Lily Hoang-Zhu (liliuhms)

Illustration & Design by Lily Hoang-Zhu

She finds her sweet spot in the creation of playful design/illustration - & she isn’t afraid to pick up a crayon to do it!

(pssst… learn more about me here & find me everywhere here.)

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happy new year everyone! 🎊
here's a little comic about my goals for this year! i think... i am just happy being happy. There's a lot that is happening in the world, and has happened, and I think I just want to rejoice in how lucky I am just to enjoy

almost forgot!! i was lucky enough to design the October surprise socks for @awesomesocksclub / @gooddotstore!!

My idea for the socks was to draw a bunch of root vegetables (carrots, radish, turnips) so that whenever you pull out your socks from you

i've been doing pottery lately, just as a way to do art that isn't the everyday drawing i usually do for work & my shop 🍀 it's always nice to have creative hobbies that feel low pressure, and are just for me

this is a little car dish i made! i

thank you everyone again for coming out to my collab with my friends @moonbridgedoughnuts this past month :') It was so lucky & amazing to see so many good, wonderful people come out to enjoy the hard work we all put into this pop up! It's my dre

doughnut collab flavor reveal~!!!! which ones sound yummiest to you?? 🍩 moonbridge worked so diligently on putting these flavor ideas i had together!! they took some sketches i sent & just ran with it!! they did such an amazing job incorporating

hello everyone, in all corners of the world 🍀

i hope we can all believe in doing good for one another, and can find strength in community

mourn, but also find joy in whatever small certainties & good there is

i will continue to make art that

life can be simple, when you're a worm reading a book 📚

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#bookworms #kidlitart #illustration #drawings #worms

did not get a chance to take any great photos of my booth, but i did a cardboard house for @lightboxexpo this year!!!

we have a lot of cardboard from shipments at home so i thought why not use them for my booth setup! it was very tedious but fun! ha

process post!
i worked really hard on painting all of these toys- but the prep work was actually the most tedious part!! I'll have all of these @lightboxexpo lightboxexpo booth 108 this weekend! please swing by (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)

The roscoe & bleppe toys

HELLO!! i've been working on a series of press on nails with @neverhaveiever.shop 🍀 lots of back and forth to get the designs justttt right! there are a lot of handpainted details on these little guys! i've been SOOOOOOO excited to share these!

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i've been intensely painting toys for @taipeitoyfestival!! (ㆀ˘･з･˘)

i am really enjoying the process of painting them and trying to capture a storybook/vintage toy feel... i love wooden dolls, so i wanted these colorways to feel like that!

i use co

been chipping away on toys for @taipeitoyfestival next month!! my first international event, & also my first time in taiwan!! i'm excited to see lots of toys 🍀 it's been fun to test out different ways to paint!

will be releasing a lot of new th

a little comic while listening to mitski & testing out drawing on layers of vellum 🌙 when i think of unconditional love i think of dogs

using @carandache crayons, bristol, vellum/tracing paper & also my favorite @staedtler pencil ever

it's

does anyone remember this movie?? i grew up watching it alllll the time... it has a special place in my heart! stuart walked so remy ratatouille could run..

anyway i did a rewatch recently & i think the way the characters look is soo cartoony an

I've been having a lot of fun filling out pages of my sketchbooks with messy drawings and experiments 🍀 it's been a while since i shared my pages here! (๑･̑◡･̑๑)

you can see how i'll draw characters seven thousand times in the same pose just so i c

hurray, hurray! a happy day!!!
I'm so excited to share that I'm going to be illustrating a picture book!! It's a wonderful, silly, and musical story about the joy of hugs 🍀

Everyone knows it's been my dream to work towards illustrating picturebooks