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Yongle Palace Myth Illustration

Yongle Palace Myth

Yongle Palace Myth is a series of cartoon character illustrations based on the frescoes of Yongle Palace in Shanxi, China, which were painted during the Yuan Dynasty. The mural figures are simplified, exaggerated and decorated to suit modern taste, and elements such as cranes, lotus flowers and ribbons are added. The illustrations are drawn with vector software, and curve tools keep the light feeling of the clothing and the line art of the original murals. The prints are produced in four colors to encourage public interest in the murals and their protection.

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Menogga Branding Design

Menogga

Menogga is a branding design based on the culture of the Zhuang minority in China. Zhuang tradition holds a legend that people are born from flowers, and the goddess Menogga is still honoured today. The brand identity expresses the female spirit, kindness and tolerance found in this legend. Traditional Zhuang fabric images were scanned and redrawn with digital design software to form a modern visual system. The identity is applied to clothing, packaging and umbrellas, using hot stamping, embroidery and flocking. The aim is to share Guangxi culture with a wider audience.

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Changing Perspectives Environmental Typography

Changing Perspectives

Changing Perspectives is an environmental typography installation made for the glass panels of a university art building. The letter shapes are cut from frosted vinyl and align into a readable message as people walk past. The message can be read from either direction, so viewers pause and move to complete the text. Each letter is about one to two feet tall, varying with the distance from the viewer. Light passing through the panels repeats the letter shapes as shadows and reflections. The installation invites people across the campus to interact with typography.

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Seotun Saram Corporate Identity

Seotun Saram

Seotun Saram is a corporate identity for a service that connects people seeking help with professional counselors. The name refers to someone who is not yet skilled, and the slogan states that everyone starts clumsily. A fairy tale describes the counseling process for people who are unfamiliar with counseling. The story has two characters: Seotun, a wandering counselee, and Gobukki, a slow but reliable counselor. Warm paper texture, lyrical navy blue of the night sky and hand-drawn icons form the visual system. The intent is to present counseling as friendly, warm and safe.

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Digital Design Days Rebranding

Digital Design Days

Digital Design Days is a brand identity created for an international digital design event. The logo is a responsive sign that adapts to the size of use by changing the frequency of the single elements that form it. The letter D is built from these elements and suggests light, energy and movement. A palette of nine colors marks the different editions and countries, while a line version supports black and white use. The identity works in digital media and in print, at small and at large sizes.

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Route Poster

Route

Route is a poster created as a school typography project. Field research in the city was carried out to record authentic letterforms. An elegant handwritten script found on a van was selected as the inspiration. The double stroke left by markers on the glossy surface forms the main visual language of the poster. The name Route refers to the inspiration photograph, which was taken from a moving car, and to the double lines, which recall the ruts left by wheels. The final poster expresses movement and direction.

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Two of Hearts Illustration

Two of Hearts

"Two of Hearts" is a vector illustration specially created for the collaborative project called "Luck of the Draw" which regrouped artists from around the world to create a unique deck of playing cards. The illustration concept is inspired by the fox from "The Little Prince" fable written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It is a hint to the lesson that the fox teaches about relationships.

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The Timeless Virtues Calendar

The Timeless Virtues

In Particular, when the evening came, every house sounds the classic music of Yang Lihue Opera. The Yang Lihua Opera became the common vision of the family. People have real feelings and enjoy visual and hearing impact shock in order to enjoyment level. With an impressive plot and the spirits of traditional Yang Lihua Opera, perfect performance, dazzling costume and great characters to the parents and children become (mysterious and) fairy tale world filled with the traditional opera. The Yang Lihua opera was classic, and with a contemporary edge.

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Breath Posters

Breath

Breath is a series of posters created to encourage public health awareness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The posters use positive and negative shapes, combining the side profile of a face with the edge of a mask. The shared outlines suggest a symbiotic relationship between breathing and protection. Further elements such as the sky, the city, the heart and a heartbeat extend the theme to community and unity. The graphics are hand drawn and prepared with image editing software. Each poster measures 700 by 1000 millimetres.

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UltiSante Brand Identity

UltiSante

UltiSante is a brand identity created for a health product based on long term clinical research. The identity presents scientific innovation together with human care. Green is combined with deep gray to suggest innovation and the light of life. The green tone appears from inside the deep gray envelope, showing the key component of the product. Gold details add a sense of prestige, and a color gradient expresses the ongoing process toward better health. The identity is applied to an envelope, a light, a wall and a catalog.

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Tabineko Illustration Calendar

Tabineko

This series of illustrations was drawn by a Japanese illustrator, Toshinori Mori, for a calendar. Cats traveling are drawn with gentle colors and simple touches against the background of the four seasons of Japan. Illustrations are drawn in Adobe Illustrator. Although it is a digital illustration, it is designed to give a natural feel by adding fine irregularities to the contours and adding a texture like paper scraps on the surface.

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Serious Little Squid Visual Identity

Serious Little Squid

Serious Little Squid is a visual identity created for a restaurant brand. The identity is built around A Zheng, a squid character that stands for urban office workers. Details such as a necktie and a headscarf make the character easy to recognize. The graphic style follows black and white silent films, using cold humor and simple comic scenes. A series of illustrations named the inner theater presents daily life in a large city. The intent is to build a positive brand tone and a close link with young consumers.

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