Name
Jessie (Ya-Chih) Cheng

Internet ID
unazure

Born
1988, Taiwanese, Female

Language
English
Mandarin / Traditional Chinese
Japanese ( just give me a little more time)

Education
British Columbia Creative Center
Fu-Hsin Trade and Arts Vocational High School / Computer Graphic
Alberta College of Art and Design / Media Art and Digital Technology

Locations
Calgary. AB. Canada
Vancouver / Richmond. BC. Canada
Taipei. Taiwan ROC

Fields of Work
story telling / plots
traditional drawing / illustration
computer graphic
comics / manga / graphic novels
character design
animation
music video / video editing
photography
installation art

Software
3D Max
Audacity
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign

About Myself

“For the story—from Rumpelstiltskin to War and Peace—is one of the basic tools invented by the mind of man, for the purpose of gaining understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.” by Ursula K. Le Guin

Most of my works relate to story telling. Ever since I was little I have been thrown between multiple cultures; especially eastern and western; and because of that I learned to see our world in different point of views. For example, how we develop our cultures, the way we are and how these developments engage with our past, present and future. There are philosophical and psychological elements within my stories, and I express my multicultural experiences through as many medias as possible; such as photography, animations and music videos.

Another important media in my works is drawings. Among all means of communication, drawing is the one universal language that crosses cultural differences. Since I have some hard times learning a second and third language myself, I always look for methods that help me with the difficulties with words. What concept can my drawings express, and what stories they can tell to my audiences? These are the topics I am working on right now.