The Art of Daxiong Collection 3

Two thousand five hundred years ago, there was a Chinese philosopher named Laozi. He told us that the world was created from nothing. The nothingness was called Tai-Chi, which generated two modes known as the Yin and Yang. The two modes generated the four forms: the Taiyang (Major Yang), Taiyin (Major Yin), Shaoyin (Minor Yin), Shaoyang (Minor Yang). They are opposed to each other but also mutually dependent on each other, which is the general law of the material world. The four forms manifest in the year as spring, summer, autumn and winter. They manifest as direction in the form of East, South, West, North. In the material world they appear as gold, wood, water and fire. Within a person's life they are called birth, aging, sickness and death. I am deeply influenced by the thought of Laozi, the founder of Taoism, whom I admire the most. In order to pay tribute to him, I have divided this book into four parts. I named it after Wood, Fire, Metal and Water.In the section of Wood, I have collected my recent drawings about Asian traditions. There are illustrations for games, concept designs and background concept designs. There are also comic stories. I was born and raised in China, where there are many ancient legends about divine beings and the cultivation methods, which are ways for people to become immortals. I believe these stories form the foundation of Chinese culture.In the section of Fire, I include the stories that I've drawn over the years from Western popular culture while working in France and the U.S. as a comic book artist. I'm really fond of Western stories. My favorite are Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, they taught me a lot.The chapter of Metal is a bit sad. It's a chapter describing the reality of Chinese society and something I've been working on over the years. Here are some of the comics I've made, scenes from movies, characters, and some independently created illustrations.