Degree Show 2025
Xinran Wu
MA Art and Design
I am an illustrator and designer with a strong interest in animation, branding, and visual storytelling. My work spans illustration, motion graphics, and web-based design, often combining critical thinking with creative expression.
This animation explores the aesthetic distortion of “county literature” on Chinese social media. Combining pixel-style illustrations with layered spatial transitions using Mental Canvas, the work contrasts fantasy and reality in county town imagery. Through visual narrative and sound, it critically reveals how nostalgia and platform aesthetics reshape the perception of everyday life in rural China.