artwork
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osamu sato inspired
japanese multimedia artist
nan-mei (world of water)
tong-nou & chu-teng style point-and-click game
characters
xie-zou
(Tong-Nou Alphabet: HI-E-ZO-U) A quiet wanderer in the Abyssal Realm. He originally belonged in the outside world, but accidentally entered the Abyssal Realm of Nan-Mei. From time to time, he slowly became used to the harsh conditions here. He never tried and wanted to interact with anyone in Nan-Mei, so nobody knows that he even exists. He now lives inside a shelter disguised as a generic stone which he built by himself with resources scattered across the Abyssal Realm that he collected throughout the years.
image 1: original 2.5 model design
obry-ese
(Tong-Nou Alphabet: O-BI-RI-E-SU) One of the few inhabitants of The Wasteland. He was formerly a resident of the Coral Kingdom but was kicked out due to his lack of sunlight. The environment of The Wasteland caused him to lose nearly all of his easily ignorable sunlight. He is jealous of the Coral Kingdom and other residents there who has enough sunlight to live there.
image 1: original 2.5 model design
lhai-thun
(Tong-Nou Alphabet: RA-I-TU-N) Tiny creatures scattered across the Coral Kingdom. They hide under colorful large corals, usually in groups. By giving them a specific type of coral, they will give you a pearl back. Although most of the residents of the Coral Kingdom don’t mind them, The king of the Coral Kingdom, Kai-Gai, is very displeased about their existence.
image 1: original 2.5 model design
manolo
(Tong-Nou Alphabet: MA-NO-RO-U) An inhabitant of the Kelp Kingdom. Looking at kelps and chilling is his hobby. He is always angry about the people in the Coral Kingdom as a whole, but nobody truly knows why. Possibly, he was an inhabitant of the Coral Kingdom, but was later kicked out. He somewhat dislikes himself and thinks of himself as too “generic”. He is also very selfless.
image 1: original 2.5 model design
image 2: vector art for nan-mei encyclopedia
hai-zhi-zhu
(Tong-Nou Alphabet: HA-I-ZI-ZU) Hai-zhi-zhu is an overlooked sea spider of the Coral Kingdom. For most of the time, he’s either looking for/eating food, or just resting on a coral, doing nothing. He has a particular interest on pearls and knows pretty much everything about them now.
image 1: original 2.5 model design
image 2: vector art for nan-mei encyclopedia
chu-jiao
(Tong-Nou Alphabet: TI-U-ZI-A-O) A timid creature of The Wastelands. Collecting particles of material is his favorite activity to do. He sometimes gives his particles out to people for free. He has the ability to teleport to different locations of the world of Nan-Mei, so you may see him in other places. He used his powers to build the Teleportation Palace (Chun-song) in the Coral Kingdom. Incidentally, he has a somewhat Abyssal Realm-ish accent.
image 1: original 2.5 model design
image 2: vector art for nan-mei encyclopedia
jin-ang
(Tong-Nou Alphabet: ZI-N-A-N) The admiral of the Abyssal Realm. Grumpy but sometimes amiable, especially if offered corals and pearls from the Coral Kingdom. Thinks of himself as a brave leader, but he has really done nothing. A bit related to Chu-jiao, the teleporting creature of the Wastelands.
image 1: original 2.5 model design
image 2: vector art for nan-mei encyclopedia
image 3: redesign by SP7 (creator of nan-mei) on discord
hai-dai
(Tong-Nou Alphabet: HA-I-DA-I) The admiral of the Kelp Kingdom. He is courteous and has an abundant knowledge of the history of Nan-Mei. His antennas are able to send out signals to communicate with other inhabitants of Nan-Mei that has antennas.
image 1: original 2.5 model design
image 2: vector art for nan-mei encyclopedia
zang-bau
(Tong-Nou Alphabet: ZA-N-BA-O) The admiral of the Treasure Lands. He is a peaceful and trustworthy leader, but some inhabitants of the Treasure Lands don’t really trust him although he has made many beneficial contributions to the Treasure Lands. He is from a place outside of the Treasure Lands and those people wanted an admiral from their own land.
image 1: original 2.5 model design
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