SARAH XU

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Porcelain Objects: Silicone Bodies
Ever Present
Red Thread of Telos

FILM & THEATER
FABRICATION
MISC.

ABOUT


100 Days of Eyeliner
Design, Makeup
[ September 2023 - January 2024 ]
 I challenged myself to design and implement a creative eyeliner look each day. All 100 can be found on Instagram. Below are a selection of my favorite days.

I found that the daily practice transformed an otherwise typical everyday rite into wearable art. Many days, I decided on the design while sitting at my desk, staring into my mirror, eyeliner in hand. Others, I preplanned with a face-chart on Procreate, as well as inviting my classmates to submit ideas. I was inspired by whatever caught my eye: trinkets on my shelf, the pattern of my shirt, tattoos. Besides traditional makeup, I also used rhinestones, real flowers, jewelry, glitter, temporary tattoos, and hot glue.

Yes, I did go outside with them on my face.


Day  59
Day 99
Day  29
Day  20
Day  30
Day  25
Day  80
Day  67
Day  60
Day  70
Day  90
Day  63
Day  79
Day  66
Day  47


Posters for Vita ad Vitam
Illustrator, Photoshop
[ April 2025 ]I was tasked with creating posters for use as set decoration and props. 
The setting is a grief camp cabin run by a well-meaning, but ultimately less-than-successful counselor. Deep faded colors, cheesy quotes, and an undefined but nostalgic time period informed my approach. Final posters are printed at 11”x17”.
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

Video Editing, Animation, Motion Graphics, Design
After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator
[ January 2023 - December 2024 ]
Designed and animated graphics for the video podcast, The Prof G Pod, across three weekly series (Markets, Conversations, Office Hours). Edited the top-performing video on the YouTube channel and launched the video series Office Hours.

The opinions reflected in the podcast do not necessarily reflect my opinions.




Patent Figures

Information Design
Illustrator
[ February 2023 ]
Created digital technical diagrams as a private commission for a patent proposal from a biotech company.

Select examples below. 
The first of an ongoing experimentation creating acrylic paintings on glass panels that have an “x-ray” or “double exposure” affect when held up to light.

The painting on the left is the first in this series of experiments, created in 2020. Acrylic paint on glass panel with a desk lamp behind it.