Hey there, it's nice to meet you! ☀️
I’m Kylie —a Toronto-based product designer and maker of things. I graduated from OCAD University's Illustration program in 2022 and have since been excitedly diving deeper into the field of UX. My work explores the intersection between technology and design, and I love creating user experiences that are both beautiful and buttery-smooth 🥐
Outside of designing for the web, I enjoy making art that invites others into intriguing and whimsical spaces. I create both traditionally and digitally and have a blast mixing mediums whenever I can. You can often find me getting lost in a drawing, some games, or the countryside.
Feel free to reach out if you think I might be a good fit for your project—or simply to say hello! 🌿✨
—CV—
Education
UX Design Institute + Glasgow Caledonian University, Professional Diploma in UX Design — 2024
Tsinghua University, Masters of Applied Psychology, User Experience + HCI, Beijing — 2024
OCAD University, Bachelor of Design, Illustration, Toronto, ON — 2022
RISD, Semester Exchange, Providence, RI — 2019
Work Experience
Intern 2D Artist at Titan1Studios — September - November 2021
Seasonal Illustrator at Moneybroker Canada — January 2016 - Present (seasonal)
Illustrator + Designer, "The Space Jumper" by Gosha Wen — August - October 2019
Promotional Illustrator for Disenchantment, Ralph Interactive for Netflix — August - September 2019
Hostess, The Hive Esports — April 2017 - January 2019
Illustrator + Graphic Designer (Co-op), Momentcam, Alibaba — May - August 2016
Sales Associate, EB Games/Gamestop — March 2016 - April 2017
Exhibitions + Accolades
OCAD University Graduate Exhibition "GradEx" — May 2022
CQ63 Runner Up — 2020
"Ladies Only" Joint Painting Exhibition (婉秀雅展"女畫家聯展) at OCAA Gallery — July 2017
"Grow", Trinity College — March 2017
Traditional Artwork of The Year, Hi-Rez Studios Community Art Contest — 2015
Ivy Yin Yuk Leung 30th Anniversary Art Show, 2015
Volunteering + Community Involvement
Volunteer Artist, TOJam — May 2022
Club Founder and Co-President at OCADU's Lucky Duck Press — September 2021 - May 2022
Welcome Squad (activity planning, campus tours) at OCAD University — July 2021 - May 2022
Volunteer Artist at The Superhero Project — April 2021 - Present
Peer Mentor at OCAD University — February 2021 - January 2022
Event Coordinator with H.Y.P.E (Helping Your People Evolve) — March - August 2017
Traffic Box Artist, Pan Am Games, City of Markham 2015
Fairs
Fan Expo Canada — 2022
OCAD Virtual Artist Alley, OCAD University — 2021 - 2022
OCAD Artist Alley, OCAD University — December 2019
Wildcard, OCAD University — November 2019
Kimikon — September 2019
Anime North — May 2016
Tools
Software: Photoshop, Clipstudio Paint, Procreate, Illustrator, InDesign, Microsoft Office
Traditional Mediums: watercolour, gouache, coloured pencil, graphite, ink, collage