Yuqing / Max Liu
New Media Artist / Game Artist / Creative Technologist
About Me
A new media artist, game artist, and creative technologist, currently completing a Master of Professional Studies at Interactive Telecommunications Program of New York University. Seeking job opportunities in multimedia creation and storytelling fields, with persistent passion for exploring interdisciplinary expressions and a strong teamwork spirit. Advanced proficiency with tools like Unity and Arduino, alongside practical experience leading designs from concept to completion.
Education
2020 – 2025
2025 – 2027 (expected graduation)
Professional Experiences
July 2021 – September 2022
Collaborated with senior web designers to implement visual art design of the company website and adapt graphics for web platforms;
Investigated market needs for keyboard products and developed user stories and user flows;
Participated in the preliminary appearance design of the core product, DrunkDeer A75, a wired actuation-distance-adjustable magnetic switch keyboard.
July 2024 – October 2024
Developed concept art for characters, environments and objects based on comprehensive research on graphic art of Chinese Taoist culture.
Volunteer Experience
May 2024 – July 2024
Reached out to the visually impaired community, including organizing events to share stories of visually impaired people, preparing promotional materials for fundraising, and distributing informational materials;
Conducted field investigations to explore the life challenges faced by this special group and accompanied them in various well-being activities.
Software Skills
2D Pipeline: Adobe Photoshop, Procreate, Adobe Illustrator, Figma
3D Pipeline: Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine
Audio & Video Production: Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects
Web & Creative Coding: JavaScript, P5.js, HTML, CSS
Physical Computing: Arduino, Raspberry Pi
*The background photo is photographed by Dunn Deng
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Note on December 2023
My Chinese name is 刘雨晴; I use 散装水泥 as my formal online Chinese alias and 昼 as my Chinese nickname for others to call me on the Internet. I go by Max as my everyday English name, so you can call me either Yuqing Liu or Max Liu. In addition, I also use an online English alias: Dogzone, a name inspired by a creepypasta web novel I read in middle school.
My artworks are driven by my wonder at the enchanted human relationships. This theme stems from a longstanding personal experience that is highly aligned with my life's trajectory. From my intuitive perspective, humans are the ghosts of each other. Since I was born, I have always had a strong interest in understanding others, but through decades of practice, I have found that this instinctive longing is impossible to realize in its entirety. So this fog that separates me from others has become a lingering shadow in my mind and the source of my strong urge to express myself artistically.
As I grew, I gained a deeper and more systematic awareness of the network of relationships with those around me. I have come to realize that the problems that have plagued me for so long have also plagued other individuals, and even all of humanity. On the basis of this perception, I began to read books and participate in hands-on activities, wanting to proactively explore this question. In this process, Husserl's phenomenology inspired me deeply. He argued that this inaccessibility of others that I have experienced originated from the transcendence of the other, a transcendence that guarantees the objectivity of the world. It seems to me that this makes others necessary for us: we need others to defend the authenticity of our world. A paradox arises from this, that is, we are unable to fully understand others while desperately needing them — humans are the guardian ghosts of each other.