Illustration

Hans Christian Andersen Fairytales

Christine Mao

A lot of the work that I do is geared mostly towards children or a younger audience but it could also be for adults who are into cute and sometimes whimsical illustrations. Initially for my final grad project I wanted to write and illustrate my own children’s book but I know that I was not capable of writing a story that would be interesting enough to capture the attention of kids. Therefore, I have decided that I will illustrate stories that have been already written. My final project consists of 5 full-page illustrations of 5 different Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytales. I chose Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytales because I grew up reading them and find them quite interesting. With this project I wanted to work on my overall composition of my illustrations and incorporate more details and textures.

The Little Match Girl
(Digital)
The Nightingale
(Digital)
Thumbelina
(Digital)
The Wild Swans
(Digital)
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
(Digital)

Christine Mao

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Christine Mao is an illustration student at the Emily Carr University who was born and raised in Vancouver. A lot of the work that she does is geared towards children or a younger audience but it could also be for adults are who are into cute and whimsical illustrations. She usually work in traditional mediums like pencil crayon and watercolour but recently she has dived into the world of working digitally. She is interested in creating visuals that could help children better understand the story and also most importantly to help bring the story to life. When she is not drawing you can either find her coped up on the couch watching TV, cooking or out hiking with her friends.