Character designs for Linlin and a mythical Taotie creature for my minithesis project "Crossing", about a young girl on a mysterious journey in the underworld. + Enlarge
Crossing - Linlin and Taotie 2019 digital
Illustration of a dark alleyway in the streets of Chao Chi city, with the rest of the city rising in the distance. Part of my thesis project "Breakout". + Enlarge
Breakout - Chao Chi City 2020 digital
Illustration of a combined triptych, depicting the ancient Chinese mythology story "Hou Yi and the Ten Suns", where the legendary archer Hou Yi shoots down the ten sunbirds that were scorching the earth, leaving only one alive. + Enlarge
Hou Yi and the Ten Suns 2019 digital
Character designs of the five young protagonists of my cyberpunk thesis project "Breakout", from left to right: Hongyu, Lilian, Jeffrey, and Genevieve. + Enlarge
Breakout - The Kids 2019 digital
Character design of the teal-haired, baggy pants-wearing main protagonist from my cyberpunk thesis project "Breakout", Lilian Zhou. Daytime and nighttime outfits included. + Enlarge
Breakout - Lilian Zhou 2019 digital
Character design of the small but feisty protagonist from my cyberpunk thesis project "Breakout", Liu Hongyu. Daytime and nighttime outfits included. + Enlarge
Breakout - Liu Hongyu 2019 2019
Character design of the beautiful yet terrifying android secretary from my thesis project "Breakout", including early iterations of figuring out the cyber parts that make up her head. + Enlarge
Breakout - The Secretary 2019 digital
Environment design for my thesis project "Breakout", illustrating messy exterior and interior of the hideout that beings to Hongyu's young gang of anarchist misfits. + Enlarge
Breakout - The Hideout 2019 digital
Illustrations of the main protagonists of my thesis project "The Sea and the Stars", Elias a young man with a hidden secret and Artor, the ruthless pirate captain of the Golden Curse. + Enlarge
The Sea and the Stars - Elias and Artor 2020 digital
The Sea and the Stars - Captain's Cabin + Enlarge
The Sea and the Stars - Captain's Cabin 2020 digital
Statement

Rebecca Hu is an illustrator and concept artist originally from New Jersey. She specialises in backgrounds and is passionate about the power of teamwork, humour, and good visuals in creating compelling stories. In her spare time she enjoys traveling and cooking for friends.