Editorial illustration - Korean idioms
This is one of the uni projects that I've been working on this year in university. I enjoyed working in a different style and combining the two things that I enjoy - illustration and languages.
I created four sample chapters of a potential book on Korean idioms, which would be aimed at upper level learners of Korean.
Each spread features a full-page illustration on one side with the idiom and a QR code close to the spine that would have the audio recording of the chapter. The facing page has an explanation of the idiom, sample sentences and similar phrases complimented by a small illustration.
The first chapter features the idiom 갈수록 태산, literally meaning that the further you go, the higher the mountains get. The idiom means that things get more difficult as time passes on.
The second chapter features an illustration of 우물 안 개구리, literally meaning a frog in a well. The idiom means that a person who doesn't know the world will think they're the best - but they don't have anybody to compare themselves to.
The third chapter is about the idiom 원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다. When translated literally, it means that even monkeys fall from trees. The meaning of the idiom is that no matter how skilled a person is, they can still make mistakes.
The fourth chapter if of the idiom 티끌 모아 태산, which literally means that if you put small things together, it will create a large whole. The idiom means that if you put small things or efforts together, however small they are, you'll achieve or create something big.
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