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Hua Chenyu Mars Concert Sunrise Version Stage

Hua Chenyu Mars Concert

Hua Chenyu Mars Concert is an open air concert stage design created for a large outdoor venue. The layout is arranged in four zones: a main stage 106 meters wide and 28.5 meters high with five levels of performance space, a circular home stage 19 meters in diameter, an extension stage 30 meters long that crosses the audience area, and a circular structure 100 meters in diameter that encloses the whole setting. Mirrored LED screens are combined with movable platforms and mechanical elements. Reflective and transparent materials link the stage with the sunrise landscape.

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My Coin 3D Animation

My Coin

My Coin is a short three-dimensional animated film about the meaning of value. The story follows a boy who drops a coin into a sewer. A wealthy man sees the boy and offers a gold bar instead of the lost coin. For the boy, the gold is only a tool to recover the coin, while the man sees gold as the greater prize. The film shows that each person holds a different standard of value. My Coin was created with computer animation software, which allowed the characters and their actions to be exaggerated for dramatic effect.

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Moose Piss Beer

Moose Piss

Moose Piss is a promotional animation created as the main part of a beer launch campaign. The animation is 40 seconds long, runs at 12 frames per second and is produced in 4K resolution. Manual drawing was combined with illustration and digital painting, and graphic software was used for composition and sound editing. An irreverent and humorous style was selected to match the character of the beer brand. Natural elements were restyled to build a surreal world. The animation is intended for online video and social media platforms.

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Macau Light Festival 2018 TVC TV Commercial

Macau Light Festival 2018 TVC

Macau Light Festival 2018 TVC is a television commercial created to promote a city light festival. The commercial presents the festival as a time tunnel. A first person view guides the viewer through lighting installations, three-dimensional projection mapping and interactive games. Local elements of gastronomy, architecture, culture and creativity are shown as installation art within the animation. All shots were planned in a storyboard and tested as a demo motion in three-dimensional software before filming. Live action footage, visual effects and motion graphics are combined.

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Gem of the World Costume Design

Gem of the World

Gem of the World is a carnival costume inspired by the Cayman Islands. The white color recalls the powder white sand and the clear water of the three islands. The wing shape refers to the millions of tourists who fly to the Caribbean each year. The costume is handmade from fabrics such as spandex and lace, with sequins and feathers as embellishments. The sculpted parts are framed with metal wire and bonded with a special technique. The costume was created on Seven Mile Beach, with a direct view of the ocean, to highlight the natural beauty and the marine environment of the islands.

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134340 Music Video Motion Graphic Design

134340 Music Video

134340 is an animated music video created as a fan made project for a Korean pop song of the same name. The song title refers to the asteroid number of the dwarf planet Pluto. In response to the lyrics, the video shows Pluto as a white ball moving through multiple dimensions in space, surrounded by colourful three dimensional shapes that follow the rhythm of the music. Simple geometric forms and keyframe animation at 30 frames per second are used. The flat cel shading art style was produced entirely in the software Cinema 4D.

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Design Idea of the Day

Innovative Concepts and Creative Ideas.

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