PORTFOLIO YA-TING TSAI
MA ILLUS YA-TING TSAI,
STRATION FROM TAIWAN
MA ILLUSTRATION 2016
My vision is to inspire people through illustration hoping that they may ďŹ nd joy in their true selves and remember their own value. I constantly remind myself the reasons why I love drawing - I can create a world that makes me happy and and alive. Art and design is a language of honesty and it is not only for business but also brings happiness to people. YA-TING TSAI / Sammi dolphinexe3@gmail.com
CREATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS SAM’S WORLD FEMALES INDIAN MUMMY’S DAILY LIFE
COMMERCIAL DESIGN
VEGETABLE MARKET POSTER GUITAR PERFORMANCE POSTER MAGAZINE COVER THE AGE OF WIND AND ADVENTURE- PAPER TYPE TAINAN LIFE CREATIVE HANDBAG MOBILE PHONE CASE OF ZHENG CHENG-GONG TAINAN’S SNACK POSTCARDS
UNIVERSITY GRADUATION PROJECT SARRACEMA / CIRCE SUNDEW / MEDUSA NEPENTHES / MERMAID XIPUIELAN / VENUS MOTOTROPA / DAPHNE
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CREATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS SAM’S WORLD FEMALES INDIAN MUMMY’S DAILY LIFE
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SAM’S WORLD
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SAM’S WORLD
The process of studying should be a pleasant experience which allows us to explore the world and make us whole and grow in life. - Sammi During my junior and senior high school period, I spent a lot of time to study. Studying was the only thing in my life and if I failed the exams, it would be the end of the world. I did not enjoy studying at all. As the time went by, I realized that the world is big and there are many things to explore. I learned that sometimes failure is not a bad thing and the most important thing in life is to understand more about ourselves through experience. That’s why I created this illustration.
SAM’S WORLD / 2016
At the bottom of the picture, there is a little man opening the window on top of a person’s head symbolizing human brain. On the left side, there is a child studying which represents my study period. On the right side, there is an airplane which represents the world. The messy lines on the painting represents the complexity of our cognition. The message of the illustration is that there are many possibilities in life and our academic performance doesn’t determine our success in life. The process of studying should be a pleasant experience which allows us to explore the world and make us whole and grow in life.
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DESIGN & ILLUSTRATIONS
FEMALES
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FEMALES Remember your value, we are a gift from heaven. -Sammi Growing up in a traditional Taiwanese family and society, I once took others’ expectations very seriously. Our cultural norm seems to define how we should become. Yet, over time I slowly came to realize the importance of acknowledging ones own dreams and potential. In this piece of art, I have manifested females in different shapes, with different looks and occupations representing the power of trusting in oneself. No matter where you come from, you have the potential to do whatever you want, just believe in yourself and try your best. No one can define you.
ILLUSTRATION & DESIGN
DESIGN & ILLUSTRATIONS
FEMALES / 2016
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INDIAN/ 2016
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INDIAN
INDIAN
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim. But I know every rock and tree and creature Has a life, has a spirit, has a name. - Pocahontas
Growing up in a city, we are used to capture the beauty of nature through devices or even bring lively creatures indoors. On the other hand, Indians respect nature as their mother and catch its beauty through their eyes and hands-on experience. I have illustrated ours and the indians on the left and right side of the picture to show a stark contrast. We should learn from the Indians how they respect nature. The bird with a human head held by the Indian represents the idea that humans and nature should be one.
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MUMMY’S DAILY LIFE
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MUMMY’S
DAILY LIFE
Hey mommy,I love you. -Sammi
This illustration is inspired by my own mother. I wanted to document my mother's daily life, little by little. Drawing is just like photography, though which we can capture the lovely moments of life and keep our memories
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MUMMY’S DAILY LIFE
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MUMMY’S DAILY LIFE / 2016
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COMMERCIAL DESIGN
VEGETABLE MARKET POSTER GUITAR PERFORMANCE POSTER MAGAZINE COVER THE AGE OF WIND AND ADVENTURE- PAPER TYPE TAINAN LIFE CREATIVE HANDBAG MOBILE PHONE CASE OF ZHENG CHENG-GONG TAINAN’S SNACK POSTCARDS
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VEGETABLE MARKET POSTER
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VGETABLE MARKET POSTER The posters illustrate the activity at the fruit and vegetable market. We purchase crops from old home farmers at the street market, cook healthy cuisine with the ingredients, then sell them in the event. We use the income to prepare more food during Chinese new year, and share them with the homeless and the elderly who live alone. Through this act we hope to spread the joy and warmth of New Year.
VEGETABLE MARKET POSTER/ 2015 Designed for the Culture Association of Tainan City – Five Channels Studio 13
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GUITAR PERFORMANCE POSTER/ 2015 Designed for the Culture Association of Tainan City – Five Channels Studio
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GUITAR PERFORMANCE POSTER
GUITAR PERFORMANCE POSTER
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GUITAR PERFORMANCE POSTER Poster design for the recital of acoustic guitar. We invite local musicians and individual bands performing original music. Through this event we hope to provide more opportunities for the local artists to be seen. On the other hand, for the publics to get an opportunity to approach non-mainstream local musicians.
GUITAR PERFORMANCE POSTER/ 2015
Designed for the Culture Association of Tainan City – Five Channels Studio
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MAGAZINE COVER
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MAGAZINE COVER DESIGNED This magazine introduces the decline of some industries in Tainan, how to renovate the old and to ďŹ nd a new way of doing business.
