Tracie Ching
Tracie Ching is an American artist and illustrator based in Washington, D.C. She is known for a signature digital cross-hatching style inspired by classic engraving techniques. Her work spans alternative movie posters, commercial key art, and political portraiture, including the official inaugural poster for the Biden-Harris administration.
Tracie Ching
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- Name
- Tracie Ching
- Education
- Windward Community College (AA)
- Known for
- Illustration, Vector art, Cross-hatching
- Awards
- Clio Entertainment Award (Silver: 2021, 2022, 2024)
- Occupation
- illustrator.
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Tracie Ching is an American artist and illustrator based in Washington, D.C. She is known for a signature digital cross-hatching style inspired by classic engraving techniques. Her work spans alternative movie posters, commercial key art, and political portraiture, including the official inaugural poster for the Biden-Harris administration.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Tracie Ching • Education — Windward Community College (AA) • Known for — Illustration, Vector art, Cross-hatching • Notable Works — Biden-Harris Inaugural Poster, Kamala Harris "For the People" poster, "Kavanope" • Awards — Clio Entertainment Award (Silver: 2021, 2022, 2024) • Website — https: www.tracieching.com
Early life and education
Early life and education
Ching is a self-taught illustrator who began her professional career in 2011. Utilizing Adobe applications to teach herself graphic design, she specialized in complex vector-based portraiture. In 2024, she earned an Associate of Arts in Hawaiian Studies from Windward Community College.
Career
Career
Ching gained prominence creating alternative movie posters for cult classic films, a movement noted by The New York Times for its impact on fan art and film marketing. She has since designed packaging for Hasbro's G.I. Joe Classified Series and cover art for Penguin Random House, including the Stranger Things prequel novel Flight of Icarus. In 2021, she was commissioned to create a portrait of Mary Jackson to commemorate the renaming of the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters.
Notable works
Notable works
• Biden-Harris Inaugural Poster (2021): Official poster commissioned by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. • Kamala Harris: For the People (2019): Official campaign poster for Kamala Harris's presidential primary campaign, held in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery. • "Kavanope" (2018): A viral protest graphic acquired by the Library of Congress. • TIME Cover: Illustrated the "Arrested Hope" cover featuring Aung San Suu Kyi for the "100 Women of the Year" project (2020).
Permanent collections
Permanent collections
• National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution • Library of Congress • Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Tracie Ching, artist, at Dragon Con in Atlanta Ga September 6 2026
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- “Tracie Ching”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
• 2024: Silver Clio Entertainment Award for "Hunger Games - The Snow Saga Portraits". • 2022: Silver Clio Entertainment Award for "Terminator 2 - Deluxe Steelbook". • 2021: Silver Clio Entertainment Award for "Kickass Steelbook".
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- 1.Rising Stars: Meet Tracie Ching of Washington, DC. Voyage Baltimore. 2024-09-11.
- 2.Inaugural poster of Biden, Harris created by Shore native. Asbury Park Press. 2021-01-20.
- 3.Behind the Design: G.I. Joe Classified Series Artist Profile. Hasbro Pulse. 2020-05-08.
- 4.Faller, Patrick. Hidden figure no more. Adobe Blog. 2021-03-17.
- 5.Windward Community College. Congratulations to our 2024 Graduates. Instagram. 2024-05-10.
- 6.Buckley, Cara. The Alternative Movie Posters and Fan Art We Love. The New York Times. 2017-09-22.
- 7.Eddie Munson Builds a Home for Freaks. Nerdist. 2023-10-18.
- 8.Kamala Harris: For the People. Smithsonian Institution.
- 9.Kavanope / Tracie Ching. Library of Congress.
- 10.Alm, David. The Artist Behind A Viral Protest Poster. Forbes. 2018-09-30.
- 11.Barron, Laignee. Aung San Suu Kyi: 100 Women of the Year. TIME. 2020-03-05.
- 12.Hunger Games - The Snow Saga Portraits. Clio Awards.
- 13.Terminator 2 - Deluxe Steelbook. Clio Awards.
- 14.Kickass Steelbook. Clio Awards.
- 15.Ride to the polls, Reclaim What's Ours / Tracie Ching. Library of Congress.
- 16.Spoke Art and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Partner on Art Print Series. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
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