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.
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.
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. She is the founder of the We Create Mentorship & Grant Program, a biennial initiative supporting emerging creative professionals.