"People"- Illustration Porfolio

People We all have unique memories, moments, and amazing stories.

People Sign pen, Photoshop 2014

Portfolio Chen-Hao Lee Cover and contents 珏 1 é

Contents Gallery Formal Works – We all LIE – Admissions Poster Private Works: Memories – Mysterious River – Three sisters of the forest – The origin – Rebirth – 1940 – Here comes the Autumn Private Works: Moments – A snail cannot tolerate a hermit crab – My horrible neighbour – Ready to go – Oops Private Works: Dreams – Wish we could fly together – Milkmaid – Witness About

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Gallery Formal Works

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We all LIE Pencil + Illustrator 2014

Poster for Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures Pencil + Inkscape 2013

Gallery Private Works Memories

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1. Mysterious River Pencil, Coloured pencil, Colour pen, Pen 2014 2. Three sisters of the forest Uni Pin Pen, Pencil 2014

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3. The Origin Pencil, Uni Pin Pen, Marker pen, Pen 2014 4. Rebirth Uni Pin Pen, Pen, Crayon, Colour pencil, Colour pen 2014 5. 1940 Marker pen, Pencil, Colour pencil, Pen, Colour pen, Uni Pin Pen, Pastel 2014

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6. Here comes the Autumn Pencil, Uni Pin Pen, Watercolours, Colour pencil, Colour pen, Paper-cut, leaves and sticks 2014

Gallery Private Works Moments

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1. A snail cannot tolerate a hermit crab Pencil, Coloured pencil, Colour pen, Pen , Uni Pin Pen 2014 2. My horrible neighbour Pencil, Coloured Pencil 2014 3. Ready to go Pencil, Uni Pin Pen, Coloured pencil 2014

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4. Oops Coloured pencil, Pencil 2014

Gallery Private Works Dreams

Wish we could fly together Pencil, Coloured Pencil 2014

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Milkmaid Pencil 2014

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Witness Pencil 2014

Gallery One-line drawing

Impression of travelling in Api Sign pen, Photoshop 2014

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Cuckoo Clock

Nature

What would happen?

Crowded

Disguised

Soloist

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Angelia & Pets CompetitionDesign Your Lie Best Popularity Award

We all LIE Pencil + Illustrator 2014

The competition is organized by Angelia & Pets, a backpack-designing company. The theme of the competition is "Design your lie", I gathered some famous virtual liars to reveal real liars around us in our daily life.

1. The big bad wolf--- hypocrites, who speaks and acts differently.

2. The boy who cried wolf--- people who never realize their promises.

3. Pinocchio--- this figure has a reversed word "peace" and it stands for tank because they both have a stretchy nose .

4. The candy house ( Hänsel und Gretel)--- lies that told to children by adults, such as "Study hard so you can become rich", "Parents are always right", etc.

5. The ugly duckling--- daddy's boy or girl, people who told others that they developed their own business by themselves but actually were born rich.

6. Romeo and Juliet--- love liars.

7. Skull--- when you die, then you lie.

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The ideation of "We all LIE" 1. Keywords First, I asked myself this question: "What is a lie?"

Then I decided to collect relevant elements from fairy tales, songs or dramas since they are so familiar but not real.

I wrote down some keywords for ideation, such as "Little Red Riding Hood", "Pinocchio", "The Boy Who Cried Wolf ", "Mulan", "The Butterfly Lovers" and so on.

2. Sketch

3. Finish "We all LIE" with Illustrator (on demand).

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Admissions Poster for Master Degree

Poster for Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures Pencil + Inkscape 2013

I have been to Moscow as a student for one year, based on my experiences there, I chose the most famous images of Russia: Russian nesting doll, Alexander Pushkin and St. Basil's Cathedral as the elements of the poster.

I tried to express the joyful feeling that I had when I was studying in the department and in Russia.

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The ideation of "Admissions Poster" 1. Pushkin was carrying the flag.

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2. Tolstoy was pulling the banner.

3. Chekhov was the commander.

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4. Dostoevsky was painting the wall.

5. The cathedral was built on the cloud.

6. The cloud was released from a nesting doll.

7. Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva were standing next to the doll.

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At first, I planned to present an image of working writers, including Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tsvetaeva and Akhmatova. They were building a new Russian cathedral. Each of them had different works. For instance, Dostoevsky was painting the wall, Pushkin was climbing to the summit carrying with Russian national flag. The cathedral was built on a cloud, which was released from a Russian nesting doll. The doll was opened by two female poets.

