Food · Hospitality · Illustrated stories

Food Illustration & Motion

Meals, memories, and places, brought to life through textured illustration and playful animation.

Food illustration · Personal project

Sushi

A familiar meal becomes a small illustrated world, with painterly textures, a playful palette, and moving details.

Sushi — still illustration
Still illustration
Sushi — looping animation
In motion

Illustration and animation by Ni Ma.

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Food & hospitality · Personal project

Charleston — Peach Salad & Happy Hour

A Friday happy hour at Renaissance Charleston—peach salad, wine, and live music—became an illustrated travel memory.

Charleston — Peach Salad — still illustration
Still illustration
In motion

After I shared the salad in an Instagram story, artist Branden Sherman challenged me to animate it. I created the illustration and animation as a personal project inspired by the stay.

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