Part of idea comes from the VR Game Research. I have been studying the influence of VR on human perception and experience since 2019.  This artwork combines the virtual world of gaming with life and death in reality. I think this could help me learn more about the research.

Illustration shows that after people died, they could be quantified by data and stored in a virtual world by using the form of VR game. When a person dies, his traces will be collected and judged in this virtual hell, and his words and deeds will be used as a standard to judge whether he can go to heaven. And the living will be able to enter the world through VR technology to visit them.

In the process of designing illustrations, I studied the interpretation of death in traditional Chinese stories and concepts. I found that people at that time imagined a world where things could be done that couldn’t be done in reality. For example, bad guy could be punished and good people could be reward. Even because of these stories, people constrained their behaviour in reality, hoping they could have a good ending in that imaginary world.

I felt that this point was in line with my research. It matched what I want to study — the relationship between the virtual game world and people’s experience.

Then, I designed a series of scenes and characters. I used GIFs to enhance the character of each image because I felt its sense of electronic wasn’t enough . Dynamic pictures can make the virtual world and NPCs more interesting. Also, the player can have a sense of engagement.

部分想法来自VR游戏研究。自2019年以来，我一直在研究VR对人类感知和体验的影响。这幅作品将游戏中的虚拟世界与现实中的生死结合在一起。我觉得这可以帮我更好的理解我的研究。

通过虚拟现实游戏的形式，人的灵魂可以被数据量化并存储在虚拟世界中。当一个人死后，他的痕迹会在这个虚拟地狱中被收集和判断，他的言行会作为判断他是否能上天堂的标准。而活着的人将能够通过虚拟现实技术进入世界访问他们。

在插画设计的过程中，我研究了中国传统故事和概念中对死亡的解读。我发现当时的人们 创造了一个世界，在那里可以做现实中做不到的事情。例如坏人可以受到惩罚，好人可以得到奖励。甚至因为这些故事，人们在现实中约束自己的行为，希望自己能在想象的世界中有一个好的结局。我觉得这一点与我的研究是一致的。这与我想要研究的内容相吻合——虚拟游戏世界与人们体验之间的关系。

所以，我设计了一系列的场景和人物。我用了动图的形式以增强每张图片的特点，因为我觉得它的电子感还不够。动态图片可以使虚拟世界和npc更有趣。同时，玩家也会有一种沉浸感。