Amber Liu-CHIMES AND WHISTLES

Student Name: Amber Liu

Title:  CHIMES AND WHISTLES

Work type: Concept Art

Category: Creature Design

Size:  varies

Amber Liu uses her imagination to design a creature for her game Chimes and Whistles. In her thought process for the initial concept plan, Amber thought of this creature as an elegant ancient organism that lives widely in nature. In the initial thumbnail process her designs reflected the ability to depict the agility and the delicate make up of Chime. The challenges to capture the essential wild side yet not feel domesticated.

“As he had been taken from his home, I knew I wanted him to not feel like he belongs in the desert or the F.Rac.’

As I witnessed the story production develop, Amber spoke of certain characteristics such as how the creature would move, sound and significant background story elements to make the design more solid and cohesive.  Ultimately, she decided on a nocturnal species that would go undetected blending into the scenery and shadows. According to Amber, Whistle however, has a defect the inability to stop parts of their body from glowing resulting in his capture. The Whistlers species have evaded capture and baffled researchers for centuries. These animals’ variety make whistle-like noises too high and low for a regular human to hear and detect.

（By Omar Gallegos）