Xinyi Wang

Hi everyone, My name is Xinyi Wang. I was born in Shanghai, which is a large city located in Eastern China. It has many fun places to go such as Tianzifang, Hengshan Rd, Huaihai Rd etc. Although these roads are not as famous as Nanjing Road Walk Way or the Bund, I spend many great afternoons walking along these streets. Among all these elegant places, Wujiang Rd is my favorite, there are many snack bars and restaurants along the street. They provide food from traditional Chinese snack to western dinner. My friends and I have a habit of going to that street by subway and having some snacks after school. 
 

My hobbies are various and cover many areas. To be specific, travel, photography, animation and drawing.

My footprints cover many southern and middle part of China. There are many great places such as Lijiang and Chengdu. Not only is the scenery nice but also the people living there. I also travel aboard, such as Europe, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Japan. Now I am in United States and definitely I will visit New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Among all the foreign countries, my favorite one is Japan, there are lots of reasons, and I will talk about this later in my digital video. Taking photos during the trip is also enjoyable, pictures can tell a story without sound, as well as show others of the world in your eyes. My next dream place of travel is Africa or New Zealand. I will be glad if some of you would like to go with me. 

I spend a lot of my spare time watching Japanese animation. Some may hold the opinions that cartoons are only for children to watch. However, I would like to say that many Japanese comics and animations require a deep understanding of society and they are creative. Recently I am watching Natsume's Book of Friends, which is a story about Natsume who has the ability to see spirits. Interactions between sprirts and human beings sometimes are moving, sometimes are funny. This cartoon has a good balance of them. There are many characters from different comics which I appreciate very much and would like to draw them on my own. Although I have not taken any professional drawing lessons, I practice a lot by myself and achieved some progress. Following is one of my illustrations. Luffy, a character in One piece.

Please talk to me if we share some common things!

Xinyi