"YoungJu Kim beautifully illustrated the cover” as commended in an Amazon Editorial Review by ONLINE BOOKCLUB in the book review for 'Maggie Vaults Over the Moon.’ My name is YoungJu Kim (M.F.A, Illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design), originally from South Korea, who currently lives in Vienna, VA. My images are often executed in water based medium/digital on wood and use wood grain as an element of the composition. It’s a process of turning ‘abstract’ into ‘figurative form.’ Thus my paintings finally engage with certain sensitivity and create a unique dream-like mood. I have spent six years at a licensing company whose images appear at products of Target, Walmart, DaySpring Card, etc. as a freelance digital artist. I also spent three years at Reedsy as a children’s book illustrator and designer. My works were also featured in the COEX Winter Festival, Gelsinger Licensing Group, Grain Valley Publishing, Applied Arts magazine, Rosengart Gallery Fine Art & Gifts, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrator(SCBWI) Southern Breeze, Illustration West by Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, CMYK, 3×3 Children’s Show Annual, Creative Quarterly, What’s Up Annapolis, Savannah College of Art and Design, Telfair Art Fair, and so on. I worked for American Greetings, Working Class Studio SCAD, and Deep Center as an intern as well. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ YoungJu is available for freelance assignments.

YoungJu Kim

"YoungJu Kim beautifully illustrated the cover” as commended in an Amazon Editorial Review by ONLINE BOOKCLUB in the book review for 'Maggie Vaults Over the Moon.’ My name is YoungJu Kim (M.F.A, Illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design), originally from South Korea, who currently lives in Vienna, VA. My images are often executed in water based medium/digital on wood and use wood grain as an element of the composition. It’s a process of turning ‘abstract’ into ‘figurative form.’ Thus my paintings finally engage with certain sensitivity and create a unique dream-like mood. I have spent six years at a licensing company whose images appear at products of Target, Walmart, DaySpring Card, etc. as a freelance digital artist. I also spent three years at Reedsy as a children’s book illustrator and designer. My works were also featured in the COEX Winter Festival, Gelsinger Licensing Group, Grain Valley Publishing, Applied Arts magazine, Rosengart Gallery Fine Art & Gifts, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrator(SCBWI) Southern Breeze, Illustration West by Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, CMYK, 3×3 Children’s Show Annual, Creative Quarterly, What’s Up Annapolis, Savannah College of Art and Design, Telfair Art Fair, and so on. I worked for American Greetings, Working Class Studio SCAD, and Deep Center as an intern as well. _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ YoungJu is available for freelance assignments.

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"YoungJu Kim beautifully illustrated the cover”
as commended in an Amazon Editorial Review by ONLINE BOOKCLUB in the book review for 'Maggie Vaults Over the Moon.’

My name is YoungJu Kim (M.F.A, Illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design), originally from South Korea, who currently lives in Vienna, VA.

My images are often executed in water based medium/digital on wood and use wood grain as an element of the composition. It’s a process of turning ‘abstract’ into ‘figurative form.’ Thus my paintings finally engage with certain sensitivity and create a unique dream-like mood.

I have spent six years at a licensing company whose images appear at products of Target, Walmart, DaySpring Card, etc. as a freelance digital artist. I also spent three years at Reedsy as a children’s book illustrator and designer.

My works were also featured in the COEX Winter Festival, Gelsinger Licensing Group, Grain Valley Publishing, Applied Arts magazine, Rosengart Gallery Fine Art & Gifts, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrator(SCBWI) Southern Breeze, Illustration West by Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, CMYK, 3×3 Children’s Show Annual, Creative Quarterly, What’s Up Annapolis, Savannah College of Art and Design, Telfair Art Fair, and so on. I worked for American Greetings, Working Class Studio SCAD, and Deep Center as an intern as well.

Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

YoungJu is available for freelance assignments.

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Skills

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Book Illustration
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Childrens Book Illustration
Ed
Editorial Illustration
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Greetings Card
Il
Illustration
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Experience Level

Book Illustration
Expert
Childrens Book Illustration
Expert
Editorial Illustration
Expert
Greetings Card
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Spot Illustration
Expert
Surface Pattern Design
Expert

Language

Korean
Fluent
English
Fluent

Education

Masters of Fine Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design
March 1, 2011
Illustration Major

Qualifications

Young Blood Illustration Award (2014)
December 31, 2014
By Applied Arts Magazine
Low Country Artist Award
November 22, 2013
19th Telfair Museum Art Fair
9th Best 45 Children's Book Illustrators 2023
December 1, 2023
by backgroundillustration.online

Industry Experience

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    uniE621 Swimming Through the Forest
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    uniE621 The Very Big Secret
    Created the sample cover for the "The Very Big Secret."
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    Created a sample illustration for "Ice Hockey Girl"who initially falls in love with Ice Hockey. https://www.instagram.com/p/C9S7ljiJgv_/ illustrator designer webdesigner graphicdesigner logo photo branding
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    uniE621 Yosemite
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    uniE621 Love Covers a Multitude of Sin
    illustrator Created a sample illustration for Christmas greeting cards.

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