my name is jessica yu and i am a graphic designer and illustrator.
when it comes to design, i love to create physical pieces, such as books, magazines, and sometimes posters. i really enjoy the process of creating designs that will be produced into a physical item, and i find the journey and the end result highly satisfying. my favorite type of print object to design for are accordion books. i find designing them to be exhilarating and sometimes challenging, but overall the most fun since i need to be extra creative in making sure that the content makes sense both on a smaller level (within the spread) and on a larger level (in the context of the whole book). with my accordion books, i really like to have some elements of each spread flow smoothly into the next spread, so that when the entire book is opened to look at, everything connects into one.
in terms of illustration, my interest lies mainly in food illustration, but i do also enjoy illustrating objects. of my projects, my cookbook "food for thought: a chinese-american culinary memoir" was one of the most intensive pieces i have created, and i played with multiple levels of illustration within the book (flat, rendered, lineart, etc.). while i have a background in fine art, i have started to become much more comfortable with digital art, and most of my pieces end digitally (typically with procreate) even if the initial ideation is sketched on paper.
aside from art and design, i love to read and write, learn new things (particularly if it's with my friends), play a few video games, go hiking, and of course, play with my cat duchess, who always keeps me company :)