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Yijian Cen

Dark art   Horror art  Gore art

My Project

Work

Digital art——Street Trash

The generation of "trash" is unavoidable during the modernization process. As society progresses toward a pluralism era, the schism between mainstream society and the ideal world further alienates, rejects, and devalues human values. People are constantly attacked by mental exhaustion and anxiety.

The project’s starting point is "emotional trash". It anatomically depicts the healing process of one's own emotions, creating an infinite cycle of the system concept "Street Trash" by interpreting the process of self-destruction, self-reconstruction and self-identity through mouth and throat, liver, lungs, uterus, nervous system, and circulatory system. Each part of the body is presented orderly through a route, and the role and meaning of each organ are re- recognized.

Creature design & Digital art——Beast in the shadows

Freud once said: if a man falls into an inescapable pain, to the point where it is unbearable, he will regard this pain as happiness and seek liberation in this way, and in this way, his values will be turned around by yo u. In my opinion, fetishism is a way to seek the true self, it allows people to establish a deeper connection with others, and people can find a sense of belonging through this way when they don't fit in other communities.

So I designed a setting based on writer Edogawa Ranpo’s novels

where the creatures on the ceiling are metaphors of human desire, peering down from people's heads like a herd of wild animals. I did the creature design for this and added a strong fetish color to the visual effects

Digital art & Comic——Mr. Vampire

What on earth is reality? Can anyone reflect on the current situation and know the truth, or will they choose to deceive themselves and keep on sinking while we sink into the illusion created by consumerism at ease?
The project is based on the dialectical relationship between determinism and indeterminism, adding Chinese Taoism elements to build a hedonistic world. Taking Chinese zombies as a carrier, the project subverts the negative image of traditional zombies, digs deeper into the origin principles of traditional Chinese zombies and gives them a positive meaning, shaping a savior role who dares to revolt and question. With irony, it explores the meaning of free will and speculative spirit in a time of hedonism.

3D illustration——The Super Dimension Defection

Under the pressure of contemporary society, the expansion of relaxation methods is significant. People require a one-of-a-kind escape strategy that is not an escape from reality, but rather a process of deconstruction and reconstruction of body and mind. The high development of social science forces people's spirit to detach from reality, thus losing the absolute reliable faith and falling into the dilemma of nihilism, but this is not the end. If one can face the truth of nihilism, they will not fall into despair, but will inspire a positive and creative power.

The project is on account of Nietzsche's positive nihilism and builds a concept of a defection plan beyond time and space.

3D illustration——Toilet Delusional theory

In today's high-intensity pace of life and social pressure, people need to relax and recuperate their whole body and mind. Toilet, a more private space, is the best choice for solitude. Release the pressure, enjoy the hard-won time of solitude, a small world for one person, and the world's troubles can be forgotten.

The project has built a toilet space for me, recording my unusual but wonderful thinking in the toilet. Free from the constraints of reality, I boldly imagine the evolution of human nature and civilization, simulate the process of toileting and present it in the form of a timeline, forming a set of unique biological evolution theory.