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I am delighted with the artist's style! Watercolor is a very unpredictable medium. If you move it unskillfully and carelessly, the illustration quickly becomes "stuffy" and worn out. And Miqi Deng's artworks are full of air. They are built on intricacies and shades. Despite the complex topic, I got real pleasure from contemplation. This is truly delicate and masterful execution!

Ekaterina Borodacheva

Miqi Deng’s Heartfelt Concerns is a delicate yet powerful series. The soft textures and subtle colors beautifully contrast with the sharp, symbolic imagery—like thorns and surgical motifs—that express deep emotional tension. Each piece feels poetic and personal, with thoughtful composition and strong narrative flow. A quietly striking and memorable body of work.

Max Liu

The sharp spikes, fractured lines, thorns, mirror-like surfaces, and even the characters’ expressions all work together to convey complex emotions to the viewer. Expressing invisible feelings and psychological states through tangible forms and colors is a challenging task — and the artist achieves it with great skill.

Moon Q

Miqi Deng’s illustrations juxtapose softness of technique with sharp, symbolic tension. The smooth transitions and grainy textures echo watercolor or pastel surfaces, but the subject matter introduces discomfort through recurring thorn-like elements and fragmented anatomy. This contrast between visual tenderness and thematic sharpness builds a layered emotional atmosphere—ambiguous, psychological, and surreal. The series feels like an introspective puzzle, delicately rendered but conceptually charged.

Nadiia Zhelieznova

I appreciate the image of the broken yet resilient female protagonist in this series of works, which evokes a rose-like vitality and aesthetic appeal. Despite having experienced anxiety, pain and internal struggle, the protagonist still has the courage and strength to confront and re-examine herself. The visual metaphor of thorns in the painting and the character's abyss-like eyes in the close-up strike the viewer's mind like a powerful blow, causing constant ripples.

Yimin Wang

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