Tian Gan, a concept artist at Bad Robot Games, a video game fraction of JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Production. Tian has participated in various famous video game IPs, such as Silent Hill and Pac Man. Her distinctive creativity and designs have been honored with national and international illustration and photography awards, such as Applied Art Awards, Creative Quarterly 72, Creative Quarterly 73, 3×3 International Illustration Awards, and Art Director Club 102th Annual Awards. Her work has been exhibited in various art exhibitions and publications, like Illustration West 62, Praxis Gallery, Ger Grief 15th Anniversary Show, Camelback Gallery, The Chateau Gallery, and Artdoc Magazine Online Exhibition.

Tian’s work are mostly created through digital ways, like 2D digital painting or drawing, or 3D modeling. Working in the entertainment industry, Tian loves to design and create imaginary environments, characters, and creatures for video games, animation and film. She has the distinctive ability to design the lighting and set dressing for environment concept arts. She blends familiar and unfamiliar to create the endless possibility of imagination. She pays attention to every detail in real life, so as to create a scene that evokes the emotional connection with the audience. She also has a distinguished ability to summarize and create shape language to show her imagination.

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Los Angeles 2080

This is a photo-illustration I manipulated one of my photo shot in Downtown LA,
mixing it with other photos I took. In this piece, I use an alley as a miniature and
try to visualize how Los Angeles in 2080 will look like.
Selected for:
Merit Winner in the 3×3 International Illustration Annual 20;
Winner in Creative Quarterly 72;
Winner in Applied Art Awards 2023;
Shortlisted by Communication Arts for its illustration 2024 annual
Shortlisted by ADC102

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Home & Mom

This is a painting inspired by my hometown.
Selected for:
Illustration West 62 Annual;
Merit Winner in the 3×3 International Illustration Annual 20;
Winner in Creative Quarterly 73;
Shortlisted by ADC102

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Dragon Island-1

This is an imaginary illustration showing islands formed by giant dragons.
Selected for:
Illustration West 62 Annual;
Merit Winner in the 3×3 International Illustration Annual 20;
Runner-up in Creative Quarterly 72;
Shortlisted by ADC102

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Dragon Island-2

This is an imaginary illustration showing islands formed by giant dragons.
Selected for:
Shortlisted by ADC102

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Cactusland

This is an imaginary landscape full with giant cactuses on an alien planet.

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Nightfall at the town

I designed and created a corner of the town in nightfall

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This is an illustration about a redesign for “Swamp Thing”. I put the story in Medieval time.

© no artwork displayed can be used without permission of the artist, Tian Gan.