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Illustration032-039

Glass Art052-053

Metallic CraftSpoonCopper Plate046-051

Children’sillustration024-025

Ethnic Totem014-023

Toy Design040-045

Photography054-059

South (Jiangnan)in the Rain026-031

P O R T F O L I O

Having majored in Public Art as an under-

graduate in Jiangnan University, I would now

like to pursue further studies in Illustration.

Such studies will help me fulfill a dream that I

have had since childhood: to be an excellent

illustrator.

I got quite familiar with the basics of painting

and acquired the necessary skills. And the

most important thing was that it has trained

me to think as a painter. I have been exposed

to illustrations from home and abroad, which

fascinated me so much and gave me differ-

ent perspectives, like an eye-opener. I got

inspired and full of imagination.

Birth-date: 1994.06.04

Tel: 86-18352534331

E-mail: [email protected]

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This series of works comes from one of my dreams.

I Dreaming that I am riding a shark through the forest without knowing where to

go.

I wake up and write my dream down.And it gradually becomes to be the first work

of this series.

I don't remember since when I became so intrigued by fish. Their beautiful-grained

texture and smooth skin always draws my attention.

We all talks about protecting animals, but we always ignore the feelings of the fish

when we make reference to the cruelty of hunting animals. No one has ever

considered that the fish have feelings.

They have no feelings,do they?

Global warming and commercial overfishing have been greatly threatened the

survival environment of fish.

I have been sparing no time to give publicity to and appeal to people for protecting

sharks since I watched “No Shark’s Fin” video five years ago. I convinced relatives

and friends to give up eating this kind of food used for showing off and satisfying

their own vanity.

Five years ago,I was a high school student.What I only could do was to make

defense for sharks with my mouth.However, now,I have an ability to catch these

beautiful sea creatures with my own panting-bush,and make more people pay

attention to them,knowing that they also have their own life and feelings.

How interesting looking at them!

Let’s ride a fish and go traveling!

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TRAVEL WITH FISH RIDING


I got the fish-riding idea from the cartoons and myths I was exposed to in my childhood.

I thought they could ride horses, wolves, birds; why couldn't I ride a fish?

With riding a salmon on the trail of the concrete citythe air of whole city is filled with the smell of ocean.

Thus I got inspired and finished this drawing.




M a g i c J o u r n e y t o M u s h r o o m V i l l a g e


Hey！Do you likeFish burger？



It is just the start of this series of my work. I planned to complete

it this year. It’s composed of 20 pieces of drawings.

I hope there’s stronger interaction between the works and space

when exhibited since public art was my major in the university.

My advisor and I are now working on the final exhibition form.

This is my latest plan of the latter half year and also the only

one of my artwork collection which is in progress.


02.民族图腾

RESEARCH AND STUDY ON FOLK ART

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Course name:National Art Design and Investigation

My research interest:Innovative Design of Ethnic Totem

This course is about living in a minority area for half a month to study ethnic characteristics of art and do innovative design about it. China has 56 ethnic groups. They have different customs and their own belief and totem worship. I studied their totem patterns and their living utensils. Combining this with modern elements, I did my own innovative design. I hope it can help promote their unique culture in modern society.

We went to the northwest of Sichuan Province to watch and learn local customs. We were inspired by the difference exhibited here from the city life.

There’s not only one totem worship in one ethnic group. For example, Tibetan ethnic minority worships yak and sheep which are very important animals in their daily life; and conch which are extremely rare in the mountainous area. After half a month of observation and research of the three ethnic minorities, I got their most representative totems.

Tiger family is the ancient ancestors of the Yi people whose biggest characteristic is that they have been in a worship of black tiger until now. Many Yi people still call themselves LuoLuo which means tiger family. They have Tiger Festival which is celebrated every year. They offer sacrifice to tiger progenitor and pray for blessings on this big day.

Yak is an important totem worship in Tibetan history. They consecrate yak head

in Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Beichuan ancient Qiang is sheep-raising nation. Due the important role of sheep

in social and economic life, Qiang gradually formed the worship of sheep.


Yi -- black tiger spiritTibetan -- Yak Totem

Qiang - Sheep Totem

The black tiger spirit --

Yi

Design Description

Tiger God is the most efficacious God in Yi people’s heart. I did the innovative design based on the black tiger image as souvenirs packaging graphic design without copying the ancient totem. The main color is the traditional color pattern in Yi which are red, black and yellow. And I used traditional graphic pattern to maintain the ethnic characteristics.


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Descendants of sheep --

Qiang

Design Description

Beichuan ancient Qiang is sheep-raising nation. Due the important role of sheep in social and economic life, Qiang gradually formed the worship of sheep.

Totem uses a sheep's head as main pattern with watchtower graphic. I didn't use pure original Qiang embroidery patterns and colors, just combined a little ethnic elements with my innovative creation together. I got the inspiration from the original facial make-up in Qiang watchtower and finished the middle part in the sheep head with a modern touch.

