Yuan Meng – VCD – Character Design & Illustration

Niehr- Main Page Illustration "The first of the Seven Plagues takes the form of a doctor- Those who wander into the mist will be trapped forever in the shadows."

Niehr- Front and Side View The front and side view for Niehr's design.

Niehr- Design and Colour Comps Research and colour options for Niehr's design.

Niehr- Thumbnails Thumbnail Silhouettes for Niehr's Design.

Niehr- Ability Breakdown Some sketches of Nier's ability breakdowns.

Niehr- Sketches Two Sketches of Niehr- The left one shows Niehr with three of the other plagues, and the left one shows Niehr preparing to breathe fire.

Character Design- The Seven Plagues; Niehr

This collection is a character design that I created during the fall semester of my senior year. The character has a plague doctor-esque design to it, and is the first of a series of characters with different masks covering their faces.

Emperor of Ten Thousand Worlds- Cover Illustration "Behold, the Grand Leader of the Imperium of Immortality, his eminence, the Emperor of Ten Thousand Worlds! May his glorious reign last tens of thousands of years! " - Senator Golden Star

Emperor of Ten Thousand Worlds- Front and Back Vie The completed front and back of the Emperor's design.

Emperor of Ten Thousand Worlds- Colour Comps Colour Comps for the Emperor's design.

Emperor of Ten Thousand Worlds- Costume Design Some costume designs I did based on emperors from different periods of history.

Emperor of Ten Thousand Worlds- Design Exploration The original body design exploration for the Emperor's design.

Emperor of Ten Thousand Worlds- Thumbnails Thumbnails and sihouettes for the emperor's design.

Character Design- Emperor of Ten Thousand Worlds

This Collection is a Character design I created in my senior year. The character is based on an old project I made in the second year where we researched a civilization and then advanced the technological capacities of said civilization. This character is also a reference to the Jade Emperor, a deity in Chinese mythology.

Gont- Ten Alders This artwork depicts Ten Alders from "A Wizard from Earthsea".

Ten Alders- Witches' Shack An interior design of the witches shack in Ten Alders

Ten Alders- Bronze Smithy An exterior design of the bronze smithy in Ten Alders

Gont Island Breakdown A thumbnail breakdown of the island of Gont and where Ten Alders is.

Environmental Design- Ten Alders

This collection is an environmental design of Ten Alders, a village on the Island of Gont from the Earthsea series.

"The Totem" Finished Artwork for "The Totem" Bar.

Thumbnails for the Bar Thumbnail artwork for the bar design. Originally, the environment work was meant to be significantly more modern.

Environmental Design- Bar

This collection is an environmental design I worked on in my senior year. I came up with the design after one of my earlier practices with environmental design failed, but this piece ended up quite well.

Ambistoma Aedes- Size Comparison and Lifestyle A breakdown of Ambistoma Aedes' functions and abilities, as well as a size comparison in relation to a regular person.

Ambistoma Aedes- Body Breakdown Body breakdown of Ambistoma Aedes, as well as some discussion roughs of possible evolutionary branches.

Creature Design- Ambistoma Aedes

This collection is a creature design that I created for an art challenge. The design was for a monster that could fit into the world of the "Monster Hunter" series.

A Completed Set of Potions The completed Designs for the set of potions. From left to right- Heartgrasp Potion, Windspeaker Potion, Seafinder Potion.

Colour Comps for a Set of Potions This artwork shows colour options for the set of potions. At this stage, the different thumbnails have been filtered into three distinct designs based on their colours.

Thumbnails for a Set of Potions This artwork shows thumbnail designs for a set of potions. Originally, the thumbnails were supposed to reflect one potion design only, but it eventually branched out into three separate designs.

Item Design- Set of Potions

This collection is a set of potions that I designed for a mini-project involving bottles.

Senator Golden Star- Front and Side View This artwork contains the front and side views of the Senator, as well as head design options.

Senator Golden Star- Topographical Breakdown This artwork contains the eagle eye perspective of the front and back view of the character, some dynamic poses, and two facial expressions of the character.

Senator Golden Star- Weapons This artwork contains the weapon design of the Senator.

Character Design- Senator Golden Star

This collection is a character design that I created in my senior year. The character is a reference to the Gold Star of Venus, which is a deity in Chinese Mythology. He's most known as a prominent figure in the novel, "Journey to the West".

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The Count of Monte Cristo- Book Cover Mockup An illustrated book cover, spine, and back cover for The Count of Monte Cristo.

AUArts Grad Show MonteCristo Mockup pages

The Count of Monte Cristo- Interior Spread Mockup A mockup of an Interior illustration and page for The Count of Monte Cristo.

AUArts Grad Show MonteCristo Mockup pattern

The Count of Monte Cristo- Interior Pattern Mockup A mockup of the interior pattern for the Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo- Illustration 1 An illustration for the mockup of The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo- Character Exploration A character exploration page for Edmond Dantes as his Count alibi.

The Count of Monte Cristo- Character Sihouettes Character Sihouettes for Edmond Dantes as The Count and Lord Wilmore.

Monte Cristo- Book Cover and Character Design

This collection is a series of illustrations based on the Novel "The Count of Monte Cristo". It includes a book cover, illustrations, and character design artworks.

Completed Snake House This Artwork is the finished Snake House mini project.

Thumbnails for the Snake House These are the thumbnails and ideas for the Snake House project.

Environmental Design- Snake House

This collection is an mini-project that I made in my senior year. The idea of the project was to use illustrations to illustrate the definition of a given word. I ended up turning the entire project into an environmental piece.