Hi! I'm Heewon.
I have a lot of random interests.
Let's work together! You can reach me at shelost.off@gmail.com.
Products
I do Product Design work for startups.
Stan
Company
All-in-One Creator Store
design
I was the first Product Designer @ Stan and created Stanley, the best mascot.
Figma
Vue
Soteria
Fintech Banking App
design
I was the Lead Designer @ Soteria, a banking app concept led by former RBC employees.
Figma
Illustrator
Wolf Financial
Company
Media Franchise
design
I created the branding for Wolf Financial, a finance newsletter & podcast with 400K+ followers on Twitter/X.
Figma
React
Games
I sometimes make JavaScript <canvas> games.
Just Orbiting By
Orbital Movement
game
Orbital dodging game.
HTML
JS
Canvas
Platformr
2D Platformer Game
game
My personal favorite game, where you create your own platforms. 18 handcrafted levels.
HTML
JS
Canvas
Super Pong
Pong, but with superpowers
game
I made a chaotic, but fun addition to the classic Pong game.
HTML
JS
Canvas
Rooms
Mini RPG
game
11 Rooms is a fun little adventure game where each level has its own twist. I loved experimenting with matrix-based Canvas rendering on this one.
HTML
JS
Canvas
Trails
Kind of like Snake
game
HTML
JS
Canvas
Wordchain
A Fun Word Game
game
Hello
HTML
JS
Canvas
Comics
I've been getting into drawing comics as a hobby.
Pandemonium
My First Comic
comic
This was my first full comic chapter, based on various classical novels such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Odyssey, and Journey to the West.
Procreate
Figma
Kingdom
Webtoon Concept Art
comic
The King of Samhan is a story based on the 7th-century Unification Wars, which brought an end to the Three Kingdoms period in Korean history. I am currently working on a webcomic version, but here are the early drafts of the story in text form.
Procreate
Figma
Design
I've dabbled in graphic design.
Cornell L+R Lab
Graphic Design
gallery
I created logos for the Learning & Recursion Lab, an AI research lab led by Prof. Kevin Ellis at Cornell.
Figma
Illustrator
Logo Redesigns
Graphic Design
gallery
Personal design exercise; I tried redesigning famous brands to give them a more modern feel.
Illustrator
Team Ithaca
School Team Designs
gallery
Illustrator
Science Olympiad
I created the team logo + branding for Ithaca’s Science Olympiad team,
Brain Team
Brain Team is Ithaca’s own nationally-ranked Quiz Bowl team.
I was the captain of the team during our 2020-21 season, when I also created our team’s visual branding as well as posters for our fundraising events.
Ithaca Fall Tournament (IFT)
Ithaca Brain Team
Circle Logo
Trivia Night
Ithaca Paintball
Local Business Branding
gallery
Illustrator
Blog
Hello
My Accidental Gap Year
History
blog
How I stumbled into taking good advice.
Figma
Rome, Persia, and Trump
Article
blog
My predictions on the US-China conflict, based on the greatest rivalry of classical antiquity.
Figma
The Master Timeline
Research Project
blog
I spent 3+ weeks charting the history of human civilization, by region / country.
Figma