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Feifei Ruan

Graphic Designer, Illustrator & Visual Storyteller

Feifei Ruan is a Chinese illustrator and comic artist based in New York City. Her works can be seen on book covers, magazines, and murals. Her clients include Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, and BuzzFeed.

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    Comic: THE STORYTELLER: GIANTS #4

  • 02_Ruan_Chinatown_02

    Comic: WELCOME TO CHINATOWN

  • 03_Ruan_LumberJanes

    Book Cover: LUMBERJANES

  • 04_Ruan_AdventureTime

    Book Cover: ADVENTURE TIME

  • 05_Ruan_Wissen

    Magazine Cover: HOMO SAPIENS

  • 06_Ruan_Penguin

    Book Cover: THE NINE CLOUD DREAM

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    Picture Book: S A S H I M I

    SASHIMI takes place in a small fishing village. One day, a strange plague strikes. Many seagulls die mysteriously and the villagers don’t understand why. A young sashimi chef believes the matter is not that simple. While trying to find some clues, he accidentally falls into a strange underwater world. There, he discovers the real cause of the strange event. Meanwhile, a more fearful truth is beginning to emerge, worse than he ever could have imagined…

    Project Website

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    Comic: Welcome to Chinatown

    Ming is a 9-year-old student. He was born in America and grew up in Chinatown. Ming’s father Chan is a single parent who raised Ming by running a barbershop in Chinatown. However, Ming is on bad terms with his father because of Chan’s gambling habit. After owing a large amount of debt, Chan is caught by the local kingpin, Mo. The mobsters thought they also caught Ming, but they actually took Kevin — Ming’s American classmate who was just dropping by. On his way to rescue Chan and Kevin, Ming is stopped by a menacing woman who suddenly appears and demands to see his father…

    Project Website

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    Illustration: Leave NYC Alone!

    Blasted by UFOs, wrecked by monsters, frozen-over and flooded, New York City has been destroyed on screen more than any other place in the world. A look at some of the landmarks of a city in ruins.

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