About Me

Hi, I'm Heather (Chih Ying) Liu, a front-end developer/designer based in Adelaide, Australia. I have a passion for website creation and digital art.

As a ten-year-experienced freelancer, I have collaborated with various companies on projects ranging from website development to graphic design and illustration. As a result, I excel at working with diverse clients and am skilled at managing my time effectively. In addition, I have also run a small business, which has given me a keen sense of the market.

Today, I am thrilled to say that I am a front-end developer at Pixel Force, where I have the opportunity to learn and grow alongside a team of seasoned professionals!

SKILLS

Coding

HTML, CSS, Sass, Tailwind CSS, JavaScript, React.js, Next.js, Typescript

Design / Art

Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Clip Studio.

Team Work

I have experience participating in various small and large projects.
I have also collaborated with over 20 companies, ranging from printing factories to government procurement.

Marketing

My personal brand has over 6,000 followers, more than 20 types of peripheral products and more than 2,000 physical products have been sold.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2022.9-Present
Front-end Developer, PixelForce, SA

-Participated in a lot of big projects:
Designerex
Traininpink
Fitstop
Ezlicence

2013-Present
Operating my personal brand / Freelancer

2013-Present
-Do freelance jobs about graphic design/illustration.
-Run social media, shoot and edit all promotional videos.
2013-2017
-Manage all orders, packaging, contact customers and shipping matters.
-Contact printing companies, product factories and complete all illustrations.

2021.7-2022.5
Front of house, Miyabi Sushi, SA

2021.2-2021.12
Front of house, Since I met Harry Café, SA

2016-2021
LINE stickers, themes, emoji design.

2016-2021 -Interface color and pattern design.
2021- Successfully started selling co-branded stickers.

2021.4-2021.5
Graphic Designer/Illustrator Intern, The Aird Group, SA

1st week
-Participated in designing Kimmidoll and The Little Angel products.
2rd week
-Participated in designing the One Family notebook.

2015, 2016, 2021
I was invited to participate in the Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd design selection.

2015- My postcard design for the Year of the Monkey was selected and sold in Taiwan.
2016- Participated in designing the Year of the Dog and the Year of the Chicken stamps.
2021- Participated in designing the Year of the Tiger card.

2020
Designed picnic mats for New Taipei City Government

2018.10-2019.7
Cruise Attendant, Sunlover reef cruises, QLD

2019- Won the Prussian Blue fins design competition and they sold the fins all over the world.

2019
Designed a board game - Bee Protector for Taiwan Environmental Protection Bureau.

My Code

Ezlicence Home Page

I am currently working on creating a new React version for the Ezlicence website, and have completed a portion of the homepage. (To protect company data, this website is an old version that is already online and is provided for reference only.)

What I learned

Next.js Framework
Tailwind CSS
Search location dropdown input bar
Sync buttons
Animation menu button
Typescript

Click to see more EzLicence

Fitstop Locations Pages, Join Us Pages

During my time at Pixelforce, Fitstop was the project I was most involved with. I worked on the search location page, location pages, and each step of the sign-up process for the Fitstop website.

What I learned

Sass
Haml
JQuery
Foundation

Click to see more Fitstop

POMODORO Timer

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management system that encourages people to work with the time they have—rather than against it. Using this method, you break your workday into 25-minute chunks separated by five-minute breaks. These intervals are referred to as pomodoros.

What I learned

CSS checkbox applications
CSS only slider
Use Chart.js to make pie charts for the timer
Countdown timer with control buttons
To-do lists input function

Click to see more pomodoro

My Portfolio Website

Of course I did this portfolio website by myself. Before I learn programming, I need to use other websites to build my portfolio. I really appreciate the fact that I decided to learn the knowledge of front-end engineering. I really enjoy doing coding work now.

What I learned

Using Foundation clearing lightbox
Building fixed navbar at the lefthand site
Improving my HTML and CSS skills
Displaying websites in smaller screen

My Design

LINE themes / stickers

I design themes and stickers for the LINE chat app, which have been sold online since 2016.

Click to see more lineThemes

Click to see more lineStickers

Logo design for Tung's Dunge

Tung's Dunge is a brand created by a Taiwanese girl who indulges in woodworking and is inspired by nature in Sweden.

Picnic mats design for New Taipei City Government

Originally designed four picnic mats for the New Taipei City Government Family Support Center with the theme of the four seasons.

Too many to show all of my design works

Because too many years of design experience can't be finished in a few words, and my main goal is to become a web developer at this moment, so I just attached a part of my design works here, when I have time I will put more of their details on this website in the future.