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Sharing work online Besides college projects, I have always shared my work online through platforms such as Bilibili, Tumblr and Instagram. At first, I mainly treated these platforms as places to share hobbies, fan works and personal interests. Over time, I realised that online presence has become an important part of many animators’ professional development.…

Thinking about the future While studying animation, I started thinking more seriously about one question: How can I build a long-term future in animation? I have always enjoyed independent animation and personal projects. Creating work with my own style and ideas is something that attracts me a lot. However, after learning more about the industry,…

Animation is not only drawing Before starting my graduation project, I mostly understood animation as drawing and making scenes. I focused more on character acting, shot design and visual style. However, while developing El’s Map independently, I slowly realised that production and communication are just as important as animation itself. Working with other people This…

Small emotions and small moments Recently, I realised that I am becoming more and more drawn to small emotions in animation. Compared to large stories or dramatic conflict, I prefer quiet moments that are easy to miss. Such as evening lights on the street, flowers that briefly bloom and close again, or sounds and smells…

For this post, I studied an interview with the production team of All Saints Street (《万圣街》). Two directors from HMCH Studio, Xiao Rong and Dai Wei, shared insights into the behind the scenes workings of this animation production. Xiao Rong (Weibo @城北盒) graduated from the Communication University of China in 2016. Known internally at HMCH…

Three Roles I Want to Try in the Future In my futrure career, the roles I am most interested in are character design, background design, and character animation.All these roles are closely connected to storytelling, visual style.And they are also the parts of the creative process where I feel most related and where I get…

Thinking About Where I Want to Work in the Future Where I Want to Work If I could freely choose where to work in the future, I’d prefer to work in a coastal city in China. In recent years, the animation industry in China has been growing fast. These cities, like Shanghai and Hangzhou, have…

Unit 1 was my first time seriously learning animation, and even though it was challenging, I learned so much! Stop-Motion Animation Since I watched The Story of Afanti as a kid, I’ve always been interested in stop-motion animation. So I chose the stop-motion animation pathway when I had the chance. This was a completely new…

Recently Chengdu Coco Cartoon just released their second Nezha movie and its box office has already come to 12 billion. There are lots of animated works based on the story of Nezha, and each with different focus. In the following content, I will take Nezha as an example to explore how the same mythological character…