julieraptor / chuliechu
game producer + pixel artist + vocal synth enthusiast
> pixel art
![[commission] Cassiopeia GIFtuber](assets/images/gallery02/595a7335_original.gif?v=048cd3ae)
![[commission] VTuber Compilation](assets/images/gallery02/7f167be1_original.jpg?v=048cd3ae)
> illustration
> personal projects
artificial eden / Immortal Idol
The death of a singer is kept secret, even from themselves, as their management builds them a realistic robot body for their memories to survive in.
Set in Hollywood at the turn of the 22nd century, the usage of AI, cybernetics, and robotics has led the entertainment industry to experiment on new talent. Now, companies are able to shape regular people into hot movie stars and pop idols. Velirio Nasaranta, a college drop-out, becomes a superstar as "LIEE" of the girl group ICONIC.After their "extended hospitalization", Veli has actually died. Their management takes it upon themselves to use their image and place their memories in a new robot body that thinks, acts, and sings like them, to pretend that they never died. This secret is kept from them, their family, the majority of their label, and their fans - and might be too much to bear for the few who know the truth.
> LIEE : Immortal Idol (Vocal Synthesis Database)
The next sound of the future.
LIEE : Immortal Idol is an AI-based singer database capable of singing in several languages, trained using more than 2 hours of data in seven languages for the program Diffsinger for OpenUTAU. Currently, the current version released is a Proof of Concept.I serve as the lead developer with a small team of volunteers who assist with configuring voice data, with the project's purpose of teaching others how to make their own vocal synthesis databases. The database and selected raw singing data was released alongside a development tutorial that I created.Diffsinger LIEE : Immortal Idol is supposedly a human's memories and personality stored in a robot body. After an incident landed them in the hospital, the death of LIEE was kept a secret. Codenamed REY, they were created to fool their fans into believing they are still alive, including REY themselves.
> about julie
she/they // november 7 // los angeles, USA
Julie graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Game Design and Production. She is also an Entertainment Software Association Women and Minority in Games scholar.She enjoys games with unique narratives, winning two GDC Narrative Review Gold Awards in 2019 and 2020, presenting posters and papers for game design lessons unconventionally told through the indie RPG games Yume Nikki and Ib.In the past, she has worked at Niantic as a QA Tester on several titles, and at Matrioshka Games as a Marketer and Pixel Artist.CV available on request.
> games
I got my start making games by drawing plans in grade school.
After making my first in RPG Maker in 2011, managing indie dev communities, and participating in game jams, I decided to go to school for game design.
| Title | Company | Year | Type | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| artificial eden | Self-published | In-progress | Video Game | Solo Developer |
| Peridot | Niantic | 2023 | Mobile Game | QA Tester |
| NBA All-World | Niantic | 2023 | Mobile Game | QA Tester |
| MARVEL World of Heroes | Niantic | Unreleased | Mobile Game | QA Tester |
| Should I Speak Up? | Night Kitchen Interactive | 2021 | Museum Exhibit | Voice Actor (as Katie) |
| Ikigai | Team PLACEHOLDER | 2020 | Student Game Project | Co-Producer, Art Lead, Concept Artist |
| Fallen Angel | Matrioshka Games | 2020 | Video Game | Marketer, Pixel Artist |
| being soft | Student Game Project | 2019 | Video Game | Solo developer |
| I Spent More Time On the Steak | Student Game Project | 2019 | Video Game | Solo developer |
| Hard Served | Student Game Project | 2018 | Video Game | Pixel Artist |
> art/illustration
Art projects!
| Title | Client | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| tell me words | HEARTBEATS ZINE | 2024 | Zine |
| 投影 / To-eI | itsumina | 2024 | Music Video illustration |
| Diffsinger Triton | tigermeat | 2024 | Official character artist |
| Sleeping Beauty | Miku Miku Collab | 2017 | Collaborative illustration project |
| Orange | Miku Miku Collab | 2017 | Collaborative illustration project |
> vocal synthesis
All of these projects are done on a volunteer basis out of passion. I believe in accessibility to express the self via song and speech.
I create end user documentation and support to make developing custom vocal synthesis singing and text-to-speech voices accessible to everyone.
Right now, I'm leading a team to develop a flexible voice database that anyone can use as a base to jumpstart their own project.
| Title | Company | Year | Type | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIEE : Immortal Idol DiffSinger Voicebank | Self-published | 2023 | DiffSinger AI Voice Database | Project Lead, Voice Provider |
| Diffsinger Guide | Self-published | 2023 | Documentation | Writer |
| LIEE ENGLISH [li:ɛ] | Self-published | 2023 | UTAU Vocal Synthesis Voicebank | Voice provider, Artist, Video Editor |
| BERRY UTAU/DIFF-SVC | Self-published | 2023 | DIFF-SVC AI Voice Model | Voice provider, Artist |
| LIEE DIFF-SVC | Self-published | 2022 | DIFF-SVC AI Voice Model | Voice provider, Artist |
| DIFF-SVC Guide | Self-published | 2022 | Documentation | Writer |
| Tacotron TTS Guide | Self-published | 2021 | Documentation | Writer |
| BLACK SWAN QUEEN LIEE | Self-published | 2021, re-released 2023 | UTAU Vocal Synthesis Voicebank | Voice provider, Artist, Video Editor |
> other
Other cool things I've done!
| Title | Location | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Post-Grad Experience | Drexel University | 2024 | Student Talk Presentation |
| Ib - Game Narrative Review | Game Developers Conference (GDC) | 2020 | Gold Award Winner - GDC Narrative Summit |
| Yume Nikki - Game Narrative Review | Game Developers Conference (GDC) | 2019 | Gold Award Winner - GDC Narrative Summit |
> contact me
questions? comments? compliments on my stunning beauty?
If you'd like to contact me, please fill out the following form!I'm available for commercial work. Or nerding out about my current favorite games!I will get in touch with you as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience!