Zaoeyo
Xiaolin Zeng, aka Zaoeyo, a self-taught visual designer, born in Xiangtan city, focuses on 3D visuals, motion design and title design. Prepare that you will be tricked viewing his artworks
Visual Manipulations by Jie Ma
Shanghai-based visual artist Jie Ma creates mind-bending manipulations by using all possible digital tools, from rendering to illustration. Just look!
Ukiyoe Collection by Jiji
Chinese artist Jiji blends old Japanese art technique of ukioy-e with modern illustration creating saturated artworks
Jyxchen Illustrations
Yi Xiao Chen aka Jyxchen is contemporary illustrator and visual artist currently living in Perth, Australia. “Yi’s minimalistic, semi-abstract portrait illustrations are drawn with simple lines and carefully chosen pastels making her illustrations unique with a strong and bold identity. “
“The dialogue around ethnic minorities in the Australian consciousness have always been as the ‘Other.’ Art can be a medium that serves to center these faces and stories.”
Hong Chun Zhang Hairy Art
Chinese artist Hong Chun Zhang‘s graphite hair drawings and oil paintings are all about humor, beauty and repulsion. Since our last review in 2013, Hong continues experiments with the most radical meta-human object - hairs.
Modern Ukiyo-e Illustrations
Beijing, China, based illustrator JiJi being inspired by the traditional “ukiyo-e” genre of Japanese art, creates intricately drawn artworks with a modern twist
Fashion Portraits by TGImage
A fashion photography and video production company TGImage based in Shanghai, China, shares their latest commercial photoshoots made for leading editorials
Sun Ying Art
Chinese artist 孙 影 (Sun Ying) shares her latest artworks on Behance
Jiaqi Wang Illustration
Jiaqi (Jackie) Wang is an illustrator and animator originally from China, currently based in Los Angeles. She specialises in 2D moving images and motion graphics. Her work revolves imagination about daily life, full of colours, visual design, and character design.
UV-Zhu Digital Anthropomorphism
Chinese digital artist UV-Zhu shares his 3D anthropomorphism skills
The Yellow River by Zhang Kechun
Chinese photographer Zhang Kechun spent months travelling through rural China – and found beauty through the fog of pollution and industry.
Liu Di
From a massive animal sitting amidst a sprawl of slum housing to a giant man with a hyperrealistic face that nevertheless seems to be more plastic than flesh, jarring contrasts are often used to great effect in establishing the sense of surrealism in the works of Chinese visual artist Liu Di
In Animal Regulation, Liu reevaluates the relationship between civilization and nature by placing gargantuan animals in unexpected urban settings.
UCCA Dune
Designed by Open Architecture the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art opened in Qinhuangdao, China. “The curvilinear form of UCCA Dune winds over 930 metres underground, and includes multiple galleries, terraces, and viewing areas.. The decision to bury the museum partially underground was an environmentally conscious one. With the museum designed to sit beneath the dunes, the views of the sea are preserved. Unlike many areas along the sea, the area surrounding UCCA Dune will be safe from development, providing a visual sanctuary for sea views for years to come.” via @Minimalissimomag
Kobayashi - The Story of Geisha
The story happened in Kyoto, 1872. The geisha Kobayashi and Hideyoshi fell in love with each other, and he became her lover. However, due to the war, they were separated from eachother forever.
This titles video is a prelude to a self-initiated animation short sequence “KIYOMI KOBAYASHI — Sword and fire” created and directed by Yi Le
“It is the art work I want to make after my first trip to Kyoto this year,I was really impressed by the great temples ,garden and people there,I felt very peaceful when I was in Kyoto.Unluckly,I didnt have a chance to watch the performance of geisha at thattime,but I saw a lots of geisha walking on the streets,It’s like time never passed!
In this video,I portraied the 1872’s Kyoto in my thought, The geisha Kobayashi and Hideyoshi fell in love with each other, and he became her lover. However, due to the war, they were separated from eachother forever. I hope this story will bring people’s attention to the cruelty of war, as well as the status of women during those times.”
Ocean Rift 裂痕海洋
"This series of works takes the ocean crisis as the topic, based on the Installation to present the ecosystem destruction by human activities. The singular mutation and death of marine life caused by Radiation and genetic modification, also involved elements of natural, polluting and synthetic." - Kim Yeonhee
The design combined with the destruction of raw materials, plastic, metal, and the dark heavy colors and the emotional impact of the destroyed scene, to interpret the "Ocean Rift".
Song Wei Sculpture
Leading figurative Chinese artist Song Wei is definitely recognised for his "Porcelain Hamburger" (made of fibreglass) and less for the rest of his body of work in classic oil on canvas spiced with Asian cultural twists.
Across the globe, his Porcelain Hamburger will be seen in the bank’s publicity advertisements on print. The image was specifically selected for its representation of a perfect marriage between East and West, the hybrid aesthetics of both cultures, and a perfect ambassador for a bank that serves the world.
Song Wei’s bears are often depicted in everyday situations: eating a lollipop, playing with toys, and even sitting on a toilet bowl. While his works appear joyous, carefree and fun loving, there are undoubtedly deeper meanings behind them. His paintings not only remember his childhood memories and adult experiences, but also reflect the impact of Western merchandise, the changes in Chinese values and mentality, traditions and modernisation, honesty and controversy, capitalism and consumerism, as well as the welding of Eastern and Western cultures in our metropolitan societies.
Text via ArtTagCircle
Illustrator Claudia Chanhoi is Redefining Femininity and Sexuality
Drawing the most feminine parts of the female body as a series of dishes – isn’t that a bit over the top? Trying to fully express women’s desire for sexuality and even its symbolic form, through the tip of a pen – isn’t that a bit audacious?
Claudia Chanhoi, a Hong Kong-born and U.S.-based artist, says most of her creations feature women’s body parts but aren’t only about women’s sexual desire. They also represent the artist herself, a modern straight woman.
OFFF Milano 2018 Main Titles
Chinese visual designer Xiaolin Zeng was responsible for creating motion titles for Digital Design Days / "OFFF on Tour" Festival went in Milan last week.
“ The starting idea is from real life experience that I had several travels to my father’s hometown where is the rural area of China, and the visual of electric Tower and woods hiding in the mist struck me. Also, I was living in a city where construction is going very frequently, which influenced my mood a lot. As a result, I’d like to make a film which the storyline goes from misty woods to industrialized city where construction is heavy. I looked into lots of materials in which have a giant as the main character and find several films and concept art, like Simon Stalenhag, Jakub Rozalski and EVA in which I learned a lot from their shot composition, and also give me a clear vision that the giant should be in a thin and incomplete body shape. While making the title sequence, I encountered the Netflix new TV series called “Dark”, I learned a lot about its color set also its soundtrack inspired the sound designer as well. This work is a huge combination of inspiration, but it starts with a real-life experience.The original color set is black and white, but I decided to use more natural color and make the sequence more like an old century film.”
A white house, a growing home
"Lyrically called A white house, a growing home, this three-storey family residence, part of a 1940’s row house development in Shanghai, China, has been elegantly renovated by Chinese studio RIGI Design with meticulous attention to detail and thoughtful consideration for the evolving needs of a growing family."
Guangzhou Image Triennial Exhibition Identity
A Creative Lab another design delivered impressive identity for ongoing Triennial in Guangzhou merging visual language of Chinese typography with glitch aesthetics of modern technology
