Project Information
A motion design project reactivating Weixian paper-cutting as a contemporary, screen-based motion system.
- Category
- Motion works · Motion Design
- Type
- Motion Design Project
- Date
- 2026
- Subject
- Weixian Paper-Cutting · Chinese Folk Art
- Motifs
- ButterflySwallowCarpDragonFlowerSunMoon
- Method
- Tangram Deconstruction
- Software
- After EffectsCavalryCinema 4DIllustrator
- Role
- Research · Design · Animation
Work Process
Concept
Rather than reproducing paper-cutting as a material craft, the project extracts the deeper structural logic of the tradition: its symmetry, negative space, symbolic motifs, and compositional order, then rebuilds that logic for a screen-based, motion-driven visual culture.
The Seven Motifs
Seven core motifs from Weixian paper-cutting form the symbolic and visual foundation: the butterfly, swallow, carp, dragon, flower, sun, and moon.
Tangram Deconstruction
Each motif is atomized through a Tangram-based framework of seven fundamental geometric units. Tangram is used not as a decorative symbol but as a structural method that reorganizes complex folk forms into modular graphic components, which can then animate through rhythm, transformation, and spatial suggestion.
Visual System · Dreamcore
Flat graphics, modular construction, and motion transformation are carried by a soft dreamcore atmosphere, produced across After Effects, Cavalry, and Cinema 4D. The outcome shows that folk imagery can move into digital media without being reduced to surface decoration.
Motion Details
Close studies from the film: motif tiles, symmetry, and transformation across the seven-motif system, held in the dreamcore palette.