Voyager
After travelling the world, a young mermaid who lived in the Atlantic ocean was amazed by the wonderful sceneries outside her barren hometown. Vowed to bring her fellow mer-folks to a better place safely, the mermaid started working on her very own revolutionary invention—a Steampunk Underwater Vehicle.
The Lady of the Skulls
A group project where I collaborated with a team of artists and developed a series of concept art based on the story written by Patricia A. McKillip.
Once upon a time, there was a tower standing lonely in the middle of a desert. A lady was trapped inside the tower for countless years with treasure and skulls planted with roses. One day, a group of knights came to seek the treasure. They were told by the Lady that they must pick the most precious treasure, or they will die once they exit the tower. The knights started panicking, but the most clever one among them, the Knight of Carnelaine, made his choice and led the Lady through the gate of the tower...
Redesign Practice
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Character design practice of "Pride and Prejudice" and "Billy Elliot."
Guardian of the Underworld
A personal project inspired by DND games.
Eleanor was the knight and guardian of the Land of the Dead. Her duty was to uphold the order of the underworld and escort the dead people to reincarnation. As a knight, she was protective toward the weak. But the sense of responsibility and rigid rule of the underworld also forced her to be impartial and unbending toward any plead from the dead to return to the living world. However, that didn’t stop her from feeling sympathetic toward these poor souls. Eleanor used to have a loving family. Her sudden death took away her chance to say the final goodbye to her loved ones. Longing to see her family one last time, Eleanor became the guardian to remain in the Land of the Dead for the final reunion. She understood the deep pain of parting for both the dead and the livings more than anyone. Therefore, Eleanor was doing her best, in ways that evade the cold rule of underworld, to save the dead from their regrets, or at least helping their living family move on.
Morris' Fables
The game design project where I collaborated with game designer Heather Chen to develop the concept art for the game "Morris' Fables."
Morris, the youngest member of Grimm’ s family, needs to enter a strange fairy tale book to lift the family curse. Her first stop in the world of fables is the story of Little Red Riding Hood. After becoming Red herself, Morris discovered that her “grandma” Isabella was trying to keep dark secrets from her that made the originally peaceful story world plunge off the tracks. To correct the story line, Morris needs to make the right decisions or something terrible is going to happen…
Costume Design for Snow Queen and Dame Vaako
Left- The redesign of Snow Queen from the fairytale "the Snow Queen" inspired by Flamenco Outfit and Art Deco.
Right- The redesign of Dame Vaako from the movie "the Chronicles of Riddick" inspired by bones and Art Deco.
The Snow Queen
Redesign of the fairytale "Snow Queen" set in the 1920s New York City.
In 1920s, an ordinary girl lived with her lover happily in New York City. However, the boy unfortunately got terribly sick. In order not to drag the girl down, in his letter he made her believe that he left her for money. The heart-broken girl grew up into a wealthy upper-class woman. She was nicknamed "the Snow Queen" for her stone-cold heart. Kai and Gerda were childhood friends and the victims of the Great Depression. When they were playing on the street, they were noticed by the Snow Queen. To prove that love and friendship could never stand the lure of wealth, she seduced Kai with money and took him away in her limousine. Gerda ventured across the city and found Kai in the Snow Queen's tower. There, Kai was asked to solve the puzzle, which was made of her boyfriend's breakup letter. Gerda awakened the friendship in Kai's heart. And when the two were solving the puzzle, they discovered the truth hidden in the letter. They proved to the Snow Queen that true friendship could stand any lure and told her the real reason for her lover's departure. The Snow Queen was finally relieved from her wound. She gave Kai and Gerda freedom and moved on to live her lonely life.
The Sword Maker
Story of a neglected girl proving herself a capable katana forger.
The main character is the only heir of her katana-forging family. But as a girl, she was regarded as useless and weak and was forbidden to learn katana forging. The girl had no choice but to move into the big city to find another way to survive. But she is a slowcoach and couldn’t live up the pace of the society, so her life became a mess. And to her despair, the art and spirit of katana culture is dying fast. One day she couldn’t stand anymore so she returned home to pick up her dream. She moved into an abandoned workshop hidden deeply in the forest. There she found her inner peace and succeed to forge her legendary katana in the end.
Jack and the Beanstalk
A redesign of the fairytale "Jack and the Beanstalk" set in a rural French village.
Jack and his mother lived in a shabby little house at the edge of a rural village. Fascinated with legends and sagas, Jack dreamed of going on an adventure to find the treasure that will give his family’ better lives. He exchanged his cow—the only valuable property of the family—for a magical sunflower seed. In the next morning, the seed grew into a gigantic sunflower. Climbing up the stalk, Jack reached a beautiful garden full of sunflowers with golden petals. He took as many petals as possible. His actions angered the guarding giant, who chased him down the stalk. In order to protect his mother from the giant, Jack cut the huge sunflower. The giant fell to the ground and had no more energy to make further damages.
Glasses
A group animation project.
I'm in charge of character design, prop design, bg design and animation in this project.
Alex, a little dog with a large scar on his face, bought a pair of glasses from the kind glasses shop owner Randy. After covering his scar with the glass, he tried to befriend with the other children. When he was about to be accepted, his dark memories of being bullied for his scar suddenly rushed back to him, making him lose control of his fear. Randy, witnessed everything through the window, decided to help. He comforted the poor little dog and revealed his prosthetic antler to him. The other kids also showed Alex their imperfections. Eventually, Alex gained confidence and the courage to accept his own imperfection. He returned the glasses to Randy and joined his new friends to play.
The Museum
Personal project inspired by Rubber Hose Animation style. Stories of different characters living and working in a mysterious museum.
Rex was a little dinasour coming back to life from a fossilized egg in the museum. He was taken in and well-protected by the mysterious curator and became the mascot of the museum. As the mascot, Rex got to meet different people and stories. He became increasingly curious of the modern world outside the museum.
