© DMT Competition
Award-winning Work Information & Description
Work Title
Let the classic glow new life-three-dimensional ink technology under the “little tadpole looking for mother”
Category
Film & Animation
Institution
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Advisor
Yin Xin, Liu Kai
Team Members
Li Wei Song, Ma Yu Zuo, Zuo Cheng, Liu Yu Han
Award
First prize in the national competition
Year
2025
Description
The animated short film "Little Tadpole Looking for Mother" is the first ink animation work in China. Its unique artistic style and aesthetic value are milestones even in the history of Chinese animation. This graduation project takes three-dimensional technology as the medium, combined with stylized rendering, and tries to restore and recreate the classic works in the digital age. At the time of production, three-dimensional software was used as the core tool to explore five aspects of three-dimensional model construction, material simulation, dynamic performance and ink style rendering by analyzing the visual language and narrative logic of the original, and finally made into a film. This film provides a practical reference for the digital transformation of traditional artistic styles, and provides some small power for the contemporary expression of classic IP.