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Gold Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design · 2022

Olympic Sun Illustrated Book

by Mostafa Abdelmawla

  • A' Design Award 2022 Gold Winner in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
  • Awarded April 15, 2022
  • CLIENT: MO Studio
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 101,175
  • Verification code B070D8DC49 · Verify this award
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About Olympic Sun Illustrated Book

A fully illustrated book about a trip to the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021. Where a young boy, and his mother, visit the arena and fall in love with the variety of sports it offers and is blown away by all the inspirational athletic performances. At the end of the event, he leaves with happy memories and lessons that will help guide him to a better future full of achievements and put him on the path to success. The book features some of the most memorable athletes in the history of the Olympic games, using vibrant and dynamic illustrations in a playful and eye-candy coloring style.

Mostafa Abdelmawla Ali's Olympic Sun Illustrated Book represents a distinguished achievement within contemporary illustrated publication design, synthesizing the dynamism of athletic competition with sophisticated visual narrative techniques that honor both the subject matter and the craft of illustration. The work demonstrates remarkable chromatic confidence, deploying a harmonious palette of warm hues ranging from cadmium yellow through coral and magenta to deep burgundy, creating an atmosphere suggestive of the golden light of athletic arenas and the passionate energy of competitive sport. The compositional strategy reveals thoughtful consideration of how readers experience sequential imagery, with overlapping rectangular frames creating visual rhythm that guides the eye through multiple narrative moments simultaneously. Each figure study exhibits careful anatomical observation combined with expressive stylization, capturing the tension of muscles preparing for explosive movement and the grace of bodies in athletic flight. The illustrated book format allows for generous double-page spreads that immerse viewers in scenes of collective human endeavor, where individual excellence emerges within contexts of shared aspiration and mutual celebration. Technical execution throughout demonstrates facility with digital illustration tools while maintaining the organic warmth associated with traditional painting media, evident in subtle color gradations and atmospheric transitions. The presentation of multiple copies arranged on the coral-toned surface suggests the object's material presence as a designed artifact worthy of collection and contemplation. One might consider how this work continues traditions of celebrating human physical achievement through visual art, from ancient athletic imagery through Renaissance anatomical studies to contemporary sports illustration, positioning athletic endeavor as a subject deserving of artistic attention and interpretive depth.

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Unique Properties
A fully illustrated book about the Olympic Games in Tokyo, 2021. This book is featuring vibrant and dimensional illustrations, that focus on successive phases of movement of Olympic athletes showing excellence, persistence, and passion.
Dimensions & Packaging
The book is available in different sizes, but the standard version is Width 8.5" in x Height 8.5" in.
Tags
book, children's book, sports, olympics, swimming, football, running, soccer, tokyo, olympic games, illustration
Production Technology
Sketches were made using pencil, then scanned and illustrated using Adobe Illustrator.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge was to capture these inspirational moments of some of the best Olympic athletes achieving their goals in a visually interesting way, by using fresh drawing angles and different perspectives in the style of illustration, and focusing on the energetic movement of athletes, while applying that to the overall art direction with a vibrant gradient color palette.
Project Duration
The project started in September 2019 and finished in July 2020. The publishing date was pushed to July 2021 because of COVID-19 and the delay it caused to the Olympic games.
Operation Flow
The layout of the book is designed to be friendly and approachable to children, where most of the illustrations are connected throughout the pages, while others are spread on double folded pages, which makes the dynamic illustrations and vivid color palette even more engaging and encouraging more interaction with the story.
Research
Since the illustrator was inspired by real iconic figures from the Olympic Games, qualitative research was conducted in the form of data collection about famous Olympians like Florence Griffith, Usain Bolt, and Farida Osman, to study the anatomy of their movements and try to commemorate some of their career highlights. Mood boards were then created to help tell the story guided by the script. The outcome was vivid illustrations powered by an energetic color palette and unique perspectives.
Inspiration
Inspired by real figures from the history of the Olympic Games. The illustrator tried to capture some of their iconic moments and inspirational techniques throughout their career in the Olympic Games, and show them as heroes as they are for the younger generations. They are all proof that strength comes from within and it conquers any obstacle, pain, and injustice.
Image Credits
Image #5: Author Odetta A. Fraser
Patents
Copyrights belong to Mostafa Abdelmawla and Odetta A. Fraser.

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