Illustration 2020

The 2020 graduates of the illustration major are a diverse community of artists. The applied practice of illustration has many outlets – publication design, comics, graphic novels, information dissemination, editorial, trade magazine advertising, textile pattern, merchandise packaging, concept design for animation, movies, and video games, and gallery work, to name a few. Graduates of the illustration major have navigated a wide variety of courses and projects to find their unique voice in this ever-expanding professional field, and we are so very proud of their accomplishments. Please enjoy!

Gentille Flowers | Kelsey Chevalier

Gentille Flowers is a series for girls and women to grow with, in age, perspective, and knowledge.

Ollie’s Backyard (Children’s Book) | Asha Lynne Macdonald

Ollie's Backyard is an illustrated 32-page picture book that deals with friendship and the power of compromise.

Speaking in Tongues: Emerging to the Visible | Heeyoon Ellie Seo

In this project, I use slogans as a tool to establish and manifest my identity as a woman of color who is at the interconnected race and gender, derived from the term Intersectionality.

Bitter Strength | Stella Zheng

Bitter Strength is an artist book that I’ve been working on for the span of my final year at Emily Carr. My goal for this project was to celebrate a variety of Chinese people in history...

Luojia Cheng l 2019-2020

A collection of my illustration works from 2019-2020.

T U N G U S K A : C O N D E M N E D I Grace Wong

TUNGUSKA: CONDEMNED is an alternate reality based on a true story of a natural phenomenon occurred in Eastern Siberia. Humanity has contributed to a natural threat which slowly annihilates the world population, eventually leaving the fittest to survive to find the Cure.

I Could Be Lopsided | Shira Anisman

"I Could Be Lopsided" is from a series of three illustrated short stories exploring magical realism, irrational fear, and obsession. They are autobiographical, fictional, fun, and funky.

Digital illustration. 2020.

Searching for the Peach Blossom Spring | Olivia Zeng

Searching for the Peach Blossom Spring is a large-scale oil and acrylic painting that depicts a Chinese sampan boat filled with individuals looking for a new home...

VEDIC RESISTANCE | YAAZHIN PILLAY

Endemic to Epidemic | Melissa Lee

This ongoing series of works documents and builds an expansive narrative around this small, seemingly unthreatening species that somehow managed to survive, showcasing how climate...

Crowns Of Yan I Amos Wong

Soaring through the skies in their flying ship, a girl and her companions must flee from a mad angel who is hellbent on resurrecting his dead god.

Moss and Oz Save the Galaxy | River Kero and Wake Darrah Cook

A queer-camp science fiction comic in which two aliens become friends, have adventures and maybe (?) save the galaxy while they're at it!