ANIMAMIX 2022: Abei LIU

MASK BOY, the first character created by Abei LIU, becomes a living entity of many faces by donning different masks. Meanwhile, the emergence of HUA HUA has given even more possibilities for MASK FAM. His COMIC BOOK SERIES inherits the style of American comics, where LIU adeptly uses simple lines to illustrate the manga-like scenes with a cool color tone but a warm narrative. In the HUA HUA GARDEN COLOR SERIES, HUA HUA changes into colorful clothes and takes center stage. Six HUA HUAs in different sizes, colors and expressions are arranged together to present a colorful pluralistic garden. The Photobomb series is an extension of LIU’s experimentation with materials. He uses needle and thread embroidery to “photobomb” the mask of MASK BOY on the faces of characters in various paper promotional materials—kind of like V in V for Vendetta but with a humorous twist.