork is digital painted in Adobe photoshop cs3 with my wacom tablet. Lots of reference used and original resolution is 9000 X 5625. Please enjoy. Comment and critiques are welcomed !