Birth name: Gong Yijian (龚毅坚)

Birth place: Lanxi, Zhejiang, China

Pocket Chocolate is a Chinese artist known for his work across animation, video games, and illustration. His nickname comes from his debut series, Pocket, combined with his love of chocolate. He's built a reputation as someone who really knows how to work with color—his pieces tend toward warm palettes that bring a realistic, emotional weight to whatever he's drawing.

His best-known work is probably "Butterfly in the Air," a four-volume series that adapted a Chinese bestseller and dropped in 2002. It showcases his particular blend of realistic coloring with manga-inspired linework. The series gave fans a good sense of what makes his style distinctive: solid fundamentals mixed with genuine emotional resonance.

He's also known as a skilled digital artist; in fact, he published a guide on working methods in Painter for the Chinese market. Later, he created a one-shot comic called "Memory of the South Mountain," which first came out in France through Xiao Pan in 2006 before hitting shelves in China.