drawing of a human in a penguin outfit, huddled up for warmth. a speech bubble says "hello".

J YANG

is an illustrator with a very normal amount of interest in shrimp. Queer, Asian, currently in Iowa (grew up in NYC). Open to doing the occasional book cover.

CLIENTS

  • Amplify Education (2018–ongoing. Principal Digital Illustrator)

  • Simon & Schuster (Like A Mother Bear, 2027)

  • HarperCollins (The Queen Bees of Tybee County, 2024, If You’re a Kid Like Gavin, 2022)

  • Abrams Books (The Good Hair Day, 2023)

  • Scholastic (The Free State of Jax, 2025; Gut Reaction, 2023; The Secret Battle of Evan Pao, 2022; Attack of the Black Rectangles, 2022)

  • Tor (Salt Water, 2023, Three O’Clock Dragon, 2023; Let All the Children Boogie, 2020; D.I.Y., 2022)

  • Macmillan (May the Best Man Win, 2021)

  • MTV (Hot Boy Summer, 2024)

  • Little Bee/glaad (Our Rainbow & Spirit Day; 2018 & 2019)

  • Valve

Also ran some charity artbooks that raised $13k in 2019—for more details, check out the projects tab

I have a BFA in Communications Design Illustration from Pratt Institute.


Email artofjyang@gmail.com

 
Photograph of an asian-american man in mood lighting.
 

Conventions 2026

  • SLICE St Louis

Previous Cons:

2026: ECCC, Aquashella Dallas
2025: ECCC, Aquashella Dallas, Octagon Art Festival, SLICE St Louis
2024: Aquashella Dallas & Schaumburg, Octagon Art Festival, SLICE
2023: ECCC, C2E2, ANYC, SLICE
2022: ICON, ECCC, NYCC

Adding a copy/paste section here for my con applications:

I make a ton of shmerch (shrimp merch)! These include socks, bags, hats, stickers, prints, greeting cards, washi tape, keychains, lanyards, pins, and more.