GuangYu Ou

GuangYu Ou is an entertainment artist from China whose work is shaped by a childhood passion for Japanese anime and a two-year study period in Japan. He focuses on character and graphic design, drawing inspiration from Soviet posters.

In his spare time, he enjoys painting scale models, reading history books, and playing RTS and tactical role-playing games.

Fiction War Poster Series

Posters depicting a civil war that broke out in a fictional country called Briternia, and an illustration of a command table featuring a rough map of the country. The five posters represent five ideologies that were highly prevalent in the last century: communism, fascism, anarchism, monarchism, and republicanism. The compositions draw inspiration from vintage political propaganda posters while incorporating a personal artistic style designed to mitigate the sense of oppression they might otherwise evoke.

The five major factions each control a corner of the country. It remains to be seen who will unify the nation.

Animated Poster

Animated images and short animations based on the banners and posters from the above series. This project depicts the authoritarian, military-first Nazis and their deranged leader, as well as the workers, farmers, intellectuals, and soldiers under the leadership of the Communist Party of Briternia.

Fusion Character Design

A character design series inspired by popular mobile gacha games. Character designs created by mechanizing clothing and blending traditional cultural elements with contemporary fashion.