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Plateau Yak --

Zang (Tibetan people)

Design Description

Yak is an important totem worship in Tibetan history. They consecrate yak head from generation to generation.

I used yak head pattern as a carrier combining with the color of red, black and white instead of traditional navy blue which pervades in Tibetan area. The traditional decorative pattern was kept with refining.

ColourWater Works

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03.Course name / Illustration

Authoring tool / oily color pencil

1. Tom is a naughty boy who has stolen the eggs laid

by the neighbor’s elephant.

2. He has grabbed the wireless signal through the zoo.

3. He was fishing shark from a pond in his grandfather's.

4. No matter how naughty Tom is, in the mother's arms,

is still the mother's favorite child lying in mother’s arms.

This course was an elective course at my sophomore

year. We needed to finish 4-6 short picture books. I did

many sketches but without complete story due to the

limit of the length. And I failed to save all the drafts.

Now I just picked this one which is brief and sweet. And

each one tells its own story.

These two pieces are the design sketches which I gave up finishing a story with for that it couldn't

make a whole story within six pieces.

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Children’s

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in the RainCourse/Mural

My ideas

The subject of my mural is my univer-

sity---Jiangnan University. The unique

artistic effect is created by the use of

different materials.

Jiangnan University is quite beautiful, located near Tai Lake, next to Li Lake scenic area.

Production process1. Data collection

2. Draft

3. Material preparing

4. Board making

5. Drawing on board

6. Nails pressing

7. Lights display

1.Material Collection

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Beautiful mountains,limpid streams and misty rains.it's what Chinese Jiang

Nan is like.Chinese Jiang Nan is as tender and soft as water,with soft inside

and tough outside,which shows the best part of the spring of Jiang Nan.

The design elements are: university north gate, library, Qushui bridge. Design

sketch shows buildings standing on the surface of the water. It demonstrates

static and dynamic contrast.

The main material is iron nail. The relation between virtuality and reality is

demonstrated by different sizes, positions and density contrasts of iron nails.

And the beauty of the texture is fully expressed by lighting effects.

4. Board making

The thickness of the board is the key since the nails are

the main element. I use the wood plate as the base and

then stuck foam board on it , and finally covered it

with KT board.

Choose the appropriate thickness to make a solid

foundation for the three-dimensional effect of the

nails.

5. Drawing on boardPut A4 draft on 90*120 board.

2. Preparation / DraftMake a draft of the outline of Jiangnan University with its distinctive buildings.

3. Material preparingFour kinds of nails with different lengths are selected to highlight integrity and layering of

the drawing.

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Beautiful mountains,limpid streams and misty rains.it's what Chinese Jiang

Nan is like.Chinese Jiang Nan is as tender and soft as water,with soft inside

and tough outside,which shows the best part of the spring of Jiang Nan.

The design elements are: university north gate, library, Qushui bridge. Design

sketch shows buildings standing on the surface of the water. It demonstrates

static and dynamic contrast.

The main material is iron nail. The relation between virtuality and reality is

demonstrated by different sizes, positions and density contrasts of iron nails.

And the beauty of the texture is fully expressed by lighting effects.

7. Lights display

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I consider this as an experimental experience in ways of drawing. I try to display the beautiful rainy Jiangnan through

different materials and lighting. It took me three weeks to finish and made me more confident and open-minded in

choosing material.

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0 7 .I l l u s t r a t i o n

I’ll show the i l lustrations I did in my spare t ime.

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《 C h a o s 》

C h a o s , f r o m G r e e k

m y t h o l o g y , m e a n s

t h e f o r m l e s s a n d

d i s o r d e r e d s t a t e o f

m a t t e r b e f o r e t h e

c r e a t i o n o f t h e

c o s m o s . N o w i t

r e f e r s t o a s t a t e o f

e x t r e m e c o n f u s i o n

a n d d i s o r d e r .

T h i s i l l u s t r a t i o n

s h o w s t h e c h a o s

b e t w e e n h e a v e n

a n d h e l l , t h e

c o m p l e x b e t w e e n

g o o d a n d e v i l . G o d

m i g h t b e n a u g h t y ;

s m a l l g h o s t s m i g h t

h a v e t h e i r o w n

s i m p l e h a p p i n e s s .

O r d o e s t h i s a l s o

a p p l y t o t h e w o r l d

w e l i v e i n ?

不服

来战


Chinese character i s t ics i s shown by us ing t radi t ional Chinese “回” pat tern

The most famous Chinese basketba l l p layer—Yao Ming

The symbolic building of Jiangnan University—Central Stadium

In the centre i s NBA big name---LeBron Raymone James

This is a picture poster I did for Annual Basketball Game in my university. I did a combination of our favorite basketball stars and the basketball court of Jiangnan University. I put the characters ”Jiangnan” on the basketball which suggests the host place.。

The bottom of the picture writes “YOU KEEP TALKING I KEEP SHOOTING”; and the very left side writes “Fight Me”. Those two slogans express the spirit of sports” Go fight & Never say never”. Basketball spirit is the soul of the fighters. They are shouting “We stand alone together!”




