Clinic of No Man’s Land
Year 2086, a nuclear leakage caused an irreversible chain of genetic mutation that created plants and animals that grow to monstrous scales. Within the mere span of 3 years, humans were forced to survive amongst gigantic beasts and overgrown flora. Under this global crisis, people started to readjust to the new natural order and alternative modes of living. Deep in the misty mountains of Southern China, at a family-owned traditional Chinese medicine clinic, the mornings always start with checking the state of the giant snakes, scorpions and ginseng roots in the medicinal wines, hanging prescriptions to be sent out today under the enormous Lingzhi mushrooms (which promises excellent light and temperature control), and attending to a long line of early-rising patients arriving on flying rickshaws… Oh! The oldest daughter of the family is at it again, brewing herbal broth while lecturing her younger brother on rediscovering human relationship with Nature…
Innocence
Baby Mo was taken in by the monks of Fuze temple when they found him at their doorstep, wrapped in a coarse red towel. Growing up, he always wondered why the hall in the West corner is always locked and the other monks keep saying one should never stare into the eyes of the bronze statue inside; he’s never seen his older brothers so terrified. On his 6th birthday, he couldn't resist his curiosity and snuck in…
Butterfly Mausoleum of the Miao
After quite an adventure, Ellie finally found the Butterfly Mausoleum in her grandma’s travel log.
However, she had the feeling that something had been following and watching them from the shadows; and Nan, a girl from the local insect shaman family who joined Ellie's journey, insisted that her flute would help them find a way to enter the mausoleum. Now she couldn’t tell if she’s more excited or horrified, since suddenly, the thousands-year-old silver bells hanging around the cave like spider webs all started jingling aggressively…
A Lawa's Tale
The Mountain Gods of the Tibetan plateau need to face a powerful group who threaten to control the Gods for its own benefits. They need the newbie Lawa ("God and Man" in Tibetan: mage-like individuals chosen by the Gods to communicate their message and perform magic). Unfortunately, the young Lawa has a city dream and is not a fan of responsibility and traditions. How would he live up to his people’s hope that he could keep the Mountain Gods’ rage at bay while fighting off greedy forces?
White Yak: Loyal, strong, optimistic, has a hero dream (Power: Control landscape and weather)
Snow Leopard: Street smart (Power: Carrier of knowledge, jack of all trades)
Caterpillar Fungus: Powerful, snarky, but caring (Power: Manager of dreams and visions, guards the gate between and harnesses fantasy and reality)
Vulture: Traditionalist, moody, mysterious, pessimistic (Power: Guardian of the passage into the cycle of life, embodies the portal of death)
Hasbro Licensed Monopoly Instructions Redesign
During my 4-month summer graphic design internship at Hasbro, I conceptualized new narrative approaches to Monopoly instructions visuals, designed graphics and created prototypes for potential Monopoly instructions redesign, acted in instructional video shoot for Hasbro website, and participated in visual development processes in projects such as Monopoly 90th anniversary and rebranding ideation.
Communication
This digital illustration made with Procreate is commissioned by Intercom, Inc.
Cloudhead (Campus Life Series)
Cloudhead is a collectible blind box toy series that aims to be your desktop reminder to put your head in the clouds a little bit!
Even Cloudhead is not able to slay college life all the time, but no big deal, bring Cloudhead with you on your own adventures, and always remember… Delulu is the Solulu!
Subway Rebrand
In this group project, we attempted to reimagine Subway to target mainly the Gen Z market. As the graphic design artist on the team, I redesigned the Subway logo and created patterns and other graphic elements.
Tea Packaging
This is a tea packet set that includes a different tea for every day of the week. The silhouette of the packaging mimics tea fields and the little mascots take inspiration from the Chinese characters of their names and the regions they are from.
Mahjong Design
Characters and symbols on a set of classic mahjong pieces redesigned in a style inspired by the nostalgic aesthetics of traditional Chinese game rooms.
The Way
The Way is a pixel-style roguelike desktop game based in traditional Chinese culture, developed by 5 college game developers in 7 weeks. The story centers around Dreamy, a girl who suffers from a rare chronic disease that put her in a coma and on the brink of death. As she struggles to regain consciousness, she finds herself fighting against mythical beasts from the Chinese Zodiac.
As the artist on the team, I led stylistic decisions, and created and animated character and background assets.
Once Upon A Time
I started traditional Chinese dance at the age of four. It was only after I severely injured myself seven years later and gave up dancing that I realized how much I missed being on stage and expressing myself through music and movements. Over time, the regret turned into a valuable life lesson, teaching me not to give up easily because of fear or pain. These gifs are meant to commemorate snippets of my experience with dance.
20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
This illustration made with Procreate is a book cover design for 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Tour by Tale
Oftentimes, biases and hostility stem from ignorance and fear of the unknown.
Tour by Tale is a startup my friend and I are currently undertaking. It is a storybook series targeting primarily elementary school children, and the present collection focuses on East Asian folk tales (we are looking forward to including stories from more regions around the globe).
We believe that children's books are one of our first teachers and play a subtle but key role in shaping children's worldview and values. By familiarizing them with these tales, which carry cultural and historical significance, prejudices and stereotypes could be prevented as the children grow into responsible adults.
The Meeting
This illustration is made with Procreate for short story The Meeting by Alix Ohlin.
E.R.R.O.R.
What is the composition of errors?
This question is sparked by a past conversation about “non-rigorous” explorations in art; I often hear comments like most people are conditioned to fear mistakes, but artists are trained to embrace them. We all learn scientific principles to make sense of our physical reality, but one’s perception of life's complexities is incomplete without happy accidents– or errors if viewed in a different light. I became captivated by how errors are not bounded by any logical sense, since they rebel against the “truths” that govern our existence.
Wishing to further explore the concept of error and to simulate this spontaneity, I took the word apart and made posters and a questionnaire that asks strangers to select words that start with “E” “R” “R” “O” “R” respectively to compose their own “ERROR”. I randomly selected 5 responses and constructed an illustration that narrates an alternative reality, one freed from all rules and logic, made up of – instead of sound rationales – errors.
Bottleneck
This sculptural book tells the stories of 8 characters with, literally, bottle necks, featuring snapshots of them navigating their “bottleneck” moments. Each scene has a unique structure extending from the 2D plane of illustration to our 3D world. I intentionally employed ancient Chinese vase patterns with an art deco twist.
Koi Fish
Watercolor painting of koi fish from life.
Environment Sketches
Graphite drawings for practicing perspective.
Live Sketch
Charcoal drawing of a dried flower from life.