Nien-Ken Alec Lu

San Francisco, USA

Motion & Animation

Biography

Nien-Ken Alec is an illustrator based in San Francisco. After receiving his BFA in Illustration, he started to create illustrations for clients from magazines, newspapers, books and advertising campaigns, to personal commissions. His style incorporates lively color and graphic shapes to create engaging narratives and fun-to-look-at characters. His careful process starts with many pencil sketches on paper in order to experiment different possibilities, and to create the effective visuals, then finalizes with color and texture digitally.

Selected Clients

IDEO, Visa, Unicef, Redbubble Inc., The Chronicle of Higher Education, Environment for Aging Magazine, American Way Magazine, Bob Cut Mag, Patreon Inc., Hammerson UK

Awards

2020 | Communication Art, Shortlisted
2019 | American Illustration 38, Featured Artist
2019 | 3x3 Magazine No.16, Honorable Mention
2018 | RAW SF, Featured Artist
2016 | American Illustration 35, Featured Artist

Selected Clients

IDEO, Visa, Unicef, Redbubble Inc., The Chronicle of Higher Education, Environment for Aging Magazine, American Way Magazine, Bob Cut Mag, Patreon Inc., Hammerson UK

Awards

2020 | Communication Art, Shortlisted
2019 | American Illustration 38, Featured Artist
2019 | 3x3 Magazine No.16, Honorable Mention
2018 | RAW SF, Featured Artist
2016 | American Illustration 35, Featured Artist

Born to Draw

Motion & Animation

Nien-Ken Alec Lu / San Francisco

American Way Magazine | Gasparilla

Nien-Ken Alec Redbubble Inc. / Holiday Greeting Card

Christmas Card

Why Video Games Can Actualy Be Good For You

Stranger After A 30-year Marriage

Coming Home – Environment for Aging Magazine

Trick-or-Treat for Unicef with Visa

An Umbrella

The Passion for Baking

Green Act

IDEO – Can Digital Therapeutics Revolutionize Medicine?

Short Essay: I Don’t Know How to Move on As A Single Father

The Danger of Conformity

Break That Norm

Selected Clients

Awards