In my precious career plan, I mentioned the possibility of working in a large company after graduation. This is certainly a conventional and stable path. And it indeed can help me to accumulate the experience in this structured system. However, considering the increasingly competitive and harsh employment situation in China, I started to question myself…

Thanks to the versatility of art-related disciplines in this area. I am not only able to focus on creation on animation field, but also extend my drawing skills to another related field. In present, many jobs are no longer evaluated solely on technical proficiency, but rather on a personal ability to integrate multiple skills. Besides…

In my recent process of exploring my career paths in the art industry, I did several interviews with professionals from some related fields. One particularly interesting conversation was with my undergraduate professor from the transmedia project. Except his role in academia, he is also an activated artist involved in many well-known art projects in China.…

As a student related to the art industry, it is very important to think about thecurrent state of the industry. Recently, i attended an online meeting forundergraduate classmates, many of students have started working in theindustry. I interviewed one of them, Ji Bei, who works as a storyboard artist atNetEase, a famous Internet company in…

As an animator, I’m not confine myself to a specific field or a clearly definedcareer path. In my opinion, the essence of art lies in conveying emotions andideas. Whether it is animation, game design, or other forms of visual art, theyall share a kind of commonalities. I hope to use my graduate studies as myperiod…

In my past animation career, I’ve had opportunity to participate in some team projects. I’ll analyze how a completed animation work is created on my experience working in a team. Storyboarding and Initial Framework The process begins with establishing the story outline, storyboard artists will create the initial drafts. This stage may require multiple iterations,…

During the two-weeks cooperation, I communicated with year 2 student through the email. In the online meetings, she showed me the current progress of her work—-a dynamic storyboard and some initial character design inspirations. And told me some her thoughts. Trough the storyboard, I saw this is a story introducing a little girl’s growth with…

In the early research of animation history theory, I traced the line of Chinese animation history. During this process. I collected some materials, such as relevant paper in the field of animation, and some related popular science video and documentaries, I also compare with some development processes of animation history in another countries. Through these…

During the animation study practices, we achieved many animation exercises, for me, the core aspect is around the design and practice of one character. When I started my initial practice of bouncing character, I began to consider that I need a animated character to help me achieve the practice in subsequent exercises. Thus, I started…

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