In the end I changed my design and kept Pushkin with the flag, then combined the writer with the cathedral roof to form a new doll. In my opinion, this new image would be easier for recognition.

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Mysterious river

Mysterious River Pencil, Coloured pencil, Colour pen, Pen 2014

" Kuo is a fisherman, he lives next to a mysterious river, on the other side of the river is a forest. There are some strange creatures in the river and the forest. Kuo told me that he usually wears a pair of sunglasses to keep himself invisible. It is weird, because people can still see him. Or maybe he does not want to be seen by those creatures? "…… extracted from < The Notebook of Lee's Adventure>

This character is based on my teacher, a famous pop artist--- River Kuo.

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The ideation of "Mysterious river" 1. Keywords First, I wrote down some keywords about Kuo and mystery.

I also sketched Kuo with his photo.

2. Sketch I picked up some major keywords and created this figure.

-Hat -Sunglasses -Clown -Mask -River -Forest -Village -Gauze mask -Boat -Fish -Wall

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Three sisters of the forest

Three sisters of the forest Uni Pin Pen, Pencil 2014

" When I left Kuo's house, I walked into the forest. I met the three sisters of the forest. They told me they never left this forest, because they are the forest.

Each of them represents different images of the forest. The eldest is daytime, she is on the right; the senior is the night, she is in the middle; the youngest stands for rich lives in the forest. It is quite fun to chat with them, because it is impossible to see them appear at the same time." …… extracted from < The Notebook of Lee's Adventure>

" My friend asked me why we could not see the whole face of the eldest sister.

Well, that is because we cannot see the whole face of the sun." ……extracted from < Lee's diary>

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The ideation of "Three sisters of the forest"

When I saw this picture, I chose some major elements of this figure, and tried to create a new image of this woman.

Her image reminded me of the painting of a Russian painter.

Three Tsarevnas of the Underground Kingdom Victor Vasnetsov

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The Origin

The Origin Pencil, Uni Pin Pen, Marker pen, Pen 2014

" Tracy is another person I met in the forest, she lives in the forest for centuries.

According to her memories, she came to the forest by a boat. She told me a lot of stories about her journey to some historical sites. I guess she was an archaeologist. " …… extracted from < The Notebook of Lee's Adventure>

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The ideation of "The Origin"

Although there are no people or animals in this picture, I found some interesting images in this picture, and I used those images to create a figure. Also, this jungle provides me the idea of Christopher Columbus.

The major elements: - A boat (on the left) - An elephant - A gorilla - A wizard

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Rebirth

Rebirth Uni Pin Pen, Pen, Crayon, Colour pencil, Colour pen 2014

"Phoebe is Tracy's friend. They met each other while Tracy was travelling around the world. Phoebe was living on the highest mountain, she spent six months per year in searching the purest place on this planet, after then, she would rebirth and the whole planet will renew.

Unfortunately, I did not meet Phoebe since she was going on a trip, but Tracy had given me this portrait of Phoebe, so I could recognize her if I met her one day. " …… extracted from < The Notebook of Lee's Adventure>

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The ideation of "Rebirth"

This girl is covered by feathers, standing on the wooden floor. I instantly got the idea of a phoenix living in the forest. Those feathers on her feet look like a bonfire, and she is getting a new life from the fire.

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1940

1940 Marker pen, Pencil, Colour pencil, Pen, Colour pen, Uni Pin Pen, Pastel 2014

" I found this statue in a memorial museum in Poland. The museum is the sole place providing the opportunity to people to feel emotions of inanimate objects. This statue is named 1940, it tells the story about the Second World War and Auschwitz concentration camp. The statue cries all the time, it has been crying for more than sixty years since people found it in an abandoned town. " …… extracted from < The Notebook of Lee's Adventure>

"Auschwitz I was first constructed to hold Polish political prisoners, who began to arrive in May 1940."…… extracted from <Wikipedia>

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The ideation of "1940" 1. Photos & Keywords When I saw this girl, I found out the grief in her eyes. She reminded me of "Toczątek" (The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman), the novel about a Jewish woman in Poland during the Second World War, written by Andrzej Szczypiorski, and "The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas", written by John Boyne.

