Born in China, Jasu Hu is a freelance illustrator who currently lives and works in New York City. After studying visual communication design and illustration at Tsinghua University and Maryland Institute College of Art, she pursued a career as professional illustrator. Over the past years, her deeply emotional and conceptual work has been featured in a variety of print and digital media including Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Association of Illustrators (UK), 3×3 Magazine, Communication Arts, Spectrum Fantastic Art and Creative Quarterly, and others. Jasu Hu believes in illustrations as one of the strongest solutions to solve visual problems. Some samples of her creative skills can be found below. For more, please visit her website or follow Jasu Hu on Instagram: @jasuhuart
The Sound of Silence. The front page cover artwork was created for a book review about Elizabeth Strout’s novel My Name Is Lucy Barton, a personal story about urban loneliness. Client: The New York Times, Art Director: Matt DorfmanWe Hurt Each Other, We Cover For Each Other. An illustration for a film review about the movie Gone Girl, a story about trust and hurt in marriage.Illustration by Jasu Hu.An illustration for The New York Times Sunday Review, My Lost Mother’s Last Receipt, a beautiful story by Mara Wilson.Originality Reveals. This illustration was made for an article about Adam Grant, a workplace magician who wrote books about revealing his secrets of originality to the public. Client: The New York Times, Art Director: Minh UongWhy we lost our fur and got color in our skin. An artwork made for an article about skin color and anthropology. Client: Nautilus, Art Director: Len SmallWork with Sup China for an article about a Chinese journalist who studied and experienced differences between China and U.S journalism.
