Rita Tu is an ordinary person who loves nature and creating. She loves exploring ideas from her life and experimenting with different methods and materials to tell the story in an expressive way.
Usually, Rita combines hand-drawn elements with Photoshop to create her works. This method can maintain the beauty of hand drawings with the flexibility of digital art. She is enthusiastic about animating her illustrations and thinks motion is another language for artworks to express feelings and thoughts to the viewer.
Rita collaborated with clients in advertising, publishing, art licensing, and editorial fields. Her illustrations and motion works have won awards from the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, 3X3, Communication Arts, International Motion Art Awards and The Young Ones ADC Awards.
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Shows & Awards
2017
3X3 Illustration Annual No.14 | Merit
China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair
CCBF 2017
The Cheltenham Illustration Awards 2017 Annual
SCAD On the Move Exhibition, GA
SCAD Illustration Anthology 2017
Hiiibrand Awards 2017 | Merit
2016
SCAD Paper Works Exhibition, GA
SCAD Small Works Exhibition, GA
2015
Savannah College Art & Design, Academic Scholarship
2014
Jiangxi Normal University, “Fu Bao Shi” Scholarship
Solo Exhibition, China, Nanchang
2023
World Illustration Awards | longlist
“You Chun Tian” Exhibition | Shanghai Library
2020
Society of Illustrators | Illustrators 63
AI-AP | International Motion Art Awards 8
American Illustration 39 | Chosen Online Winner
3X3 Illustration Annual No.17 | Merit-Animation
3X3 Illustration Annual No.17 | Merit-Illustration
DEF CON 28 ART CONTEST | Runner-up
World Illustration Awards | longlist
Applied Arts Awards-Motion
Applied Arts Awards-Illustration
Communication Arts Awards | Illustration Annual 61
Bologna Children’s Book Fair | The Children-Spectators
“Piao Liu Ben” Exhibition | Shanghai Library
“We are together” Exhibition | Shanghai Library
2019
Society of Illustrators | Illustrators 62 | Gold
The Young Ones Awards| Portfolio |Gold
The Young Ones Awards | ADC | Gold
The Young Ones Awards | ADC | Bronze
AI-AP | International Motion Art Awards 7
American Illustration 38 | Chosen Online Winner
Communication Arts Awards| Illustration Annual 60
3X3 Illustration Annual No.16 | Merit
The Applied Arts Awards
2018
Society of Illustrators | Illustrators 61
3X3 No.15 | Student Show| Silver
The Young Ones Awards |ADC |Bronze
AI-AP | International Motion Art Awards 6
Spectrum25
ICON10 | Motion Commotion 2018
iJungle Graphic Design Awards 2018
2nd Little Hakka International Picture Book Award
Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2018 (finalist)
ILUSTRATE 2018 (finalist)
CoMotion 2018 (finalist)
Communication Art Awards (finalist)