2. Searching & combining I searched the information of Auschwitz and created the figure with some keywords.

-tank -abandoned town -Arbeit Macht Frei -Auschwitz concentration camp -Nazi flag -striped pyjamas -burned city -mountain -barbed wire

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Here comes the Autumn

Here comes the Autumn Pencil, Uni Pin Pen, Watercolours, Colour pencil, Colour pen, Paper-cut, leaves and sticks 2014

"There is a river in the middle of the forest. Every year, leaves fall down to the earth in Autumn. At that time, creatures in the forest spend every second for celebration, as they think the Autumn means Expectation.

"Autumn: - The best season for missing somebody or something.

- The best season for taking a trip, as the world would look like golden.

- In Taiwan, we celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with our family. It is a traditional festival and we share our daily life stories with our relatives." ……extracted from <The Notebook of Lee's Adventure>

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The ideation of "Here comes the Autumn" 1. Keywords My idea is to create a place for fostering different creatures , dreams and emotions. I wrote down some keywords, then I chose the forest to be the place.

When I lived in my hometown, I could see mountains through my window. This experience helps me to choose the forest for my work, since I would always like to know what is happening in the forest in mountains.

The major elements: - Home - Bed - Forest - Traveler - Witch - Animal - River - Unknown creatures

2. Progress I used different materials to show the complicated environment.

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A snail cannot tolerate a hermit crab

A snail cannot tolerate a hermit crab Pencil, Coloured pencil, Colour pen, Pen , Uni Pin Pen 2014

" ……Finally she was free from the creepy house, from the great danger, the ultimate dark. I knew her because one day in the market, she was stealing some apples and I caught her. She asked me not to call the police, then she told me about her stories.

Her name is Sandy, she supposed to have a happy family and a wonderful childhood.

However, her parents died in a terrible accident. Her relatives told the government that they would take care of her; but the truth was the opposite. They treated her extremely bad.

Thus, she decided to run away from the house and the indifferent town, and would never come back. " …… extracted from < The stories of turning point >

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The ideation of "A snail cannot tolerate a hermit crab"

One day, the idea of "A Snail Cannot Tolerate A Hermit Crab" suddenly came to my mind, and I decided to finish it. I was motivated by the title of this work.

When I started to visualize the image, it seemed to be very natural to have the final version: a girl who is running away from a creepy house. As I already saw the final image, I finished this work without hesitation.

I tried to express the emotion of the girl by using colours, such as purple, red and blue. I drew a broken chair and a sword to imply a dangerous environment, and those transparent houses means indifference. There is a snail in the maze, representing a lost but strong soul, as the girl, who is facing the trouble but in the end she could conquer it.

I wanted to say that no matter how small or weak you are now, you could still be a strong fighter if you want to be. The hermit crab here could be the trouble you have, your enemy, bullies or those things that could hurt you.

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My horrible neighbour

My horrible neighbour Pencil, Coloured Pencil 2014

"My neighbour is a big lion, he really terrifies me and my family. We are afraid of his moving. Well, you would never know when he will come to visit us. I mean, maybe someday he will feel hungry and jump to our house to eat us! Is it horrible? That is why I do not to live on the Earth, it is really dangerous.

On my planet, there are no dangerous animals such as a lion. We do have some animals that may like to eat meats, for example, a tyrannosaur. But a lion? My neighbour? Never!"

……extracted from <My horrible neighbour>

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The ideation of "My horrible neighbour"

The story of "My horrible neighbour" was written by me in a rainy day. I got the inspiration after I heard the sound of thunder, it sounded like a lion yelling.

Then I started to think, what if my neighbour is a big lion? Perhaps he would yell at me all the time.

Or, he might want to eat me if he were hungry.

What if he jumped into my house from the roof? If it really happened, I shall run away as fast as I could.

According to a book that I read when I was a little boy, the lion will chase its prey for only one hundred meters. Which means, if I could run away for one hundred meters, I would have a big chance to survive.

Since this idea was pretty interesting, I wrote the whole story down and expected one day I could finish the real story of "My horrible neighbour".

In fact, I want to tell people that we should love each other, to be friendly with your neighbours or people you meet with, to respect people just like they are respectful. Do not afraid to show your kindness to strangers. Because only to do so, we could make a better world with peace and happiness.

