Evelyn Fu Art Portfolio
Education
2021 - Present
Art and Design: Games and Playable Media, B.A.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Festivals & Exhibitions
2025
Open Studios Winter 2025, March 14, 2025, Santa Cruz, CA
Open Studios Fall 2024, December 06, 2024, Santa Cruz, CA
2024
UCSC Family Weekend, November 02, 2024, Santa Cruz, CA
2023
Open Studios Fall 2023, December 08, 2023, Santa Cruz, CA
Open Studios Winter 2024, March 22, 2024, Santa Cruz, CA
GDA Fall Fair Jam 2024, October 13, 2024, Santa Cruz, CA
List of Works
2025
You’re Cooked • Unity, Procreate • Production, Design, Character Art, UIUX
produced with Haien Liang, Ikenna Ohiaeri, Kareem Wellington, Kevin Hong, Monika Ortiz, Sam Trejo, Ashley Knapp, Tyler (Ven)
𑁍 designed core game mechanics and art style for a 2D/3D alien cooking game
𑁍 presented at Open Studios Winter 2025, March 14, 2025, Santa Cruz, CA
Dicey Decisions • Unity, Procreate • Digital Board Game • Character Card Art
𑁍 designed and illustrated 8 playable cards for the main character, Trixx
Wheel Pets • Unity, Procreate, Aseprite • UI Design
𑁍 worked on making general UI elements and scenes for a dashboard game, where you play minigames with your pet and obtain cosmetics
2024
Mors • Unity, Procreate • Production, Design, Character Art
produced with Alondra H. Polanco, Kareem Wellington, Kevin Hong, Monika Ortiz, Samantha Trejo
𑁍 visually-designed a story game based on grief, focusing on illustrating various original pixel art characters and all game interface assets
𑁍 presented at Open Studios Winter 2024, 12.06.2024, Santa Cruz, CA
Midnight Riff • Godot, Aseprite • Rhythm Rogue-like • Environment Art
produced with Jarod Spanger, Conner Lowe, Raul Mojarro, Thomas Wessel, Ares Atlas, Emily Wen
𑁍 created the in-game UI and environment art of a rhythm rogue-like with creatures in a mystical forest
Princely’s Masquerade • Immersive Experience • Prop Making
produced with Fall 2024 ARTG-129 class
𑁍 designed a social deduction masquerade experience, collaborating with 20 other students to diagram interactions and create props
𑁍 performed at UCSC DARC, 12.06.2024, Santa Cruz, CA
Piece of Heaven • Unity, Procreate • Production, Design, Environment Art, UI
produced with Alondra H. Polanco, Kevin Hong, Monika Ortiz, Samantha Trejo
𑁍 practiced game production and design mechanics, and environmental art in creating a story narrative game around a person’s memory
𑁍 presented at UCSC Family Weekend, 11.02.2024, Santa Cruz, CA
𑁍 presented at Open Studios Winter 2024, 12.06.2024, Santa Cruz, CA
Haunting of the DARC • Immersive Experience • Prop Making
produced with Fall 2024 ARTG-129 class
𑁍 built a world for people to experience a haunted house with a touch of magical realism and fantasy reality
𑁍 performed at UCSC DARC, 10.30.2024, Santa Cruz, CA
Draw Dice • Game Art and Design
𑁍 roll custom dice to receive prompts to create a drawing that incorporates random characters, settings, objects, and actions
Puzzles of the Past • Game Art and Design
𑁍 piece together mosaics using templates or free play
Cache Em’ All • Game Design, TinkerCAD, 3D Modeling/Printing
𑁍 scavenger hunt to locate 15 custom-made tokens using provided coordinates
Zootopia City Patrol • Javascript, HTML, Tiled • Game Art and Design
produced with Mahir Camci
𑁍 2D pixel platformer made based on Disney film, Zootopia
Uncharted Realms • Immersive Experience • Prop Making
produced with Winter 2024 ARTG-134 class
𑁍 a space for others to experience a collective, narrative vignette
𑁍 performed at UCSC EX Theater, 03.10.2024-03.12.2024, Santa Cruz, CA
2023
ClassHub • FIGMA • UIUX
produced with Cho Wing Koon, Connor Hill, Elliot Crisp, Justin Xu, Scott Crittendon
𑁍 interactive APP prototype designed to assist student needs
Feline Frenzy • GDevelop, Procreate • Game Art and Design
produced with Hanna Nunnelly, Kareem Wellington, Samantha Trejo
𑁍 web browser narrative, murder-mystery, puzzle game
𑁍 presented at Open Studios Fall 2023, 12.08.2023, Santa Cruz, CA
Tramalfadore Experience • Blender • 3D Modeling & Animation
𑁍 3D model based on a scene from Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
𑁍 presented at Open Studios Winter 2023, 03.22.2024, Santa Cruz, CA
Forgotten Knowledge • HTML, Javascript, CSS, Procreate • Background / Prop Art
produced with Bianca Urban, Hilton Mai, Leeza Lamb, Nishant Suria
𑁍 interactive infographic, looking through the eyes of an elderly person afflicted with Alzheimer’s
2022
Journey of the Centuries • Construct3, Procreate • Game Art
produced with Ashely Knapp, Prabhjot Kaur
𑁍 fiction themed pixel platformer
Work & Volunteer Experience
2020 - Present
Synergy Badminton Academy Front Desk • Fremont, CA
handled customer inquiries, class registrations, court reservations, proshop sales and payment processing in a sports facility
2024
California Badminton Academy Front Desk • Fremont, CA
managed front desk operations, logging proshop inventory, utilizing excel to track sales and reservation add ons
Live Streaming • Twitch Affiliate
worked on art commissions while live streaming, engaging within a gaming community
2022
Teen/Senior Center Mural Painting
painted a mural for the Milpitas Teen Center
2020
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Charity Auction
created two artworks to auction, helped write about the event in the school newspaper to raise public awareness
Thomas Russell Middle School Homework Center
volunteered as a tutor, worked with teachers and other volunteers to assist middle school students in math
2018
Humane Society Silicon Valley Compassion in Action
learned and educated others about humane animal treatment and the behaviors of cats and dogs
Honors & Awards
2024
Irwin Grant
received a $580 grant to fund project materials to create Realm of the Underworld for the Uncharted Realms immersive experience
Dean’s Honors List
recognized for maintaining a high GPA and academic excellence
Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Winter 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2022
2022 - 2024
Scholastic Art & Writing • Photography • Honorable Mention
received Honorable Mention for photography work in a national competition showcasing young artists and writers
Scholastic Art & Writing • Drawing/Illustration • Silver Key
awarded the Silver Key for exceptional drawing and illustration, representing the top 7-10% of submissions regionally
Scholastic Art & Writing • Drawing/Illustration • Honorable Mention
received Honorable Mention for noteworthy drawing and illustration representing the top 20% of submissions regionally
2019
2020
2017
Scholastic Art & Writing • Drawing/Illustration • Honorable Mention
received Honorable Mention for noteworthy drawing and illustration representing the top 20% of submissions regionally