Julie 晶晶 Gillis

Based in New York

Specializing in book design, bilingual typography, and multipage layouts. My work focuses on cultural storytelling through a mix of archival research, graphic design, and illustration

Graphic Design fellow at Accent Sisters

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Graphic Design
Publications
Illustrations


 


Cooking with Friends

A personal cookbook zine documenting shared culinary traditions through a tactile system of illustrations and hand-drawn elements.


Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, InDesign
Dust To Dust

A three-volume print thesis uses archival research and bilingual typography to explore rituals, loss, and the cyclical relationship between life and death across cultures.


Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, InDesign
Reading Road

A speculative identity for a mobile library service, featuring a comprehensive branding system and custom community illustrations.


Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint, InDesign

EnVi Media
Multimedia platform with a focus on pop culture across the Asian Diaspora

A suite of digital assets for a global media platform, encompassing editorial thumbnails, social frameworks, and motion graphics.

Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects

Accent Sisters
Independent publishing house and bookstore in Manhattan 

A series of posters designed for Accent Sisters Studio, with full responsibility for layout and visual design.

Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, InDesign, Clip Studio Paint

Zodiac Circus
An ongoing painting series

Gouache
Desire

A 36-page spiral-bound publication exploring human longing through anonymous surveys and a layered page-size system.

Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint

Farewell My Concubine

Illustrations reimagining themes of queer identity and traditional artistry within the cinematic narrative of Farewell My Concubine.

Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint