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Tyson Tan

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[[File:Kiki the cyber squirrel by tyson tan.png|thumbnail|right|225px|Kiki the Cyber Squirrel, one of Tyson's typical android character]]
'''Tyson Tan''' (Chinese: <ruby>'''<big>钛山</big>'''<rp>(</rp> <rt style="font-size: 0.8em;">TàiShān</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>) is a concept designer currently residing in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. He was born on August 29, 1984, and has been active on the internet since the early 2000s. Tyson is passionate about open-source culture. He designed the mascot Konqi for KDE and uses Krita for his artwork, including designing Kiki, the mascot for Krita. His artistic focus is on anthropomorphic characters and mechanical designs. Tyson is fluent in Chinese and Cantonese as his native languages and is proficient in English and Japanese.

== Art ==

Tyson Tan draws mostly cute, [[furry]], and [[mecha]] [[character]]s. His [[art style]] combines the features from both Japanese [[anime]] [[kemono]] and Western [[cartoon|cartoon furries]]. He is very good at drawing mecha with organic shapes. He draws his [[female]] characters [[male|manly]].

=== Electric Hearts ===

Electric Hearts is one of Tyson Tan's pet projects. It features sci-fi android characters based on animals. Further detail is still unknown, almost 20 years after he announced it. He still posts concepts about this project every now and then and claims he is still doing the writing part. Despite of this, the project appear to have some cult following.

== Personal Creations ==

=== Electric Hearts ===
Electric Hearts is a personal project by Tyson Tan, sharing the same universe as Spirit Animals in Disguise. In this story, the sun has vanished, turning Earth into a "snowball" and plunging the world into eternal night and winter. Robots inherit the remnants of human civilization and struggle to survive. The narrative follows the world's first true AI robot, Alice Rosetta, who is awakened during the Evernight Era<ref>https://tysontan.com/wiki/electric-hearts-wiki/evernight-era/</ref> by a Snowfield Expedition Teams led by Bunny Bot Cloud White. Alice decides to save robot civilization, which has retreated to underground cities and become immersed in virtual worlds.

=== Spirit Animals in Disguise ===
Spirit Animals in Disguise is a new project by Tyson Tan, sharing the same universe as Electric Hearts.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.

=== Oasis ===
In 2024, Oasis was officially replaced by Spirit Animals in Disguise<ref>https://tysontan.com/gallery/gallery-spirits/hikari-2008/</ref>.
== Trivia ==

Tyson Tan speaks Chinese, English, and Japanese.

Tyson Tan has a keen interest in:
* Mecha. His unique animal-based androids are arguably his signature works.<ref>https://twitter.com/TysonTanX/status/751442160885633025</ref>
* Rabbits. He drew lots of rabbits. His avatar is a rabbit android named Cloud.<ref>https://twitter.com/TysonTanX</ref>
* Athletic bodies. He posts characters with athletic bodies every now and then.<ref>https://tysontan.tumblr.com/post/161246418786/</ref>
* Free culture. He only uses Linux and Krita to draw these days, even though they always break his stuff.<ref>https://twitter.com/TysonTanX/status/885042576633581569</ref> He works voluntarily for many FLOSS projects, donated thousands to Krita Foundation and designed 2 mascots for such projects. He licenses his artworks under Creative Commons most of the time.

== See also ==

* [[W:Tyson Tan|Tyson Tan]] on [[Wikipedia]]

== External Links ==

*[http://tysontan.com/ Personal Website]
*[https://tai3.cn/ Chinese Personal Website]

*[https://bsky.app/profile/tysontan.bsky.social Bsky]
*[http://twitter.com/TysonTanX Twitter]
*[http://tysontan.tumblr.com Tumblr]
*[http://tysontan.deviantart.com/ DA]
*[http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=36600 Pixiv]
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/extvia/ FA]
*[http://www.facebook.com/tysontanx FB]

*[http://weibo.com/extvia Weibo]
*[https://space.bilibili.com/431575431 Bilibili]
*[https://www.zhihu.com/people/tysontan Zhihu]
*[https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/667aafb10000000003030536 Xiaohongshu]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson_Tan Tysontan Wikipedia]

== References ==
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Talk:Tyson Tan

2025-01-11T20:36:38Z

Chi: signature

== Article need to be moved, updated ==
This article hasn't been updated in seven years. In that time the person has changed their preferred name to '''Tyson Tan''', moved away from FurAffinity and into Twitter, and been active in the Krita community and as concept artist for [[Freedom Planet]] 2. Lots to write about. --[[User:Kakurady|Kakurady]] ([[User talk:Kakurady|talk]]) 21:14, 18 January 2016 (EST)

