A gorgeous collection of the pre-production process of the Annecy winning animated short - Valley of White Birds by Wolf Smoke Animation Studio (China).
From the studio who made Kung Fu Cooking Girls and Batman of Shanghai, Wolf Smoke Studio latest short film will take your breath away with beautiful details and illustrations. Don't miss out on this underground art design book.
Character design, storyboard, background painting, posters included.
This is the latest short film from Wolf Smoke studios - Valley of White Birds.
Each character carries a unique symbolic meaning in this film.
In the pursuit of the white bird, the protagonist has to face his own inner guilt, fear, haze, after a tortuous journey of searching finally only to be reborn again.
Contents includes breakdown of the concept behind the film, character and environment designs, storyboard layouts and promotional illustrations.
Specs
Specifications |
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Height |
19.3 cm (7.6")
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Width |
30 cm (11.8")
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Pages |
72
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Language |
Chinese, English
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Features |
Hardcover, Limited Release
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Artist
Founded by Cloud Yang and Clover Xie in 2006, Wolf Smoke is a China and US based independent studio specialising in original high-quality animation, and mainly focuses on animated short and feature films of different styles and genres. High profile collaborations include ‘Batman of Shanghai’ (2012) – a series of animated shorts from the DC Nation on Cartoon Network, ‘Asura Online: Origin’ (2013) trailer for Tencent, and ‘Doomfist Origin Story’ (2017) hero reveal trailer for Blizzard’s Overwatch.
Wolf Smoke's latest original animated short film ‘Valley of White Birds’ (2017) was longlisted for the 2018 Oscars and won the Junior Jury Award for Short Film at Annecy 2017.
Follow Wolf Smoke at wolfsmoke.studio