Tammy Yee, Illustration and Design
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About

The official blurb:
Tammy Yee has worked on more than 40 books. She grew up in Hawaii, where she explored tide pools, swam in streams, and wrote and illustrated spooky stories her teachers politely read. After she graduated from college she worked as a pediatric nurse. Having children rekindled her love for picture books, so in 1994 she exchanged her stethoscope for a paintbrush and she's been writing and illustrating ever since. In 2022, she was inducted into Children's Literature of Hawaii's (CLH) Hall of Fame.
The unofficial blurb:
Aloha!

I'm a mom to an assortment of birds, cats, and a flatulent bulldog named Grogu. I'm also the author and/or illustrator of more than 40 books, and a former Regional Advisor and Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI-Hawaii.

I love creating books that feature AAPI characters, nature (fiction and nonfiction), and anything nerdy or silly that will appeal to creative and endlessly curious kids. And I am always striving to develop my craft through feedback, revision, and workshops on writing and illustrating.

On school visits, I'm an island-style, take-off-the-shoes, sit-cross-legged-on-the-floor kind of gal--anything to get closer to the kids. I do make exceptions to taking off my shoes while speaking at conferences, however, I can't promise that I won't be wearing pajama pants while presenting on Zoom.

Mahalo for visiting!

General

Published author/illustrator of more than 36 children's books, fiction and nonfiction, and several craft books. Experience in commercial murals for digital reproduction.

Former Regional Advisor (2015-2017) and Illustrator Coordinator (2014) for SCBWI-Hawaii (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators). Responsibilities included:
  • Organizing SCBWI Hawaii's 2017 conference featuring editors Alvina Ling and Andrea Welch; art directors Lauren Rille and Tracy Shaw; and author David Estes
  • Organizing SCBWI Hawaii's 2016 conference featuring author-illustrator and 2015 Caldecott Medal Recipient Dan Santat, author-illustrator Kirsten Carlson, agent Suzie Townsend and editor Naomi Long Eagleson
  • Promoting children's literature and kidlit content creators through collaboration with the Hawaii State Library and other community organizations.

Interests and Specialties

Children, animals, wildlife, conservation, multicultural, humor, science, mythology, cryptozoology, biography

Style/Medium

Digital illustration, watercolor

Education

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Registered Pediatric Nurse

Clients

CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • Arbordale Publishing
  • Bess Press
  • Chin Music Press
  • Dover Publications
  • ERDHI Publishing
  • Island Heritage Publishing
  • Mutual Publishing
  • M&S Creative
  • Sleeping Bear Press
  • Tumblehome Inc.
MISCELLANEOUS
  • Hawaii Judiciary Children's Advocacy Center: Culturally appropriate forensic assessment tools
  • Hawaii Mothers Milk Bank: Logo
  • Joshua Neves Foundation: T-shirt design and color separations
  • Kapiolani Medical Center Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Unit Transport Ambulance design
  • Kapiolani Medical Center: Care of Central Lines Educational Booklet
  • Rolando Sanchez, RSC Music Hawaii: Technical consultation, website design, CD cover design and promotional graphics
COMMERCIAL MURALS & DESIGN
  • Critical Care Transport ambulance wrap for Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

  • Kober Hanssen Mitchell Architects
    Architecture & Planning industry

    Mural for the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Family Medical Building at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center

  • Philpott's & Associates, Inc.
    Architecture & Planning industry

    Murals for Kapiolani Medical Center renovation

    Decal design for CAT Scan Machine

  • Disney Aulani Travel Map Mural

CONSERVATION
  • Baiji.org

    Irrawaddy River Dolphin art for fundraising

  • The Kohala Center

    Character development and educational poster design promoting reef-friendly sunscreens.

  • Nature Conservancy Hawaii

    Hawaiian Rocky Shore identification and coloring sheet

    Kipahulu Ohana coloring sheet featuring reef and shoreline fish, near shore invertebrates, intertidal invertebrates and seaweed of Kipahulu, Maui.

  • NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)

    Official poster for the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Program

  • Trust for Public Land

    Educational material promoting Puget Sound conservation

Conference Panelist/Presenter

Honors and Awards

© 2019 Tammy Yee
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