Tyson Tan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.
Tyson Tan
谭代山[1]
Born (1984-08-29) 29 August 1984 (age 40)
China
Other names钛山
Occupation(s)Concept artist, character designer
Years active2012–present
Notable workKonqi (mascot of KDE)
Kiki (mascot of Krita)
Freedom Planet 2 (Concept artist, character designer)
Websitetysontan.com
Tyson Tan
Traditional Chinese譚代山
Simplified Chinese谭代山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTán Dàishān

Tyson Tan is a Chinese concept artist and character designer. He redesigned KDE's mascot Konqi and designed a few other mascots for free and open-source software projects. Tyson speaks three languages: Chinese, English, and Japanese.[2]

Tyson is observed to have been using only free and open-source software to work since 2012.[3] He has been supporting several FOSS projects in various ways. He has a permissive attitude for others to use his works, and licenses most of his artworks under free licenses like Creative Commons.[4]

  1. ^ "关于本站 » 黑兔工场". archive.is. 2013-06-21. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  2. ^ "Tyson Tan (@TysonTanX) | Twitter". twitter.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  3. ^ Tyson Tan (2017-06-16). "Welcome to Linux bois! Do I look like I'm scared by a little meltdown by system update?!...LET'S GOOOO". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  4. ^ "Cloud White v4". DeviantArt. Archived from the original on 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2017-07-19.