Everyone loves lunch time but Zia has been selected to 2023 Original Art Show!

Hello,I am very honored to be invited as one of three judges in WIA 2023 Animation category 

My first author-illustrated picture book has won the Laureate New Names in Russia International Illustration and book book design competition. This award is for author-illustrator under 35 years old published their  first picture book. I am very proud and grateful to be recognized by this international prize. 

Proud to announce that My illustration has been selected to Sharjah Illustrator's Exhibition 

happy to announce that I am in 2021 Bologna children illustration Finalist . this illustration is from my next author/illustrator book Dandelion boy

my next picture book My Story Friend  can be pre-order now 
written by  Kalli Dakos
illustrated by me 

you can pre-order through amazon now 

I am very happy to share the news that my latest animation ISLAND has won a jury choose award in China Independent Animation Festival Forum( CIAFF) 2019

If you  interested to know more about this film  , you can click here 

recently, I have done a little interview with "LET'S TALK PICTURE BOOK",where I reveal all my ideas and design for illustrating Butterflies on the first day of school. 

if you are interested in reading more behind scene story about how I create character and view my secret sketch for this book, you can read the full article here 

Butterflies on the first day of school got its book review on  Mississippi Link !

hello, for anyone who is interested in learning pencil illustration, I have create a brand new online drawing course on skillshare, features on how to create cute animal illustration using only one pencil 

in the course I will discuss various pencil type. 

I will also show my process of how to do photo research and how to  use  simple shapes  to enhance your animal character design 

you will also see my video demo for creating this cute furry monkey from scratch
if you are interested please click here for sign up