ABOUT | Yashin illustration

Yashin (b. 1990)

A Taiwan-based visual artist specializing in illustration, comics and moving images.

Interested in storytelling through images, I have experimented with different ways to represent stories in traditional and digital forms. Learning printmaking has influenced my illustration styles, including a basic structure composed of intricate lines, a magical atmosphere through blending fictional elements into realistic scenes, and the use of complementary colors and tensioned compositions that accentuates the artwork’s subject and theme. The mixture of hand-drawn and computer graphics is also a common feature of my drawing technique. I draw lines by hand to create compositions before using digital retouching tools to adjust colors and details, as it preserves both the artistic freedom of my hand-drawn sketches and the delicacy of computer graphics.

AWARD

2020
Italy, Bologna Illustration Award
Taiwan Book Design Award
Angoulême Comic Festival, Recommended Comics from Taiwan

2019
Today at Apple, Talent Speaker Invited by Apple
France, Angoulême drawmecomic award, Nomination

Germany, Reddot design award

Taiwan, Golden Pin Design Award

2017
USA, Washington Post online gallery
China, Hiii Typography, Nominations

China, Hiii Illustration, Best of The Best
2016

Switzerland Imaginary Landscapes III Brochure, Nomination

USA, 3x3 Illustration No.13, Merit

2015

Japen, ASIAGRAPH CG Art Gallery, Nomination

PBLISHING

2021

“on my way”, Fountain magazine
2020
“＃hashtag”, self publishing
2019

Science Fiction Comic "Deeper Blue", self publishing

Non-fiction Comic ”Cigarettes before $ex“, slowork publishing

EXHIBITION

2021

Bologna Illustration Exhibition, Korea, Seoul Arts Center

Leipzig Book Fair, German, Leipzig
2020

Angoulême Comic Festival, France, Manga City
Bologna Illustration Exhibition, Italy, BCBF

Bologna Illustration Exhibition, Japen, Tokyo, Itabashi Art Museum
2019
DrawMeComic, France Angoulême, Pavillon Jeunes Talents®
Hi! Illustration, China Nanjing, Phoenix Cloud Bookstore

2017
New Moon Hotel, Taiwan Taipei, Venue Space
New Tiaotong Paradise, Taiwan Taipei, Bar NINE
2016

YOHOOD Urban Art Exhibition, China Shanghai

2015

ASIAGRAPHIC, Japan Tokyo, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

PROJECTS

2020

Taipei public housing art project

2019

Exhibition "The Active Ageing Troupe" Poster

Karuizawa wine label
2018

53' Golden Bell Awards Opening Animation
Taiwan SESAME HUASHAN1914 cover illustration
"Yagu’ Tanga’" Animation scene design
Taiwan Star advertisement illustration
"Reverberations though the Skaru’ Stream” Taiwan Indigenous Album
2017

Taipei Fringe Festival key visual illustration
Glenfiddich event guest portraits
Samsung advertisement illustration
“Imuhum qwas Mehoman” Taiwan Indigenous Album

2016

The Balvenie pop up book illustration
"South Island” animation teaser
HINE advertisement illustration

2015
" Super Conflicted " music video art

“Dangerous World” Album illustration

Presses & Reviews /BOOKs

2019

USA《ACTIVITY MANUAL》Design Collection

2018

China Hiii Illustration Collection no.4

Taiwan SESAME HUASHAN1914 cover
Taiwan InCG magazine issue37

2016

USA 3X3mag no.13