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

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.

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."

Portrait Commission- Kids

Did three portrait paintings asked by my friend Kevin to photographs. Watercolour and pencil on paper.

If you want to give a portrait painting as a special present, contact me for more details. 

Cartoon Portraits Commission

These old photos are found in my hard-disk back to the year of 2006 (I know I was quite fat at that time). I was still in university. I worked for a sports  shop during National Holiday for their marketing campaign as what they called "Dalian Young Comic Artist". My job was to draw quick cartoon portraits on T-shirts for the customers who consumed over 400 yuan. It was quite fun. That was my first time to earn money from art.







 

Illustration for the story Stained

I was surprised and more thrilled when reading Stained-a story based the character on me written by my friend Lindsay.It's about an auditor who hates her job but loves art and she draws a monster that comes into life on the Shanghai metro... She described my feelings well.:-)The story is very interesting.I was very happy when Lindsay asked whether I could illustrate it to go with the publish.

Here goes the link of the story.DO READ IT! Thanks for the story Lindsay!

And some of the illustrations I did-

Portraits for Marlene and Liza

Before I left Dalian,I was commissioned to do portraits for these two beautiful Argentinian sisters-Marlene and Liza as souvenir presents before they returned home. It brought me some fun in that freezing season.I was asked to do something Chinese at the background.Here are what I got.Happy to see that they liked them.

"Haibao: I'm Still Here" Series Comic Published

UPDATE: The Haibao:I'm Still Here Series comic was finished.See the complete season here. Thanks for Stephen and Bill's help and supports with the script writing.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I've been drawing this comic-Haibao: I'm Still Here collaborating with Stephen Wright-the founder and editor of Shanghaisquared.It's a 10 episodes comic series on Haibao's post-Expo-life which  updates every Monday for the next 10 weeks.Check Epi 1 here.<link>

Shanghai Squared is an independent multimedia blog that provides engaging content and commentary on life in contemporary Shanghai. Their mission is to deliver a new angle on life in the city through a range of media and content created by the contributors on the ground. True to its Chinese setting, this is a site for the people made by the people.

Work for Chinaccelerator

I was commissioned to do some sketches for Chinaccelerator- a 4 month program to support for IT startups including seed funding, mentorship etc. It was fun to visit their inspiring office. Also been to their mentor presentation, felt back at college again.Good luck to all of the startups for their development.

Here are some of the sketches.

Commissioned illustration for Ivy

My colleague Ivy was asking me to drawing a series of illustration about the romantic experience of her and her boyfriend as a present for his birthday. It was a lovely idea and I felt the sweetness when reading the story lines she wrote me. She wanted something simple. Here are some of them. I'm glad she and her boyfriend both like the work. I wish them a continuing happy relationship.