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✦ portfolio · 2026

hello,
i'm lydia!

Game Developer & Product Designer

designer & developer with a background in visual art, blending design with functionality.

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About 01 Profile

hi! i'm lydia he

Computational Media student at Georgia Tech (Media & Games thread), with a minor in Industrial Design. In my free time I enjoy sketching, photography, and playing games with friends.

Currently, I'm looking for a 2027 internship where I can bring my experience in building & designing from concept to shipped, playtested systems.

Languages
C#PythonJava CJavaScriptHTML/CSS
Tools
UnityShader GraphBlender FigmaMagicaVoxelAseprite Adobe CCGit
Spoken
EnglishChinese
Based in
San Jose, CA
Studying
Computational Media @ GT
check out what i've made
Selected Work 02 Game · UI/UX · Dev
game development
Unraveling
Unraveling
Unity · C# · Team of 40+

Unraveling

Psychological horror game where anxiety becomes a survival mechanic. 3D, VFX & UI/UX lead.

UnityBlenderTeam Lead
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TokenVerse
TokenVerse
Blender · Unity URP · Research

TokenVerse in dev

Translating 2D concept art into rigged 3D models and shaders that visualize how AI transformers work.

BlenderUnity URPResearch
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DataDump
DataDump
Unity · C# · Game Jam

DataDump

Scrap-and-rebuild roguelike built in 48 hours for GMTK Game Jam 2026.

UnityGame JamRoguelike
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Whisker Woods
Whisker Woods
Unity · C# · Team of 6

Whisker Woods

2D exploration game in a cursed forest — tile-based world, puzzles, and UI across multiple biomes.

Unity2DTilemap
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ui/ux design
Teamfight Tactics
TFT
Figma · Web

Teamfight Tactics

Full website redesign — bold visual language and responsive layouts for Riot's autochess game.

FigmaUI/UXRedesign
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iTravl
iTravl
Figma · Designathon

iTravl

AI-powered travel companion with context-aware translation, built in 48 hours at Rice Designathon.

FigmaMobileAI
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product design
BalanceBar
BalanceBar
CAD · Product Design

BalanceBar

Electric scooter handlebar attachment that redesigns storage and control for safer one-handed riding.

CADIndustrial DesignPrototyping
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development
SpeechWrite
SpeechWrite
Python · React

SpeechWrite

Phoneme-level accent bias detector for speech-to-text models, built for the entertainment industry.

PythonWhisperNLP
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SpendWise
SpendWise
Java · Android

SpendWise

Full-stack finance app with real-time budget tracking, AI insights, and group savings circles.

JavaAndroidFirebase
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Gallery 03 Assets · Artworks

assets

2025 – present · 3D assets

role
3D modeler and animator
Blender, Nomad Sculpt, Aseprite
Furina Blender — built from scratch off a ref image → 2D toon-shade material → hand texture-painted
furina base mesh, modeled from scratch in blender
base mesh
2026
modeled from scratch off a ref image
furina custom 2D toon shade shader node graph
toon-shade material
2026
custom 2D toon shader + face paint texture
furina texture painted face, front view
face detail
2026
texture-painted, front
furina texture painted face, angled view
face detail
2026
texture-painted, 3/4 angle
furina texture painted clothing and fabric folds
clothing folds
2026
hand-painted fabric shading
furina finished character, front view
finished — front
2026
final texture paint
furina finished character, back view
finished — back
2026
final texture paint
City Fall in progress Blender — inspired by the Spider-Verse falling scene · city, camera & character animation built from scratch · compositor glow, glitch & lens-distortion pass
reference still from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse falling scene
reference
2026
inspired by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
falling through a glowing city, animated in blender
city dive
2026
city, camera & character animation, in progress
compositor node graph for city glow, glitch and distortion effect
compositor pass
2026
glow, glitch & lens distortion nodes
Custom OC Nomad Sculpt — personal design for a friend · Aseprite pixel sprite of the same character
custom OC base sculpt in Nomad Sculpt
base sculpt
2026
Nomad Sculpt
custom OC face and hair texture painting in Nomad Sculpt
face & hair detail
2026
texture painting
custom OC finished character render
finished character
2026
Nomad Sculpt render
Aseprite pixel art sprite of the same character
pixel sprite
2026
Aseprite, same character

artworks

2023 – present · procreate, blender

role
artist
sketching, digital painting, mixed media, 3D
girl with a leaf
girl with a leaf
2023
RISD Precollege Design Exhibition
lombard st.
lombard st.
2024
night ride
night ride
2024
carmen
carmen
2024
angel
angel
2024
deedee
deedee
2024
here's where i've worked
Timeline 04 Research · Leadership

experience

roles
researcher · ambassador · instructor · lead · designer
Undergraduate Student Researcher
TokenVerse — GT Expressive Machinery Lab · Part-time
Building shaders, 3D assets, and animations in Blender/Unity to visualize LLM model processes in an educational game.
Aug 2026 – Present · Atlanta, GA
Product and Design Ambassador
Meitu Inc. · Part-time
Analyzing UX mechanics across creative apps with 10M+ users to propose and design feature optimizations.
Jul 2026 – Present · Atlanta, GA
Project Lead
Georgia Tech Video Game Development Club · Part-time
Directing 40+ designers & developers across 3D, VFX, and UI pipelines in a semester long project.
Aug 2026 – Present · Atlanta, GA
Design Board
Georgia Tech Chinese Student Association · Part-time
Creating visual design assets and graphics in Figma for 1000+ attendee club events.
Sep 2025 – Present · Atlanta, GA
Code and 3D Modeling Instructor
iCode San Ramon · Full-time
Taught 3D CAD/Blender and Computer Graphics to 50+ students.
Jun – Aug 2026 · San Ramon, CA
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Georgia Tech VIP Program · Part-time
Prototyped UI/UX components in Figma used by 50+ playtesters for a research-driven game.
Aug – Dec 2025 · Atlanta, GA
Artist & Programmer
GT VG Dev Club · Part-time
Created 2D concept art and implemented features using Unity scripting.
Aug – Dec 2024 · Atlanta, GA
Teaching Assistant
Ve Art Studio · Part-time
Provided one-on-one feedback at weekly art lessons to students aged 6-15.
Sep 2022 – Jan 2024 · San Jose, CA
Get In Touch 05 Say Hello

let's work
together.

designing and building things that feel alive.

say hello lhe309@gatech.edu ↗
find me
LinkedIn ↗ GitHub ↗