#2014Art – YveeYui https://yveeyui.com Illustrator | Designer Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:45:16 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://yveeyui.com/wp-content/uploads/Avatar-DP-150x150.png #2014Art – YveeYui https://yveeyui.com 32 32 Chibi Ling sketches 2014 https://yveeyui.com/micro/chibi-ling-sketches-2014/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:06:43 +0000 https://yveeyui.com/?p=7256
Chibi Ling sketches 2014

Unfinished WIP chibi sketches of my mascot character Ling from this post. I initially wanted to use these for image buttons for a website, but didn’t end up completing these images nor the website due to other priorities. (つω`｡)

Tools: Paint Tool SAI, Wacom tablet

]]> Disney Princess Christmas Bookmarks 2014 https://yveeyui.com/stories/disney-princess-christmas-bookmarks-2014/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:50:46 +0000 https://yveeyui.com/?p=7253
Disney Princess Christmas Bookmarks 2014

This was an art request for a friend who wanted three Christmas-themed chibi Disney Princess bookmarks. This was my take on the request. Illustrations were created in PaintTool SAI and post-processed in Adobe Photoshop.

[1] Cinderella, [2] Ariel from the Little Mermaid, [3] Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

]]> Game Sprites Art 2014 https://yveeyui.com/stories/game-sprites-art-2014/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:32:16 +0000 https://yveeyui.com/?p=7247
School Uniform Sprites
Gunslinger Uniform Sprites
School uniform design sketches
Sample game sprites
Game Sprites Art 2014

This was an art request, sample design project for a game idea that unfortunately never went further. The requester was actually the same person who asked me to design the Quest for a Cause poster.

I designed sample game sprites for a male MC and a female MC with two different uniforms designs; the school uniform and a gunslinger version of the school uniform.

Tools: PaintTool SAI, Wacom tablet

]]> 2014 Artist Alley Art Compilation https://yveeyui.com/artlog/2014-artist-alley-art-compilation/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 11:45:00 +0000 https://yveeyui.com/?p=7242

2014 Artist Alley Art Compilation

In 2014 I had an artist alley table at five different anime and pop-culture conventions, all held in Melbourne. Unlike in 2013, I had my artist table mostly all to myself this time. I spent a lot of time drawing fanart for trading, but also took up a one year graphic design course in 2014. So, due to time constrains, I didn’t draw as much as I planned, but here are some of the artworks and designs I made for trading that year.

Art print of Mikasa Ackerman from the anime “Attack on Titan”.

Art print of Hatsune Miku from the character vocal series “VOCALOID”.

Art prints of Ruby Rose and Blake Belladonna from the web series “RWBY”.

Chibi-style art prints of Ciel from Black Butler, Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin, Usagi from Sailor Moon, and Gon & Killua from HunterxHunter.

Traditional drawings of Levi from Attack on Titan, and England from Axis Powers Hetalia.

These were made with black fineliner pen and watercolour. The few times I actually used watercolour and it came out not bad, though I won’t start calling myself a watercolourist anytime soon. (ʘ‿ʘ)

[1-3] Italy, Germany & Japan from Hetalia, [4-6] Miku, Rin & Gumi from VOCALOID,
[7] Naruto, [8] Luffy, [9] Ichigo.

The above are chibi illustrations I made for turning into bookmarks (right side). These were the start of a series of chibi bookmarks that I drew and expanded upon between 2014 to 2016.

All of the above digital illustrations were created using PaintTool SAI with a Wacom tablet and post-processed in Adobe Photoshop. They were originally posted on DeviantArt and I eventually took them down later.

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My Artist Alley Tables

I didn’t take as many photos of my tables as I did in 2013, but here are the ones I did take.

Supanova Pop Culture Expo – Apr 2014

First Artist Alley table of 2014, where I had a few new artworks and mostly selling old stock from the last table I did in 2013.

Oz Comic Con – July 2014

Second Artist Alley table of 2014, where I had a few more new artworks and selling less old stock. This is when I started transitioning from the old set of bookmarks to the new ones. Yes, that is me in the not-very-well-taken photo. (¬‿¬)

Other conventions I had an artist table at (but no photo) are:

  • CHAOz Con – Aug 2014
  • Animaga Expo – Sep 2014
  • Armageddon Expo – Oct 2014

Armageddon Expo was the only convention I shared my table with another artist Enixyy, who I shared a table with at the exact same convention in 2013.

Overall, my experience trading my art at conventions in 2014 was still quite fun. I never did hit it big and I had room for improvement, but I wanted to continue this path a little longer and kept going into the next year in 2015.

