Sunny Gu

Lyst's illustration series is a hugely popular project that allows us to showcase our incredible partners and work with some of the most talented young artists from around the world. We are always wary of presenting our partners' brands in a way that honours their work and does justice to their collections. As such, we need to trust the artists we work with implicitly and after an extensive search, we found Sunny's portfolio and saw the detail and care in her work and knew she would be perfect. We saw a lot of her fashion and luxury-focused work and the elegance and beauty of them stood out immediately. The degree of detail and realistic portrayal required for these works was important and her work showed us she would be able to handle them with respect and care they commanded. Together we have produced five beautiful pieces of art. She has taken both iconic gowns and designer favourites to make something we are so proud of and can't wait to share. Sunny was so open to feedback and guidance. We presented her with a skeleton of a framework and even from the first draft we could see her vision fitted with ours. We made minor tweaks and suggestions and asked her for her expertise as well and what has resulted is nothing short of breathtaking.

We were looking for a fashion illustrator who can create packaging images different from FANCL’s existing ones. We felt that Sunny's unique style and expression was so attractive. When we were looking for an image with Fancl team, they wanted some look representing ‘Flowery Runway’, we found Sunny's portfolio which was exactly the one. Then we contacted Sunny. The client and their customers are so happy and it was immediately sold out even just after the sale started. Thank you so much! Sunny provided images with very high quality and many options upon our request and schedule perfectly. We really appreciated her professionalism!

I've seen Sunny's work on Facebook and IG and have been a fan of her illustration work for a while before contacting Sunny. She has an amazing eye for detail, impeccable taste, and great sense of fashion from her work. In a sea of many illustrators I've came across, her vivid yet consistent style was something that I was eager to contact her to work with me for my projects. She is the ONE. Before I've fully engaged Sunny to work with me on my project, we've chatted on the phone, communicated on email, working with Sunny was such a breeze. Great attitude and good work ethics. It was such a pleasure working together with Sunny. When my client received Sunny's illustration (i've commissioned Sunny to do illustration of my wedding clients based on the photos I've taken of them), their happiness and satisfaction when they've received the art work was beyond belief. Client's happiness is driving more credibility for me in the field.

I loved Sunny’s artistic style and palette. She was exactly what we were looking for when we were commissioning an illustrator for this project. Sunny’s portfolio in fashion illustration as well as her ability to capture someone’s likeness was a huge asset as we were working not just with fashion but also with known figures and had to get their likeness right. Sunny was incredibly professional. Exceptionally courteous and made the experience a pleasure. Our deadlines were tight and she was always on top of her schedules. Apart from the beautiful illustrations, Sunny did a fantastic job researching the characters and that was a huge bonus on this project. She definitely performed over and beyond my expectations and I was very impressed with the outcome.