Hokyoung Kim

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Hokyoung Kim is an illustrator based in Queens, NY. She was born and grew up in Seoul, South Korea. She graduated from Hongik University in Painting and also from Ringling College of Art and Design in Illustration. She is interested in making images with stories and various moods with light and shadow.

www.hokyoungkim.com

Client List

The New York Times
The New Yorker
WSJ
HarperCollins
New Republic
The Atlantic
NPR
Medium
Apple
VICE
California Sunday Magazine
The Atavist Magazine
Marshall Project
Sierra Magazine
Bloomsbury
HarperCollins
BuzzFeed
Politico EU
ProPublica
The Intercept
Chicago Reader
A Women’s Thing
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I begin by brainstorming first from the draft or any stories that I receive. Then I visualize my ideas by sketching rough thumbnails. I refine some of them and send 2-4 sketches for review. Once approved, I proceed to the final in Adobe Photoshop and Procreate.