Tyson Tan | |
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谭代山
[1] | |
Born | China | 29 August 1984
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 |
Tyson Tan | |||||||
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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 redesigned KDE's mascot Konqi and designed a few other mascots for free and open-source software projects. Tyson speaks three languages: Chinese, English, and Japanese. [2]
Tyson is observed to have been using only free and open-source software to work since 2012. [3] He has been supporting several FOSS 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. [4]
Tyson has an art style that draws inspirations from both anime and western cartoons. He draws mostly anthropomorphic animal characters. [5] He is also known for his ability of designing robotic characters with organic shapes while keeping a level of convincing mechanical details. [6]
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. [7] 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. [8] He also designed Kate the woodpecker as the mascot for advanced text editor Kate in 2014. [9] Tyson submitted a mascot (Libbie the Cyber Oryx) for LibreOffice during a contest run by The Document Foundation in late 2017 however his entry was unsuccessful. [10] [11]
Tyson drew several pieces of fan-art for the platform game Freedom Planet after its release. His fan-art was later adopted by the game's developer and publisher, GalaxyTrail, for promotional purposes. [12] He later became the concept artist and character designer of the game's sequel, Freedom Planet 2. [13]
Tyson's works have been included in the following books:
Tyson Tan | |
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谭代山
[1] | |
Born | China | 29 August 1984
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 |
Tyson Tan | |||||||
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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 redesigned KDE's mascot Konqi and designed a few other mascots for free and open-source software projects. Tyson speaks three languages: Chinese, English, and Japanese. [2]
Tyson is observed to have been using only free and open-source software to work since 2012. [3] He has been supporting several FOSS 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. [4]
Tyson has an art style that draws inspirations from both anime and western cartoons. He draws mostly anthropomorphic animal characters. [5] He is also known for his ability of designing robotic characters with organic shapes while keeping a level of convincing mechanical details. [6]
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. [7] 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. [8] He also designed Kate the woodpecker as the mascot for advanced text editor Kate in 2014. [9] Tyson submitted a mascot (Libbie the Cyber Oryx) for LibreOffice during a contest run by The Document Foundation in late 2017 however his entry was unsuccessful. [10] [11]
Tyson drew several pieces of fan-art for the platform game Freedom Planet after its release. His fan-art was later adopted by the game's developer and publisher, GalaxyTrail, for promotional purposes. [12] He later became the concept artist and character designer of the game's sequel, Freedom Planet 2. [13]
Tyson's works have been included in the following books: