> pixel art

> illustration

> music

Sometimes, I make music - as the "raptor" part of Kiwwiraptor, a music duo with Kiwwi, my friend from college.

> 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.

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 is an illustrator and game developer who 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 also makes music as one-half of the music duo Kiwwiraptor.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. She has an interest in game production.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.CV available on request.


> art/illustration

Art projects I've done over the years!

TitleClientYearType
FUROR_MACHINAEHYPNOPOSSUM2025Music Video illustration
Cheerful Sensation Vol. 1: 知声 / Chis-A Art Collection 2023 - 2024Self-published2025Art Book
知声の輪っか5 (Chis-A's Ring 5) - Fan ArtTechno-Speech, Inc.2025Album
tell me wordsHEARTBEATS ZINE2024Zine
投影 / To-eIitsumina2024Music Video illustration
Pixel OCs Dating Sim Vol. 2batfeula2024Zine
Diffsinger Tritontigermeat2024Official character artist
Sleeping BeautyMiku Miku Collab2017Collaborative illustration project
OrangeMiku Miku Collab2017Collaborative illustration project

> music

Music-related projects! I usually work with Kiwwi as the duo "Kiwwiraptor". More of our work here: https://kiwwiraptor.carrd.co/

TitleTypeYearRole
Queen (Girls Like Me)Song2025Songwriter, Artist, Music Video
If I Were To QuitSong2024Songwriter, Producer

> 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.

TitleCompanyYearTypeRole
artificial edenSelf-publishedIn-progressVideo GameSolo Developer
PeridotNiantic2023Mobile GameQA Tester
NBA All-WorldNiantic2023Mobile GameQA Tester
MARVEL World of HeroesNianticUnreleasedMobile GameQA Tester
Should I Speak Up?Night Kitchen Interactive2021Museum ExhibitVoice Actor (as Katie)
IkigaiTeam PLACEHOLDER2020Student Game ProjectCo-Producer, Art Lead, Concept Artist
Fallen AngelMatrioshka Games2020Video GameMarketer, Pixel Artist
being softStudent Game Project2019Video GameSolo developer
I Spent More Time On the SteakStudent Game Project2019Video GameSolo developer
Hard ServedStudent Game Project2018Video GamePixel Artist

> 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.

TitleCompanyYearTypeRole
Diffsinger LIEE : Immortal IdolSelf-published2023 - PresentDiffSinger AI Voice DatabaseProject Lead, Voice Provider
IDOLOID VIRTUACONCERTIDOLOID2024Online ConcertProject Management Assistance
ADACHI_REY UTAUSelf-published2024UTAU Vocal Synthesis VoicebankVoice Provider
Diffsinger GuideSelf-published2023DocumentationWriter
LIEE ENGLISH [li:ɛ]Self-published2023UTAU Vocal Synthesis VoicebankVoice provider, Artist, Video Editor
BERRY UTAU/DIFF-SVCSelf-published2023UTAU Vocal Synthesis Voicebank/DIFF-SVC AI Voice ModelVoice provider, Artist
LIEE DIFF-SVCSelf-published2022DIFF-SVC AI Voice ModelVoice provider, Artist
DIFF-SVC GuideSelf-published2022DocumentationWriter
Tacotron TTS GuideSelf-published2021DocumentationWriter
BLACK SWAN QUEEN LIEESelf-published2021, re-released 2023UTAU Vocal Synthesis VoicebankVoice provider, Artist, Video Editor

> other


Other cool things I've done!

TitleLocationRoleYearType
My Post-Grad ExperienceDrexel UniversitySpeaker2024Student Talk Presentation
Ib - Game Narrative ReviewGame Developers Conference (GDC)Speaker2020Gold Award Winner - GDC Narrative Summit
Yume Nikki - Game Narrative ReviewGame Developers Conference (GDC)Speaker2019Gold Award Winner - GDC Narrative Summit
The Last Son of KryptonRemoteSpeaker2019Short fan-animated film

> 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!