Tyson Tan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.
Tyson Tan
谭代山[1]
Born (1984-08-29) 29 August 1984
China
Other names钛山
Occupation(s)Concept artist, character designer
Years active2012–present
Notable workKonqi (mascot of KDE)
Kiki (mascot of Krita)
Freedom Planet 2 (Concept artist, character designer)
Websitetysontan.com
Tyson Tan
Traditional Chinese譚代山
Simplified Chinese谭代山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTán Dàishān

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 (FOSS) 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]

Art style

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]

Works

FLOSS Mascots

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]

Video games

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]

Books

Tyson's works have been included in the following books:

  • IMAGINE: the art of Imaginary Friends Studios (Artwork used)[14]
  • Furries Furever: Draw and Color Anthro Characters in a Variety of Styles (Artist and writer of Chapter 6)[15][16]
  • Digital Painting with Krita 2.9: Learn All of the Tools to Create Your Next Masterpiece (Cover artist)[17]
  • Dessin et peinture numérique avec Krita (Artwork used)[18][19]
  • Made with Krita 2016 (Artwork used)[20]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tyson Tan.

References

  1. ^ "关于本站 » 黑兔工场". archive.is. 2013-06-21. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  2. ^ "Tyson Tan (@TysonTanX) | Twitter". twitter.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  3. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  4. ^ "Cloud White v4". DeviantArt. Archived from the original on 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  5. ^ "Tyson Tan's Deviantart Gallery". deviantART. Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  6. ^ Tyson Tan (2016-07-08). "#オリロボ ケモロボ専門です。". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  7. ^ Krita Foundation. "Krita's mascot Kiki". krita.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  8. ^ "26 Years of KDE". Archived from the original on 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  9. ^ "Kate's mascot woodpecker". Kate Editor. 2014-10-12. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  10. ^ "LibreOffice contest entry". Twitter. 2017-09-28. Archived from the original on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  11. ^ "LibreOffice Mascot: Iterating the submissions". The Document Foundation Blog. 2017-11-13. Archived from the original on 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  12. ^ BurntToShreds (2015-08-07). "@galaxytrail keeping it real with Freedom Planet. Excellent art for the booth! #RTX #RTX2015". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  13. ^ "Freedom Planet 2 - Now in Development!". freedomplanet2.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  14. ^ "IMAGINE: THE ART OF IMAGINARY FRIENDS STUDIOS". Greg Johnson Books. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  15. ^ Hodges, Jared; Cibos, Lindsay (2014-07-16). Furries Furever: Draw and Color Anthro Characters in a Variety of Styles. IMPACT. ISBN 9781440334474. Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  16. ^ "Furries Furever: How to Draw Furries | NorthLight". NorthLight. Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  17. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  18. ^ "Dessin et peinture numérique avec Krita". Google Docs. Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  19. ^ GIET, Timothée (2016-03-10). Dessin et peinture numérique avec Krita. Editions D-BookeR. ISBN 9782822703802.
  20. ^ Foundation, Krita. "Made with Krita 2016 — the Krita Artbook | Krita". krita.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
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