ARTS & VOICES & MUSIC
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Miscellaneous arts
games-related (for the most part)
DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS
I try to seize every opportunity, both within and outside of class, to explore my game interests. Art, like any other media form, should be expressive and communicative. So I use my skills to tell stories beyond flat colors.
The Shape of Water, Color Pencil, Color Marker, and Watercolor, 2021
Red, Watercolor, 2021
Warrior, Digital Drawing, 2021
Bride, Color Marker, 2016
Threads, Pencil, 2022
Ashiya, Acrylic, 2018
Snow, Watercolor, 2022
I also make illustrative art for the stories and novels I write. The following pictures all belong to the same story that I am currently posting on a Chinese website called LOFTER. So far I have written 520,000 words and accumulated 210,000 views.
Digital Drawings, Summer 2023
VOICE ACTING & NARRATION
As a game lover, I enjoy myself in a variety of voice-acting performances. I am fluent in English and Chinese, and I am currently teaching myself Japanese. The following samples cover a few of my different voices spoken in different languages. I hope you find them fun to listen to.
Character: Yang Yu-Huan Game: Honor Of Kings Language: Chinese
Character: Jinx Game: League of Legends Language: Japanese
Character: the Narrator of the Game Game: Baldur's Gate 3 Language: English
Character: not from a known game, just a random little girl's voice I dubbed
(Picture Source: copyright-free) Language: Japanese
I am partnered with the Southwest Associated University Museum (Kunming, China) to record their English audio tour. This is a separate project from the educational interactive game I made in collaboration with the same museum. Here is an example clip. The project is still a work in progress but will be released by the end of next year at the latest.
The Original School Gate of National Southwest Associated University
ORIGINAL MELODY
I took half a year of piano lessons when I was in second grade in elementary school but never learned anything professionally ever since. However, my passion for music persists. I have written small pieces like the one below, "messing around" and teaching myself how to play the instrument during my spare time. I have not played much piano recently but I have been and will certainly continue navigating the realm of music as it plays a vital role in supporting good gaming and digital narrative.
Please excuse the poor sound quality. I could only record with my phone in the student lounge.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Aside from the above-mentioned, I am also a fan of photography. Here are some examples of my work.
Light, 2021
Reflections, 2023
Yulania Stellata, 2023
Street, 2022
Dreamlike, 2022
Bloom, 2022
SECTION CONCLUSION
I often consider myself a Renaissance (wo)man who, according to dictionary.com, is: "a cultured man of the Renaissance who was knowledgeable, educated, or proficient in a wide range of fields." I am nowhere near the level of expertise of those great scholars and artists. However, I indulge myself in exploring a multitude of knowledge in both analytical and creative realms.
It is a common conception that the right and left brain hemispheres work independently and one half controls emotions while the other masters reasoning. Yet it is believed that the human brain works cohesively and each part is in constant communication with the other. This fact is related to one of my core beliefs that arts and sciences work best in collaboration.
As someone who has a foot in both doors, I wish to use video games as a bridge that connects studies across different fields. In a way, I speak both the arts and sciences language. I am more than thrilled to continue creating multifaceted products that will inspire everyone.