Mural of Hamburg
Barca an der Alester
Barca is one of the most bustling, popular sailing bar on the Alster in the heart of Hamburg. I was commissioned to create a 3 x 2.5 m2 mural to breathe new life into the city. The work has taken 8 days, over a hundred hours, from start to finish.
Concept
An illustration is a place where we can free our imagination and visualize what we can’t do in the real life. The mural depicted the city of Hamburg with the bird’s-eyes view and showed the passion that most Hamburgers for. I have interviewed many Hamburgers about what they love and what they feel for their city. More than 90% of the answers were relative to water, such as the sea, rivers, lakes. Regarding the history of the city, Hamburg used to be the 4th largest seaport in the world before WWII. The huge, gentle marine life, Humpback Whale, jumped out to the image as the result of all the story, people and experience I collected in Hamburg.
Award
Honorable Mention, 3x3 International Illustration Show Awards (US)
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Day 4
It showed a bird-eye view of the City of Hamburg.
Day 5
We can clearly see the City Hall, Alster, buses and streets.
Day 7
The people I met in Hamburg told me that they love sea, rivers, lakes, which is all about water. And the inspiration of Humpback whale came naturally to my mind.
Final Day
Barca, the sailing bar, is marked on the mural as a paper boat, which is their logo. To see the real artwork, visit Barca an der Alster in Hamburg, Germany and grab yourself a beer and yummy Hamburger!
Where is the mural?
The mural is located in a sailing bar, called Barca, on the Alster(the lake) in the heart of Hamburg, 10-minute walk from the central train station.