== Infobox problem ==
<s>What's going on with the Infobox of this article? The edits on December 14, 2024, are simply outrageous. Give me some time, and I will transfer my work from the Chinese Wiki to here.</s> <span style="background:#c0ffc0; padding:3px">'''Partially completed'''</span>[[User:Chi|Chi]] ([[User talk:Chi|talk]]) 15:36, 11 January 2025 (EST)

Talk:Tyson Tan

2025-01-11T20:35:46Z

Chi: Partially completed

Tyson Tan

2025-01-11T20:32:19Z

Chi: Ported from Chinese Wiki

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[[File:Kiki the cyber squirrel by tyson tan.png|thumbnail|right|225px|Kiki the Cyber Squirrel, one of Tyson's typical android character]]
'''Tyson Tan''' (Chinese: <ruby>'''<big>钛山</big>'''<rp>(</rp> <rt style="font-size: 0.8em;">TàiShān</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>) is a concept designer currently residing in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. He was born on August 29, 1984, and has been active on the internet since the early 2000s. Tyson is passionate about open-source culture. He designed the mascot Konqi for KDE and uses Krita for his artwork, including designing Kiki, the mascot for Krita. His artistic focus is on anthropomorphic characters and mechanical designs. Tyson is fluent in Chinese and Cantonese as his native languages and is proficient in English and Japanese.

== Art ==

Tyson Tan draws mostly cute, [[furry]], and [[mecha]] [[character]]s. His [[art style]] combines the features from both Japanese [[anime]] [[kemono]] and Western [[cartoon|cartoon furries]]. He is very good at drawing mecha with organic shapes. He draws his [[female]] characters [[male|manly]].

=== Electric Hearts ===

Electric Hearts is one of Tyson Tan's pet projects. It features sci-fi android characters based on animals. Further detail is still unknown, almost 20 years after he announced it. He still posts concepts about this project every now and then and claims he is still doing the writing part. Despite of this, the project appear to have some cult following.

== Personal Creations ==

=== Electric Hearts ===
Electric Hearts is a personal project by Tyson Tan, sharing the same universe as Spirit Animals in Disguise. In this story, the sun has vanished, turning Earth into a "snowball" and plunging the world into eternal night and winter. Robots inherit the remnants of human civilization and struggle to survive. The narrative follows the world's first true AI robot, Alice Rosetta, who is awakened during the Evernight Era<ref>https://tysontan.com/wiki/electric-hearts-wiki/evernight-era/</ref> by a Snowfield Expedition Teams led by Bunny Bot Cloud White. Alice decides to save robot civilization, which has retreated to underground cities and become immersed in virtual worlds.

=== Spirit Animals in Disguise ===
Spirit Animals in Disguise is a new project by Tyson Tan, sharing the same universe as Electric Hearts.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.

=== Oasis ===
In 2024, Oasis was officially replaced by Spirit Animals in Disguise<ref>https://tysontan.com/gallery/gallery-spirits/hikari-2008/</ref>.
== Trivia ==

Tyson Tan speaks Chinese, English, and Japanese.

Tyson Tan has a keen interest in:
* Mecha. His unique animal-based androids are arguably his signature works.<ref>https://twitter.com/TysonTanX/status/751442160885633025</ref>
* Rabbits. He drew lots of rabbits. His avatar is a rabbit android named Cloud.<ref>https://twitter.com/TysonTanX</ref>
* Athletic bodies. He posts characters with athletic bodies every now and then.<ref>https://tysontan.tumblr.com/post/161246418786/</ref>
* Free culture. He only uses Linux and Krita to draw these days, even though they always break his stuff.<ref>https://twitter.com/TysonTanX/status/885042576633581569</ref> He works voluntarily for many FLOSS projects, donated thousands to Krita Foundation and designed 2 mascots for such projects. He licenses his artworks under Creative Commons most of the time.

== See also ==

* [[W:Tyson Tan|Tyson Tan]] on [[Wikipedia]]

== References ==
<references/>

== External Links ==

* [http://tysontan.deviantart.com/ Tyson Tan] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/extvia/ Tyson Tan] on [[Fur Affinity]] (abandoned)
* [http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=36600 Tyson Tan] on [[Pixiv]] (Japanese)
* [http://tysontan.tumblr.com Tyson Tan] on [[Tumblr]]
* [http://www.facebook.com/tysontanx Tyson Tan] on [[Facebook]]
* [http://twitter.com/TysonTanX Tyson Tan] on [[Twitter|X]]
* [https://bsky.app/profile/tysontan.bsky.social Tyson Tan] on [[BlueSky]]
* [http://weibo.com/extvia 钛山] on [[W:Weibo|Weibo]] (Chinese)

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[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:China]]
[[Category:1984 births]]

[[zh:钛山]]

Talk:Tyson Tan

2025-01-11T19:36:38Z

Chi: Ask questions and solve problems.

