About

Hi，I am Changyu Zou and I am a freelance illustrator based in Savannah, Georgia. I am from China and graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design.

My family loved to buy me books from a young age, I have found that words are powerful, and I enjoy the endless thinking and imagination that words bring me.  I especially like poetry, which uses the most beautiful words to express what's most real in the poet's heart. Most of my creative inspiration comes from words and I like to convert my feelings about words into images.

I like to use collage, gouache, and Photoshop to create illustrations. My works are always childlike and abstract which are often used in advertisements, and magazines.

Clients

The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Los Angeles Times, AARP, PLANSPONSOR, Barnard College, The Gullet, Poetry Foundation, Education Week, Pellicle, Nonviolence International New York, VinePair, Tor.com, Sojourners, BIliBili, CT magazine, Spectrum News, ElleMan, Chinese Campus Literature, Primary School Guide, Oriental Teen Magazine, Le Fun Inc...

Awards

  • Communication Art,Award of Excellence,2024

  • American Illustration 43,Chosen Winner,2024

  • American Illustration 42,Chosen Winner,2023

  • Society of Illustrators 66 Jury Selection，2023

  • 3X3 Show No.20，Merit，2023

  • Igungle Illustration Awards Editorial Gold Medal，2022

  • IDA Design Awards Multimedia-Animation Silver Medal，2022

  • Society of Illustrators 65 Jury Selection，2022

  • American Illustration 41,Chosen Winner,2022

  • Communication Art,Award of Excellence,2022

  • 3X3 Show No.19，Merit，2022

  • International Motion Art Awards，Selected，2022

  • Creative Quarterly 66,Runner-up,2021

  • National Advertising Art Competition for College Students,Third Prize,2019

  • Hill Illustration,Excellence Awards,2018

  • KAN TAI-KEUNG Design Awards,Candidate Prize,2018

  • Graphic Design Academy Award,Excellence Awards,2018