【the investiture of the gods】封神纪

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【封神纪】是为青年作家学者李天飞老师的文学研究类书籍《三千六百年封神纪》所创作的封面插图。围绕这样一个历史悠久、题材宏大的中国神话故事，正适合采用中式的画风去展现，但又不必拘于传统单一的表现形式。

因此，作品采用了线描与水墨晕染相结合的绘画手法，将云雾以水墨勾勒，而人们所熟知的《封神演义》中标志性的角色、景物、法器法阵以及神仙坐骑等，则以阴阳反色的“白描”形式穿梭其中；黑白之外，极具设计感的朱红和金色巧妙的与景物相结合，呈现一种现代与传统相结合的视觉冲击力。

居中对称、内圆外方的构图令画面显得庄重，但又并非平面表现，而是借由翻滚盘旋的抽象烟云水雾自远景须弥山的山涧流淌出来，幻化成云，形成一个仿佛人间与仙境交错翻涌而来的漩涡，带来强烈的纵深感。目之所及，仿佛就要穿越时空，进入那遥远又虚幻的神话世界。

【the investiture of the gods】is the cover illustration created for the literature book < the investiture of the gods 3600 years> written by young writer / scholar teacher Tianfei Li .

Centering on such a Chinese fairy tale with a long history and a grand theme, it is suitable to draw with Chinese painting style , but it is not limited to the traditional single form of expression.

Therefore, the work adopts the painting technique of combining line drawing with ink and wash dyeing, and Outlines the clouds with ink painting. Meanwhile , the iconic characters, scenery, artifacts and immortal animals ..etc . drawn in the form of "plain painting" with the opposite color of Yin and Yang . Besides black and white, the vermillion that has design feeling and gold cleverly union with the whole painting , present a kind of contemporary visual impulse that combines with tradition.

Symmetrical in the middle and rounded in the outside, the composition makes the picture solemn, but it is not a plane representation. Instead, abstract clouds of swirling smoke and water mist emerge from the stream of Xumui Mountain in the distant view and turn into clouds.