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Xisha is a New York-based illustrator completing her BFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. Her work spans character design, creature illustration, and narrative imagery with a focus on expressive line and storytelling. She is a published children's book illustrator and a recipient of the ijungle Merit Award, with work featured in a printed yearbook distributed to art directors internationally. Her illustration work has also been selected for SVA's Visual Opinion journal.…Xisha is a New York-based illustrator completing her BFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. Her work spans character design, creature illustration, and narrative imagery with a focus on expressive line and storytelling. She is a published children's book illustrator and a recipient of the ijungle Merit Award, with work featured in a printed yearbook distributed to art directors internationally. Her illustration work has also been selected for SVA's Visual Opinion journal.

Qiuyu Xiong

Illustrator, Designer, Graphic Designer, +2

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Xisha is a New York-based illustrator completing her BFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. Her work spans character design, creature illustration, and narrative imagery with a focus on expressive line and storytelling. She is a published children's book illustrator and a recipient of the ijungle Merit Award, with work featured in a printed yearbook distributed to art directors internationally. Her illustration work has also been selected for SVA's Visual Opinion journal.…Xisha is a New York-based illustrator completing her BFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. Her work spans character design, creature illustration, and narrative imagery with a focus on expressive line and storytelling. She is a published children's book illustrator and a recipient of the ijungle Merit Award, with work featured in a printed yearbook distributed to art directors internationally. Her illustration work has also been selected for SVA's Visual Opinion journal.

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Xisha is a New York-based illustrator completing her BFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. Her work spans character design, creature illustration, and narrative imagery with a focus on expressive line and storytelling. She is a published children’s book illustrator and a recipient of the ijungle Merit Award, with work featured in a printed yearbook distributed to art directors internationally. Her illustration work has also been selected for SVA’s Visual Opinion journal.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Editorial Illustration

Expert

Book Illustration

Expert

CapCut

Intermediate

Language

English

Advanced

Chinese

Fluent

Work Experience

Illustrator at Education Commissioned Illustrator (Remote)

January 1, 2023 - Present

Designed characters and illustrations for commissioned projects.

Exhibition Design Intern at Shenzhen Illustration Association (SIA)

July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025

Designed visitor engagement activities and visual assets, including exhibition labels and print materials. Coordinated on-site installation and material placement.

Teaching Assistant at Sunshine Camp International Art School

August 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Independently taught a class. Guided students in creating original stories and picture books.

Art Assistant Intern at Poly Joy Entertainment Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

Conceptualized and designed a cultural and creative project, independently creating four original illustrations for product packaging. Developed 10+ creative concepts for short-form video content and executed selected productions.

Editor Intern at Hubei Fine Arts Publishing House

June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023

Executed typesetting and proofreading for text-heavy manuscripts in Adobe InDesign. Digitally restored and refined archival illustrations in Photoshop for republications.