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"Balloon of Courage" has been selected for the "2023 Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award Original Illustration Exhibition"!

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2023年11月8日

The owner of the Cat in the Shell Studio – Jiang Bo (Cat King), was selected for the "2023 Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award Original Illustration Exhibition" this week with his picture book "Courage Balloon"!

Meow meow meow! Jiang Bo (Cat King), the owner of the Cat in the Shell Studio, was selected for one of China’s most prestigious awards this week: the “2023 Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award Original Illustration Exhibition” for his picture book “Courage Balloon”!

The Cat King will attend the opening ceremony held in the atrium of Shanghai Baoshan International Folk Art Expo at 14:00 on November 16, 2023 (next Thursday). Looking forward to it!



 

About "Balloon of Courage"

In this hand-painted work, I tried to express a story about courage and growth. The work features a little girl and her loyal cat companion, and shows how courage (balloon) grows from a small heart to a big one by meeting a magical rainbow.



The inspiration for this work comes from the relationship between courage and growth in our lives. The little girl and the cat symbolize innocence, warmth and friendship, and also represent the need to face various challenges in growth. The balloon symbolizes courage, which is elegant and full of power, just like the courage in our hearts, which can help us gradually break free from constraints and bravely face the difficulties in life.

 


I drew a red balloon to make it the visual focus of the picture, representing the growth process of courage. In the process of painting, I changed the tone of the story from the gray rainy day to the clear and bright blue sky, giving the picture story a sense of rhythm. Slowly showing a hopeful atmosphere. At the same time, by depicting the background with simple lines, highlighting the emotional interaction between the protagonist and the balloon. Through this work, I hope that the audience can feel the power of courage and encourage everyone to continue to embrace courage in the process of growth and meet the rainbows and challenges in life.




About: The 35th "2023 Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award Original Illustration Exhibition"

This exhibition takes "Meeting" as its annual theme and will begin global submissions on April 8, 2023. Six authoritative experts and senior people in the fields of illustration and picture book creation, editing and publishing, reading promotion, and academic research at home and abroad will serve as the final judges.


The "Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award Original Illustration Exhibition" is one of the important brand series activities of the "Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award" and was founded in 2015.


The Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award ( CICLA ) is named after Chen Bochui, the " Hans Christian Andersen of the East " . Its predecessor was the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award established in 1981. It is one of the Chinese literary awards with the longest continuous operation and the most award-winning writers. In 2014, the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award was officially renamed the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award to recognize children's literature creators, children's literature workers and related personnel who have made outstanding achievements in the cause of children's literature around the world.

 


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