Year of the Dragon
Project Details:
Inspiration:
2024 brings in the year of the dragon and I wanted to try my hand at sculpting a dragon, which I eventually decided to animate as well. The style inspiration came from the dragons that adorn the Forbidden City in Beijing. I first saw a picture of them as a teenager and I practiced my drawing skills by illustrating one of the dragons with colored pencil.
For the background, I drew upon a retro neon theme, as if the traditional elements of Chinese art were adorning a building in 60's Hong Kong.
The animation was created with Zbrush, Cinema4D, Substance Painter, and Redshift.
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/610afb6f10aac44f1e2f9d1e/65e753907204694b771a67ee_Background%20Illustration.png)
Scene design created in Illustrator.
A reference image from the Forbidden City.
![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/610afb6f10aac44f1e2f9d1e/65e75d40f63a91544998793f_Dragon%20Inspiration.jpg)