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Wey Song

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Major Illustration (BFA)
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Family of six (mother, father, two children, one toddler on grandma's shoulders) standing in a rollercoaster car shaped like a crab. The father holds a camera and the rest of the family is looking and pointing in different directions. The rollercoaster is + Enlarge
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Hello from Baltimore 2020 Risograph print 7in x 5in
Red, teal, and black risoprint. Excerpt from comic. Page 1: Two kids running around a garden stealing flowers and flower petals. Page 2: They are caught by an old woman in the garden who calls them out and they flee to their friend who is waiting for them + Enlarge
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From the Garden 2020 Riso print 8.5 in x 5.5 in
Thesis Spread pgs 9+10 + Enlarge
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Thesis Spread pgs 9+10 2020 Digital
Black and white spread from thesis comic. Textless, but with speech bubbles. Pg 1: Main character's older sibling returns to the table with food, one of the other characters takes the last bun before they can get to it. They talk and we see people easily + Enlarge
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Thesis Spread pgs 11+12 2020 Digital
Looking down a boulevard, on the left side of foreground and in front of some fliers is a woman showing off a front-tie style shirt that is red with flowers on it. Further down the sidewalk is a person in a pantsuit. A car with a girl sitting on the passe + Enlarge
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Rockin' Groupies of the 70's 2019 Digital 17in x 5in
Early images depicting the world my thesis takes place in. Inspired by ancient China. On the left, a restaurant interior, top image shows it during the day, and the bottom shows it at night. On the right, the stove/cooking area, the restaurant owner, the + Enlarge
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Thesis - Environments 2019 Digital
Line up of four character designs in color on the bottom. On the top, each of the characters has an uncolored acting turnaround. In the light up from left to right are, nervous older sibling, spunky mischievous younger sibling, an inscrutable friend, and + Enlarge
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Thesis - Character Designs 2019 Digital
Comic spread. Page 1: three kids in a living room wondering where the neighborhood stray cat has gone. Page 2: One of them remembers Old Man Gorald feeds strays and the three run off and knock on GORALD'S MEAT SHACK's door. + Enlarge
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MiSiNG ToM 2017 Ink, digital 7 in x 10 in
Poster of a child manically eating dim sum. Behind him are stacks upon stacks of bamboo steamers piled high into the sky. Food is flying and behind the child a woman in an apron with a cart looks concerned. The child has 3 pairs of arms, on the left, on h + Enlarge
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Gluttony 2019 DIgital 11 in x 17 in
Against a starry, black sky, Voyager 1 held up by a mountain of hands adorned with watches and gloves, representing all the people that helped build it. Black and white image. Text reads: "Do you remember me? / Do you remember the thousands of hands + Enlarge
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Voyager 2019 Digital 8.5 in x 5.75 in
Statement

Wey Song is an illustrator and cartoonist from Michigan. Their works often revolve around children and contain themes of self discovery and escapism. They are a big fan of adventure stories and enjoy listening to podcasts and appreciating birds in their freetime.

Illustration (BFA) Students
Abelle Hayford
Abigail Morgan
Ahna Valdez
Alexander Welch
Alexandra Moseley
Alice (Xinhe) Yuan
Allison Star Araco
Aly Billelo
Alyssa Proudfoot
Amanda Castillo
Amanda Jackapino
Amanda Russo
Angie Hewitt
Anie Duke
Arielle Sztulman
Asteria (Aster) Lan (Wang)
Becca Katko
Bella Suarez
Casey Zhang
Danielle Clover-Flick
Ekin Aykol
Emily Wang
Eva Massey
Grace Palmer
Hope Chung
Jarrin Jacobs
Jue Hu
Kiyohiro Nishio
Lauren Helt
Lauren Young
Lena Lin
Lianne Pflug
Liyi Zhou
Maria Avalos
Megan Thornton
Min Young Lee
Miranda Vega
Morgan Hartsfield
Nadia Minglang Chen
Nicole Waltman
Persis Johnson
Raki Sy
Rebecca Hu
Samson Cheng
Sarah Wong
Skylar Stine
Stevie Gerakines
Taylor Mauldin
Teresa Kiene
Wey Song
Yi Gao
Yichen Wei
Yifei Deng
Yunyi Dai
Zoey Ziyu Yang

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