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Shebude Wine Liquor Packaging

Wu Yao Liquor Packaging Packaging Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Shebude Wine

Designers used a jade pattern from the Warring States Period as the main element of the outer packaging. The shape of bottle adopts the most classic cylindrical shape. The upper half of the wine bottle is plain and transparent, the lower half is striped glass, and the bottom is made of gold in the shape of Chinese mountains and rivers. The silver outer box is printed with Chinese classic patterns. The cutting technique is elegant and powerful and the style is fresh and unrestrained.

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Sea of Ink Animation

Chenxin Yang Animation Movie Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Sea of Ink

Sea of Ink is an animated short film about an artist who struggles with a creative block and travels under the sea. The film shows how the artist breaks through barriers during the creative process. A visual aesthetic of three-dimensional hand-drawn watercolor ink gives the story a distinct look. The work combines 2D animation, 3D animation, live-action footage, hand-drawn illustrations and motion graphics. The live-action scenes were filmed with a DSLR camera. Sea of Ink runs for two minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

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Dream of the Blue Manual Class Alcoholic Beverage Packaging

Wen Liu Alcoholic Beverage Packaging Packaging Monday, 21 April 2025

Dream of the Blue Manual Class

Dream of the Blue Manual Class is packaging for a premium baijiu, a traditional Chinese distilled spirit. The bottle has a teardrop shape and is finished in dark blue with metallic gold. The glass is sandblasted and then coated with hammer finish paint, giving a soft and warm surface similar to cellar mud. Engravings show an arch from the Classical Gardens of Suzhou and twelve key moments of the brand. The presentation box combines blue variegated leather with wood textured paper and hot pressed detailing. A four code system protects the packaging against counterfeiting.

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Japanese Kumano Kodo Calendar

Kiyoka Yamazuki Calendar Graphic Sunday, 20 April 2025

Japanese Kumano Kodo

Japanese Kumano Kodo is a hand-drawn illustration created for a corporate wall calendar. The calendar theme is the old highways of Japan, including the Oshu Highway, the Tokaido, the Sanyo Highway, the Kumano Kodo, the Nagasaki Highway and the Minoji. The Kumano Kodo is a pilgrimage route used since about the year 908 and still walked today. The illustration brings the Nachi Fire Festival and Nachi Falls together in one colorful scene. The artwork is painted with acrylic paint on illustration board. The calendar has six sheets and measures 420 by 595 millimeters.

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Nunn Bush 3D Product Animation

Mateus Morgan 3D Product Animation Movie Saturday, 19 April 2025

Nunn Bush

The project was made to show all the features of the product in a fun way by being informative but without being annoying. The purpose was to show the construction of the shoe. The inspiration came through the research about elements that could represent the product, like nature with all the colors and moods. The shoe was modeled using photographs as a reference and hard surface 3D modeling techniques. For modeling, designers used the software C4D. All the textures were made using leather texture and some photoshop brushes. Vray was used for rendering and Houdini for Simulations.

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Digital Human Live Broadcasting Platform

Baidu Online Network Technology. Beijing Live Broadcasting Platform Mobile Friday, 18 April 2025

Digital Human

Digital Human is a live broadcasting platform built on artificial intelligence technology. The platform supports digital human production, live room construction and human computer interaction. AI anchors broadcast continuously for twenty four hours a day, which removes the need for on site staff and physical studios. The image of each anchor can be customized to match a brand identity. Diversified virtual scenes lower construction costs and present product attributes and brand concepts. The aim is to reduce the cost and the difficulty of live broadcasting.

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