Yishan
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Illustration, motion, and narrative worlds
Yishan is an illustrator and motion designer working across image, narrative, and moving media.
Her work explores symbolism, mythology, and visual storytelling through illustration and motion.
Yishan is an illustrator and motion designer working across image, narrative, and moving media.
Her work explores symbolism, mythology, and visual storytelling through illustration and motion.
I create images that carry memory, mythology, and emotional residue.
My work explores how illustration and motion construct symbolic worlds, where meaning is not told, but revealed through form, texture, and movement.
I create images that carry memory, mythology, and emotional residue.
My work explores how illustration and motion construct symbolic worlds, where meaning is not told, but revealed through form, texture, and movement.
Trained in Japanese language and literature at Beijing Normal University, with dual MAs from SCAD in Illustration and Motion Media Design. Her practice bridges literary narrative, cross-cultural research, and visual craft : spanning illustration, motion graphics, 3D modeling, character and IP design, brand identity, and immersive exhibition design.
She works across the full creative pipeline, from concept research and art direction through production and final delivery.
Her strongest edge lies in concept-driven storytelling, the ability to transform literary, mythological, and cultural source material into cohesive visual worlds. Where most designers begin with aesthetics, she begins with meaning.
She has collaborated with Samsung Electronics, Team WANG Design, the National Museum of China, Publicis Groupe, Phoenix TV, and Culture Lime.
Her work ranges from directing a 1,500㎡ nationally touring immersive exhibition on Buddhist grotto art (100K+ visitors) to independently producing an official music video (72K+ YouTube views), designing 30+ promotional campaigns for global pharmaceutical brands, illustrating 30+ product wallpapers for Samsung, and building complete IP character systems and brand identity guidelines from the ground up.
Make stories that move between stillness and motion.
*Authorized to work in U.S. 3 year STEM OPT
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Art works
Illustration
© 2021 - 2025
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Multi Media
Motion Design
Motion projects ranging from branding and fashion visuals to animated illustration, promo videos, logo animation, and 3D modeling. Each piece explores how motion can extend narrative, atmosphere, and symbolic imagery.
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Avant le Galop
Illustrated silk scarves transformed into immersive narrative spaces, blending mythology, ornament, and motion into living fashion artifacts.
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Hulu The Nostalgic
A motion-driven collage system for Hulu that visualizes customization as a layered content vessel, blending nostalgi intuitive and navigation.
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Karamazov
An abstract cinematic interpretation of The Brothers Karamazov, using symbolism, silhouettes, and surreal motion to visualize philosophical conflict and spiritual complexity.
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Unshaken
A symbolic motion study of existential solitude, portraying Kafkaesque disorientation, inner questioning, and the tension between individual subjectivity and systemic order.
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Your Future
A fast-paced collaborative animation created within 48 hours, exploring dynamic composition, experimental transitions, and adaptive visual storytelling under creative pressure.
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Enkidu
An illustrated motion study inspired by Mesopotamian mythology. A symbolic narrative surface enlightenment unfold through movement.
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Tick Tock Hulu
A historical and symbolic logo redesign for Hulu, blending ornate forms, muted palettes, and dynamic motion to express deeper narrative complexity and cultural resonance.
Categories
[02]
Multi Media
Motion Design
Motion projects ranging from branding and fashion visuals to animated illustration, promo videos, logo animation, and 3D modeling. Each piece explores how motion can extend narrative, atmosphere, and symbolic imagery.
[01]
Avant le Galop
Illustrated silk scarves transformed into immersive narrative spaces, blending mythology, ornament, and motion into living fashion artifacts.
Categories
[02]
Hulu The Nostalgic
A motion-driven collage system for Hulu that visualizes customization as a layered content vessel, blending nostalgi intuitive and navigation.
Categories
[03]
Karamazov
An abstract cinematic interpretation of The Brothers Karamazov, using symbolism, silhouettes, and surreal motion to visualize philosophical conflict and spiritual complexity.
Categories
[04]
Unshaken
A symbolic motion study of existential solitude, portraying Kafkaesque disorientation, inner questioning, and the tension between individual subjectivity and systemic order.
Categories
[05]
Your Future
A fast-paced collaborative animation created within 48 hours, exploring dynamic composition, experimental transitions, and adaptive visual storytelling under creative pressure.
Categories
[06]
Enkidu
An illustrated motion study inspired by Mesopotamian mythology. A symbolic narrative surface enlightenment unfold through movement.
Categories
[07]
Tick Tock Hulu
A historical and symbolic logo redesign for Hulu, blending ornate forms, muted palettes, and dynamic motion to express deeper narrative complexity and cultural resonance.
Categories
[02]
Multi Media
Motion Design
Motion projects ranging from branding and fashion visuals to animated illustration, promo videos, logo animation, and 3D modeling. Each piece explores how motion can extend narrative, atmosphere, and symbolic imagery.
[01]
Avant le Galop
Illustrated silk scarves transformed into immersive narrative spaces, blending mythology, ornament, and motion into living fashion artifacts.
Categories
[02]
Hulu The Nostalgic
A motion-driven collage system for Hulu that visualizes customization as a layered content vessel, blending nostalgi intuitive and navigation.
Categories
[03]
Karamazov
An abstract cinematic interpretation of The Brothers Karamazov, using symbolism, silhouettes, and surreal motion to visualize philosophical conflict and spiritual complexity.
Categories
[04]
Unshaken
A symbolic motion study of existential solitude, portraying Kafkaesque disorientation, inner questioning, and the tension between individual subjectivity and systemic order.
Categories
[05]
Your Future
A fast-paced collaborative animation created within 48 hours, exploring dynamic composition, experimental transitions, and adaptive visual storytelling under creative pressure.
Categories
[06]
Enkidu
An illustrated motion study inspired by Mesopotamian mythology. A symbolic narrative surface enlightenment unfold through movement.
Categories
[07]
Tick Tock Hulu
A historical and symbolic logo redesign for Hulu, blending ornate forms, muted palettes, and dynamic motion to express deeper narrative complexity and cultural resonance.
Categories
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Articles
Creative Writing
& Notes
Writing that traces the threads between mythology, visual art, and cultural memory. Rooted in a background in Japanese literature, these essays explore how images carry meaning across time and tradition.
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Articles
Creative Writing
& Notes
Writing that traces the threads between mythology, visual art, and cultural memory. Rooted in a background in Japanese literature, these essays explore how images carry meaning across time and tradition.
[03]
Articles
Creative Writing
& Notes
Writing that traces the threads between mythology, visual art, and cultural memory. Rooted in a background in Japanese literature, these essays explore how images carry meaning across time and tradition.