My three best pices of art.
This project was a collaboration between me and three friends from our animation class. We gave it our all and completed our very first 3D animation.
The animation production process truly challenged our ability to think and create in three-dimensional space. Every camera angle and keyframe had to be carefully planned, much like directing a live-action film. It pushed us to develop both our artistic vision and technical precision. On top of that, our character movements had to be carefully controlled — the 3D models were fragile and could easily break if the motions were too intense. This meant we had to find creative ways to express emotion and action through subtle, well-planned animation. Despite the difficulties, I found the entire process incredibly rewarding. It gave me hands-on experience and a deeper understanding of storytelling through animation. These are skills I know will benefit me in the future, whether I continue with animation, filmmaking, or any creative visual work.
This work is part of my world-building project and is highly relevant to it. It mainly centers on a war between two races—one representing fire, magma, and heat, and the other representing ice and cold.
In order to create a 3D effect for this multi-layered piece, I carefully adjusted the stacking order of the layers in Illustrator. The volcano, the ground-level lava, the meteors in the sky, and the ice-element motifs on the right side are the aspects I’m most proud of.
Ultimately, this project improved my spatial visualization skills and my ability to manage the layering of complex elements—challenges that proved to be the most difficult during the creative process. Overcoming them brought me a great sense of accomplishment, and I’m confident that I will apply these techniques in future illustration works.
The man in the water could not stand the darkness and was determined to find the light. Finally, he saw a beam of dazzling light coming from the water surface, so he swam upward desperately. From our perspective, we can see that what is waiting for him above the water surface is a more bizarre and terrifying world.
In this non-realistic work, I am reminded of my World Building project. I study the social problems present in China’s education system. In my opinion, tens of millions of ordinary students in China are like the people in the water. They find themselves in dark, painful situations, and as long as there is a ray of light (a glimmer of hope), they will desperately pursue it. Even if they know in their hearts that the future may be even darker, they still use this ray of light to numb and motivate themselves. I hope they can one day escape this hopeless situation.