Character Design

In summer this year, one of my friends' friend emailed me about a project. A yoghurt shop in Shanghai owned by her friend wants to find an illustrator to create monthly comic series around their brand character, in the same simple style with colour pencils and with Chinese characteristic. She saw the Haibao comic I did for Shanghai Squared, and thought this similar commission might fit me.

The cartoon character is the girl you can see below. I did several samples. It's not some style I usually do. I liked the ideas and effects I came out with though.And I was interested in the project much. So I applied for the position. But shame they've never got back to me.

Published Illustration for Annalemma Magazine

I did an illustration for a fiction for Annalemma Magazine which was just published this week.  The story is about an online relationship between a woman and a man which involves much of human's emotions and their longings for being not lonely. It's beautifully written.Have a read of the story here.



 

Annalemma magazine is "a literary and arts journal printed biannually and updated weekly online. Founded in 2007 with the expressed mission of engaging as many people as possible in the life-changing experience of telling good stories, Annalemma’s print issues are a lavish celebration of colorful artwork and photography that accompany short stories and essays from writers of all ages, nationalities, disciplines and echelons of the publishing world."

A Golden Dream

by colour pencils and watercolour

A Golden Dream

In this painting, I tried a different style by only using colour pencils.



And the detail of the painting