ABOUT
Tida Kietsungden
Tida is a multimedia illustrator working across digital painting, traditional pencil and ink drawing. She has an academic background in visual art and designs, working in the game, cinema, and book industries She is passionate about exploring the cultures and storytelling. She is a concept artist and visual development artist.
Co-creator of Oracle & Bone Studios
A Summer’s End - Hong Kong 1986
Education
Profile
Tida’s lifelong passion for the arts spans various mediums, including fine art, graphic design, comics, illustration, concept art, photography, and cinematography. Her career has taken her to collaborate with studios globally and work on numerous freelance projects. In 2018, she co-founded her own studio, Oracle and Bone, and independently developed an indie game titled “A Summer’s End - Hong Kong 1986,” which was released in April 2020. she served as a visual and concept artist, illustrator, and concept artist for game projects and media production studio. Throughout her life, Tida has consistently pursued her artistic aspirations. Tida also engages in the teaching of visual art and serves as a lead creative for graphic media and product design in Vancouver.
Skills and tools
Digital Media
2D and animation tools
3D and sculpture tools
Video editing and cinema FX and rendering
Game engines and developer softwares
Traditional Media
- Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
— Bachelor’s Degree of Fine and Applied Arts (BFA)
First Honorable prize gold medal of Visual art, painting major
- Academy of Realist Art (ARA), Toronto, Canada
— Visual art, 19th century,
European classical atelier drawing and painting anatomy and figurative technique
- Algonquin College Arts and Design, Ottawa, Canada
— Ontario College Diploma Illustration and Concept Art
Profile
Tida’s lifelong passion for the arts spans various mediums, including fine art, graphic design, comics, illustration, concept art, photography, and cinematography. Her career has taken her to collaborate with studios globally and work on numerous freelance projects. In 2018, she co-founded her own studio, Oracle and Bone, and independently developed an indie game titled “A Summer’s End - Hong Kong 1986,” which was released in April 2020. she served as a visual and concept artist, illustrator, and concept artist for game projects and media production studio. Throughout her life, Tida has consistently pursued her artistic aspirations. Tida also engages in the teaching of visual art and serves as a lead creative for graphic media and product design in Vancouver.
Skills and tools
Digital Media
2D and animation tools
- Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign
- Corel Painter
- Krita
- Procreate
- Procreate Dreams
- Toon Boom Harmony
- Celys Clip Studio Paint
3D and sculpture tools
- Toon Boom
- Maya
- Cinema 4D
- Houdini
- Substance
- Blender
- zBrush
- Sketch up
- Nomad
- Forger
- Shapr3D
- Daz 3D
Video editing and cinema FX and rendering
- Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects
- DaVinci Resolve
- Final Cut Pro
- Redshift
- Keyshot
Game engines and developer softwares
- Unity
- GoDot
- Unreal Engine
Traditional Media
- Drawing graphite and pencil and ink sketches
- Charcoal and pastel
- Water colour, Acrylic, and oil colour
Previous work & clients
Oracle & Bone
A.T. Storrs
Jackson Pacific
Green Apple Art Center
Macmillan
Atomhawk
Sequence group
Capcom
Beeline Entertainment
Warner Bros.
Square Enix
Applibot
Cygames
Nexon
NCsoft
Kodansha
Kinokuniya
Infinitale RPG
Pokelabo Inc.
Rift Entertainment
Kalescent Studios
Four World Sinc.
Thinkingbox
To The World Co.
Applibot
Maker
Featured Articles and Interviews - A Summer’s End - Hong Kong 1986
- Female Protagonists: International Women Game Makers Week. November 24-December 3, 2023
Organized by Goethe-Institut Taipei and curated by Yang Jing (Allison) - Game Atlas: The Archeology of a World not Far-away. Lived Protagonists: The Time Travel in Games. October 26, 2022
Co-presented by Goethe-Institut Hong Kong and M+, in collaboration with Current Plans and School of Creative Media and City University of Hong Kong, and co-curated by Yang Jing (Allison) - As seen on RTHK “The Works”
RTHK webpage:
The Works
藝坊星期天
RTHK's Youtube channel:
The Works
藝坊星期天 - Pride Week: A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986 is a tale of lesbian romance and coming out
Lottie Lynn, Eurogamer - A Summer’s End is a rare queer romance that goes where most games won’t. — A historical romance from a unique time and place.
Bonnie Qu, Polygon - The best indie games of 2020
Ali Griffiths and Jess Lee, Digital Spy - A Summer's End is an "honest and authentic" Asian lesbian story set in Hong Kong
Jess Lee, Digital Spy - A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986 endings explained by the game's creators
Jess Lee, Digital Spy - Ways of seeing：《夏天的一天》視覺小說遊戲 展現80年代港活力 - 20200503 - CULTURE & LEISURE
Karen Poon, Ming Pao Hong Kong - How Online Games Are Empowering Asia’s LGBT and Queer Folk
Salomé Grouard, South China Morning Post - A Summer's End: What It Means To Release A Queer Hong Kong Game In 2020
Stacey Henley, Gayming Magazine - Set More Video Games in the ‘80s
Stacey Henley, The Gamer - A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986 Review: Let's Go Lesbians
Erin Truong, The Gamer - A Summer's End｜如果在1986年的香港，有一對相戀的女生
唐晉濱, 香港01 - LGBTQ Games: Some Of The Best Queer Storylines And Award Winning Hits
Jamie Wareham, Forbes - The Rise of Unapologetically Erotic LGBTQ+ Games
Mark Hill, Wired - Upcoming adult game explores lesbian desire in 1980s Hong Kong
Ana Vales, Daily Dot - Quand le jeu vidéo tire à droite. Episode 4 / Partie 2 : Le vent du changement
Jérôme Dittmar, Blast - 百合AVG《夏天的一天 — 香港 1986》 在壓抑的年代尋求真實的自我
Novelfun, UDN Games 遊戲角落 - GOGCAST 263: A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986, Hyperscape, mixer and more
Leah Jewer, Simon Marcoux, and Catherine Smith-Desbiens, Girls on Games - A Summer’s End – Hong Kong 1986 : une histoire qui parle d’amour, d’acceptation et de liberté
Juniper Jazz, Gaming et Pop Culture - Behind the Games – Interview with Oracle and Bone Studio
Naja B., Behind the Games - Adventure Corner: A Summer’s End – Hong Kong 1986
Sam Watcher, RPG Gamer