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The Colorado Lotus Project

Highlighting Colorado's AANHPI communities' experiences, the Colorado Lotus Project looks underneath the umbrella term of "Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders", at Colorado's specific ethnic communities, offering a rigorous amount of data and stories from participants.

Through collaboration with Colorado Health Institute and the Colorado AAPI Circle, I created a cover capturing their vision for the report. The backdrop is lined with the Rocky Mountains and Denver's city skyline, with lotus flowers filling the rest of the space. They are representative of the resilient Colorado AANHPI communities, paving their way out of the murky water to form the flower petals with their hands.

Find the full report here.


This cover artwork was commissioned by Colorado Health Institute.
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From left to right: the conceptual stages of the cover art development, from first sketch ideation to final sketch based on collective feedback from the client and stakeholders.
The first concept in the sketch proposal stage, highlighting the lotus flower hands front and center.
The first concept proposal
The second concept in the sketch proposal stage, utilizing water movement flow with the branding of "making waves".
The second concept proposal
The third concept in the sketch proposal stage, displaying the lotus growing from the water in the city street.
The third concept proposal
The first concept in the first round of revisions, based on client and stakeholder feedback. Image uses the first sketch concept against a sunset sky instead of the dark one in the sketch, with the water's horizon line disappearing into the trees before Denver's skyline.
The first concept in the first round of revisions
The final concept using on client and stakeholder feedback. Image uses the first sketch concept against a sunset sky, Rocky Mountains, trees, fields, and the Denver city skyline.
The final concept
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