Innovation And Application Of Traditional Zodiac Culture In Vector Illustration

The zodiac culture is one of the excellent Chinese traditional cultures.After thousands of years of accumulation in history,culture,and folklore,it carries a very profound meaning in itself.In different periods and different regions,there are different expressions of the zodiac culture,which shows the profound impact on people’s lives.Due to the zodiac signs themselves have distinct and unique meanings and are well known by people,they can also better convey information and express emotions as decorative content.With the development of the new era,the zodiac culture involves a broader scope and more diverse forms of artistic expression.People naturally put forward new demands that are more closely aligned with the times for the expression of its design style and the way of information transmission.With the development of digital technology,vector software has been widely popularized in domestic graphic design circles,and some new changes and popular trends have appeared in the development of illustrations.As one of the digital painting methods,vector illustration not only has a popular and fashionable expression style that fits the trend of the times,but its vector outline creation method is more convenient,accurate and easy to modify than traditional hand-drawn methods.This article uses the Chinese zodiac signs as the design content and vector patterns as the expression method.Based on the innovation of traditional themes,through the refinement of the zodiac image,the modern vector illustration expression technique is in line with the traditional 12 zodiac.The integration of Chinese zodiac cultural factors creates a new and original design that is both interesting and in line with modern development,thus exuding the younger vitality of traditional Chinese zodiac culture.