Mushroom’s work is instinctive, featuring bold colours and expressive characters that blend typography and illustration seamlessly. Her journey, from motion studios in China to tech companies in London and now freelancing globally, focuses on finding what feels right rather than a fixed style. At its heart, her work embodies playfulness, with characters that evoke joy and colour that expresses personality, often stemming from a love for good combinations
Her ideas come from everyday experiences - travel, books, nature, and small observations. Over time, she’s developed a habit of capturing these moments through quick sketches, now mostly on her phone. These fragments build into a personal archive that makes her creative process more intuitive.
In her work, text doesn’t sit on top of an illustration, it lives inside it. Typography is considered from the very beginning, not as a final layer but as part of the visual thinking. Especially in commercial work, where logos and taglines are inevitable, this approach creates a more cohesive outcome.
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