I adored a girl who loved ice cream. She had ice cream almost every day in the summer. One day she got sick and no cold food allowed but still fancied an ice cream saying to me” I want an ice cream though”.. I drew this “ocean” ice cream for her.

I borrowed some techniques from northwest peasant paintings, such as the simple bright colors. Cattle and sheep are vital in northwestern daily life. I add “farm” touch into it; many straight and strong lines in the character “食（Food/Eat）match the upright and honest character of northwestern peasants.

Food is the paramount necessity of the people. China is known for its rich food culture. I used modern graffiti font to display the character “食（Food/Eat） combining with Chinese traditional patterns. I chose northwest cuisine in the plate which I designed according to the characteristics of northwest culture.

Everyone goes through ups and downs. You feel anxious, gloomy. Sometimes bad mood comes at wrong times. I am a Gemini. Another me, the evil one occasionally pop out disturbing my good times. I drew this one afternoon when I felt very gloomy. I want to find out this witch and illustrate her by drawing.

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This course requires finishing a toy design. I decided to make a monster Garage Kits for I’ve been interested

in game models and Garage Kits.

I chose Super Sculpey which is not widely used at home but common abroad as material. It was a challenge

though for it’s different from traditional clay sculpture. It took half a month through trial and error to finish

this.

I love animals very much. Therianthropy came to my mind when I thought about making a Garage Kits. Rabbits always impress people as delicate and cute. Then I think” All right I want to do something different!”

I have a special forces of animals in my mind. The captain should be a gorilla, strong and sharp; The investigator should be a hound dog, smart and quick. The strongest one should be a tiger. So what about the rabbit? It’s small but strong with striking long ears and big front teeth. I imagine one of its hands having special power, like a powerful fist. The rabbit warrior was made gradually in my mind and this I finished my manuscript.

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The finished clay model needs to be put into the oven for 15 minutes to fix. Due to the time limits, I didn't do the color it or do

any other refining. I'll finish it if time allows. And I want to do more about the images of animal special forces in my mind.

Metallic Craft

Spoon

Copper Plate

Course / Handicrafts

Field / Metallic Craft

his course needs us to make spoons

by stainless steel and make plates by

copper. Through doing this, I was

familiarized with different properties

of metal. It was a good practice and

made a foundation for metal use in

future public sculpture.

Experiment

I tested the properties of stainless steel

with a stainless steel bar. It turned out

it can’t be made curly ideal shape

with hammer. The spoon made out of

it was far from satisfactory. Through

the experiment I have learnt about the

stainless steel, which lay the

foundation for my final design.

This course needs us to make spoons by stainless steel and make plates by

copper. Through doing this, I was familiarized with different properties

of metal. It was a good practice and made a foundation for metal use in

future public sculpture.

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It took one month to finish it. The seemingly simple shape of a spoon in fact contains a

lot of subtle production techniques. I chose 5mm thick steel plate to ensure the quality.

Design description

The spoon is made of

304 stainless steel,

whose shape is the

shape of a water drop.

The arc of the spoon I

designed allows a user

to feel excellent fit.


The second phase of the course requires the

use of copper to do a plate. Considering

copper’s property-soft and bigger ductility,

I fancied making a plate of one kind plant

shape.

It was autumn; the campus was covered with

falling leaves. I picked one up, nice shape,

similar color with copper. I decided to make

the plate copying this.

The leaves I picked in the garden.

Handicraft design ––– Copper Plate

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08.G l a s s A r t

stands erect in water, fair and graceful. We’d like to refer it as lofty moral integrity in

Chinese culture. Bear this in mind, I used the blue glass to highlight the mystery and pure

effect. It seems like it can only be appreciated afar but cannot be played arbitrarily

L o t u s

D e s i g n p h i l o s o p h y

I design this container with the lotus theme and colored glass

as the carrier.Lotus grows in mud, yet never contaminates

with it; floats on waving water, yet never dances with it;

09. PHOTOGRAPHY

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I will show some of my photographs which I took in the past two years. I love photography. I love recording everything beautiful and impressive. When looking back at those, it gives me so many flashbacks that I

can’t help putting it here.

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Upper left –Riverside near China-Russia border

This is my father’s birthplace here---Heilongjiang Province (Northeast part of China). My whole family visited it in 2013. I was so

impressed by the place that I took those precious pictures. And this was the highest latitude place I have ever visited in China.

Bottom left--- Yi Autonomous Region of Sichuan Province, Meigu, Liangshan

We went here to watch and learn local customs doing national art investigation. It was an isolated world. It took us eight hours to get

here driving from the city on the rugged mountain path.

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Those photos serve as a dairy of the places I visited: Venice, Swiss Alps, Japan, China Academy of Art…

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