Nien-Ken Alec Lu
Nien-Ken Alec Lu is an illustrator specializing in editorial, commercial, and advertising illustrations. His home studio is based in San Francisco, California, where he draws, paints, and watches cat videos.
His style focuses on the character’s interaction with the environments to establish illustrative situations, narratives, and storytelling. Nien-Ken starts his process with many thumbnails and sketches on paper, then finishes his work digitally with love and care.
CONTACT
Nien-Ken Alec Lu
Represented by Folio worldwide.
For all commission inquiries, please contact agent at info@folioart.co.uk or me at nienken@nkaleclu.com
1(415)889-0986
San Francisco, California
FEATURED CLIENTS
The New York Times, The Washington Post, ESPN, VISA, Monocle, Asana, IDEO, Popular Science, The Hollywood Reporter, HGTV, Reader’s Digest, BuzzFeed News, Oakland International Airport, The Telegraph, Commercial Observer, American Way Magazine, Kiplinger’s Financial Magazine, Cincinnati Magazine, University of Arlington Magazine, The San Franciscan, EATER, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Open Up podcast, Today’s Veterinarian Business, and others.
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TESTIMONIAL
“Nien-Ken is a delightful illustrator, very fast,clean, technically savvy and efficient with file size. His animations lit up our client’s newsletter. He responds quickly, always has great ideas from feedback and is just the nicest person. His skill set is excellent, he is proficient in many different styles and comes up with terrific solutions! Highly recommend for your next illustration or animation project(s)!”
— Shelly Larson / Art Director / Circa Now Agency Source
“Alec is an extremely talented illustrator, with strong concepting skills! We were fortunate to work with Alec on a poster and book cover for a student play, and he was able to deliver a stunningly refined illustration, beyond our expectations, and within a challenging short time-frame! Alec understood and was responsive to our vision and goals, and was also such a pleasure and delight to work with as well!“
— Vivian Sming / Design Director / 826 Valencia Source
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