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Pearl City is glamorous, luxurious and fancy in general. While near Pearl City, Wall Zone is dirty, poor and wretched. I wanted to show the contrast between the two world that are linked together with a one way bridge.

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I referenced Hong Kong and New York for the cityscape, and Japan’s high-speed rail for the train.

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I was inspired by Kowloon Walled City, which was known for being the densest area in the world before it was demolished in 1993. It was a place not governed by the Hong Kong government, but gang members. It provided a place for the poor and illegal immigrates to live in. Its architecture style inspired cyberpunk style movie like Ghost In The Shell and Blade Runner 2049. Although it was seen as sinful and dangerous by Hong Kongers, many people from other countries found it fascinating.

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Years ago, the sister and brother with no names escaped from the lab where they were kept. Even though their bodies were altered, their dreams of returning to their home stayed the same. However, Pearl City is not the place for hopes and dreams. They got chased down several times. When they got back "home”, all there was left was a smelly room. Their parents were already gone for good.

The grieving siblings are forced to leave their home forever. As they escaped from the corporation’s lab, they could not stay in the city for any longer. They escaped to the Walled Zone.

There, they joined the punks. They dirty their hands for survival. While struggling in the Walled Zone, they are waiting for that opportunity to strike against the corporation of Pearl City, stand on their towers, and get their revenge.

A movement to overthrow the current order is lurking in the shadow.

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Ideas and concept that initiated the sketches

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Ideas and concept that initiated the sketches

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Media used: Photoshop

Camera Model: D200

I used slow shutter speed and a flashlight to create the below effects, by shaking the camera while the flashlight was on. The photos are taken at night, near my accommodation. It is an experiment to create a speedy and high-tech special effect.

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I feel like I have gasped some insight in illusion related to mirror from the 2 museums that we have visited, which gives me idea on creating a cyber world with strong neon light.

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After spending 5 days in New York, I realised that it is very suitable to be reference to my current work. Central New York is filled with skyscrapers and large billboards, which gives a vibe of big city with cyberspace. I can imagine characters trying to survive inside the highly urbanised city.

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Light Painting on IOS

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Charcoal and marker

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I chose the letters F and E for this

App used: Procreate

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At the start of this project, I started reflecting on what I have worked on so far, from the 2 project this year.

Realising that I have not seemed to work on sci-fi or cyberpunk type of art before, I feel like I would like to try. Moreover, there are usually a lot of high speed moving and illusion made by high tech machines in a cyberpunk and dystopian world. Personally, I am also quite interested in that as well.

Therefore, I chose that as my theme through out this project.

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The shape made from pouring searing the sand

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The shape made from pouring searing the sand

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I was hoping to go onto the meme idea

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This is drawn after I dropped my ink onto my clothes

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This is a wet drawing paper with ink drawing, I tried to mimic the smoke emitted by a car’s engine

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I dipped cotton in my ink and dropped it onto the drawing paper, after randomly drawing on it using crayons. I like the pattern it creates when I rolled the cotton around.

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I was testing the idea of movement with a high tech vibe and a character

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Kazuma Koda and Hito Matsudaira and Kimihiko Fujisaka, (2021) NieR Art Kazuma Koda Artworks, First Edition. Taiwan: SHARP POINT PRESS, a division of CITE PUBLISHING LIMITED. original Japanese Edition: SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD

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Yuuri, (2021) Sekaikan no Tsukurikata. First Edition. Taiwan: SHARP POINT PRESS, a division of CITE PUBLISHING LIMITED. original Japanese edition: SHOEISHA Co., Ltd

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Anime Architecture: Imagined Worlds And Endless Megacities

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Anime Architecture: Imagined Worlds And Endless Megacities

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Stefen Riekeles, (2020) Anime Architecture: Imagined Worlds And Endless Megacities. Reprinted Edition 2022. United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson Ltd.

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Aldous Huxley, (1932) Brave New World. Digital Version

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George Orwell, (1949) 1984/ Ninteen Eighty-Four. Digital Version

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Yevgeny Zamyatin, (1924) We. Digital Version

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William Gibson, (1984) Neurmancer, First Edition. London: Published by Ace

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It is tree branches, taken with flashlight

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I was moving while taking this photo. It is the walkway next to the Parkside Building.

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It is the walkway towards Clayton Hotel

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This is the contruction site near Millennium Point.

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This is the walkway outside Millennium Point

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These are the lights of the contruction site near Millennium Point

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This is taken outside the Moor Street Station.

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CD Projekt Red, (2020, initial release), (2022). Published by CD Projekt

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FromSoftware, (2023). Published by Bandai Namco Entertainment

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This is the entrance of Clayton Hotel

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Produced by Trigger, (2022), based on Cyberpunk 2077, (2022). Production company: CD Projekt. Released on Netflix

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This is taken near the Bullring area

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This is taken at the church near Bullring

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I tried the glitch effect on this photo

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It is taken in the plaza of China Town in Birmingham

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A great reference to the street of a developed city

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It’s the same road as the previous one, little difference in the angle

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Very bright colour with those large billboards.

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It looks like walking in a sewer, a reference for developing the concept of large differences between rich and poor

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The rubbish bin looks interesting and I had found idea from it, including how it would open automatically.

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It is taken in the Central Park

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Feels like it is able to be a reference to big gap between rich and poor

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She is born in the lab with her brother, 02. They were not given any names but a code number. Her body was altered, and one leg is replaced by a mech leg to enhance power. She is able to control her drone with thoughts with a chip implanted in her spine. The scientists there put her into harsh combat training, actively urging her to become the corp’s strongest soldier. Yet, she strived to have her own choices and refused to be controlled. Teaming up with her brother, they escaped from the lab and started an outlaw life in the Walled Zone.

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I tried to make a worn-out and dusty effect with the pokes, to emphasize residents’ footsteps every day

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Screenshots of my own customed mechs from Armored Core Vi: Fires of Rubicon

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This is a sketch on the details of her mech leg