WORKS
# Electric Hearts
Follow Alice Rosetta, the first robot with true artificial intelligence. Witness her growth in today’s world and her adventures in the future.
- Cute and approachable mech designs
- Detailed and reality-based world building
- Everyday life-focused stories and plots
# Spirit Animals in Disguise
Follow the perspective of Ao Leiting, a human girl who accidentally becomes a spirit loong. Discover how spirit animals live among humans in disguise, and how the kids uncover the historic roots of traditional folklore.
- Spirit animals in human, anthro, and animal forms
- Limited abilities and rich world building
- Everyday life-focused stories and plots
# Free and Open Source
- Mascots I created for Free and Open Source projects
- Other Free and Open Source works I contributed to
# Others
- Derivative works of existing third-party materials
- Freedom Planet works
- Other stuff
ARTWORKS
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Xiaoyu the Cyber Rabbit
Xiaoyu the Cyber Rabbit is the mascot I designed for YueScript, a free and open source programming language.…
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Spirit Animals in Disguise Pencil Drawings (2026 Batch 1)
This post features 3 pencil drawings of Leiting, Qiuye, and Mingzhu — an exploration of the art style…
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Libbie the Spirit Oryx ver.2025
This is the 2025 redesign of Libbie the Spirit Oryx. She was originally my entry for the cancelled…
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Cloud the Robot Rabbit Bust Practice (2025)
This is a bust practice of Cloud the Robot Rabbit, the main character from my sci-fi project “Electric…
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Estinne in Rain Gears
This is the rain gear design for Estinne the Spirit Dog (灵犬艾斯婷). The original illustration was created in…
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Milla’s Forest Radio Station Ver.2025
This is a 2025 redraw of an old picture I created in 2016. It features Milla Basset the…
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Sylvie the Spirit Goat ver. 2025
Sylvie the Spirit Goat (灵羊秀菲) was a goat character I designed in 2015 to celebrate Year of the…
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Freedom Planet 2 Milla High-angle View Practice Redraw
Milla is a playable character in Freedom Planet 2, a game I helped develop as a character designer.…
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Amber the Robot Rabbit ver. 2024
Amber the Robot Rabbit renewed design after 12 years. This is a “rehab” of me drawing robotic stuff.…
BLOG
- Progress Report and Plan
After several months of writing, the initial lore texts for Electric Hearts and Spirit Animals in Disguise are mostly complete, though details may still be adjusted in the future. With these well-defined settings, my creative direction is clearer, allowing for smoother development of both projects.
Next, I will refocus on art. The rough plan is as follows:
- Time limited tasks
- A new free and open source software mascot request
- A new splash request for Krita 6.0
- High Priority tasks
- Key character concept arts
- Key environment concept arts
- Time limited tasks
RECENT UPDATES
- January and February 2026
- 2026-02-25
- CHANGE: Spirit Animals in Disguise: Libbie the Spirit Oryx ver.2025: Complete rewrite
- CHANGE: Free and Open Source Mascots: Kiki’s Unplanned Canvas Expansion: Change date to 2024
- 2026-02-23
- NEW: Free and Open Source Mascots: Xiaoyu the Cyber Rabbit
- 2026-02-11
- NEW: Free and Open Source Mascots: Kiki’s Unplanned Canvas Expansion
- 2026-01-25
- NEW: Spirit Animals in Disguise: Spirit Animals in Disguise Pencil Drawings (2026 Batch 1)
- 2026-02-25
ABOUT
I’m Tyson Tan (Tan is my last name), a self-taught artist active since 1999. I like using animal and robotic elements in my designs. Drawing is currently just my hobby. As a volunteer, I’ve designed mascots and provided Chinese translations for Free and Open Source projects like Krita and KDE.
