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Illustration created for the Tales from the Elsewhere Kickstarter promo video, fully designed for animation with layered depth and narrative intent.

Illustration created for the Tales from the Elsewhere Kickstarter promo video, built in fully separated layers for animation, lighting effects, and controlled camera movement.

Illustration created for the Tales from the Elsewhere promotional video, fully structured in independent layers for animation, camera movement, and atmospheric effects.

About Portfolio Testimonials Contact About Portfolio Testimonials Contact Mudo Walks Away from a Saloon Justice weighs heavy — sometimes on the holster, sometimes on the soul. Instead of simply depicting Mudo leaving the saloon, I expanded the narrative by adding hanged criminals in the scene — a stark reminder of his role as the law’s enforcer and the burden that comes with it.The narrow, snow-covered back alley becomes a metaphor for the hidden, dirty side of justice — the side only he faces. The contrast between the warm, lively saloon and the cold solitude outside reflects his fragile emotional state, worsened by alcohol. In the second variant, I introduced the ghosts of the criminals he sentenced. Translucent, restless figures that heighten the psychological tension and visualize the guilt that follows him everywhere. The scene becomes richer, more symbolic, and more cinematic than the initial briefing suggested.   // Illustration created for the Tales from the Elsewhere series, reinterpreting the original briefing to deepen Mudo’s psychological and symbolic layers. Justice stands in the sunlight — but those who carry it walk in the dark In the second variant, I embraced full cosmic horror, heavily inspired by Lovecraft, Stephen King’s IT, and films like Event Horizon, The Color Out of Space, and The Thing. Yun’s transformation was never meant to follow the trope of flesh tearing through fabric. Instead, it was imagined as something so incomprehensible that even her clothes become part of the creature. Designing a dark back alley within the Old West — a setting rarely shown in classic depictions — demanded research and careful composition. The result brings something unexpected to the genre while staying visually coherent. SEND MY PROJECT FOR REVIEW © 2025 by malini.lab About Portfolio Testimonials Contact About Portfolio Testimonials Contact Linkedin Behance Instagram

About Portfolio Testimonials Contact About Portfolio Testimonials Contact Fan Yunxian “Yun” Transforms Between shattered sanctity and the incomprehensible breaking through. The viewer is positioned crouched between old pews, as if hiding and witnessing something forbidden. This angle creates vulnerability and complicity. At the center of the scene, Yun focuses on her invocation, unaware of our presence — which heightens the tension and sense of imminent danger. In the second variant, I embraced full cosmic horror, heavily inspired by Lovecraft, Stephen King’s IT, and films like Event Horizon, The Color Out of Space, and The Thing. Yun’s transformation was never meant to follow the trope of flesh tearing through fabric. Instead, it was imagined as something so incomprehensible that even her clothes become part of the creature. // Illustration created for Tales from the Elsewhere, built around color contrast, atmosphere, and cosmic horror — exploring transformation, ritual, and narrative perspective. “Horror begins when the familiar survives inside the unthinkable.” In the second variant, I embraced full cosmic horror, heavily inspired by Lovecraft, Stephen King’s IT, and films like Event Horizon, The Color Out of Space, and The Thing. Yun’s transformation was never meant to follow the trope of flesh tearing through fabric. Instead, it was imagined as something so incomprehensible that even her clothes become part of the creature. Her humanity persists in fragments — her face glimpsed through distortion, parts of her body still recognizable — as if we were witnessing a single frozen frame of a transformation mid-shift. This ambiguity was essential: the recognizable within the impossible is where horror becomes personal. The final piece doesn’t simply depict horror; it suggests its threshold. A place between ritualistic beauty and cosmic monstrosity, reminding us that true terror lives at the boundary between what we still recognize and what lies forever beyond comprehension. © 2025 by malini.lab About Portfolio Testimonials Contact About Portfolio Testimonials Contact Linkedin Behance Instagram