Sam Yang Artist Portfolio

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A person wearing a brown shirt, and blue coat standing with one hand on their hip, and the other holding up a cute character in front of their face.

About Me

This is the portfolio for the artist Sam Yang who is currently studying Computer Graphics and Visualization Saint Paul College. They plan on continuing their artistic at 4-year university with a focus on studio arts, and minor in film studies.

Other Artistic Interests

Below is a non exhaustive list of mediums that are not yet currently featured in this portfolio:

  • Drawing
  • Music Production / Performance
  • Video Editing
  • Web Design

Sam Yang Artist Portfolio

These various projects consist of photography, miniature dioramas, graphic design, and other mediums. Each is unique, and displays different areas of interest.

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Horror media, particularly found footage, and short stories are inspiration for my own works. Well written horror lets the viewer’s imagination run wild without filling in all the informational gaps. In this is a multi-media piece, something as mundane as viewing security footage becomes dreadful.

A computer monitor that is displaying multiple security cameras simultaneously. The main image shows a dark figure standing with their back towards the camera.
The CD cover of the Euphoria Mixtape. Pink text reading "Euphoria" repeated over a black background with paper texture. There is a red rose at the forefront of the image with other white, and pink elements throughout the image.

Euphoria Mixtape

Euphoria is a personal CD mixtape project, and a practice in the anti-design style. The style, as the name suggests, forgoes conventional rules of design in favor of experimental, loud, and purposely crowded elements.

japanese convenience store – miniature

The 1st picture of the Japanese miniature store in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. There is a sliding door, and counter filled with candy, and stacks of books on top.
The 2nd picture of the Japanese miniature store in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. There are many plants, and rocks surrounding the building.
The 3rd picture of the Japanese miniature store in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. A corner TV, and table with tea, and snacks sit below floating shelves filled with medicine.
The 4th picture of the Japanese miniature store in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. A wooden crate filled with bags sit below floating shelves filled with canned goods.

Heavily inspired by old Japanese convenience stores, this project is an attempt to capture a nostalgic, but decrepit place. The skeleton of the kit was pre-cut wood, but with the addition of polymer clay, fabric, and paper in order to to minimize pre-built miniatures as much as possible.

Loft apartment – miniature

The 1st picture of the apartment loft miniature in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. A tall filled bookshelf sits across an L shaped couch, and crowded coffee table.
The2nd picture of the apartment loft miniature in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. Another angle of the L shaped couch, and coffee table are shown as well as the stairs, and plant room.
The 3rd picture of the apartment loft miniature in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. A close up of the large bookshelf with a tv, books, gaming console, and DVDs in each compartment.
The 4th picture of the apartment loft miniature in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. A close up of the plant room, and a small sleeping cat on top of a cat tower.
The 5th picture of the apartment loft miniature in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. The bathroom sink, shelf, and door are shown closer, while a small kitchen is farther away from the viewer.
The 6th picture of the apartment loft miniature in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. A top down view of the bed, desk, and computer are shown in the loft bedroom.

As with the Japanese store, this project base is a pre-cut wooden kit, but with the addition of polymer clay, metal, fabric, and paper. It was also an exercise in creative freedom as the original directions make poor use of the full layout, so building with intention was especially important. The details of the different rooms are meant to give the apartment a lived in, but welcoming feeling.

Crow journal / Scrap Booking

The concept of a “crow journal” is based on the behavior of crows/animals that like to pick up, and keep shiny objects regardless of their use. A crow journal can be seen as an offshoot of scrapbooking, but with more emphasis on recycling, and using materials that we would otherwise throw away.

Scrapbook examples in Sam Yang's artist portfolio. Two pieces of colored paper are shown filled with various ephemera, stickers, washi tape, and accents.
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