New Reimagine Resident: Tricia Yu

Our third Reimagine Resident is digital artist and illustrator Tricia Yu. She has a bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Arts, where her studies focused on visual arts and other disciplines such as game development, coding, and sound design. Since graduating, she has worked as a freelance illustrator and merchandise designer, and created illustrations for independently published art anthologies.

Tricia: My project will be a visual novel, retelling the first few chapters of Northanger Abbey. I’ve always felt that Catherine Morland was the perfect heroine for this medium! I will be drawing character and background art, and adding music and sound effects, to create an application that can be played on the Jane Austen’s House website. I want to encourage more people to read and appreciate Jane Austen’s stories, and to allow those who already know them to experience the novel in a new way.

I’ve started by creating some character concept sketches after deciding on the art style I want to draw the characters in! I’m using more of a painterly style, but the finished versions will be cleaner and properly polished. I looked at a bunch of fashion plates from Ackermann’s Repository for hairstyles and clothes inspo. I’ve also been focusing on the script, so I can sort out all the art I’ll need.

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Check out Tricia’s concept sketches and dialogue mock up below. If you love her style, find more of her work on her website.

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