Gen Z is passionate about making colorful dragon mascots with funny expressions

TPO - A group of Gen Z artists in Hanoi have created a dragon mascot project to welcome the Lunar New Year 2024 with the image of 5 dragons with various funny expressions.

The project " Year of the Dragon " with the main characters being 5 funny dragons was created by a group of Gen Z artists. The works are inspired by folk culture and motifs in traditional hand-carved sculptures.

Sharing with reporters, young artist Duong Duc Manh (co-author) of the project said that initially it took them 3 months to sketch and come up with ideas. A set is completed after many stages such as sketching on paper, shaping with clay, testing colors and materials,...

The dragons are all handcrafted using pressed stone powder combined with a modern color palette of spray paint and hand-drawn strokes using traditional lacquer.

Inspired by the folk game To He, the collection will feature two winding dragon figurines with funny expressions, then mounted on a copper stick and can be displayed freely on a lacquer base, or placed anywhere.

Currently, the "Year of the Dragon" project has 2 versions including 2 colors and 5 colors. In which, the 5-color version uses the color system symbolizing the five elements of East Asia but is expressed with bright, fresh colors.

Dragon 2 color version.

Dragon embryos lie on the shelf waiting to be colored.

To complete a work, Gen Z artists must be careful and meticulous in every detail.

Meticulous in every stroke.

Three "fat" dragons symbolize the wish for a prosperous and fulfilling life and also have funny expressions such as smiling, crying,...

Thuong (a student at the University of Industrial Fine Arts - co-author of the project) said that to create a dragon product, it is necessary to go through many stages such as painting and drawing details, which takes a lot of time. Therefore, it requires the maker to be very meticulous to produce a product that meets the requirements.

Along with the project "Year of the Dragon", here young people are also working hard on the project LONG'STORY "The Story of the Dragon, a long story..." With the creation of a dragon egg from the legend of Mother Au Co giving birth to a sac of one hundred eggs; proud of the origin of "Dragon's Children and Fairy's Grandchildren" of the Vietnamese people.

The dragon eggs are made from rosewood and traditional lacquer. The eggshells feature stylized fire and cloud patterns from the cultural design on the stone steps of Dien Kinh Thien - a national treasure at Thang Long Imperial Citadel. The billowing clouds symbolize favorable weather and bountiful harvests.

According to Gen Z artists, all 5 dragons with fresh colors and personalities, states, and expressions: calm, happy, sleeping, yawning, posing, or crying... are like the familiar expressions of each of us every day.

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