Xiao yan process book

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sspplliitt -x i a o y a n / PA T T E R N S


split pattern project inspired by a curious experience while recovering in post-operation, mild delirium that was caused by anaesthesia, during which i felt that my consciousness was splitting in two, where the body seems to be separated from the mind, and the mind does not have any control over the body; it was strange and fun to see myself ripping out the IV tubes and sleepwalking out of the ward and causing panic amongst the nurses; yet the mind cannot seize h o l d o f t h e b o d y ’s m o t o r f u n c t i o n s . there were sensations of lights flickering and lines crawling like restless insects across my vision for at l e a s t a d i s o r i e n t i n g h a l f h o u r. was the body controlled by the subconscious for that brief period of delirium? it is like being drunk and trying to watching a really slow movie from afar and nothing registers.

a funny piec e of automatic draw ing i did at th e w ard w h ile b eing in a tranc e-like state, still b eing affec ted b y th e anaesth esia...

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research; i n s p i r a t i o n s /r e f e r e n c e s

JON FOX

inte r e s ting use o f i s o me t ric pers pec t ive t o make t i l e d p att e r n s , d e n o t e s 3-dime nsiona l spac e t o n avigat e. c o n t ras ty c o lo ur s , o b v i o us U k i y o -e i n fl ue n ce


NOBROW ar t and illus tration magazine

care fu lly c u rated c o l l ec t io n o f ar t i s t wo rks , fl at but v e r y p o p co l o ur s . fascinating r hythm an d s y n erg y ac ro s s mo t i f s . c h a ra c t e r s i n t e ra c t w i t h s p a ce , hen ce this is how th e patt ern s c an be made u n i qu e .


akino kondoh

Ja pa nes e ar t is t , s ign at u re my s t eri o us g i r l ch a ra c t e r f o r n e a r l y e v e r y w o r k . Ve r y del i c at e an d fragil e drawin gs b ut w i t h a d i s t ur b i n g s e n s e o f v i s ce ra l psyc h e, ac c en t u at ed by mu t ed des aturat e d co l o ur s co n t ra s t e d w i t h a n i n t e n s e br igh t red o r o ran ge.


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experiment; making textures

made with dripping candle wax and scratching goache over transparenc y shee ts.



automatic drawing, goache on transparenc y shee ts


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illustrations e xpressing unnaturalness and surrealness of the body and mind splitting from each other. subconscious turns agains t conscious.


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T H E FA C T O RY repeats, tiles, tessallations, constructions, colour palettes

f rog p ond


goth te ch no s ynth e s i z e r


my b ath room s h owe r c ur tai ns


morni ng e xe rci s e


f rui t j ui ce b le nd e r


mutati on


f e s te ri ng jap ane s e lar vae


i s land s


p i lls


ch e s s s e t


ras p b e rr y s orb e t


d us t uni v e rs e


b e d room b e e tle s


s almon


magpie


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