Today, I have rediscovered an artist that had once been a huge inspiration to me. As I toiled with schoolwork and was challenged with demands of what I aspire to become in the future, I had somehow pushed her existence to the furthest recesses of my mind. By happenstance, I've rediscovered her to find that she has recently released a new piece of art, and I just hoped to share it.
Fisheye Placebo is a story about, in her own words, "information wars, hackers, and bad roommates" and this is striking to me because her inspiration comes from the world around her.
Her previous work and what led me to discover her is called Knite and what led me to love it was just... how much of the world it reflected? This is especially true because this young woman is Chinese, and she writes/draws about her home country and ties in her love for the environment (and another example here). Her fictional twists to situations in the real world are something that I hope to be able to do myself someday.
That, and well, her art is absolutely beautiful in my humble opinion.
Wenqing Yan, also known as Yuumei, is a young woman who has had a difficult past, and it just makes me admire her all the more. This is one of her most famous pieces, and her pieces are just so meaningful - some people reject her style because she embraces the technological era (which leads me to this link, which should apply to all forms of art (writing, theatre, etc.) not just visual art) but I think her work is astounding, always. She was also met with harsh opposition from her divorced parents, who had 'hoped' for her to become a doctor or a lawyer, but she has decided to follow her dreams and... well, her own comic explains her situation better than I can.
She isn't very well known and might never be, but personally I think her amazing. As an aspiring writer, myself, I find her plots compelling and her story ideas absolutely captivating. Her characters, from design to personality, are wonderful and each driven by their own motivations.
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