]]> Illustrative Maps 2014 https://yveeyui.com/gallery/illustrative-maps-2014/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:26:13 +0000 https://yveeyui.com/?p=7240
Digital graphic visual map of Melbourne's Chinatown area. "Culture in Chinatown Melbourne"
Digital graphic visual map of Melbourne's Retail Precinct. "Shopping in Retail Precinct Melbourne"

Illustrative Maps 2014

Illustrative maps design project for my graphic design course in 2014. The task was to create two illustrated maps of Melbourne’s City Circle tram route to promote certain sights and landmarks along the route. I decided to showcase Melbourne’s Chinatown area and retail precinct, and picked certain landmarks to feature in the maps.

Created in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom tablet and post-processed in Adobe Illustrator.

Tram shelter signage mock up of my maps, done (rather poorly) using Adobe Photoshop.

Four digital thumbnail sketches of illustrative maps showcasing Melbourne's Chinatown, Retail Precinct, Arts Precinct and Docklands.
Digital sketches of the mascot character wearing four different outfits.

I started with four initial map thumbnail sketches and four different outfits for my map mascot character. I went with Chinatown and Retail Precinct as my two maps for the project because the other two were more at the edge of the tram route I was suppose to promote and not quite within the tram route.

Drafts of my illustrative maps before the finalised versions.

]]> Artist’s Block Chocolate Label & Packaging 2014 https://yveeyui.com/gallery/artists-block-chocolate-label-packaging-2014/ Sun, 06 Jul 2025 11:34:52 +0000 https://yveeyui.com/?p=7229
Front and back design of the Artist's Block Chocolate label for 80% cocoa.
Front and back design of the Artist's Block Chocolate label for 35% cocoa.
Photo collage of the white and dark Artist's Block Chocolate mock-up packaging.

Artist’s Block Chocolate Label & Packaging 2014

Chocolate packaging design project for my graphic design course in 2014. I was given a mock brand of chocolates to make labels and packaging for, one for a 35% cocoa version and a 80% cocoa version. This was my take on the brief.

“Organic Little Blocks of Joy” was my own made-up slogan for the product. The brown paper packaging was a decision I made to give the product a very organic and environmentally sustainable look and feel.

Created entirely in Adobe Illustrator.

My initial thumbnail sketches before selecting my final design.

I decided to go with the emoji blocks instead of the blocky bunny because I thought the emojis fit the artist’s block concept better. The blocky bunny was a bit too generic. It would have been cool if the actual chocolate blocks themselves had little faces on them. (≧▽≦)

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Packaging Construction

Four instructional photos of how to package the Artist's Block Chocolate product packaging.

YveeYui

]]> Environment Calendar Illustrations 2014 https://yveeyui.com/gallery/environment-calendar-illustrations-2014/ Sat, 05 Jul 2025 10:51:46 +0000 https://yveeyui.com/?p=7227
A series of four different digital illustrations, each related to helping the environment.

Environment Calendar Illustrations 2014

These illustrations were for a design project for my graphic design course in 2014. The task was to create a full colour environment-related calendar. I chose to illustrate and show four ways people can help the environment depending on the season, I even designed a logo to go with the calendar.

Calendar page for the months of January, February and March, with a digital illustration of a young girl line drying clothing with an orange cat watching. "Summer - Hang dry the laundry."
Calendar page for the months of April, May and June, with a digital illustration of a young girl pouring out compost with an orange cat watching. "Autumn - Make a compost bin."
Calendar page for the months of July, August and September, with a digital illustration of a young girl sitting on a couch wearing a warm jumper with a warm mug and an orange cat sleeping next to her. "Winter - Turn off the heater. Wear a jumper."
Calendar page for the months of October, November and December, with a digital illustration of a young girl planting a small tree with an orange cat watching. "Spring - Plant a tree."

These illustrations were created in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom tablet and post-processed in Adobe Illustrator, originally posted on DeviantArt and eventually I took them down.

]]> Fashion Illustrations 2014 https://yveeyui.com/gallery/fashion-illustrations-2014/ Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:11:11 +0000 https://yveeyui.com/?p=7187
A collage of five different fashion outfits all digitally illustrated.

Fashion Illustrations 2014

These fashion illustrations were a design project for my graphic design course in 2014. The task was to illustrate five different fashion outfits for promotion. I picked five different Australian brands, and picked an outfit from each for this project.

Akira outfit photo reference
Akira outfit pencil sketches.
Akira outfit digital painting.

