Yiying Lu | Source | San Francisco Arts Commissioner at San Francisco Arts Commission
Yiying Lu
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San Francisco Arts Commission (https://www.sfartscommission.org/)
San Francisco Arts Commissioner
started Apr 2021 -
Adobe
Global Creative Ambassador
started May 2020
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BBC World Service - The Food Chain, The power of food emojis, How 'designing emojis became my calling'
Do you give food emojis much thought? If not, then perhaps you should. When the San Francisco based artist and designer Yiying Lu discovered there was no emoji to represent her beloved dumpling, she knew she had to do something about it. She's tells us why for her, and millions of others, emojis are an important form of communication and cultural representation.
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BBC World Service - The Food Chain, The power of food emojis, Why I fought to get my bubble tea emoji accepted
Bubble tea is massively popular in communities around the world, so designer Yiying Lu was surprised when her design for an emoji of the drink was turned down by the Unicode Consortium who approve all new emojis. Yiying explains how help in getting approval for this came from an unlikely source - and why she decided to help improve the approvals system.
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9to5mac: Designer Yiying Lu bridges art and technology with Illustrator on iPad
Adobe Illustrator on iPad is now available to pre-order on the App Store. The teams at Adobe and a select group of artists have been busy refining the app’s tools and user experience since it was previewed in November 2019 at Adobe MAX. I asked one of those artists, Yiying Lu, about her experience with Illustrator on iPad so far and how it will shape the future of creativity.
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“I would like to encourage artists, designers, creative professionals to focus their energy on creative responsibility: great design isn’t just about making things pretty. It is about our intention and the message we send out to the world and being part of a bigger picture for the larger ecosystem.” -- Yiying Lu, 9to5mac, Designer Yiying Lu bridges art and technology with Illustrator on iPad (https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/15/adobe-illustrator-ipad-pre-order)
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“Art and illustration have always been my favorite means to experience the world. Drawing is an activity to rediscover the essence and reflect the meanings of the subject that we are portraying. Often, creating art and illustration allows me to be completely present, without a sense of time, place, or even self.” -- Yiying Lu, 9to5mac, Designer Yiying Lu bridges art and technology with Illustrator on iPad (https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/15/adobe-illustrator-ipad-pre-order)
