CHLOE YEE MAY

Location: Office in Warwick, Rhode Island
size: 9'4" x 40'3"

Worked with PurePartner By Design to install an illustrative mural on a corridor in the MetLife Warwick Offices.
Included a quote and signature. 

(On-Site photos coming soon)

The Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) had invited me to produce 3 murals to hang on their office lobby walls.
All 3 are meant to inspire and motivate their workers in encouraging innovation and creativity.

"The Entrepeneaur"
3.6 m x 7 m
Digital

   
"Following the Right Vision"
3.6 m x 7 m
Digital

"Envisioning Innovation"
3.6 m x 7 m
Digital

An ongoing series of drawings, illustrating the struggles of fresh youth finding their way into the fast lane

Pencil & Digital

A different take on the biblical story of “David and The Goliath”.
In this reality, David seeks to conquer not a singular Goliath, but a whole wealth of them. However these creatures do not appear hostile in frame - were they ever a threat?

Stuck in a Creative Rut

digital

pencil & digital

a personal piece about a pixie living in her bed of flowers and succulents

Digital

Arthur sleeping so deep in slumber, he is almost frozen in space; like stone. 
We wonder what he dreams of.

Digital 

Located in Xintiandi. Shanghai, China 

Revamped poster design and pillow prints for a new window and in-store display. Located in Xintiandi. Shanghai, China Concept is focused on quirk, hollywood life, and attitude. For dogs. Chrome Bones is a luxury brand for dog accessories based in Los Angeles

digital
A series of spot illustrations, celebrating a woman's mind and body

 

Gouache, Colored Pencil

A personal take on Little Red Riding Hood.

Digital

Story by James Thurber

"I haven't found one yet. But I still have this overpowering urge to hide in a box. Maybe it will go away. Maybe I'll be all right. Maybe it will get worse. It 's hard to say."

Winning entry in: 
2016 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition
Displayed in Gallery: Society of Illustrators
Published in catalog

Digital 

Hoarding cats is what cat ladies do best. Can you find her amongst the mass of fantastic felines?

digital

A story about a girl who had vivid visions on an airplane trip.

Mixed Media 

Winning entry in: 
2015 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition 
Displayed in Gallery: Society of Illustrators 
Published in catalog 

2014 Applied Arts Student Awards Contest 
Displayed in Gallery: Annual Creative Schools Expo & 2014 AACE Awards Party 
Published: November/December 2014 Student Awards Issue 

A daughter of a family in poverty decides to create her own business in origami. Things become complicated as her family finds out where she's been receiving her materials.

Digital

Collaboration with an animation colleague. 
The .GIF shows a snake curling up the knight from the sigil of his shield.
My part was do to the painting.

a piece about youth trying to find every nook and cranny to break into their industry

digital

Digital

Immersed in a different world
Music transports you. 

An ongoing series of drawings, illustrating the struggles of fresh youth finding their way into the fast lane

Digital

"Long after the firefly had disappeared, the trail of its light remained inside me, its pale, faint glow hovering on and on in the thick darkness behind my eyelids like a lost soul.
More than once I tried stretching my hand out in the dark. My fingers touched nothing. The faint glow remained, just beyond my grasp."
- Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood 

Digital 

An interpretation of how viruses and bacteria live amongst the cells in your body, some malevolent and some benign.

Digital

Various Illustrations that would become a compilation of my memories growing up - composed into a book.

Digital 

Character Design 

When incredibley different personalities are met in a single lowly apartment building...

Digital

This giant wishes to be a part of society. The closest he can get is through imagining his life inside his snowglobe that holds a miniature city. 

Mixed Media 

Finalist for the cover of "Time Out Shanghai" magazine 

A presence, larger than life, is incoming. Whether it's a movement, ideal, or physical, everybody should be prepared.

work in progress 

Mixed Media 

Vasilisa the Beautiful (Russian: Василиса Прекрасная) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in "Narodnye russkie skazki".

Did you hear the news about Edward? 
On the back of his head,
He had another face,
was it a woman's face? Or a young girl?

Based on the story of Edward Mordrake and inspired by Tom Waits' song rendition

Mixed Media

Sonder 

n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.