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SOL JI H.

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

$35/hr
5.0
2 jobs

I'm a graphic designer and illustrator with 15+ years of professional experience specializing in: • Key Visual Design • Editorial Illustration • Poster Design • Event & Festival Graphics • Book & Publishing Illustration • Custom Portrait Illustration I help brands, publishers, cultural organizations, and creative teams communicate ideas through clear, engaging, and story-driven visuals. My background combines years of graphic design experience with a strong illustration practice, allowing me to create visuals that are not only aesthetically appealing but also strategically effective. Recent projects include: • Festival and cultural event key visuals • Exhibition poster systems • Spot illustrations • Book and publishing artwork • Custom people illustrations and portraits I work primarily in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, delivering professional files ready for print, digital publishing, and marketing use. If you're looking for an illustrator who understands both visual storytelling and graphic communication, I'd be happy to discuss your project.

  • Illustration
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Book Illustration
  • Editorial Illustration
  • Poster Design
  • Visual Identity
  • Branding
  • Visual Design
  • Character Illustration
  • Portrait Art
  • Digital Illustration
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Graphic Design
  • Vector Graphic
  • Hand-Drawn Style
Hyunseol S.

Seoul, South Korea

$20/hr
5.0
8 jobs

I am confident in vector illustrations and hand-painted bitmap illustrations for children's book. In particular, it is specialized in cute illustrations centered on landscapes and characters.

  • Illustration
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • 2D Illustration
  • Digital Illustration
  • Motion Graphics
  • Package Graphics
  • Children's Book Illustration
  • Book Illustration
  • Nature Illustration
  • Scenery Illustration
  • Freehand Digital Illustration
  • Animal Illustration
  • Urban Illustration
  • Children's Literature
  • Object Illustration
Minhee Y.

Seoul, South Korea

$50/hr
5.0
2 jobs

I'm a DTC creative strategist, backed by 7+ years as a senior commercial fashion designer. I know both what makes a product sell and what makes a person stop scrolling. Creative strategy • Ad concepts, UGC briefs, and full funnel content frameworks grounded in consumer psychology: emotional mapping, funnel stage targeting, and hook strategy • Brief across formats: static, UGC, and AI generated UGC video • End to end ownership: research, angle development, briefing, media buying, and analysis • Experience across footwear, activewear, and health and wellness DTC brands Selected results • Built and run the full paid creative and testing system for a DTC footwear brand's relaunch, from scratch • Produced top performing creative reaching a 15.5% click through rate, roughly 10x the apparel benchmark, at a $0.44 cost per click • Drove the relaunch's first full price, no discount sales on cold traffic • Briefed hundreds of ad concepts and test sprints across activewear and wellness brands • Spec portfolio of teardowns and redesigns of live DTC ads From 7+ years in fashion • Designed commercial collections for major US and Australian retailers (Target, Walmart, Kohl's, Kmart AU), multi million dollar DTC brands, and private label • Led design from concept to buy review, presented seasonal lines in buyer meetings, planned assortments through trend research • A trained eye for why a product reads premium or cheap, and what a specific customer will choose and why Tools: Meta Ads Manager, Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, Klaviyo certified Education: BA in Fashion Industry, Ewha Womans University If you want both commercial product sense and scroll stopping creative, shoot me a message! :)

  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Fashion Design
  • Tech Pack
  • CLO 3D
  • Creative Strategy
  • Ad Copy
  • Paid Social
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Copywriting
  • Content Strategy
  • Advertising Strategy
  • Fashion Consultation
  • Mass Market Fashion Design
  • Fashion Pre-Production
  • Fashion & Apparel
  • Canva
  • CapCut
  • Fashion Illustration
  • AI Image Generator
Valeriia I.

Incheon, South Korea

$60/hr
5.0
35 jobs

Hello there! My name is Valerie, I'm mangaka based in South Korea. I'm working hard to do greater art and I'd love to create something really cool with you! I'm open for your fresh ideas, let's do art together! Publishing history -Watch out! Magicaa (manga oneshot published in Shonen Jump+) -Stray Cat Agency (original manga series published by Строки)

  • Illustration
  • Drawing
  • Digital Art
  • Concept Artistry
  • Character Design
  • Digital Illustration
  • Comic Art
  • Manga
  • Character Development
  • Digital Painting
  • Art Direction
Joohee P.

Seoul, South Korea

$35/hr
5.0
2 jobs

If your brand exists but no one remembers it, you're losing opportunities every single day. I'm Joohee Park, a brand identity designer with 15 years of experience — specializing in premium positioning for food, beverage, beauty, and lifestyle brands. I don't just deliver assets. I work with you from the start to define what your brand should feel like, then build the visual system that makes it impossible to forget — logo, packaging, and everything in between. If you have a project in mind, message me now.

  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Branding
  • Brand Design
  • Logo Design
  • Packaging Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Brand Identity & Guidelines
  • Label & Packaging Design
  • Brand Identity Design
  • Visual Design
  • Logo
  • Art & Design
  • Visual Identity
  • Logotype
  • Food & Beverage
  • Typography
  • Food Packaging
  • Brand Identity
  • Brand Guidelines
Dana P.

Seoul, South Korea

$20/hr
5.0
6 jobs

Designer with 6+ years of in-house experience, specialising in branding, UX/UI, and motion graphics. Currently based in Melbourne, Australia. What I do best: 1. Brand Identity & Guidelines Designed complete brand systems including logos, typography, visual guidelines, and marketing assets. 2. Motion & Interactive Design Created motion graphics for app services and led a YouTube series that grew to 400K subscribers, focusing on storytelling and engagement. 3. UX & Product Design Experience building services from early planning through MVP, including ongoing service operation and feature development. Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects / Figma / AI tools (Midjourney, ChatGPT)

  • Product Design
  • Branding & Marketing
  • Branding
  • Motion Graphics
  • UX & UI Design

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