Category: postcard

Designed and Illustrated by Eason Xinran Wang I aimed to evoke a sense of nostalgia and explore the multi-layered connections between an individual and their hometown. As an international student who moved to the United States to pursue my undergraduate degree, I was unable to return to my hometown for over three years, from 2020…

DESCRIPTION: The year is 2089. In a world as abundant in technological advancements and infrastructural innovation as it is plagued with mass surveillance and online communication monitoring, two people try to stay in touch…and stay ahead. The idea for the postcard came from an interest in mystery / thriller / investigative films and shows and…

I urge you to look at the postcard before reading further and try to figure what it means. Its a bit weird but still. Description Okay, so basically, I imagined that the part of your brain responsible for dreams is actually an animation studio, working hard every day to come up with new scenarios for…

Created a fictional postcard for a project that tells the story of an Asian parent whose child is working in a faraway country. I focused on capturing the emotional nuances of long-distance family relationships. As an international student far from home, I’ve witnessed firsthand the struggles many of us face in balancing what we want…

Paula has heard of bombings nearby in France. She fears for her safety and that of her sisters, whom she now cares for. She writes to an American soldier she met and fell in love with, pleading for him to find her someday. She senses impending danger…writing to him that she must change her name…

By Natalie Jarrett This narrative was inspired by the neighborhood I lived in prior to relocating to Atlanta. Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco was known as the hotbed of the 1960s counter-culture and hippie movements. The neighborhood was frequented by legendary cultural figures such as Allen Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and many more. Nowadays it…

Madison Steinau 1920’s Atlanta offers all the exciting new promises of a rising city… Something, however, is on the loose… what happened to Ernest? This postcard is an artifact of that mystery. One hundred years later, the unknown answer to this question is just as troubling for contemporary viewers as it is the Frances who…

Title: The Pigeon Park Personal Inspiration: My postcard tells a story of time-crossed communication, connecting two individuals separated by decades. This narrative is inspired by my personal experience, where my childhood apartment, built in 1973 and where I lived until 2008, was completely torn down and replaced by one of the tallest apartments in Gangnam,…

The first prompt is to create a fictional postcard that invokes a story. You sketch a conflict in a character within a single post card. The goal is not to squeeze a novel into a postcard but to emphasize story evocative elements in text, visuals, design. Please post here on the blog, so everyone can…