Who am I ?

Who am I? If you are curious, the answer to this question is here.

My name is Luxuan Zhang and I am a Chinese girl born in September 1999. My major is graphic design and I am currently studying at university. Next I will tell you about my study experience and some information about my personal interest in art for my major.

I am an international student from China and I studied at Beijing Institute of Fashion before coming to study in the UK. I am now studying Graphic Design at the University of Derby. If I were to describe myself, I would say I am a rather calm person, introverted and slow, but when we get to know each other I may show another side of me, I am usually lively, cheerful and positive in front of my close friends.

As for my style, I like images that are not realistic, I tend to be more abstract and add to my self-awareness. I prefer warmer tones to cooler tones, those bright, jumpy colours make me feel happy. I also like to add some traditional Chinese art to my work, such as calligraphy, paper cutting... my cultural experience brings a different style to my work.

Amongst all these artistic choices, I am more partial to painting and typography. First of all, I started to draw because I have been learning drawing since I was a child with my family who started a drawing education for children. As time went by drawing became part of me, so I chose to major in an art-related field at university. Typography is a field that I have been interested in for the last two years, and I have found that I like it since I did a school assignment in Beijing. The interweaving of different graphics and text is very interesting to me. Photography is also an art-related hobby of mine, and I prefer to photograph people rather than landscapes. People express so many emotions and feelings in my eyes that landscapes don't.

I admire designs that look interesting and I think it's important that the design is not just visual, but also that the audience feels a sense of interaction. One of my favourite designers, Kenya Hara, does a great job of this and many of his works use multiple senses of the audience very well.

Recently, thanks to the city lockdown, I have had more time to do what I love. I have started painting again, I have hardly picked up a brush in such a formal way to paint something since I graduated from high school, this time I have started again for no other purpose than to let it bring my life back to life and it has made me full and happy.

My story continues...

See you in the next blog.😊

luxuan💗

in 2021