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ELAkidd, a.k.a. Jimmy Yu
My legal name is Ziming Yu.Illustration - Graphic Design - Artist's Books - Comics & ZinesCurrently based in Boston, MA
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ELAkidd / Jimmy Yu

22, they/them (nonbinary)
illustration, graphic design, artist's books, comics & zines
Risograph enthusiast
Current student @ Tufts University & SMFA

Tools:
- Pen and pencil
- Procreate
- Adobe Indesign, Illustrator, - Photoshop
- Risograph
- Bass guitar

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Illustrations

For more work, please visit my Instagram!

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Editorial Illustration:
SMFA + Tufts BME

These two illustrations were made for a collaboration program between the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) and the Tufts Biomedical Engineering school (Tufts BME).
I worked with the Iyer Lab and the Quinn Lab at Tufts to translate their scientific studies into illustrations, of which they will submit to scientific journals as potential journal covers.© Ziming Jimmy Yu
Licensed to Tufts University

Conceptual Sketches

Design Variations

Final Processes

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The 24 Solar Seasons (Jieqi)

This series of twenty-four illustrations are to be completed over one full year. Each illustration is based on one of the Chinese solar seasons (jieqi), and the characters that appear in them are original characters.
The narratives in each illustration are based on my own lived experiences.

Risograph

"RISO" pronounced "ree-so" as in りそう,
meaning "ideal" in Japanese.
More about RISO here.

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Full zine scan coming soon

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Reply to Mom

Frame animation contact sheet

This contact sheet was made using 3-colors:
mist, flat gold, and fluorescent orange

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Books & Zines

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Comics

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View this zine as a magazine spread!

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Full comic scan available soon

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Pulp Magazine

A class collaboration project from Chantal Zakari's course, The Cookbook: Politics of Food Related Design.

Magazine spread design: His Rice Rolls

*We critiqued and decided on things such as margins, columns, typeface, and color scheme as a class.
Each student wrote and designed their own spreads.

Advertisement insert branding: Carne Futura

3D model of blender made on Fusion 360

Model sketches and logo concepts

Food photography and image manipulation

Four-panel satire comics

Credits page: cake photoshop

Above - Vertical and horizontal versions
Below - Page layout by Tanisha Sahni

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BLOT(c) Magazine

BLOT(c) is a comic anthology magazine produced by the SMFA Graphic Novel Club. Since its humble beginnings in 2023, it now has seven volumes in total.I participated in the magazine's production since Volume IV: Circus.Volume VIII is coming Spring 2027.

BLOT© VII:
Tales of Land & Sea

Printed with Mixam.Though I did not have a comic entry in this latest volume, I was responsible for creating the master pages and overseeing its production with Mixam press. I also illustrated and typeset the credits page.

Above - Front cover by K Wang and Amanda Chen, printed with gold foil
Below - Eva Akdeniz's comic excerpt
Bottom - e-board shoutout page, illustrations by K Wang and Abigail Lin, layout by me

BLOT© VI:
Monsters & Aliens

Printed with Tiger Press.I played a major role in the production of this particular volume. I was responsible for assembling the majority of the magazine, including creating master pages, editing the sequence of the comics, and typesetting spreads. I also illustrated the front and back covers.Full magazine available here

Above - Front cover by me
Below - Lu Xu's comic excerpt
Bottom - a collaborative illustration project where club members each drew a character

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Portrait of My China

This book was created in 2024 for the course Artist's Books: The Portrait, instructed by Chantal Zakari.

Back & front cover

Typography samples

Sample spreads from Draft 3

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Other works

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Admonitions: After Gu Kaizhi

This artwork is a reimagination of Chinese painter Gu Kaizhi's The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies made during Jin Dynasty (est. 300AD)
The current surviving copy is located in the British Museum, London.

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Commissions are currently under works...

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Sorry, this section is under construction~

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Terms of Service

I reserve the right, at my sole discretion, to cease work with a customer unless the below terms are honored.I reserve the right to accept or deny commissions, at my sole discretion, based on the content of their requests and, for example, subjects I believe to be traumatizing, disrespectful, morally reprehensible, or otherwise distasteful, which may include, for example:
- Explicit depiction of senseless violence
- Hateful imagery or symbolism directed at a real-world group of people
- Imagery to be used for acts of harm. (i.e. revenge or antagonizing another person)I will receive half of the payment (USD through Ko-Fi) when the commission’s specs are finalized, and the other half when the commission is completed.My artworks are for personal use only. The customer may not sell my work, use my work for commercial purposes, nor claim it as their own.I can use the commissioned artwork for portfolio purposes, but I will not sell it or otherwise use it for profit.If the customer wishes to post my artwork on social media or incorporate it into their profile (profile picture, banner, etc.), they must credit me clearly either in the post or in their profile.I am open to constructive criticism and suggestions on the direction of the piece, but should a customer blatantly insult myself, my work, or other customers, I will, at my sole discretion, cease to work with them with no further recourse.If I have received payment but later realize I am unable to complete the commission, the customer will be refunded in full.

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