Ruoyi Sun

The Castle of Uchisar is the highest and largest rock structure in Cappadocia, and is a local landmark that can be seen when you look up from the town of Greme! The castle is actually a huge rock with countless caves and tunnels cut into it, and was once a refuge for Christian during the Byzantine period and an Ottoman military fortress Climb to the top of the citadel along the winding path and enjoy panoramic views of Cappadocia and the wisdom and courage of the ancients!  

I've finished the shark mask, with a special emphasis on highlighting the characteristic gaping jaws of the shark. In this design, I enlarged the shark's two eyes, exaggerating their size to create a more dramatic effect. This enlargement not only accentuates the intensity of the gaze but also adds an element of surrealism to the design, enhancing the overall impact of the mask. Additionally, I incorporated intricate details to mimic the texture of shark skin, ensuring authenticity in the portrayal while also adding depth and dimension to the piece.

Spend an afternoon in Turkey on a boat tour of the Bosphorus, which divides Istanbul's city layout into European and Asian zones, enjoying the stunning scenery on both sides of the Eurasian coast of the Sea of Marmara and the famous Eurasian Continental Bridge from the boat. The scenery on the cruise was all wonderful, blue sky and sea, with lots of seagulls flying in the sky, and a nice breeze on the cruise ship  

I went to Turkey during the Easter holidays. A romantic country, I visited Hagia Sophia, the main church of the Byzantine Empire, located in Istanbul, Turkey for almost fifteen hundred years, famous for its huge dome, a representative of Byzantine architecture, the central church of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a monument to the era of the extreme power of the Byzantine Empire. Later, the Turks came on the scene and the Eastern Roman Empire officially came to an end. In 1453 A.D., the Ottoman Turks renamed Constantinople to Kostantiniyya and changed Sofia Cathedral to Aya Sofia Mosque. The interior of the church is very beautiful, with a centralised shape, and in terms of space, giant domes were created, and no pillars were used to support the interior. The mathematical engineers invited by Constantine the Great invented the construction of arches, buttresses and small domes to support and share the weight of the dome, in order to place high, rounded domes on the walls between the wind...

In the process of seeking inspiration for a shark-themed mask, I immersed myself in divergent thinking, exploring various possibilities to the fullest. I might have started by simply searching for images and references of sharks, but as time passed, my mind began to expand. I began observing every feature of sharks, contemplating how to transform them into elements of mask design. I allowed myself to relax completely, imagining all sorts of eccentric ideas without constraints. Perhaps I would incorporate the texture of shark skin onto the surface of the mask, or attempt to make the eyes and teeth of the shark design more exaggerated and vivid.

  I came to White Cliffs, the place known as the end of the world. The moment I sat on the edge of the cliff, the blinding white seemed to fill in all the wounds that had been torn, and for a moment I forgave all that I had once obstinately considered unforgivable in my life. The inner world exists as necessary to resist the irrationality of the outer system. And the outer world exists to melt the irreversibility of the inner order. Finally this time, witnessing all this in front of me, I also received the gift of the outer world

I went to the British National Gallery and one of the things that blew me away was Van Gogh's sunflowers. Oil painting is something you have to see with your own eyes. The layers of texture, the details of the brushstrokes, and the shock it can bring to people can never be felt through the screen alone. I can always feel the strong vitality in Van Gogh's paintings, like the utopia in my heart, like the moon that I saw when I looked up from the sixpence field. I have always been confident of my own unique worldview, structured on top of my spiritual attributes, and the more I grow up, the further I feel away from the whole society. Van Gogh once said, ‘Normalcy is like a paved road. It's comfortable to walk on, but you can't grow flowers.’ So it doesn't matter if I'm different from other people, I'm not me if I'm normal. People only live once, always want to live a little bright, I believe that the flower of love open place, life can thrive.  

  Jellyfish modelling was the most challenging step as I wanted to capture the softness of the jellyfish tentacles and the dynamics of the overall flow. I tried various approaches, including simulating the effect of fluid movement, but unfortunately it didn't have the effect I was hoping for. I then turned to the method of binding and animating all the bones of the tentacles. This process did take a lot of time and effort, but I was satisfied with the end result. I spent a lot of time learning how to simulate the movement of jellyfish tentacles through online tutorials, especially by observing videos of them dancing in the water. By observing the real-life dynamics of jellyfish, I learned how to make my modelling more realistic and fluid. I bound the bones of each tentacle one by one and used animation techniques to simulate their flow through the water. I focused on the subtle movements of each tentacle and tried to make them look vivid and natural. In adjusting the animation curv...