Projects

Feeding Time - Picture Book
A picture book project that I am in the process of conceptualizing, about people who feed the neighbourhood strays.
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Growing Up With Shan Shan - Children's Book Series
This is a Chinese children's picture book series that I'm working on as both an author and illustrator, one of two that will feature a spirited and nature-loving young girl named Shan Shan along with her animal friends. "Growing Up with Shan Shan" is targeted at children 4 years…
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Shan Shan and Friends - Children's Book Series
This is a Chinese children's picture book series that I'm working on as both an author and illustrator, one of two that will feature a spirited and nature-loving young girl named Shan Shan along with her animal friends. "Shan Shan and Friends" is targeted at infants and toddlers…
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The Fox who wanted Nine Golden Tails - Storytelling Performance and Picture Book
This is a story I adapted into a version for Mandarin storytelling based off an early 20th-century American children's novel of almost the same name. The novel is loosely based on Japanese mythology and is already in the public domain. I initially wrote and performed the Mandarin…
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Whiff - Wordless Picture Book
This is a wordless picture book series that I am working on in an experimental style that combines chalk-textured representaional rendering with batik lines and motifs. The story celebrates the fragrance and flavour of Southeast Asian cuisine and the herbs and spices used in it…
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Chinese New Year Papercuts
This is a project and a ritual I started in 2020, which was the The Year of the Rat and the beginning of a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac. I make it a point to create Chinese papercuts every year before the new year for decorating the house. I am also slowly building up, year-by…
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I Went to Japan - A Webcomic
I created this semi-autobiographical webcomic about my adventures in Japan after graduating from university. It features my friends and I and a whole cast of quirky characters, as you can see from the cover art. You can read the full webcomic at https://i-went-to-japan.tanjunqi…
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