Zhuoyan Hu : Illustration

Museum Illustration Series

This is a solo practice project centred around exhibits from 12 European museums that I visited.

Hansel and Gretel pop-up book & RISO

The illustration design and paper engineering for this project is based on Hansel and Gretel's fairy tales. Printed in two-colour RISO and hand-assembled as a pop-up book, it is still in the prototype stage.

The Picture of Dorian Gray book illustration

A book illustration created as a tribute to Oscar Wilde, comprising cover design, interior illustration design and book binding design. The overall illustration is in a vintage style and the finished product is printed in two-colour RISO.

The Power of Loneliness series Illustration

The illustrations create an atmosphere that explores how negative feelings of loneliness can be transformed into positive forces conducive to personal growth.

Digital painting 2021-2022

Green Wonderland Wordless Picturebook

This is a wordless picture book, an extended story belonging to the Kamikakushi Museum series. About a boy living in a world without colour who discovers a mysterious box ......

Watercolor painting 2021

Kamikakushi Museum Series Illustrations 

This series of illustrations is based on my own original world view of a mysterious magical nature museum.

Ink painting 2022-2023

Walking in London Parks series 

This series is a visual diary created from my walks in various parks in London.

Kamikakushi Museum Spring illustrations & RISO

A story based on my original worldview, this collection contains the spring plants from this magical museum, using Linocut and eventually printed as zine.

<Diary of a young naturalist>Book cover illustration

This is a story from the perspective of a young person with autism, non-fiction book.

<Murder most unladylike>Book cover illustration

This is a story about teenage detectives who are involved in a murder at a boarding school, children's book.

Barbican sketch zine & RISO

This is a zine based on my sketches of the Barbican Conservatory, conveying the visual concept of the coexistence of nature and architecture.

Christmas Countdown Illustration RISO Poster

This is a festive poster created to celebrate Christmas, based on the concept of a countdown calendar. Includes 3 colour schemes