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Projects

A selection of projects for past clients I have worked for. The projects are grouped into three categories. Use the tabs to switch between projects and click on the images to see more of their content.

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Alice Wong Logo Illustration Comic


“Years after she abandoned her dream, culturally estranged washout artist Alice Wong is confronted with a part of herself she can no longer ignore: A vision of her young ambitious self, who aspired to be a manga artist. She had hoped for absolution… but the vision, bitter and resentful, craves only revenge.
This is a gritty love letter to both Canada’s distinct and vibrant Anime Art and Asian communities, by and for its rising new generation of artists!”

Animation & gaming

Studio SIAT SFU Virtual Ambassador Trailer (2025)

Type of project: Animated trailer

Client: Simon Fraser University School of Interactive Arts & Technology

Role: Background/Layout artist

Synopsis: Background artist for Sawmill Studios & Studio SIAT's grant-funded animated project regarding VTubers (Virtual Ambassadors). The first of its kind in the world. Worked in a team of 14 people under a one director and one producer. Drew backgrounds set in both a fantasy world and Vancouver for a promotional video showing off the backstory of the virtual characters.

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Comics & Graphic Novels

A Canadian's Guide to Making Manga (2025)

Type of project: Graphic novel

Role: Writer, illustrator

Synopsis: A 100-page introspective art house indie manga about a girl who must confront herself. Sole artist, writer, and project manager involved with creating, funding, and publishing the project with the aim of selling it at art festivals.

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IllustratioN & Graphic Design

Anirevo Map (2023)

Type of project: Art contest

Contest Proprietor: Anime Revolution

Role: Illustrator

Synopsis: Designed a promotional illustration in 2023 used by Anirevo, the biggest anime convention in western Canada. The illustration was featured on the convention map and was a finalist in the 2023 Anirevo Art Competition, beating out nearly a hundred other entries. Illustration created using model sheets provided by Anirevo and made to fulfil several specific preset prompts to capture the spirit of the convention. 

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© 2025 by Alpha Yu.

Comic illustrator and background artist Alpha Yu is here for all your illustration needs! From work on SFU's Virtual Ambassadors to anthology comics in Fodongo, Reckoning Books & Comics, and more, if there's a story to tell, Alpha Yu's art will tell it. Making a splash in Vancouver's underground comic art scene, his manga, A Canadadian's Guide to Making Manga became a self publishing microsensation. Alpha Yu is represented by Christy Ewers, head agent of The Cat Agency. He also sells art at art markets around Vancouver under the alias Shoba. You can follow him on instagram at shoba.art. If you can read this text, congrats! You are a dedicated codebreaker and have pierced the secret of my hidden message. For your efforts, I will award you with a special surprise. Remember, the password for this page is { multis }. Where does it lead? Well, the only way of ever finding out... is to go down there and see for yourself.

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No part of Alpha Yu's work, including this site, was created with the use of any artificial intelligence.

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