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Ready to go

Ready to go Pencil, Uni Pin Pen, Coloured pencil 2014

"It is time to realize your dream, to have a trip, to accomplish the plan. You have been waiting this day for a long time, you have done your best to tell the world that you can succeed. The only barrier now, is yourself. Before you go, please remember: All Our Dreams Can Come True, If We Have The Courage To Pursue Them (by Walt Disney). " ……extracted from < The stories of turning point >

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The ideation of "Ready to go"

The idea to draw " Ready to go" was to encourage myself and some of my friends.

I participated in an illustration competition in June this year. And there were three days left till the end of the competition when I finished this picture.

Since the final day of the competition was close to my birthday, I drew the picture in order to memorize the activity. Finally, I was elected to win the best popularity award thanks to many friends' support.

I drew a backpack and a ticket to imply that there will be different after three days. The owner of the room will start a special adventure. At the same time, a bird is flying outside the window, it means there will be a great future out there as long as you start the journey.

I would like to tell people that if you have a dream, you should do everything you can and persevere in making your dream come true. If you do so, the whole universe will help you to achieve the goal.

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Oops

Oops Coloured pencil, Pencil 2014

" After a long-distance walk, he finally found some water. It had been a very long time since he drank the water. The world changed a lot due to the severe pollution. The land became red because of the bacteria, it also killed trees. It was pretty hard to find pure water, the Earth was dying. Creatures were barely able to live.

Luckily, he found some water in a draining pond, he could take a rest now.

Although he did not know where he should go after the rest.

Suddenly, he saw those small plants and mushrooms in the pond, there were a bird and a horse standing next to the pond. They all needed to drink water. But if he walked into the pond, he would drain the pond immediately because he was a tree!

Oops! What could he do?" ……extracted from < The stories of turning point >

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The ideation of "Oops"

Just like drawing " A snail cannot tolerate a hermit crab", I finished "Oops" without hesitation as I already had a clear image of the final version in my mind.

I got the idea of "Oops" from the sentence" What would people do?". I was wondering how those great people would do if they have an extremely difficult problem? And how common people would do if they have the same trouble?

"Oops" is not only a work for environment-protecting, but also for improving human relationship. Sometimes we could be selfish, but what if people were more selfless most of the time? Could we have a better world?

I would like to ask the question: "What would you do if you were The Tree in the story? "

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Wish we could fly together

Wish we could fly together Pencil, Coloured Pencil 2014

"Mr. Brick wants to fly, he has never been to another place, he is lonely.

Birdy is his friend, she visits him every day. She tells him about her journey and experiences, she also shares her or her friends' stories with Mr. Brick. Birdy is the only friend of Mr. Brick.

Wish we could fly together, they say to each other." ……extracted from < The stories of turning point>

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The ideation of "Wish we could fly together "

"Wish We Could Fly Together" was made for people who supported me during the competition. Thanks to them, I could persevere in my dream and keep moving forward.

This picture is showing my wish: if it is possible, I would like all of us to realize our dreams.

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Milkmaid

Milkmaid Pencil 2014

"She lived in a small town, she was a milkmaid. She never had the chance to leave the town when she was young.

She was taught to follow all rules; but there was something inside her heart: freedom." ……extracted from <The Notebook of Lee's Adventure>

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Witness

Witness Pencil 2014

"She saw something, but she was too frightened to tell it. She did not know what to do. Thus, her hair became a maze, her eyes changed the form, her body became a big entangled mouth, and her mouth was sewed by the needle and threads.

She never turned to normal, never." ……extracted from <The Notebook of Lee's Adventure>

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The ideation of "Milkmaid" and "Witness"

I thought this girl was afraid of something, and she did not have a soul in her eyes. Her mouth was slightly opened, it looked like she wanted to say something.

Therefore, I finished "Milkmaid" and "Witness" based on this photo. Both works are asking for freedom: one is free to enjoy the life, the other one is free to talk.

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About

Chen-Hao Lee 1990/06/19, Taiwan National ChengChi University Department of Slavic languages and literatures Bachelor of Art

Design Your Lie: Illustration Competition Best Popularity Award

leechenhao007@gmail.com

People are different, but we do have something that might be the same: We all have memories, we all have some special moments, and we all have our unique stories.

To free people's imagination, to help them discover a whole new world in their life, to show them happiness of life, to encourage them go for their dreams, these are my reasons to become an illustrator, an author of picture books and an artist.

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