Another brief reminder about jigsaw puzzles, since this is only the second one we’ve published! There are two icons at the bottom of the puzzle — one will show you the reference image, and the other will toggle between all of the pieces or just the edge pieces. You can also hide the timer if you don’t need that kind of pressure, mute the little clicking sound when the pieces slide into place, and change the background color (in Settings). Click the Start Game button to explode the image into 30 puzzle pieces, and then have a cute and emotionally affirming time putting it back together!
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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.
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I needed this today! Thank you.
Love these!
Seeing the message and reconstructing it, very powerful magic.
Beautiful!
I loved this!
this was meditative and perfect. i loved the effect of spending more slow and thoughtful time with these words. <3
these are so fun, and i really love the idea of bringing poignant comics back like this
so cute i love the jigsaw puzzles so much
the first one didn’t work for me but this did! i adore it
Thank you! I missed the first jigsaw puzzle, will have to go back and find it. This was really fun!! (I also appreciated being able to turn off the timer, thank you for that option.)
I don’t usually like doing jigsaws but this was lovely, thank you!
I love these jigsaw puzzles! Beautiful art and a nice, relaxing time
These are so lovely