My Bio
I began to draw when I was young. Because I was quite boisterous when I was little (It’s hard to imagine now!), my father hoped painting could cultivate me to be calmer (Well that works well:D). From the age of 5 to 11, I took drawing classes every Saturday. However, I did not develop much interest in painting at that time, probably because my dad asked me to practice drawing strictly. When I was 12 years old, I moved from Wuhan to Beijing. For a long time, I gradually got away from painting and focused more on other disciplines such as mathematics and chemistry. I participated in both IGCSE and A-Level art exams, from which I woke up my passion for art and painting. I once got into fashion design, but I always felt something about that was not suitable for me, although I always admired fashion. Later, I found out that painting is what have been companied me since the very beginning, it is the purest thing. I then chose to study illustration for university and enjoy drawing more and more every day.
Awards
Skills & Experience
- I’m familiar with Adobe Photshop, Indesign, Procreate, Microsoft Office and IOS system. Drawing materials: Most used: water colour, pencil, oil pastel, acrylic Others: oil painting, acrylic marker, coloured pencils, etc.
- 2019: Internship in a software-related public company - China Soft International Limited for 1 month (CSI, 00354 HK); Volunteered at China Youth Leaders Development Summit 2019
- 2020: Internship of designing the recruitment brochure for 1 month; Internship at a MUJI store in Beijing for 1 month; - Participate in an exhibition called ‘Retrieve’ that took place in Beijing
Cheng Du Diary
Cheng Du is a dazzling city which can keeps you very busy during your trip. If allocate a colour to the city, I think Cheng Du definitely be red, like its' countless red lanterns on the street, the red pepper in the cuisine, the red face of Si Chuan Opera, and the warmth of it's people.
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Love Is A Sea
Two friends diving together.
Scene: turtle, clown fish, coral
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Edinburgh City &People: Dawn
During my past years living in Edinburgh, I was so surprised that a city could looks so theatricality. So during my past years living in the city, I enthusiastically did lots of sketches of the city: streets, buildings, people etc., trying to memorize every moments of living here. As my undergrad study coming to the final year, facing the unknown possibility of the future, a question coming to my mind: if I left Edinburgh, what would I miss most? So I looked through my past drawings of Edinburgh and designed a souvenir for the city.
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Edinburgh City &People: Afternoon
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Edinburgh City &People: Dusk
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Edinburgh City &People: Night
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"Dixit" Board Game Card Design 01
Inspired by Chinese idiom: Draw a snake and add feet to it 画蛇添足
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"Dixit" Board Game Card Design 02
Inspired by Chinese idiom: Have a heart as malicious as snakes and scorpions 蛇蝎心肠
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"Wojtek" - The Bear Soldier Comic
This project is about an interesting story behind the Battle of Monte Cassino (a rocky hill near southeast of Rome, Italy), 1944, which happened during WWII. There was an unusual bear soldier who attended the battle named "Wojtek". The inspiration was came from a YouTube video which is about how Polish soldiers adopted the bear cub, how did Wojtek growing up and becoming an official soldier who serving in 22nd Artillery Supply Company, and finally settled in Edinburgh Zoo after war. This project aim to tell the story of Wojtek and the friendship between the bear and Polish soldiers.
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"Painted Skin" Movie Poster
For this project, I designed a poster for a Chinese action-romance movie called “Painted Skin”. The movie is an adaptation from a short story in “Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio” (“Liaozhai Zhiyi”), tells the story of Duwei Wang rescued a stunning and alluring woman, who is indeed a nine-tailed fox spirit covered by human skin named Xiao Wei, and the love and complicate story between fairy and human.
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"Where Is Grandpa" Picture Book p9-10
This picture book is for my grandpa, and all children and parents. The main theme is about losing someone, however, realize if that’s fine because the little girl will always remember her grandpa and her grandpa will always be with her. I depicted the life in Wuhan - my hometown, the warmth of the memory of those innocent time, and my grandpa’s love for me during my grew up. Also my wishes that grandpa is now in a better place.
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"Where Is Grandpa" Picture Book p17-18
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"Where Is Grandpa" Picture Book p27-28
The little girl finally found her grandpa in her dream, this is how I depict my wish for my grandpa ended up in a better place. I painted 4 pages as finals, 2 of them to show the lively market and street, 2 of them to show the dreamy, colourful and mystery adventure.
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"Where Is Grandpa" Picture Book p29-30
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Adaptation Comic of an excerpt of "Good-bye, Jack!" article
This project is to make a 4 pages comic from an excerpt of the article "Good-bye, Jack!" by Jack London. To me, it is quite a sarcastic novel so I decide to use bright colour and sharp contrast drawing style to illustrate the story.
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Documentary Comic of the Battle of Kumsong in 1953
The inspiration was came from a movie called “The Sacrifice” which documents a historical event which happened in 1953, Kumsong, North Korea.
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