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May 05th, 2014

5/5/2014

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Time to See the World

4/26/2014

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I don't know why I turned this guy into a bird...
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R18

4/25/2014

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I saw this F18 on Pinterest. And it looks like some creature to me. So.... here it comes "R18 Rabbit"!
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A Morning in the Park

1/10/2014

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I sketches in the park near by my place, and make some some of them in color.
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Aircraft-T

11/29/2013

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Inspiration
It's a holiday season, and a harvest season. Hope everyone's hard working and kindness brings back harvest to you.
My inspiration comes from some fantasy aircraft design. I combine the turkey shape with the machine aesthetic to create a aircraft spreading food and flying over a fairy-tale like little town.
Some reference photos:
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Girl in Sweater

10/17/2013

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Inspiration
Fashion photography, designer Neringa Rūkė
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A Love Story

10/4/2013

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Inspiration
I saw this image (below) on Pinterest, and I was immediately attracted to the looking of the stone building, as well as the windows and flowers. I feel like I can see some stories in this composition. So I decided to drawing something from this photo. 

The first idea is a love story that happens between the neighbors who live in this old building. A guy from up stairs and a girl living down stairs are gazing into each others' eyes in the moonlight. And then, I decided to not make the love story too obviously, but to imply more possibilities of the story. I put a cat on the down stairs window, looking up to the guy leaning on the window. This way, the story looks more interesting to make people thinking: Is the guy waiting for some one? or is he just being relax and enjoying his flower? Is the kitty from the down stairs room? Does she like the guy up stairs? 
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She & Him

9/19/2013

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This is a birthday gift for one of my best friend. The inspiration of this painting is from a photograph of my friend's study room. After she moved in to a place with her boy friend, she was so exciting and sent me a photo of their study tables, saying: " check this out! two different would!" My friend is a energetic, sweet girl; while her boy friend is more strict and academic. My friend loves pink color, fuzzy dolls and bowknot. And her boyfriend likes transformers. 
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Kitchen 

5/4/2013

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Bear Man

3/27/2013

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I found this image in a website that posts the photographs from Sony World Photography Awards. the subject of this photo is Romanians celebrate new year in traditional way.
I was so attracted by the unique bearskin clothing. To me, The man looks like a experienced skillful huntsman from ancient times. I add a few elements to bring out his rugged identity, such as the bow and arrows. The wood leg is his memento of the past battles. The bow and arrows are made by himself in hands.
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    Ziwei Duanmu

    Visual Development Artist
    Los Angeles, U.S.

    Welcome to my website!
    I was born in Anyang city, one of the oldest cities in China. I grew up in a strict household, my father is an electronics engineer and mother is a pharmacist, which gave me an earnest and responsible personality. My family takes traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy as their hobby, which brought me the raw motivation of doing art, to be a Chinese painting master.  As time passed by, my interest changes to the moving images, the dynamic shapes and vivid colors. In 2009, I got a B.F.A. degree in Animation in China Central Academy of Fine Art. What I did mostly is traditional drawing and 2D animation, which was not enough to me, so I decided to continue my studies in the U.S. 

     I have been in Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) for 4 years, where I got dual M.A. in Animation and Illustration. During my time here, I tried my hands in the 3D field, which got me another perspective to look at my art creations. As I was working as the art director in my school collaborative project, Snow Boat, I was trying to put the 2D artistic texture into this 3D animated film. It was a lot of experimenting, the results are always unknown yet interesting, sometimes are an amazing surprise. I enjoy playing with different combinations of shapes, colors, lights, and textures to present various characteristics of stories. One of the quotes from Neil Gaiman is my favorite:  “Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” 

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