FAQs
About the Work
Do you specialize in environments for concept art work?
Yes, environments and storytelling. I’m passionate about creating immersions in worlds from imagination. I also love contributing to the world-building process (prop design, key frame, narrative artwork), and love working from stylised to hyper-realistic.
Do you do character design?
Characters are not my area of work, I specialise in environments and storytelling for contract jobs.
Influences or those that inspire you?
Miyazaki Hayao
Makoto Shinkai
Craig Mullins
Yoshitaka Amano
Neil Hollis, who was my illustration lecturer at Central Tafe, Perth.
My sister
Games I watched my brother play when I was 10
Going outside
People and travelling.
What programs do you use to draw and paint in?
Photoshop.
Why do you do art?
It was the one thing that I kept doing that I’d never get tired of since I was a child. Translating images from your imagination into a physical visual form and being able to tell a story brings me joy.
I want to become a better artist. Do you offer mentorships?
I do, please go to the mentorships page for more info and about how I teach.
About the Artist
Where did you study art?
A combination of self-study, online courses, workshops and going to Concept Design Academy in Los Angeles, California (2013). CDA was very impactful in my intermediate growth as an artist.
You use the name Mei Xing in some places. What does it mean?
Mei Xing is my Chinese name. I’m half Chinese, half Australian. It is written with the characters ‘beautiful’ and ‘heart’, pronounced ‘may-sing’ or ‘may-shing’.
Do you live in Japan?
I live in Osaka, Japan. Have been living here for more than 5 years.