Christina Chung 鍾書寧

illustration of nausicaa standing by an ohmu

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

was invited to make a piece for an Emmy's FYC pop-up event for Andor ❤️‍🔥

thanks so much!

Where In the World Is Your Heart the Happiest? A multi-stop international trip in search of happiness, told through sketchbook spreads

You can read about this trip more in depth and see these pages in detail on my Substack 💌

christinaillos.substack.com/p/where-in-t...

Earlier this year, I asked this question in my Instagram stories, sending me on an international trip in search of happiness. I traveled through the lens of Google Maps and recorded what I saw my sketchbook, hoping to capture the feeling of these heart homes 🏠💖

💚 2/2

Where in the world is your heart the happiest? 💛 1/2

onigiri!!!!

Closeups 👀

Book cover for Wizard of Most Wicked Ways by Charlie N. Holmberg, featureing

Cover illustration for Wizard of Most Wicked Ways by Charlie N. Holmberg, design by Logan Matthews.

Thank you to Michael Jantze at Amazon Publishing for the opportunity!

Closeups 👀

Thank you to Theresa Evangelista at Penguin Random House for the opportunity!

A Year Without Home is available to pre-order now!

Cover illustration for A Year Without Home by V.T. Bidania 🌸



This middle grade novel in verse about a Hmong girl losing and finding home in the aftermath of the Vietnam War was such a poignant read. I especially loved weaving Hmong textile motifs into the landscape as details full of meaning.

woman in a pinstripe blazer

lasso paint, this time from reference

This loading screen art is available as part of the new season battle pass until June 7th. Thank you to Andy Hunt for the opportunity!

‘Explorer Evie’ for Fortnite’s new collaboration with Star Wars 💫

For Women of the Galaxy Updated and Expanded, written by Amy Ratcliffe, published by Chronicle Books. It was so exciting to be invited back to draw 2 new portraits for the new edition of the first Star Wars project I ever worked on, back in 2018!

Kay Vess and Nix 💫

Sneak peek 🌱

The first photo especially omg

#portfolioday heres some client stuff ive done in the past 3 months

girl with eyes closed, surrounded by flowers and various hands offering them

a bevy of swans is led to the water by a single bird

a person waters a variety of plants

a gif of a woman reading in front of starry sky

Hi #portfolioday, I'm Kim, an illustrator based in Brooklyn! Somehow I feel like I don't draw enough plants...

* Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn

* Wenting’s studio, Toronto
* The MET Museum, New York

A collection of sketchbook spreads:

* The Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh
* The Frick Museum, Pittsburgh

A literal dream!!!

It’s SO fun and endlessly inventive with each storyline 😭

I totally understand, but I know you will! No one can write your story better than you and the world needs it!! 🥺

Sketchbook Diary Comics: Toronto + Pittsburgh The Toronto curse strikes (me specifically) again

You can read more about it in full in my latest newsletter on Substack 💌

christinaillos.substack.com/p/sketchbook...