Jiayue Li is a New York-based graphic designer and illustrator from Chengdu, China. She received her bachelor’s degree in design and innovation from Tongji University in Shanghai and her master’s degree in design and entrepreneurship from the School of Visual Arts in New York. The designer has worked with many brands such as The New Yorker, Vogue Singapore, Google, Thom Browne, The Baffler, Bon Appétit.
The artist, who started drawing at an early age, states in an interview with Its Nice That that she was very impressed with her art teacher and adds “She is a strong and independent woman operating drawing classes for kids, and passing on her beliefs in art practice.”
Jiayue Li’s works, which she created with the taste of rough sketches with colored paints, have a soft and peaceful side. The presence of female characters in the foreground also emphasizes the theme of woman empowerment. In the works of the artist, the details of the faces, which are often divided into multiple layers, are striking. It refers to diversity, unity, differences and gives the concept of depth very well.
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Jiayue Li’s Empowered Female Protagonists
Jiayue Li is a New York-based graphic designer and illustrator from Chengdu, China. She received her bachelor’s degree in design and innovation from Tongji University in Shanghai and her master’s degree in design and entrepreneurship from the School of Visual Arts in New York. The designer has worked with many brands such as The New Yorker, Vogue Singapore, Google, Thom Browne, The Baffler, Bon Appétit.
The artist, who started drawing at an early age, states in an interview with Its Nice That that she was very impressed with her art teacher and adds “She is a strong and independent woman operating drawing classes for kids, and passing on her beliefs in art practice.”
Jiayue Li’s works, which she created with the taste of rough sketches with colored paints, have a soft and peaceful side. The presence of female characters in the foreground also emphasizes the theme of woman empowerment. In the works of the artist, the details of the faces, which are often divided into multiple layers, are striking. It refers to diversity, unity, differences and gives the concept of depth very well.
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