Nomad Animation
Yetong Xin and Muwen Li
ᱪᱞᱚᱪᱤᱛᱨ Nomad Animation ᱛᱮ Yetong Xin and Muwen Li Nomad is a science fiction animated short film about the future of the Amazon rainforest. The film shows a moving city that can carry Amazonian tribes to new habitable areas when a location can no longer support human life. The machines in Nomad keep a mechanical structure but are built mainly from natural materials instead of metal. This nature inspired approach avoids the coldness of traditional machinery and gives the city a sense of vitality. Sketches and storyboards were made first, followed by modeling, animation, rendering and compositing. Motion capture was used for the characters.
ᱨᱩᱯᱟ A' Design Award ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱹᱨ
Nomad Animation, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ: Yetong Xin and Muwen Li, ᱫᱚ A' ᱪᱞᱚᱪᱤᱛᱨ, ᱵᱤᱰᱤᱭᱚ ᱟᱨ ᱮᱱᱤᱢᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱢᱟᱱᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱛᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱹᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ. Nomad Animation ᱫᱚ 2025 ᱨᱮ ᱨᱩᱯᱟ A' Design Award ᱧᱟᱢ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ ᱟᱨ Award-Winning Graphics Designs ᱨᱮ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱩᱞᱞᱮᱠᱷᱡᱚᱜᱽ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱩᱫᱩᱵ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ. ᱯᱨᱚᱠᱚᱞᱯᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱵᱤᱵᱨᱚᱬ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ, Yetong Xin and Muwen Li ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱠᱚ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱢᱮ ᱪᱮᱫᱟᱜ Nomad Animation ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱡᱳᱜᱤᱠᱚ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱟᱞᱟᱜ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜᱟ.
Nomad ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ
ᱪᱞᱚᱪᱤᱛᱨ Nomad Animation ᱛᱮ Yetong Xin and Muwen Li Nomad is a science fiction animated short film about the future of the Amazon rainforest. The film shows a moving city that can carry Amazonian tribes to new habitable areas when a location can no longer support human life. The machines in Nomad keep a mechanical structure but are built mainly from natural materials instead of metal. This nature inspired approach avoids the coldness of traditional machinery and gives the city a sense of vitality. Sketches and storyboards were made first, followed by modeling, animation, rendering and compositing. Motion capture was used for the characters. Nomad ᱫᱚ A' Design Award & Competition ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱤᱥᱤᱥᱴᱚ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱛ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ: ᱨᱩᱯᱟ A' Design Award. ᱨᱩᱯᱟ A' Design Award ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱠᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱ ᱫᱟᱲᱮ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱯᱮᱥᱟᱫᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱢᱮᱥᱟ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ. ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱵᱤᱪᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱭᱟᱭᱯᱩᱨᱱᱚ, ᱱᱭᱟᱭᱥᱚᱝᱜᱚᱛ, ᱜᱩᱱ ᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨᱤᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱚᱠᱠᱷᱚᱯᱟᱛ ᱵᱮᱜᱚᱨ ᱥᱮᱪᱮᱫᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱧᱮᱞᱵᱤᱰᱟᱹᱣ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ, ᱱᱤᱡ ᱱᱤᱡ ᱛᱷᱟᱠ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱮᱨᱮᱥ ᱡᱚᱢᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱟᱣᱟᱭ. ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱚᱞ ᱯᱨᱚᱠᱚᱞᱯᱚᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱛᱷᱤᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱯᱟᱱᱛᱮ ᱢᱩᱞᱭᱟᱹᱝᱠᱚᱱ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱠ ᱨᱮ, ᱩᱠᱩ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢᱟᱱ ᱯᱮᱥᱟᱫᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞᱵᱤᱰᱟᱹᱣ ᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱯᱟᱸᱡᱟ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱳᱴ ᱧᱟᱢᱟ.
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ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱡᱟᱣ ᱢᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ A' Design Award ᱫᱚ ᱢᱩᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱥᱚᱪ ