Qinni

About

Qinni, aka Qing Han, was a popular artist online. She was best known for her drawings of women and amassed millions of followers on social media. In February of 2020, she passed away from cancer.

History

Qing Han began posting on DeviantArt in November of 2008.^[1] Over the following eleven years, she posted over 330 pieces to the site, amassing over 115,000 followers (popular examples shown below).^[2]

She graduated from Sheridan College in Ontario in 2012.^[3] She worked with Disney XD and Motorcity during her career. In 2017, she was awarded DeviantArt's "Deviousness Award," celebrating "Exemplary Membership and an Outstanding Spirit of helpfulness and mentoring within the DeviantArt community."^[4]

Cancer Diagnosis And Death

On December 30th, 2019, she announced she had Stage IV Fibrosis Sarcoma cancer, and that Doctors told her she had 12-18 months to live (shown below).^[5]

Over the following month and a half, she continued to post on social media about her treatment and pieces of art she'd created (examples shown below).

On February 10th, 2020, Twitter user @Seageart,^[6] a friend of Qing, tweeted that the artist had passed (shown below, left). The news led to an outpouring of mourning and support from her fans. For example, electronic music artist Porter Robinson^[7] tweeted his grief, gaining over 13,000 likes (shown below, right). The tributes were covered by Mashable,^[8] Pop Inquirer,^[9] and others.

Online Presence

Qinni was very popular across social media. In addition to her DeviantArt following, she had over 2.3 million followers on Instagram,^[10] 190,000 followers on Twitter,^[11] and 660,000 likes on Facebook.^[12]

Search Interest

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