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Island has won a award in CIAF in China

8/30/2020

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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
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If you  interested to know more about this film  , you can click here 
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Behind scene story on Butterflies on the first day of school

9/1/2019

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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. 
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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 
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Butterflies on the first day of school is on newspaper book review!

9/1/2019

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Butterflies on the first day of school got its book review on  Mississippi Link !
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my skill share page

8/2/2019

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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 
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in the course I will discuss various pencil type. 
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I will also show my process of how to do photo research and how to  use  simple shapes  to enhance your animal character design 
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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 
 
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skillshare interview blog post

8/2/2019

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​not long ago, skillshare has interviewed me for the tips and suggestions for anyone who is interested in becoming an children's book illustrator, here is a sneak peek 
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featured at Creative Howl

6/14/2019

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thank you for Jonnas to invited me as feature artist at Creative Howl,
you can read the full article here
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Butterflies on the first day of school is published and selling on Amazon now!

6/10/2019

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Butterflies on the first day of school
written by Annie Silvestro 
illustrated by me
published by Sterling publishing house
is finally online .  I have been working in this project last whole year, and it is great pleasure , a great fun to participate. 
you can buy a copy here at amazon 
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so proud that the book has been receiving many good reviews 
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here are some professional reviews from bloggers and librarians 
reviews from :
Librarian's quest
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recommendations  from picture book author :

susanna leonard hill
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reviews from blogger:
Little Lady Plays
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reviews from Librarian:
MARIA MARSHALL
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reviews from
kirkus review
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hope you can enjoy the book~
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An interview conducted by Animation Insider

1/29/2019

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An old  interview conducted by Animation Insider that I forgot to post 
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If you are interested to read more about me and my work, please click the original link here
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Foodies exhibition in light grey art lab

4/27/2018

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So glad to participate the newest Foodies exhibition in Minneapolis Light grey art lab
I illustrate one of my favorite recipes: coca cola chicken wings 
Hope you enjoy the artwork and of course enjoy the food
Bon appetit~
Prints and postcard can be purchased on their official online shop  


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happy to do a cover illustration for The Coding Samurai

6/30/2017

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I am very happy and honored to create a cover illustration for my friend Ian. his new sci-fi book just released at amazon. haven't read the story yet, but the book got a lot of positive comments at amazon. if you are interested in purchase one , here is the online link for it.
I made two versions: warm tone and cold tone. and the book ended up with the cold one. really excited to get the physical paper book!!
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