photos from 08/11/2023
my first ref sketch of 2025, from January
scene reference study
Favorite thing about the rise in indie animation is the sheer amount of it that's horror, and filled with dark themes. I don't *remember* the last time I saw a trailer for an original movie by a Big Company™, meanwhile I can name like 7 indie shows that do what the big brands truly could never. It's beautiful and I really missed it. The multi-month wait between episodes always feels worth it cuz the quality is always so high
Yang Feiyun, b 1954, Big Plant (大植物), oil on canvas, 1995.
Yang Feiyun is an acclaimed figure painter born in Baoton, Inner Mongolia. His muse is his wife, Peng Peng (芃芃), a fellow artist specialising in still life, whose open face and large eyes make Yang’s loving portraits instantly recognisable.