Jiawen Gu
I am an illustrator from China, I love to tell stories through cute characters, and I hope my work can bring you joy.
About
Most of my work is inspired by the funny things that happen in my daily life and my whimsical ideas. Throughout my degree, I enjoyed telling stories in my head through digital drawings and simple installations. I would wonder if tooth decay was due to teeth being eroded by a witch's potion, if children would enter a museum and imagine themselves interacting with the various exhibits, if they would hate fruits with dots on them, such as strawberries and dragon fruit, because of the moles on their faces?
I hope I can pass on the ideas in my head to you, through my work. I think my style can bend to fit any brief and I enjoy working in editorial as well as children’s book illustration.
Project With V&A Dundee
This is one of a series of illustrations . For children visiting a museum is like entering a new world, they have a rich imagination and curiosity. So I wanted to show it from a child’s point of view.
Witches On The Tooth Decay
Because I have my own experience of tooth decay. So to me, tooth decay looks like they’ve been decayed by witches’ potion.
Witches On The Tooth Decay
Penguin Books Cover for To Kill a Mockingbird
Book cover design for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, created for Penguin’s Student Design Competition 2023.