"Working primarily with Maya and Realflow, Fu’s mesmerizing scenes of intentional abstraction are the result of a translation of fine arts techniques into the intricate lexicon of digital software. As a painter, she was most interested how an artist can work to “conjure something infinite in nature.” Her works are often derivative of her own encounters with natural phenomena, referencing traditional Chinese landscape painting’s push of the pictorial frame into the surrounding environment."

"Side" is now in the collection of the Current Museum.

Atmospheric Animation is an advanced 3D animation class at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago taught by Snow Yunxue Fu. It examines the possibilities inherent in current environmental simulation technologies in terms of experimental cinema and contemporary media.

Students in this course learn how to create their own worlds by building three dimensional spaces, audio, interactivity, life forms, and/or objects using Maya software. Looking to artists and game designers such as Zeitguised, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Tales of Tales. Students will research how this medium can be used in traditional and non-traditional ways. The course begins with introductory exercises to explore the possibilities in 3D animation, ultimately focusing on the skills necessary to complete individually driven final project(s).

The 3D Computer Graphics and Animation class is taught by Snow Yunxue Fu at the North Central University in the 2017 winter semester. The blog showcase the students' work development.

The course is co-taught by Snow Yunxue Fu and Alfredo Salazar-Caro, TA-ed by Benji Sayed. Students in this course are challenged not only to learn the basic technical skills of game design, using 3D animation/game software such as Maya, Unity, Blender, and Sculptris. Rather, they are asked to think critically about art making using these tools by exploring ideas of interactivity, storytelling, simulation, and social events. Additionally, students focus on creating responsive artworks while analyzing game structures and language to push the idea of what game design is. Looking to artists and game designers such as Eddo Stern, Tale of Tales, and David O’Reilly, students research and explore how this medium can be used in traditional and non-traditional ways.