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Helen He '23
Original cover art for the Stanford Daily’s Vol. 257 autumn quarter issue.
2019
Digital Illustration
By Helen He '23
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
2020
Digital Art
This photo was taken in the McMurty Art Building. I used black paint in photoshop to highlight the lights and computer.
2016
Digital Photograph
I am lucky enough to witness Lagunita being a real lake.
2017
Photo
Taken at Baylands Nature Preserve during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a student and a community member.
Photograph
I was inspired by a picture I took of my grandfather when visiting Korea for the first time since immigrating to America in 2001.
2023
Oil on Canvas
This is a painting of me as a child, my mom, and my grandma at the beach. It symbolizes the treasure that is family and togetherness.
2022
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Rendering of a modern jazz pavilion, referencing the visual skeleton chord structure of jazz compositions.
2018
Digital Rendering
This print came from a colored pencil drawing I made for a friend. I thought it’d be sweet to make a sort of postcard from it.
2024
Four color Riso print
You have pomegranate trees in your backyard, well so do I. Your family can’t afford to live in the Bay Area, well neither can mine…You’re just like me
Oil on canvas
Whales and dolphins were my favorite animals when I was younger. In this piece, dark shadows contrasted by blue hues highlight that childhood bond.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
A colorful view of buildings and the sky over Florence (Firenze).
2014
Oil Paint on Canvas
I wanted to render a tree during a vibrant morning on The Farm from a design perspective.
Ink Resist
A fun, surreal piece exploring themes related to the modern food industry.
Watercolor on Paper
My mother in her monthly kimchi-making ritual, a food that I learned to take pride in despite being initially ashamed of it.
This 3D, interactive piece represents my relationship with my immigrant other due to the shifting pressures of assimilation.
Link to Website
Interactive 3D animation installation
I spent 26 days backpacking through Death Valley. When water is scarce, life harder yet more simple, what matters most becomes evident.
song / soundscape
v.c.a – an ongoing project and exploration of visual communication through abstraction
Graphic Design
A mixed-media interactive piece installed at Stanford’s annual “Frost Festival”. The piece embodies Stanford’s goals of inclusion and diversity.
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Vinyl, Sticker on Canvas
Kaley, my plush fish who represents friendship (each of my friends has one) next to a bottle of medication to celebrate starting recovery recently.
An experiment with my visual synesthesia, which imparts color on 2D shapes. Here I try to create a sense of foreboding and discomfort.
Digital Visual Art