Hailing from a tropical country known for its delicious food and multicultural scene is a girl who spends a little too much time drawing.
The hot and humid weather of Malaysia doesn’t seem to bother me since most of my time is spent indoors making art. My name is Rachel Wan and I’m an Illustrator and Visual Developer. I have been creating visuals for the longest time. I spent most of my twenties diving into all sorts of art and design related jobs, experimenting and figuring out where I fit and what I like. Over time, I started to cater my career towards the things that I truly enjoy making.
A lot of my personal work derive from the things I love since childhood: Disney, anime, cartoons, plushies, and a whole lot of Harry Potter. I’m generally attracted to projects that have a unique but appealing aesthetic to them, and would love to collaborate with people who are willing to break out of conventional cookie-cutter formulas.
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Email me at rachelwan90@gmail.com!
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Why hello there!
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I’m currently painting illustrations for Owl Ghost Art, a small studio in the US. The studio primarily produces artwork for tabletop games. Concurrent to that, I’m also working on a children’s workbook.
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4 things:
1. I would like to break into Children’s Book Illustration, which begets the process of myself actively looking for a literary agent.2. My comfort job would be Visual Development, since I had always been attracted to animation. Yes, I don’t mind drawing every single prop if I have to.
3. Anime art. I was that kid who drew too much Sailor Moon. I am slowly building a portfolio on anime art to get more work for it.
4. Indie games, or rather, games that have a unique style and identity. I love games that are not afraid to be different.
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If one is referring to “not tied” to a particular studio, then yes, I would consider myself one. I had been working as a freelancer/remote contractor for the longest time. I will assist in production but am still able to take on other projects, provided if the schedule doesn’t clash. I am transparent and upfront with my clients on how much I have on my plate.
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I’m currently beefing up my portfolio to get the kind of jobs I want. So I will be making a lot of anime art and some visual development pieces.
I’m also making a point to produce a comic piece every week, under Instagram’s #FunFriday. Making one comic piece is easy but producing comics consistently is difficult, particularly when I’m doing this as a hobby. I want to challenge myself to be consistent and to hold myself accountable. Moreover, it doesn’t hurt to increase my following. -
Hmm, let’s see:
For my first full-time job, I was a modeller and texture artist for games.
When I venture into freelance, I did a lot of Graphic Design, so that means a lot of menus, posters, flyers, marketing deliverables, those sort of things. These are not displayed here because it’s not the type of work I am looking for.
For the last 7 years I had been contracted under Mano Animation Studios. With them, I did anything related to background art, from concept art, 3D mockups, layouts, lighting and finally painting the backgrounds. It was the project that pushed me into pursuing an illustration career.
While it seems like I’m a jack of all trades, let’s just say commissions are hard to come by.
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Yes, upon graduating from high school, I enrolled into The One Academy of Communication Design and majored in Digital Animation. It was the place where I learn how to use many Adobe softwares and 3D Autodesk products, as well as important subjects like art fundamentals and other short courses such as photography, filmmaking and communications.
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Yes, life would certainly be dull without them! I cook and bake a lot. I knit, occasionally crochet. I’m also into hydroponics. I have a mini hydroponic herb garden. I would like to spend more time playing video games, however time is a rare commodity, but I would still like to find time for it.