Kin Leung, Hong Kong art toy designer. Worked as a product designer in different toy companies for 10 years. Products include preschool toys, girls' toys, remote control toys, etc. I learned and absorbed various toy designs and production techniques, and gained different toy making experiences in the process. I began to participate the Hong Kong Original Animation Character Design Competition at the ACGHK from 2013, also achieved a good result in the competition. In 2018, I started to design the original characters for the goal of making my own art toys. Heddman and Mini Miner are my first design. After the production, I began to join the different exhibitions actively. During this period, I know more production techniques and market directions. That is useful for the subsequent series of creative products such as Gumbio and Creambio. In 2021, I started teaching and sharing the skills of making art toys in small groups.
In addition to teaching how to make the art toy. My main work includes computer three-dimensional modeling, graphic design, product production follow-up, etc.
Kin established the brand of Kwokin Workshop to create characters and toys in 2018. The design concept of work is expressed based on the creator's own experience and knowledge, using characters as a medium. The first creation are Heddman and Mini Miner, the concept comes from the cute but prickly hedgehog. Gumbio is the follow-up design in 2021. The character has become rounded and smooth, with a sharp horn on the head.
In 2022, Kin began to have another perception and design direction for creation. Implementing the design of curly hair and sharp corners, Kin created a three-dimensional toy series of food toys based on Gumbio: Creambio, Nuggum, Peanut Gum, and Sushi Gum.
