(ACCEPTED) Calarts Sketchbook 2021-Character Animation

I have been obsessed with everything and every people around me. I like to observe their appearance and analyze their personalities. I also like to appreciate architecture, its light, shadow and temperament. Sometimes seeing a building reminds me of a certain memory. So I develop a habit to carry my sketchbook, and sometimes I just grab a piece of paper, to record my inspirations. When I sorted out my previous works, I found a lot of fish drawing. With serious thalassophobia, I still like to draw all kinds of fishes, the more afraid I feel, the happier I draw. Whenever I feel insecure, I think I am a fish living on land, or a person living in the deep sea. I drew myself on the first and last pages of my sketchbook. After finishing my sketchbook, I felt that I had a great improvement in the expression of my techniques and ideas. Just like the last page, I got out of the fish and got a new life. On the first page, I wrote the lyrics from my favorite band nirvana, “sit and drink pennyroyal tea.” I think each of my paintings is like the next sentence of the lyrics, “distill the life that’s inside of me.”