Night Tale
Night Tale Illustration by Wenxu Zhao is a winner of the 2025 Iron A' Design Award in Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design.
Night Tale is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations.
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This illustration series invites viewers on a whimsical summer night journey, seamlessly blending fairy tales and inner monologues. At its heart is the Strawberry Fish Girl, a spiritual reflection of the artist and an invitation for viewers to explore unbounded realms of imagination. Throughout her nocturnal adventure, encounters with animals become vivid metaphors: a tiger symbolizes vibrant pursuit, while a peacock with stardust eyes captures the enduring glow of hope. These motifs are not static symbols but dynamic prisms, reflecting viewers' unspoken dreams.
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Night Tale by Wenxu Zhao
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Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design Award Winner in 2025.
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Night Tale Illustration
Night Tale is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Night Tale is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Night Tale is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
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Wenxu Zhao
Wenxu Zhao is a visual artist and illustrator with a background in both mathematics and art. Her work spans digital illustration, picture books, generative art, and visual storytelling. Drawing inspiration from nature, memory, and emotional experience, she explores the relationship between structure and intuition. Her work has been exhibited internationally and recognized by platforms such as the MUSE Creative Awards, A’ Design Award, and Communication Arts. Through imagery, she examines emotional resonance and the role of visual language in everyday psychological experience.
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Strawberry Fish Girl
Strawberry Fish Girl is a narrative illustration brand that merges fine art sensibilities with imaginative storytelling. The brand operates from the intersection of art and emotional experience, and continues to develop projects that center on mental well being, inner dialogue, and the imaginative interpretation of everyday life.
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