Yanqi Wu

Education

Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)

Design Program, School of City Design

Beijing, China · Sept 2024 – July 2025

Average: 84.7/100

From Beijing to New York

At CAFA, I learned to keep trying new things and to challenge myself with projects I didn't yet know how to make.

At Parsons, my professors teach software more systematically, and they treat every idea as worth discussing. We start from ordinary objects in daily life, develop and iterate on an idea, then connect the pieces again to find new inspiration. Before Parsons, I had never learned to mind-map an idea or to follow a small one this far.

I also went from learning in Chinese to learning in English. I switched my software to English, and at first I couldn't find tools I already knew. With time, their English names became familiar. Now I can help students in either language. I know how frustrating a small technical problem can be, so I want to help students spend less time stuck and more time on their own ideas.

Parsons School of Design, The New School

BFA Design and Technology, first year

New York, NY · Expected May 2030

Software

Proficient

Photoshop
Blender

Intermediate

InDesign

Basic

After Effects
Lightroom

Peer Support & Communication

Blender · CAFA · 3D Club

Shared Blender methods with other club members, such as setting a Track To constraint’s axes correctly so the camera doesn’t flip, and fixing a stalled Follow Path move by adding its missing path animation.
Fixed texture stretching around the elbow of a classmate's character model by moving the arm seam to the inner side and unwrapping it again.

Photoshop · Parsons

Walked a classmate through removing white edges around a cutout by contracting the mask.
Walked a classmate through making a composite look more natural, using Curves and Color Balance to match the subject to the background

Projects

Mr. Rooster

May 2025 · Blender, Photoshop, After Effects

Modeled and rigged an original 3D character in Blender, with layered hair particles for the feathers and separately rigged clothing.
Rebuilt the first version after spotting its problems: low contrast against the props and uneven cloth edges.

Video: 90-second introduction, edited in After Effects

PDF file: Character Design And Rendering-Mr.Rooster

Mr.Rooster is working under constant surveillance from the company's camera

Portfolio

January 2026 · InDesign

Designed and laid out a 26-page portfolio covering three projects and a drawing section.
Built a consistent layout system across all pages: grid, type styles, and repeated title pages.

Portfolio: My portfolio

Four pages from my portfolio, including Burning Incense and Mr. Rooster

Photo Composites

Fall 2026 · Photoshop · LS Studio, Parsons

Created two composite images by combining multiple source photos into a single scene.
Matched lighting, color, and perspective across the sources using masks and adjustment layers.

PDF file: My composite images

a composite image of me in the past and in the future