== Article need to be moved, updated ==
This article hasn't been updated in seven years. In that time the person has changed their preferred name to '''Tyson Tan''', moved away from FurAffinity and into Twitter, and been active in the Krita community and as concept artist for [[Freedom Planet]] 2. Lots to write about. --[[User:Kakurady|Kakurady]] ([[User talk:Kakurady|talk]]) 21:14, 18 January 2016 (EST)

== Infobox problem ==
What's going on with the Infobox of this article? The edits on December 14, 2024, are simply outrageous. Give me some time, and I will transfer my work from the Chinese Wiki to here.

Tyson Tan

2024-12-14T22:37:02Z

Chi: Added a fact

'''Tyson Tan''' (born August 29, 1984) is a concept artist from the [[w:en:China|People's Republic of China]] who mostly specializes in furry and mecha. He speaks Chinese, English and Japanese.

== Art style ==
[[File:Kiki the cyber squirrel by tyson tan.png|thumbnail|center|200px|Kiki the Cyber Squirrel, one of Tyson's typical android character]]
Tyson Tan draws mostly cute characters. His art style combines the features from both Japanese anime kemonos and western cartoon furries. He is very good at drawing mecha with organic shapes. He draws Female characters mainly.

== Obsession ==
It is observed over the years that Tyson Tan has the following obsessions:
*Mecha. His unique animal-based androids are arguably his signature works.<ref>https://twitter.com/TysonTanX/status/751442160885633025</ref>
*Rabbits. He drew lots of rabbits. His avatar is a rabbit android named Cloud.<ref>https://twitter.com/TysonTanX</ref>
*Athletic bodies. He posts characters with athletic bodies every now and then.<ref>https://tysontan.tumblr.com/post/161246418786/</ref>
*Free culture. He only uses Linux and Krita to draw these days, even though they break his stuff all the time.<ref>https://twitter.com/TysonTanX/status/885042576633581569</ref> He works voluntarily for many FLOSS projects, donated thousands to Krita Foundation{{fact}} and designed 2 mascots for such projects. He licenses his artworks under Creative Commons most of the time.

== Electric Hearts ==
Electric Hearts is one of Tyson Tan's pet project. It features sci-fi android characters based on animals. Further detail is still unknown, almost 20 years after he announced it. He still posts concepts about this project every now and then and claims he is still doing the writing part. Despite of this, the project appear to have some cult following.

== Oasis ==
Oasis is Tyson Tan's other pet project. It features more traditional furry characters in a modern setting, but with unexplained fantasy and sci-fi elements. He is much less enthusiastic about this project, though. There has been no update to this project in years, and some of its key characters begin to show up as Electric Hearts characters. It's unclear what he is going to do with this project.

==Notable works==
Tyson Tan's notable works include:
*Electric Hearts (personal project, explained above)
*[[Kiki the Cyber Squirrel]], mascot of free and open source digital painting app Krita.<ref>https://krita.org/en/about/kiki/</ref>
*[https://community.kde.org/Konqi Konqi], mascot of KDE, the free and open source software project and community, as the re-designer.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqi</ref>
*[http://freedomplanet2.com/ Freedom Planet 2], as the character designer (and apparently not limited to that).<ref>http://freedomplanet2.com/</ref>

== References ==
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== External Links ==
*[http://tysontan.com/ Personal website]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson_Tan Tyson Tan's Wikipedia page]
*[http://twitter.com/TysonTanX Tyson Tan on twitter] (active)
*[http://tysontan.tumblr.com Tyson Tan on tumblr] (active)
*[http://tysontan.deviantart.com/ Tyson Tan on deviantART] (active)
*[http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=36600 Tyson Tan on pixiv] (Japanese) (not so active)
*[http://weibo.com/extvia Tyson Tan as 钛山 on Weibo] (Chinese) (not so active)
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/extvia/ Tyson Tan on Fur Affinity] (inactive)
*[http://www.facebook.com/tysontanx Tyson Tan on Facebook] (inactive)

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:China]]
[[Category:1984 births]]

[[zh:钛山]]