Animation & Illustration

Peter Tien

Abstract illustration of a person in a helmet with text: "Saint Moral City's Hidden Secret, Paper Guide, Peter Tien." Dark and red color scheme.

Front cover art of "Paper Guide"

I’m a UK-based animator and illustrator with a soft spot for fictional characters and motion design! My art is an amalgamation of things that I love most: action and visual storytelling, which are fuelled by my fervid interest in comics and animated films/shows, such as X-Men 97, Batman, Dylan Dog, etc.

I also like to integrate traditional textures in my works, most prominently featured in my most recent endeavour: Paper Guide.

Paper Guide is a thriller/ mystery genre graphic novel from my final major project: Detective Reina must partner with an incarcerated serial killer, Luce, to track down and expose the identity of the copy-cat murderer that has been terrorising the city of Saint Moral during Luce’s absence in prison.

They're reluctant to join forces at first, but along the way these two unlikely partners start to understand each other's perspectives and reasons. It has themes of political corruption and blurred morals – challenging Detective Reina's faith in her superiors.

This project stemmed from my love of comics, specifically Batman, where his stubborn and sometimes tinted perspective is challenged by the people he meets.

Text "PAPER GUIDE" on a black textured background with a hand holding a microphone on the right.
Sketch of a kitchen with a stove, pots, and shelves. The scene is drawn in shades of blue and black, creating a moody atmosphere.
A woman in a hooded jacket leans over a counter with plates and bowls in a dimly lit, sketch-like kitchen setting.
Comic-style scene: A person enters a dressing room, opens a curtain, and finds a distressed individual inside, with others chatting nearby.
Comic-style art of a blue-haired person on a motorcycle, interacting with a bald figure, set in a dimly lit urban environment.
A fax machine outputs a letter with cut-out letters and two black-and-white photos of people. The background is dark red.
Trailer for "Paper Guide". Music: Laika – Frank Locrasto Concept art of the kitchen in "Paper Guide" Detective Reina inserted into the scene concept Double spread of a scene flashback from the graphic novel Double spread of Detective Reina arriving to the scene A page from the graphic novel