Barbie’s Art Portfolio - Thank you
Nature Revealed, Reproduced, Returned
Industrial Designs
Through a course on bio-inspired materials science, I learned that Nepenthes pitcher plants use hydrophobic inner walls to slide its prey downward smoothly. The plant’s bottle-shaped body, slippery walls, and minty scent sparked the idea of designing a shampoo set inspired by the pitcher plant that reduces waste by walls that minimize shampoo retention. I used 3D modeling and printing to shape smooth curves that echo different pitcher plant species, while the vibrant tropical hues are recreated through textile dye. Finished with a waterproof and biodegradable coir outer coating, the design invites users to hold reproduced fragments of nature—baptized by its wisdom and ultimately return them to nature, grateful for its blessings.
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| Medium：3D printing, coir, textile dye Size：Irregular Year：2024 |
Making process:
f=V/λ
Installation
Each organism produces its own sound—through voice or vibration—and together these sounds form a vast, shared chorus that connects life across ecosystems. I chose strings as the medium of this connection. By sensing and transmitting sounds, we interact and recognize our interdependence.
The acrylic cube represents a block of ecosystem taken from our planet, sunlight passes through transparent walls and a crystal that scatters it into vivid wavelengths, echoing the diversity of life. Arranged as a Möbius band, the strings symbolize infinity and equilibrium, reflecting the delicate balance of the web of life, where all interconnected creatures depend on each other for the entire system to flourish and be sustained.
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Medium：Acrylic board, UV printing transfer, violin and cello strings
Size：35 cm*35 cm*35 cm
Year: 2024
Making process:
Staying Behind;
Dreaming Future
Industrial Design
Mecha and the future lie at the heart of science fiction, where giant machines are built and reimagined as fighters of tomorrow. Inspired by Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion, I created a smaller-scale mecha that centers the human body, treating technology as an extension and enhancement, rather than a replacement of human ability. By reconfiguring my old Gundam model parts onto a set of vintage headphones—an object central to daily life —and recoloring them in a futuristic blue, the piece bridges function and fantasy. Interestingly, in contrast to today’s compact, efficient technologies, the massive robotic future fighters evokes nostalgia for past visions of the future while sustaining hope for what lies ahead.
| Medium：Headphones, Gundam plastic model, eco-friendly water-based paint Size：Irregular Year：2023 |
Do PE Seas Dream of PET Fish?
Digital Painting
The ocean faces a grave threat: it's becoming inundate with plastic waste. The use of saturated, bright fluorescendt colors combined with sharp linings alarm the poisoned, polluted environment. The texture of the waves, fish, crabs, shells and coconut trees are derived from plastic bags, bottles and other plastic products, demonstrating the extent of plastic buildup. The subversive neon pink sky, bloody fishing nets, and unnatural blue sun signal the planet’s ominous fate. Yet humans continue to litter.
The ocean's death reveals the theme of reshaping. Plastic pollution is "reshaping" the ocean's environment. Simultaneously, this crisis prompts humanity to re-examine and “reshape” our relationship with the marine ecosystem, raising awareness of the urgent need for its protection.
| Medium：Digital art using procreate Size：4096 px*3072 px Year：2024 |
Making process:
My Dolosoro
Graphic Novel
Preview:
The pandemic year winter was exceptionally cold, with the bitterly freezing air creeping under my clothes. My mom was on an urgent phone call, and the piercingly painful words hit my heart.
As a child, I sometimes resisted the violin, worn down by the monotonous practice for music graded exams. However, joining the orchestra and meeting Mr. Gary Sanderson changed everything. As my best conductor, music teacher, and mentor, he loved to say, “Think outside the box,” which provided me with infinite curiosity, inspiration, and passion. He gave me the courage to push forward and rekindle my love for all forms of artistic expression. This graphic memoir holds my deep gratitude, built piece by piece, note by note over 9 years of my life. I always believe that if an accidental encounter at a London Broadway Show were to bring us together again, I would tell you all about it.
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Medium: Digital art using procreate
Size：210 mm*297 mm, 16 pages
Year：2022
Rabbit Hole 1:
Alice and the Beanstalk
Painting
| The contrast between the realistic portrayal of the tree and the more abstract, David Hockney-style background symbolizes the contrast between reality and illusion. However, the colorful, fantastical scene demonstrates a sense of confinement and restriction as the strictly ordered lines only follow two directions—vertical and horizontal—firmly dividing the color blocks. In contrast, the strength and vitality presented by the tree break free from this imprisonment, standing steadily with the greenness of life. |
| Medium：Oil painting Size：30 cm*40 cm Year：2023 |
Rabbit Hole 2:
Fountain of Youth
Painting
Although surrounded by orderly structures and rectangular geometries, the continuous stream of the fountain creates a distorted and disfigured water surface on the pool. The lightened palette and the darker shadows are mixed together by the freely flowing ripples, creating a dynamic energy. At the same time, the twisted pattern of the water’s flow generates a mesmerizing effect, drawing the viewer to go beyond the boundaries and fall for the allure of a fresh spirit.
| Medium：Oil painting Size：30 cm*40 cm Year：2023 |
Wingardium Leviosa
Painting
As I flew across the blue dome, I collected the pigment of the sky and a piece of fluffy cotton, finishing my painting as I dreamed. The Universe is my Studio.
| Medium：Oil painting Size：30 cm*50 cm, three canvas Year：2024 |
The Wish; NSO Winter Concert; Obsessed
Posters
As a musical theater actress with the New Shanghai Orchestra, I also took on the role of the designer of posters and merchandise for our concerts and performances.
“The Wish”: Tomorrow is Peter's 10th birthday. With “The Wish” of growing up faster, he calls up his friends to make this grand wish come true together. However, an equal price has to be paid, with magic.
The Winter Concert features jolly songs such as the Nutcracker Suite and a final ball where the guests dance to beautiful melodies. The passion for art and love for human connections between us lit up the same fire over different hearths.
OBSESSED! For Lingling, a 15-year-old high schooler from a relatively strapped family, it’s win or bust as the midterm test approaches. Failure means her mom, obsessed with academic success, will withdraw her educational funding and condemn her to work in the family hot-pot restaurant. As she befriends Curtis, a rich Chinese-American boy returning to Shanghai, an opportunity opens to save her future with a daring, dangerous plot. But just as it seems the plan will succeed, it all goes horribly wrong...
| Medium：Digital art Size：210 mm*297 mm (posters), 210 mm*70 mm (ticket) Year：2019, 2021 |
How to Live to the Fullest in a Historical Fiction Universe
Video
Welcome to Bianliang during the Northern Song Dynasty. His Imperial Majesty invites you to a royal tour around the imperial city. Please get into the carriage, and our tour will begin…
| Medium: Digital art using procreate, iMovie Running time: 01:48 Year：2022 |