Tyson Tan
Tyson Tan | |
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谭代山[1] | |
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Other names | 钛山 |
Occupation(s) | Concept artist, Character designer |
Years active | 2012–present |
Notable work | Konqi (mascot of KDE) Kiki (mascot of Krita) Freedom Planet 2 (Concept artist, character designer) |
Website | tysontan.com |
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Traditional Chinese | 譚代山 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 谭代山 | ||||||
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Tyson Tan is a Chinese concept artist and character designer. He is noted for re-designing KDE's mascot Konqi, as well as designing a few other mascots for free and open source software projects.
Language
Tyson speaks 3 languages. Chinese, English and Japanese.[2]
Art style
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Kiki_the_Cyber_Squirrel_mascot_of_Krita_plastic_model_kit_design_sheet.png/220px-Kiki_the_Cyber_Squirrel_mascot_of_Krita_plastic_model_kit_design_sheet.png)
In general, Tyson has an art style that draws inspirations from both anime and western cartoons. He draws mostly anthropomorphic animal characters.[3] He is also known for his ability of designing robotic characters with organic shapes while keeping a level of convincing mechanical details.[4]
Works
FLOSS Mascots
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/KDE_Mascot_Konqi_by_Tyson_Tan.png/220px-KDE_Mascot_Konqi_by_Tyson_Tan.png)
Tyson designed Kiki the Cyber Squirrel as the mascot for Digital painting software Krita in 2012, and has been Krita's startup artwork artist since.[5] In 2013, his re-design concept of KDE's mascot Konqi was chosen from a contest and has been used since KDE version 5.x.[6] He also designed Kate the woodpecker as the mascot for advanced text editor Kate in 2014.[7]
Video games
Tyson drew several fanarts for Freedom Planet 1 after its release. These artworks were later adopted by GalaxyTrail for promotional purpose.[8] He later became the concept artist and character designer of the indie Action platformer Freedom Planet 2.[9]
Books
Tyson's works have been included in the following books:
- IMAGINE: the art of Imaginary Friends Studios (Artwork used)[10]
- Furries Furever: Draw and Color Anthro Characters in a Variety of Styles (Artist and writer of Chapter 6)[11][12]
- Digital Painting with Krita 2.9: Learn All of the Tools to Create Your Next Masterpiece (Cover artist)[13]
- Dessin et peinture numérique avec Krita (Artwork used)[14][15]
- Made with Krita 2016 (Artwork used)[16]
Working with free culture
Tyson is observed to have been using only free and open source software to work since 2012.[17] He has been supporting several FLOSS projects in various ways. He has a permissive attitude for others to use his works, and licenses most of his artworks under free licenses like Creative Commons.[18]
See also
- Konqi, mascot of KDE
- Kiki the Cyber Squirrel, mascot of Krita
- Kate the woodpecker, mascot of Kate editor
- Freedom Planet 2
Reference
- ^ "关于本站 » 黑兔工场". archive.is. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ "Tyson Tan (@TysonTanX) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ "Tyson Tan's Deviantart Gallery". deviantART. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
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(help) - ^ Krita Foundation. "Krita's mascot Kiki". krita.org. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
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(help) - ^ Zhai, Aracele Torres, Camila Ayres, Molly White (original wikimedia-timeline creator),Spanish translation by Victorhck and Eloy Cuadra, Chinese translation by Leslie. "A 20 years timeline of KDE events". Retrieved 2017-07-19.
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(help) - ^ BurntToShreds (2015-08-07). "@galaxytrail keeping it real with Freedom Planet. Excellent art for the booth! #RTX #RTX2015". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
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(help) - ^ "Freedom Planet 2 - Now in Development!". freedomplanet2.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ "IMAGINE: THE ART OF IMAGINARY FRIENDS STUDIOS". Greg Johnson Books. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ Hodges, Jared; Cibos, Lindsay (2014-07-16). Furries Furever: Draw and Color Anthro Characters in a Variety of Styles. IMPACT. ISBN 9781440334474.
- ^ "Furries Furever: How to Draw Furries | NorthLight". NorthLight. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ Petrovic, Scott L. (2015-10-28). Digital Painting with Krita 2.9: Learn All of the Tools to Create Your Next Masterpiece. Louvus Media. ISBN 9780996851701.
- ^ "Dessin et peinture numérique avec Krita". Google Docs. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ GIET, Timothée (2016-03-10). Dessin et peinture numérique avec Krita. Editions D-BookeR. ISBN 9782822703802.
- ^ Foundation, Krita. "Made with Krita 2016 — the Krita Artbook | Krita". krita.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ^ Tyson Tan (2017-06-16). "Welcome to Linux bois! Do I look like I'm scared by a little meltdown by system update?!...LET'S GOOOO". Twitter. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
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(help) - ^ "Cloud White v4". DeviantArt. Retrieved 2017-07-19.