Flora Ruoshui Yang
An Artist, Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Photographer
Intro
Born in Beijing on March 22, 2005, she came to the United States alone at the age of 18 to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. She is currently studying at Artcenter College of Design, majoring in Motion Illustration and minoring in Designmatters social innovation.
She has excellent drawing skills, is proficient with all materials, and specializes in 2D/3D Motion Design, and Fashion/Portrait photography.
Despair
and Hope
Pen and watercolor on paper
21"x15"
A real sense of helplessness prompted me to create this piece. I was wrapped in anxiety, depression, and a deep sense of helplessness.
Tadpole Looking for Mommy
24''x36''
Chinese Color Ink, Paper Cut
on Rice Paper
Inspired by an animation produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio in 1960, it was the first colorful ink animation film in China and accompanied several generations of Chinese children in their childhood.
Poster Design for
Denis Villeneuve
24''x36''
Sand, Water, Water Color,
Marker paper on Lightbox
After watching these movies, I was inspired by the director's camera language. Even though these three movies are three completely different worlds, they all depict the smallness of humans and the immensity of the world. During the process of making the posters, I felt that we were all telling stories, in different ways, telling the same story.
Create and Destroy
woodcut printmaking on rice paper
8"x20"
I quoted an Egyptian myth to show creation and destruction.
Apep was created by Ra, the sun god, and is the fear of Ra and a symbol of destruction, chaos, and darkness. Their struggle plunges the world into a cycle of creation and destruction, life and death.
meet
8''x10''
Pen and Gouache
on paper
Tropical fish meet winter flowers, nothing is impossible.
Album Cover for JVKE
This is What Losing Someone Feels like
12''x12''
Oil on canvas
It took me a long time to come to terms with the cold, hard reality of losing a loved one. However, I refuse to believe he’s gone. As long as I treasure the memories we shared, he will always be with me.
21 grams, the weight of the soul. From the 21 grams experiment. If the human soul does have weight, then I think it's made up of shared memories. Maybe the distance between us and the dead is like the distance between Cheng Xin and Yun Tianming in The Three-Body Problem, or maybe it's the bridge in Coco. Maybe it's the distance between reality and shadow that you can never touch.
