Digital Arts | Vivid Foundry https://vividfoundry.com Creativity emerges, even from structure. Mon, 07 Jan 2019 19:08:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Game design elements for Solace State https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2015/11/07/early-production-ui-solacestate-scifi-visual-novel/ Sat, 07 Nov 2015 15:31:03 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1871 Solace State is in its early production stage. It is an interactive novel where you play as Chloe, a young hacker who must navigate a near-future metropolis to re-unite with her friends, and contend with both the tyranny of the great and the sectarianism of the many. For more information, please see the recent re-introduction […]

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]]> Solace State: A re-introduction https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2015/11/07/solace-state-a-re-introduction/ Sat, 07 Nov 2015 14:55:44 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1865 A lot has changed over the past months for how Solace State looked, told its story, and played out. I had expected development to be a thoroughly transformative process, and it has not disappointed me. I read up on a number of studies that examined political resistance, as well as cyberspace as the new frontier […]

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]]> Protectorate https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2015/03/01/protectorate/ Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:47:06 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1653 Freelance illustration for Autodesk in Nov 2014, using Sketchbook Pro 7. This original digital painting is 4000 x 5120 pixels. “Protectorate” is an illustration that fits within Babelverse/Solace State, my neo-noir original interactive novel game (currently in early production). This is a magical realist character sketch of the female protagonist, who challenges everything in order […]

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]]> Haven https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2015/03/01/haven/ Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:42:52 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1650 Freelance illustration for Autodesk in Nov 2014, using Sketchbook Pro 7. This original digital painting is 4600 x 6300 pixels. “Haven” is an illustration that fits within Babelverse/Solace State, my neo-noir original interactive novel game (currently in early production). One of the lead characters in the game world makes an abandoned laundromat his sanctuary to […]

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]]> Manifold https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2015/03/01/manifold/ Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:35:32 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1640 Freelance illustration for Autodesk in Nov 2014, using Sketchbook Pro 7. This original digital painting is 3600 x 5400 pixels. “Manifold” is an illustration that fits within Babelverse/Solace State, my neo-noir original interactive novel game (currently in early production). Manifold is of a young woman unfamiliar with the back alleyways of the city, and seeing […]

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]]> Outsiders https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2015/03/01/outsiders/ Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:24:10 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1635 Freelance illustration for Autodesk in Nov 2014, using Sketchbook Pro 7. This original digital painting is 3600 x 5400 pixels. “Outsiders” describes an alien spacecraft hovering to meet idyllic Victorian villagers for the first time. Perhaps one day, I will paint the scene of their greeting from multiple angles.

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]]> Real Estate Unreal Engine 4: Interactive Visualization https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2014/11/27/real-estate-interactive-unreal-engine-4-visualization/ Thu, 27 Nov 2014 20:14:33 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1971 The goals for this project was to create a 3D showcase of a future mall’s realty development, with seamless visibility between exteriors and interiors, with beautifully realistic and polished next-generation art. It is showcased on high-resolution touch-screen devices for a fully-featured real estate experience. My contributions to this project includes: Lead in research and development for engine […]

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]]> Promotional Material https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2013/12/10/babel-promotional-material/ Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:14:29 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1222 Feb 2015: Updated business card for 2015 that matches with my older painting for Babel (Solace State).   Dec 2013: Promotional material for Babel designed in time for Bit Bazaar Winter Market (Dec 7 2013). Small painting on business card by David Kan.

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]]> Concept Art: Babel – Wan Chai in Colour https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2013/12/10/concept-art-babel-wan-chai-in-colour/ Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:08:11 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1209 This is the first concept art that I did for Babel. It was at first just a vague idea in my head that I wanted to do something about Eastern Asia and mass consumption. I started the drawing in Hong Kong, specifically in the Wan Chai neighborhood. I finished it in Toronto.

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]]> The Gaze https://vividfoundry.com/blog/2013/12/10/the-gaze/ Tue, 10 Dec 2013 07:48:39 +0000 http://vividfoundry.com/?p=1207 Freelance illustration for Autodesk, using Autodesk Ink app on tablet. About: The affect of being scrutinized by such disinterested parties.

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