BRIGHTON, UK // Yukai Du, originally from China, is currently a UK-based illustrator and animation director.

Yukai’s inspiration for her distinctive work lies somewhere in the dichotomy of Impressionism, the dash of lines and layering of dots to create a surface, combined with a love for simplistic and geometric structures of Brutalism.

Represented by Bliink(UK) & Hornet (US), her clients are included Adobe, Apple, Facebook, WeTransfer, LUSH, CNN, BBC, New York Times, TED-Ed, Buzzfeed etc. She has also received a few international awards such as 3X3 Illustration Best of Show, Adobe Design Awards Honourable Mention and a D&AD New Blood Pencil.