creator. writer. bread lover. and everything in between.

Comics & Animations

COMICS

The Wuhan I Know

As featured on NPR, HuffPost, and PBS, a love letter to my hometown, Wuhan, and my experience with racism.
Precursor to my bestselling graphic memoir, Messy Roots.

Commission for Asian Law Caucus

Commission for Asia Society of Texas’s “Adventures of Asia” series.

Commission for Asia Society of Texas’s “Adventures of Asia” series.

News Crumbs

Menace Days

keira knightley.png — To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before

My “gaywakening” told through my countless crushes.

Untitled_Artwork%2B42.jpg — Craigslist Girl

I met the first girl to pull me out of heartbreak on Craigslist.

Noise

Big

Unagi

Shine

Untitled_Artwork 59.png — Shepherd’s Purse

Ancestors

mother warrior.png — My Mother, the Warrior

Tribute to my mother right after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Wrinkles

Screen Shot 2019-10-14 at 12.42.22 AM.png — FaceTiming Yeye Nainai

If Valentines Day and Halloween Were GFs

Untitled_Artwork 1.jpg — Single on Lunar New Year

Lilo stitch colored A.jpg — Favorite Movies During COVID

ILLUSTRATIONS

retro airpods blue.jpeg

Toothpaste GFs.jpg

wuhan street food.jpg

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do you love me.jpeg

dreaming larger.jpeg

i just need to know you're there.jpeg

insecure chameleon.jpeg

insecure koala.jpeg

insecure turtle.jpeg

journey ahead.jpeg

making eggrolls.jpeg

Saving Face.jpeg

spacing out.jpg

summer leaves.jpg

Types of Mooncakes.jpg

weed combined.jpg

yin yang aquarium.jpg

retro airpods blue.jpeg

SFTP all.jpeg

sapphic 3.jpeg

Sapphic 2.jpeg

Toothpaste GFs.jpg

Untitled_Artwork 85.PNG

do you love me.jpeg

dreaming larger.jpeg

i just need to know you're there.jpeg

insecure chameleon.jpeg

insecure koala.jpeg

insecure turtle.jpeg

journey ahead.jpeg

making eggrolls.jpeg

Saving Face.jpeg

spacing out.jpg

summer leaves.jpg

Types of Mooncakes.jpg

weed combined.jpg

yin yang aquarium.jpg

ANIMATIONS

"Traffic Jam"

"The Wuhan I Know" by Laura Gao and @TwitterAsians

Digital animation created with @TwitterAsians from my comic, “The Wuhan I Know”, a love letter to my hometown during COVID-19 and a call against racism.

"Seattle Summers"

Digital animation about my summer break in Seattle. Work in progress.

"Planet Chromatica"

Claymation.

"Wake Up Call"

Hand-drawn animation.

"For Duck's Sake"

A country music platypus crooner realizes working with ducks is harder than it looks.

Paper animation created with a multi-plane camera.

"Local Diner"

Environment modeling with Maya.

"The Brave Little Toaster"

"The Brave Little Toaster"

Figure modeling with Maya.

"Wukong"

Figure modeling with Maya.

"The Wuhan I Know" by Laura Gao and @TwitterAsians

"Seattle Summers"

"Planet Chromatica"

"For Duck's Sake"

"Local Diner"

"The Brave Little Toaster"

"Wukong"

Let’s work together.

If you have a project in mind, or would like to chat, shoot me an email at laura.y.gao@gmail.com.