Mavis Yick
Mavis Yick is an aspiring illustrator and graphic designer with a passion for comic making, currently completing a foundation year in Design and Media: Visual Communication Design. Their work draws largely from personal interests, combining personal experiences with social and political commentary through art. They enjoy working across a wide variety of mediums, from collage and digital illustration to 3D modelling, and hope to continue working within the creative industry alongside an interest in the sciences.
Skilled in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Photoshop, Yick is currently open to commission-based work, hoping to expand their repertoire and further develop their knowledge of graphic design and illustration.
Shake and Swirl – A project in which Yick designed brands, zines, and websites in collaboration with an NHS worker to help promote discussion around anxiety and general mental health.
TRAID Industry Project, Afterlight – Working live with TRAID, Yick worked in a team to create marketing campaigns for predicted fashion trends of the 2026 spring summer season. The teams' trend was “Afterlight”, inspired by nocturnal living. Styling was done by Daisy Bennett, Photography by Sol Green, editting and typography by Yick.
Their Story, Children's Book Project – In this project, Yick storyboarded and illustrated children’s storybooks about “unsung heroes,” choosing Bisan Owda as their featured hero.
Power And Pride, Black History Month Project – As a celebration of black history month, and in response to the theme of Power and Pride, Yick illustrated and printed stickers of prominent black, queer (and largely UK-based) icons, inspired by the documentary “Paris is Burning”.
Immigrant Perceptions, Final Major Project – With rising political tensions regarding immigration in the UK, Yick illustrated sister murals aiming to challenge the views of immigrants from the institution and contrast said views with how immigration has actually affected the urban environment, celebrating multi culturalism. Along side this, Yick created models of the Home Office and the Hackney Empire for the murals to be displayed on.