New Portrait

watercolor on paper

The Silence

Fashion Illustrations

I know now is summer but still hard to ignore these colour combination for automn.

watercolour on paper

Editorial Illustrations for Focus on Dalian

Here is the illustration I did for issue27 of Focus on Dalian which is a local bilingual magazine made by a team of Dalian inhabitants from different countries. Their website is http://www.focusondalian.com/

Illustration for Issue 26 of Focus on Dalian

Issue 26 of Focus on Dalian is printed out.This is the illustration I did for this issue.The article is to compare hard sleeper and soft sleeper of the trains between Dalian and Beijing. You can read the online version of the magazine here: http://issuu.com/focus-on-dalian/docs/issue_26

Annalemma Magazine Received

I was glad when receiving this copy of Annalemma magazine in an airmail posted from America, because of my contribution as an illustrator last year.

Many creative writings and images in it.:-) You can also have a read of those stories on their website.

Working on Illustrations

The last piece of my recent commission.Here goes a photo to celebrate the completion! Gonna post the work soon to the client.Hope they'll like them.

Work Space

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.

The Framed Painting

my paintings in mum's apartment

Old Drawings

The player happened to play Daydream's piano music. The very past burst to my mind.When I was in uni, I hated accounting as my major. At that time I skipped classes to stay in the dorm to draw. With music, I kept drawing different portraits one after another, sometimes with tears dropping. My heart continued to be sensitive. Drawing was the way to let my sentiments out. It was my way to heal. I couldn't help looking back at some old drawings drawn at that time, about 5-6 years ago.

Once there was a girl,

You've no ideas what she'd been through

You don't know she was such something blue

a bird singing gloomy songs

The first time her wings broke

she realised she actually had them in two

The first time her heart broke

she believed her feelings were so true

that others could hurt but could never deprive

From then on, she started the long trip seeking home

Rather suffered than numb

--- Robin





















listening to Dreaming

"I'm Rich"

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Cold Seashore

Get Summer Back

It snowed again, heavily. I'd like to get more warmth a bit through thinking of some summer colour. So I did these.

The End of Autumn

With the first snow in Shenyang, I realised autumn has really ended. Here's a little piece of autumn colour for you all, from my sketchbook.

Frost

Many eyes are covered by the splendid world

not be able to see the truth

The truth lies in the heart

only if you listen to its rhyme

you could be free

 

Listening to Chris Garneau's So Far

Mum Sleeping

 

Tree Bark

Bleak wind, visits the hollow wilderness

Whistling an lonely tale

It was recorded on a piece of tree bark

You peeled off remember?

It was a promise on behalf of leaves, stars and squirrels

Beautiful flowers grew on the tree

But it's never told how long it lasts

The next autumn, I was left alone

around the tree where the bark's from

fallen leaves, full of the memory trail

----Robin



Inspired by  Ólafur Arnalds'  Ljósið

The Horse

Listening to Ladytron's White Elephant 

Illustrations for Focus on Dalian

Early this month I was commissioned to do two editorial illustrations for the new issue Focus on Dalian magazine. This is my first time to work with them.Focus on Dalian is a bimonthly magazine created by people from different countries which is like a local platform with multi-cultural vision. I read some of its issues when I was living in Dalian. Didn't expect that they would contact me for contributions one day.



You can read the online version here: http://issuu.com/focus-on-dalian

And here are the two illos for your clearer views.