Midi cream white sheer dress by Akira from Automne Hiver 2014 collection.

Collette outfit photo reference.
Collette outfit pencil sketches.
Collette outfit digital painting.

Long flux-fur coat and pale pink lace midi dress from Collette by Collette Dinnigan Autumn Winter 2014.

Gorman outfit photo reference.
Gorman outfit pencil sketch.
Gorman outfit digital painting.

Crocodile-print buttoned shirt and black high-waist pants by Lisa Gorman from Never Smile at a Crocodile Winter 2014 collection. (The photo source could only be found via Wayback Machine.)

Zampatti outfit photo reference.
Zampatti outfit pencil sketch.
Zampatti outfit digital painting.

Pale blue sheer drapes over white lace midi bridal dress with black flux-fur neck scarf by Carla Zampatti from AW2014 Les Madameselle Parisienne collection.

Zimmermann outfit photo reference.
Zimmermann outfit pencil sketches.
Zimmermann outfit digital painting.

Black lines print on cream midi satin dress by Zimmermann from The Ringmaster Spring 2014 collection.

The illustrations were created in Adobe Photoshop with Wacom tablet and originally posted on DeviantArt before I eventually took them down.

]]> The Wine-bearer Comic 2014 https://yveeyui.com/gallery/the-wine-bearer-comic-2014/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 05:22:59 +0000 https://yveeyui.com/?p=7184
"The Wine-bearer" comic by Yvonne Yu, page 1. "I am known as Ganymede, a prince of Troy." "One day, I was kidnapped by a giant eagle." "The eagle turned out to be Zeus, the Lord of Thunder. He kidnapped me because he was struck by my beauty... And forced me to become his wine-bearer."
"The Wine-bearer" comic by Yvonne Yu, page 2. "I was so sick of my job." "Just to spite him, I poured out all the wine from the jug... The wine fell and caused a mass flood on Earth." "Needless to say, I was punished." "But in a rare moment of self-reflection, Zeus realised that he had been harsh to me. So he made me the Constellation of Aquarius. And to be his wine-bearer for the rest of eternity."

The Wine-bearer Comic 2014

This webcomic was a design project for my graphic design course in 2014. The task was simply to illustrate and layout a double-page spread comic. I chose to base my comic on the Greek mythological origin story of Aquarius.

The version of the story I used came from this site, where Aquarius the Wine-bearer was originally a young price of Troy named ‘Ganymede’ who was kidnapped and forced to be Zeus’ wine-pouring slave. He was given the title Constellation of Aquarius as an apology for his mistreatment after Ganymede lashed out in frustration by pouring out all of the wine and caused flooding on Earth.

Created using Adobe Photoshop with Wacom tablet.

Pencil sketch designs of Ganymede wearing a tunic and laced sandals.

My pencil sketches of Ganymede’s character design.

My initial pencil sketches of the comic.

]]> 2014 Graphic Design Compilation https://yveeyui.com/artlog/2014-graphic-design-compilation/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:30:34 +0000 https://yveeyui.com/?p=7179

2014 Graphic Design Compilation

A few design projects I did for my one year graphic design course in 2014. I did a large variety of different design projects, a lot of which were typography heavy, but there were some illustration work that I did and quite enjoyed.

Watercolour and coloured pencil illustration of a white polar bear in the foreground, with a blond girl wearing an orange scarf in the mid-ground, and blue snowy sky in the background.
Northern Lights Book Cover (2014)

This illustration was created using watercolour and coloured pencil. It was for a design project where I was to illustrate a book cover for a novel, and I chose the book “Northern Lights” by Philip Pullman. I’ll admit, this was not my best colouring work. (╥﹏╥)

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Alice in Wonderland bookmark design and pencil sketches.

This was a design project for a promotional bookmark design for ‘Alice in Wonderland’. I decided to draw the Mad Hatter with the White Rabbit. I was quite happy with how this one came out. The final bookmark was created entirely in Adobe Illustrator.

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Digitally illustrated post card for Australian Jamboree 2016, saying "Make new friends from everywhere at Australian Jamboree 2016".

2016 Australian Jamboree post card design.

Digital illustration of a group of teenagers posing together, wearing scout clothing.

Illustration for the Jamboree post card.

This was a design project for a promotional post card for the 2016 Australian Jamboree event. I drew the illustration in Adobe Photoshop and did the post card layout in Adobe Illustrator. The art was purposely made to look sketchy to make it feel teenage friendly.

These illustrations were originally posted on DeviantArt and I eventually took them down.

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