ART HARDER

Cynthia Yuan Cheng, freelance illustrator & cartoonist. Find my website at cynthiaycheng.com!

[yuan-mi]

so I finally made fanart of my fave buff dude 💪

[yuan-mi]

Thanks for a great first day at TCAF!! I sold out of copies of @familystylezine and only have a few copies left of the rest, wow!

I’ll be at Table Q10 with on the second floor again today, please stop by if you can!

[yuan-mi]

my girls!! ✨ enjoying a cute and relaxing fast food break 

I’m so happy that I can follow Ace Attorney thanks to Press Buttons ‘n Talk /  @prozd’s playthrough, I definitely recommend!

[familystylezine]

✨IndieGoGo Perks✨ All three of the simple commissions slots have been grabbed up, but there’s still a full color commission available at $300! The commission will be completed by co-organizer Cynthia Cheng @yuan-mi and this perk includes the zine, PDF, print of the cover illustration, and postcard set. 💪💪 Don’t miss out!

The proceeds will go toward contributor compensation, printing, and other costs for producing Family Style Zine: An AAPI Food Anthology. 11 days left to support our IndieGoGo!

[yuan-mi]

WIP of my most precious girls ✨✨

I’ve been following a playthrough of Ace Attorney lately and it’s been the best choice I’ve made in a while!!

[familystylezine]

We’re very excited to reveal the cover artwork for Family Style Zine, as illustrated by our co-organizer Cynthia Cheng (@yuan-mi)!

This illustration is available for you to own as a 12″x9″ print to hang on your walls, either in a bundle with our digital PDF or with the physical copy of the zine and PDF! Jump on these rewards on our IndieGoGo campaign now! 💪💪

[yuan-mi]

I've been chipping away at this piece for w a y too long!!! I'm so excited to share it with you all, the illustration is also available as a 12"x9" print with some of our IndieGoGo perks! 😄💪

[familystylezine]

📢📢📢SPECIAL INDIEGOGO ANNOUNCEMENT!📢📢📢

We are adding some new Perks Today!

HANDWRITTEN THANK YOU POSTCARD - $5

A SET OF POSTCARDS with a Physical & Digital Copy of the Zine - $30

We are turning some of the illustrations into postcards for you to have or to send to your friends and family! Contribute $5 to get a handwritten note signed by us on one of these postcards. Or contribute $30 to get a set of postcards along with a physical and digital copy of the zine!

Check out our IndieGoGo Campaign to see more wonderful perks and to support Family Style Zine!

[vellumed]

thrilled that the IndieGoGo for Family Style Zine: An AAPI Food Anthology is now live! 🎉🎉

@familystylezine is an anthology publication by asian, asian american and pacific islander (AAPI) creators sharing the histories behind AAPI foods, and i’m really thankful that i got the opportunity to participate in this wonderful project organized by cynthia cheng (@yuan-mi)​ and farrah su (@farawrsu). this is a preview of my illustration in the zine featuring the filipino tapsilog.

please check out the link to the campaign where you can back the project and get a pdf of the zine for as low as $10 or a physical copy for only $15!

[familystylezine]

🎉 Anddd, our IndieGoGo is LIVE 🎉🎉

20 AAPI dishes, 20 artists, 11 writers, and 44 pages total!

We’re very proud of the beautiful art and the surprising and meaningful food histories compiled in this zine, all thanks to our fantastic contributing artists and writers. We truly feel that this zine can be a powerful resource to promote education on the important historical context of diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) food and culture.

Check out the link to the campaign, you can back our project and get a PDF of Family Style Zine for as low as $10, or a physical copy of the zine for if you back $15!

Please consider supporting AAPI creators and spreading the important stories behind the dishes in our community! Reblogs are much appreciated 💖

[yuan-mi]

The past few months, I've been busy with co-organizing Family Style Zine with my good friend Farrah! I've gotten to work with a great group of skilled AAPI creators to put this anthology together, and I'm so excited to share our project soon 💪

Please support and reblog to spread the word! 💖💖

[yuan-mi]

Be shamelessly queer and Chinese in the year of the Fire Rooster 🔥🐓🐔 First piece from my thesis this semester, I’m excited! (looks a little yellow on when I look at it on mobile though?? ahh)

[familystylezine]

📣📣 5 DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT A PITCH! For the next few days, we’ll be spotlighting our organizers, starting with Cynthia! 📣📣

Co-organizer Cynthia Cheng @yuan-mi​ is a Taiwanese American illustrator based in Oakland, CA. You can find her working on Doodles in Google’s San Francisco office during the day and on the hunt for tasty Chinatown treats after work. In her personal work, she enjoys creating illustrations and comics based on identity and relationships. Find her work here: www.cynthiaycheng.com

[familystylezine]

When working on an illustration series on AAPI issues, Cynthia (@yuan-mi) was surprised to learn how the history of Spam in AAPI food has ties to US occupation. This story became one of the inspirations for our zine. Read the article that this illustration was based on at Hyphen Magazine.

[familystylezine]

Hi everyone! We are so flattered and pleasantly surprised by the volume of responses we’ve received so far! It seems like there’s quite a few questions about our zine and we’d like to clarify what we’re looking for in our pitches and final illustrations. 

1. We are looking for illustration pitches! Though we value comics artists and writers, since we’re self-funded we unfortunately don’t have room in our budget at the moment. At the moment, the organizers will be taking on the task of writing but we are looking into grants and other funding opportunities in hopes that we can accept more artists and open up the project to writers interested in contributing.

2. We apologize for any confusion with our wording– we used the language “Asian dishes” but want to clarify that we welcome any dish relevant to the experience of folks of Asian / Pacific Islander descent. We are also open to people outside the US!

3. When reviewing pitches, we will consider how the food reflects the adaptation of AAPI communities throughout history. How does this particular food reflect a change that the community has undergone? This can include class-related struggle, impacts of imperialism or colonialism, or change in perceptions. Please take these questions into consideration when submitting your pitch. (If you have already submitted your pitch, feel free to email us if you want to make any changes.)

4. We are looking for illustrations that portray/visualize the food and its connected history, rather than just an illustration of the food.

[yuan-mi]

Heads-up for those interesting in pitching for the Family Style zine! If you shared the original call for pitches, we'd appreciate a boost for our clarifications also!

[familystylezine]

📣 CALL FOR PITCHES 📣

“Family Style: An AAPI Food Anthology” is an illustration anthology publication by Asian and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) creators to share the lesser-known histories behind Asian foods. 

We’re looking for AAPI folks to send us their pitches! Please take a look at our about page for information on the project, timeline, pitch guidelines, and more.

[yuan-mi]

I'm organizing a zine with my dear friend Farrah! Any reblogs to spread the word are much appreciated 😊💕

[yuan-mi]

A cute drawing I did for a former MICAn!

[yuan-mi]

Anyone would be lucky to have Toph as a girlfriend though <3 Let's see how many more ships I can knock out for Shiptember?! (1/??)

[yuan-mi]

I had the pleasure of illustrating some book plates for the team's newest baby Doodler! Featuring Doodle Team's unofficial mascots <3