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MAGAZINE COVER DESIGNED / 2015 Designed for the Culture Association of Tainan City – Five Channels Studio
THE AGE OF WIND AND ADVANTURE
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THE AGE OF
WIND AND ADVENTURE 17th Century Age of Discovery During 17th century, the Dutch East India Company established a trading center around the old Taijiang Bay. Taiwan became a trading foothold in East Asia at the time, attracted foreign companies from all around the world including Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, and Spanish.
THE AGE OF WIND AND ADVENTURE- PAPER TYPE / 2015 Designed for the Culture Association of Tainan City – Five Channels Studio
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THE AGE OF WIND AND ADVANTURE
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TAINAN LIFE CREATIVE HANDBAG
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TAINAN LIFE CREATIVE HANDBAG Tainan is a great city for people to live, to dream, and to love - Ye Shi-tao
This bag is tailor-made for tourists. We hope that they will get to know more about our local culture and heritage. This project got me thinking of my home town Tainan and what impression this beautiful city gives me. So I started doing some research about what’s happening each month in Tainan, such as its unique cultural festivals. I captured these special events, simplified them to twelve images, and put those images on the bag.
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Tainan is a great city for people to live, to dream, and to love. Visitors come here to search for old memories, and take home their Tainan memory. I design this bag with Tainan’s traditional events and food hoping that people can fill this bag with their own memories during their journey in Tainan.
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TAINAN LIFE CREATIVE HANDBAG
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TAINAN LIFE CREATIVE HANDBAG
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吃 喝 賞 玩 遊 TAINAN LIFE CREATIVE HANDBAG/ 2015 Designed for the Culture Association of Tainan City – Five Channels Studio
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TAINAN LIFE CREATIVE HANDBAG
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MOBILE PHONE OF ZHENG CHENG-GONG
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MOBILE PHONE CASE OF ZHENG CHENG-GONG Taiwan historical story - Zheng driving away the Dutch.
I took part in the Zheng Cheng-gong Cultural Festival and this product was especially designed for this occasion. The idea came from a Taiwan historical story - Zheng driving away the Dutch. Although this was a sad story, I presented the story in a humorous way hoping to give others a different impression. On this product, Zheng and Dutch have a face-off. Putting this historical image on the mobile phone case symbolizes that history is closely associated with our lives.
MOBILE PHONE CASE OF ZHENG CHENG-GONG/ 2106
Designed for the Culture Association of Tainan City – Five Channels Studio
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TAINAN’S SNACK POSTCARDS
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TAINAN’S SNACK POSTCARDS As Taiwan has been greatly influenced by western food culture in recent years, I hope that we can still remember Tainan’s traditional food. That’s why I designed these postcards and anthropomorphized Tainan endemic birds. On the postcards, the birds enjoy eating different Tainan snacks.
Coffin French Toast
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Oyster Omelet
Daizai Noodles
TAINAN’S SNACK POSTCARDS Designed for the Culture Association of Tain Five Channe
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TAINAN’S SNACK POSTCARDS
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UNIVERSITY GRADUATION PROJECT SARRACEMA / CIRCE SUNDEW / MEDUSA NEPENTHES / SALEM-MERMAID XIPUIELAN / VENUS MOTOTROPA / DAPHNE
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Graduation Project “ Green and Fantasy ”
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GREEN AND FANTASY
PORTFOLIO UNIVERSITY GRADUATION PROJECT
Purpose
We are surrounded and blinded by technological products in life which makes us less likely to explore nature. We spend less time to communicate as we put our focus on mobile phones or computers. We hope to change this atmosphere through this project by anthropomorphizing the plants and inviting our audience to explore the world like a little child with curiosity. That’s why we created the art pieces in three-dimensions and made them interactive which provides an interesting learning experience to our audience.
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Design idea
The project name is “Green & Fantasy”. ”Green“ indicates the special plants that are carefully selected by our team. “Fantasy” means that we anthropomorphized the plants to the characters in the Greek mythology.
GREEN AND FANTASY/ 201 Designed for the university
12 y graduation project
GREEN AND FANTASY
SARRACEMA - CIRCE / Sarracema Bottle shape, the mesh lines featuring digested insects. / Circe she is beautiful, and easily jealous. / Common Characteristics Bright, aggressive.
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GREEN AND FANTASY
SUNDEW - MEDUSA / Sundew Plants secrete mucus and digest insects. / Medusa she is aggressive, anyone who sees her will turn to stone. / Common Characteristics Bright, aggression.
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GREEN AND FANTASY
NEPENTHES - MERMAID / Nepenthes To smell, dense glandular attract insects and then digest slid into the bag. / Salem she used singing attracted sailors and let the sailor’s ship ran aground and sank near. / Common Characteristics Fatal Attraction.
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GREEN AND FANTASY
XIPUIELAN - VEN / Xipuielan Venus shoes,fresh. / Venus Female beauty, a symbol of perfection. / Common Characteristics Delightful.
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GREEN AND FANTASY
MOTOTROPA - DAPHNE / Mototropa White and transparent, scaly, saprophytic. / Daphne Frosty, refuses to love. / Common Characteristics White, frosty.
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2016 PORTFOLIO
YA-TING TSAI / Sammi dolphinexe3@gmail.com