Artist Inspiration: Wenqing Yan

Yan, Wenqing. Guilty. Digital image. Deviantart. 2012. Web. 16 May 2016.

Yan, Wenqing. Rise. Digital image. Deviantart. 2012. Web. 16 May 2016.

Yan, Wenqing. Dream Escape. Digital image. Deviantart. 2016. Web. 16 May 2016.

Yan, Wenqing. Legacy. Digital image. Deviantart. 2013. Web. 16 May 2016.

Yan, Wenqing. With You. Digital image. Deviantart. 2015. Web. 16 May 2016.

Wenqing Yan is a Chinese-American digital artist; she had graduated UC Berkley practice of art. Her subject matter in the bulk of her works are focused on the environment, cyber activism and how the human presence is harming the earth through waste, over-consumption and taking more resources than we need.
Her art style is largely Japanese anime/manga based, with works such as Hayao Miyazaki films as an inspiration (the films also have similar themes of environmentalism such as Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away). Yan uses strong, powerful themes and messages to create thought-provoking artwork.