Melinda Hu
Animation inspired by the poem, “Cachexia” (Photoshop)

Design Work

After dabbling in basic UI/UX design in high school, I’ve learned more about art design through two Penn Fine Arts courses, as well as outside projects and clubs. The final portfolio for FNAR 264 (Art, Design, and Digital Culture) can be found here, and the final work for FNAR 254 (Printmaking Publications) can be found here.

So far, I’ve used the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign), and tools like Figma, Sketch, Proto.io, and InVision.

Animation inspired by the poem, “Cachexia” (Photoshop)

Animation inspired by the poem, “Cachexia” (Photoshop)

Full animation here.

Wearable Data Portrait – “My Music Habits” (Processing, Illustrator)

Wearable Data Portrait – “My Music Habits” (Processing, Illustrator)

Image inspired by Calvino’s Invisible Cities – “Zobeide” (Illustrator)

Image inspired by Calvino’s Invisible Cities – “Zobeide” (Illustrator)

Sound Interpretation – “Rain & Gravel” (Illustrator)

Sound Interpretation – “Rain & Gravel” (Illustrator)

Fears - Public Installation (Premiere)

Fears - Public Installation (Premiere)

Full video here.

Hello Kitty Fanzine

Hello Kitty Fanzine

A zine on the crazy world of hello kitty... and her effect on identity for Asian American women like me…

A Wild Thing

A Wild Thing

An interactive “digital zine” experience on how-to contemplate gender in everyday things. It shares how I have realized, through forming my identity and reflecting on my lived experiences, gender is in… everything.

On the Mythology of "Wellness"

On the Mythology of "Wellness"

A zine on being aware of the unfortunately crazy “business” of wellness, challenging the myth that wellness can be consumed, reconsidering the image of “wellness” projected by companies and (social) media, and recognizing that “wellness” and “self-care” is confusing and hard and extremely personal to each of us