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Aleksis Shi
Illustration & Comics
Go! Android Hero Rescue Knight
A group of 80s to 90s tokusatsu-inspired heroes a la the style of Metal Heroes, whom all separated to specific professions.
Space Casette Moumou
A late 80s-early 90s anime inspired mascot character designed for Dan Fingerman's VHS project. The character gained life of her own.
 The original character illustration |  Alternative image |  |  (1/4) A picture story of Moumou, styled after the old school anime magazine scan. |  (2/4) A picture story of Moumou, styled after the old school anime magazine scan. |
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 (3/4) A picture story of Moumou, styled after the old school anime magazine scan. |  (4/4) A picture story of Moumou, styled after the old school anime magazine scan. |  |  Moumou but in different late 80s clothes I found. |  |
Legionary Extraordinary
My personal comic project "Legionary Extraordinary", a fantasy world based on the idea "What if the Roman Empire and Han-Dynasty China had become one and the same?"
 Sample of my Legionary Extraordinary comic |  Cover art of my 70-page indie fantasy comic Legionary Extraordinary, a sequel to my previous one |  Yedocia Yen, protagonist of my personal project "Legionary Extraordinary" |  |  Architectural experiment trying to mix a Roman style Insulae with elements of Han/Late-Antiquity Chinese architecture |
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 misc. panels from my second LE comic |  Yedocia Yen, protagonist of my personal project "Legionary Extraordinary" |  |  |  |
 |  Design concepts , based on late antiquity Chinese and Roman cultures |  |  A senator, ancient Roman + ancient Chinese clothes combination experiment for my fantasy worldbuilding project. |  Thinking process for hats |
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 Various other design ideas, based roughly on old "barbarian" tribes + steppe cultures |  An aquatic knight, mixing various ancient Greco-Roman elements |  Northern Suibi from my second comic, based roughly on old germanic tribes + steppe cultures |  A character design mixing Roman gladiator and a Tang-dynasty style Heavenly King |  Ouddicia, another important character for the second comic. Based roughly on old germanic tribes + steppe cultures |
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Historical art
 Xun Guan / 荀灌 (1/2) Born 303 CE, of the Chinese Western Jin Dynasty Descendant of Xún Yù, since little she liked riding horses, practised archery & martial skills. At age 13, she led a battalion of men to break through a siege to save her father. |  Xun Guan / 荀灌 (2/2) |  A Han Dynasty Chinese Mansion/(楼阁)(202 BC–220 AD), along with horse carriage. Based on various pottery buildings & other artworks of the Han era. |  A warrior-general based on the Chinese Ming period "Departure Herald" painting |  Ming dynasty military-official based on Departure Herald. |
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 Ming dynasty official, based on other sources. |  Early Ming dynasty Chinese soldier based on the paintings found in Baoning Temple |  Early Ming dynasty Chinese soldier based on the Zhenwulingyin-painting |  My interpretation on Jiang Wei, a famous historical general from the Three Kingdoms period who served the Shu-Han state. Partially inspired by his appearance from the Koei's Sangokushi series, but with more historically accurate regalia. |  Han Dynasty War-drummer, based on a terracotta figurine from the Han-era. |
 神兵鬼卒, based on the Chinese Song and Ming Dynasty "搜山图"-paintings, which depicts Heavenly Soldiers as an ogreish brutes that nonetheless hunt demons and act in the name of celestial order. |
Miscellaneous drawings
Usually done for fun.
 Cover art for Satumetsä-magazine no. 5 (1/2022) |  For my own amusement, style experimentation by trying to imitate the style of 90s anime (specifically the famous "Sakura Wars"/サクラ大戦- series), by designing a cast (The Shanghai Combat Revue of 1927) based on Minguo/Republican era Shanghai, China. |  The 1927 Shanghai Combaat Revue. Characters designed by me, imitating the style of the 90s Sakura Wars. |  |  Character profiles in english |
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 Character profiles in english |  Character interactions,inspired by scans of old anime magazines. |  Inspired by scans of old anime magazines, the character Yue Ying stands next to her mecha. |  |  Yue Ying with some expressions (and a new haircut) |
 Yue Ying, with prior hairstyle before a redesign |  Another attempt imitating the look of サクラ大戦 poster illustrations, with the Shanghai Combat Revue of my design depicted. |  |  Inspired by scans of old anime magazines, Qi Dandan and Mo Xiaocang |  One of the other style experimentations to imitate Sakura Wars' style, this time using the actual "canon characters |
 Digital painting of Kamen Rider 1971, part 2 |  Digital painting of Kamen Rider 1971 |  Illustration based on Kamen Rider 1971 |  |  A drawing of Legend of Calamity Jane, a cartoon from the 90s |
 Illustrations done for fun, of Fire Emblem Three Houses but in the style of Romance of Three Kingdoms I.E. Han dynasty regalia, which the game was roughly based on. |  Illustrations done for fun, of Fire Emblem Three Houses but in the style of Romance of Three Kingdoms I.E. Han dynasty regalia, which the game was roughly based on. |  Illustrations done for fun, of Fire Emblem Three Houses but in the style of Romance of Three Kingdoms I.E. Han dynasty regalia, which the game was roughly based on. |  Dirty Pair, based on the eponymous anime, Dirty Pair. |  Nemesis the Warlorck |
 A work that was done for fun, crossing over two overlapping properties. |  Samus Aran, interpreted by me. |  A commission I’ve done for Daniel Kwan for his “Asians Represent!“- Dungeons and Dragons podcast, which the illustration features characters from. |
Logo
 Sticker/logo design for Maarakennus Kamara OY |  Logo for Demi & Ace, a audio drama published by WSOY |  Logo for Righteous Kicks, a podcast series. |
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