Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons, a segment where four artists take turns delighting you with their whimsy, facts and punchlines on Saturday mornings! Our esteemed cartoon critters are Cameron Glavin, Anna Bongiovanni, Megan Praz and Yao Xiao. Today’s cartoon is by Yao!
Yao Xiao is a China-born illustrator based in New York City. Yao Xiao creates artwork depicting a poetic visual world where complex concepts and human emotions are examined, amplified, and given physical form. Her work has helped people all over the globe connect at unique moments, from the celebration of the 20 Year Anniversary of the SXSW Interactive Festival, to the grand release of pop singer Katy Perry's single 'Dark Horse.' She has created deeply emotional and beautiful graphics for editorial print publications, pop music record covers, concert posters and book covers. Yao Xiao's serialized comic Baopu currently runs monthly on Autostraddle. It is an original comic exploring the nuances in searching for identities, connections and friendships through the fictional life of a young, queer emigrant. Baopu stands for 'holding simplicity,' a Taoist ideal of wishing to return to a simpler state. Find her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Etsy or her website.
Yao has written 135 articles for us.
I love this. Thank you.
Thank you the the inspiring Art. and or comic ..
So beautiful!
Baopu is one of my favorites. So beautiful and delicate
You should make prints of this one, it’s gorgeous. If certainly like to keep one where I could see it every day :)
You can get it on her etsy! https://www.etsy.com/listing/293775009/other-care-to-do-list?ref=shop_home_active_2
<3
AHHHRG the COLORS and LINEWORK ???
Do u ever just wanna tear out your eyeballs because something is So Perfect
Beautiful and worthwhile to read on a dreary weekend. <3 Thank you so much.
Beautiful and worthwhile to read on a dreary weekend. <3 Thank you so much.
I love these. :) And I just discovered the prints are for sale on Etsy! Exciting!
I always love your art! Thank you!
I agree, this piece should be in a form of a print and posted in many places. Emotional intelligence is so critical in our hectic (if not autistic!) society today. Brava Yao!
Emotional intelligence is so critical in our hectic (if not autistic!) society today. I agree, this piece should be in a form of a print and posted in many places. Brava Yao! You have a new fan!