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Should the Low Frame Rate of Stop-motion Animation Be Regarded as a Defect?

by SHengwei Zhou • September 19, 2022 • 1 Comment

Compared to the fluent visual effect of nowadays stop-motion animations with a high frame rate like LAIKA studio’s ones, most of the stop-motion animations from early times shared a much lower frame rate. Stop-motion animators seem to treat the low…

by SHengwei Zhou • January 10, 2022 • 0 Comments

In this post, I illustrate how the early Chinese ink painting animation showed oriental aesthetics, conveying implicit and meaningful emotions. It was closely related to the traditional Chinese ink painting and reflected the unique philosophical concept of the Chinese ancients:…

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Author Archive for SHengwei Zhou

Should the Low Frame Rate of Stop-motion Animation Be Regarded as a Defect?

by SHengwei Zhou • September 19, 2022 • 1 Comment

The Aesthetic Features and Philosophy of Early Chinese Ink Painting Animation

by SHengwei Zhou • January 10, 2022 • 0 Comments