Yvette Wang is an Atlanta-based illustrator that graduated from the California College of the Arts and is currently pursuing her MFA in Illustration at SCAD. Wang has a preference for using digital media to create her gorgeous illustrations, but she also uses traditional media such as watercolor, oil, pen and ink from time to time. Originally hailing from China, Wang is inspired by traditional Chinese culture and previously studied traditional Chinese painting before moving to the United States. She utilizes a lot of line work in her illustrations and is influenced by artists such as Victo Ngai, Audrey Benjaminsen and Lina Kusaite.
Wang uses spring imagery to create the following two illustrations, which were done to be formatted into a credit card design. ‘Awakening of insects’ is one of the 24 Chinese Solar Terms. Within these 24 Chinese Solar Terms, Wang uses the elements of traditional Chinese culture to represent all the insects that will awaken upon the start of the spring season.
“The Beginning of Spring” is another of the 24 Chinese Solar Terms. Wang represents this with beautiful yellow winter jasmine flowers, as it is named the “spring welcoming flower” in Mandarin.
Meant to represent the Moon card in the Major Arcana Tarot deck, Wang puts the spin on the western tradition by associating it with the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, in which the moon is a large part of.
Inspired by Buddhism, Wang uses warm, royal tones to create this illustration for the DunHuang Fresco in China.
To view more of Wang’s beautiful work, you can check her Instagram out at @yvette_illus.
