Butterfly Mausoleum of the Miao
After quite an adventure, Ellie finally found the Butterfly Mausoleum in her grandma’s travel log.
However, she had the feeling that something had been following and watching them from the shadows; and Nan, a girl from the local insect shaman family who joined Ellie's journey, insisted that her flute would help them find a way to enter the mausoleum. Now she couldn’t tell if she’s more excited or horrified, since suddenly, the thousands-year-old silver bells hanging around the cave like spider webs all started jingling aggressively…
Innocence
Baby Mo was taken in by the monks of Fuze temple when they found him at their doorstep, wrapped in a coarse red towel. Growing up, he always wondered why the hall in the West corner is always locked and the other monks keep saying one should never stare into the eyes of the bronze statue inside; he’s never seen his older brothers so terrified. On his 6th birthday, he couldn't resist his curiosity and snuck in…
Clinic of No Man's Land
Year 2086, a nuclear leakage caused an irreversible chain of genetic mutation that created plants and animals that grow to monstrous scales. Within the mere span of 3 years, humans were forced to survive amongst gigantic beasts and overgrown flora. Under this global crisis, people started to readjust to the new natural order and alternative modes of living.
Deep in the misty mountains of Southern China, at a family-owned traditional Chinese medicine clinic, the mornings always start with checking the state of the giant snakes, scorpions and ginseng roots in the medicinal wines, hanging prescriptions to be sent out today under the enormous Lingzhi mushrooms (which promises excellent light and temperature control), and attending to a long line of early-rising patients arriving on flying rickshaws…
Oh! The oldest daughter of the family is at it again, brewing herbal broth while lecturing her younger brother on rediscovering human relationship with Nature…
Docuseries Concept Art
This series is created for the animation portion of the Great Civilizations of China (了不起的华夏文明), a short docuseries on the history of Jade in China.
Topics include Jade's place in Shamanistic rituals, Confucian philosophy, imperial legacy and folk tales.
Other Environment Sketches
Penny Tasteful
Inspiration: Vending machine, Chinese land deity shrine, abandoned places, urban environment...
Sushi Mansion
Inspiration: Sushi, sashimi, sake, hotspring, kimono...
After the Rain
Inspiration: Old Beijing streets, breakfast food carts, candied haw sticks vendor...
