Pei-Hsin is a visual storyteller with a particular focus on illustration and animation, currently based in London.
Her work is narrative-based which combines traditional sketching and digital painting with multi-software. She takes really carefully on details like texture, shades, marks, etc which she believes representing the temperature of the work. With a background of fine art practice, Pei’s work on contemporary animation and illustration usually contains a touch of experimental creativity.
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Projects
- RSL Ondaatje Prize 2021 – shortlist animationsSix animations for the Ondaatje Prize 2021 Shortlists and one Winner Announcement animation, commissioned by The Royal Society of Literature. (https://rsliterature.org/award/rsl-ondaatje-prize/) The RSL Ondaatje Prize is awarded annually to the best book – fiction, non-fiction or poetry – that best evokes the spirit of a place. Each animation depicts an extracted paragraph from the shortlisted books, narrated by the authors.
- Lying In My SleepCommissioned for London Print Studio. Shortlisted for World of Illustration Award 2019. / This work was based on a story of Ali, who accidentally lied to his girlfriend when he was in his morning state. This work is for the project, Dance of Life, which was a collaboration between illustrators at the RCA and local residents of Church Street, London; A publication, Dance of Life, was made after the project. / More info on: It's Nice That (https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/dance-of-life-ro
- Shoegaze Into30 Gifs (4 min), 1 publication more info: http://tinyurl.com/yyxlt8qg Introversion and shyness are gifts, embracing them is a skill to learn. This project is an ongoing personal practice, which experimenting image-making based on narrative therapy, autofiction, and emotional granularity theory. Reality truths structured in fictional storytelling, I created a three-steps making process for externalizing introverted emotions, encapsulating it in an image and thereby releasing it. We can tell
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Work history
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Illustrator and AnimatorSelf Employed
London, United KingdomFull Time
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Key visual and promotion designer/illustratorTaiwan Film Institute and Ministry of Culture
- TaiwanFreelance
Key visual design and promotion design (backdrop, manual, invitation, award certification) for 41st Excellent Screenplay Award; and poster design for selected screenplays.
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Skills
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Indesign
- Toonboom
- Illustration
- Animation
- Motion Graphics
- Storyboarding
Education
MA Visual CommunicationRoyal College of Art
- London, United Kingdom
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BFA AnimationTaipei National University of the Arts
- Taipei, Taiwan
Awards
Sheila Robinson Memorial Drawing Award, winnerRoyal College of Art
World of Illustration Award, shortlistedAssociation of Illustrators (AOI)
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