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The Empty Landscape Poster

The Empty Landscape

The Empty Landscape is a printed poster that combines modern graphic design with traditional Chinese landscape painting. The poster measures 70 by 100 centimeters. The composition draws on the use of blank space in classical Chinese painting. Transparent layers and mosaic-like bitmap graphics create a comparable sense of emptiness and atmosphere. The flat visual language of contemporary design is mixed with the older tradition. The poster was developed in Beijing and explores the artistic mood of Chinese landscape painting through digital means.

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Irrational Slice Information Visualization

Irrational Slice

Irrational Slice is an information visualization project that presents research data in three-dimensional space. The data comes from a cognitive experiment comparing human and machine judgment. The three-dimensional model is built with reference to the structure of brain neurons. Augmented reality software makes the model appear when a printed poster is scanned. Viewers can rotate the model and zoom in or out by finger to read the information from many angles. The aim is to explore new ways of observing and transmitting information.

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The Oracle Illustration

The Oracle

The Oracle is a digital illustration created as concept art for a high fantasy video game. The image shows a scene from a land with a legend that returns once every several centuries. In the legend, messengers from the gods arrive and announce the dawn of a new era. The design joins the form of a monolith with the presence of a great whale to suggest a mighty being. The artwork was hand drawn with a photo bashing method in image editing software and measures 6200 by 3150 pixels. Research into architecture and old customs supports the imagined world.

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2018 Admissions Welcome Package DGUT Freshman Admission Notice Gift Box

2018 Admissions Welcome Package DGUT

2018 Welcome Package DGUT is an admission notice gift box created for new students of Dongguan University of Technology in China. The design combines the Chinese character Guan with the michelia alba, the city flower of Dongguan, to form a font design and a unified visual set. The pull out box holds a canvas bag, a notebook, a pen bag and two local atlases. Two bottles are also included, one with dried michelia alba and one with handwritten message notes. The package aims to give freshmen a sense of belonging and to present the local culture.

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The Sacred City Illustration

The Sacred City

The Sacred City is a digital illustration created as a key visual for a high fantasy video game. The artwork depicts a legend called The Oracles, which occurs once every several centuries. On that day the kings of each land gather at the cathedral beside the waterfalls and await the arrival of the messengers. Many spectators travel from distant lands, hoping to receive blessings from the gods. The scene was hand drawn with digital software using a photo bashing method. Romanesque and Gothic architecture were combined to give the imagined world a sense of reality.

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Let's Get Better Together Personal Projects

Let's Get Better Together

Let's Get Better Together is a series of illustrations about the relationships between people and between people and nature. The illustrations present love, peace and mutual support as forces that can improve the world. Each image tells a short story and conveys a message to the viewer before any written explanation is read. The work was first drawn by hand in a sketchbook, then colored and finished with digital editing software. The series aims to remind viewers that the connection between humans and nature is important and often overlooked.

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Heheqingtian Tea Brand Identity

Heheqingtian

Heheqingtian is a tea brand identity created for a tea living and cultural experience space reborn from a private Japanese style dwelling. The identity begins with the idea of convergence. The door shape of the building is combined with the Chinese character He to express the spirit of serving tea and the meaning of gathering together and expanding outward. A restrained design conveys the calm atmosphere of tasting tea at leisure. The tea box is made of wood with a tenon and mortise structure that needs no glue, supporting an environmentally friendly approach.

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Support Small Business Poster

Support Small Business

This visual is making an attempt to support the local restaurants in the community, an experience which many people missed during quarantine. The designer aims to provoke people's desire for tea and food pairing when they order a food take-out and displaying what a great eating experience looks like. The goal is to make the brand more unique, creative, and high quality that represents the brand's soul and mission in the premium beverage market.

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Pictomato Bern City Map Advertisment Campaign

Pictomato Bern City Map

Pictomato Bern City Map is an illustrated advertising campaign created to introduce a new independent design studio. The map shows well known sights of Bern together with personal recommendations. Selected pins on the map explain the working philosophy and the skills of the studio, and each pin is described in the legend. The design also serves as a decorative poster. The individual illustrations were reused for a series of postcards, an animation and a social media campaign. All artwork was drawn in Adobe Illustrator.

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Firefly Songling Volunteer Branding

Firefly Songling Volunteer

Firefly Songling Volunteer is a brand identity created for a volunteer service organization in Songling Sub-district, Wujiang, Suzhou, China. The logo is based on the image of a firefly with open wings, a reference to the local ecological environment and to volunteers who give light through quiet effort. The simple and modern form is intended to appeal to younger people. The identity is applied through professional printing, embroidery and hot stamping. The design gives the volunteer team a distinct image within a field where many groups use similar symbols.

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He He Logo

He He

He He is a brand logo created for an artistic agricultural products brand. The design combines the Chinese character he with the Western ampersand symbol, as both forms express the idea of fusion. The two signs are merged into a single character symbol that is recognizable in Eastern and Western contexts. Graphic creativity is used to fill the mark and its auxiliary graphics with cultural and artistic elements from China and Europe. The logo has no fixed size and can be applied directly to packaging and outdoor publicity.

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SuNeungDokHae Reading Solutions Brand

SuNeungDokHae

SuNeungDokHae is an educational book series and brand identity for reading comprehension study. The series supports students preparing for the College Scholastic Ability Test in Korea. The covers use the motif of a window, showing illustrated scenes linked to the texts studied in each chapter. A color system separates the fields of study for elementary and middle school levels. Inside, infographic layouts present the learning content in visual form. Each book measures 220 by 280 by 7 millimeters and has rounded corners for safety.

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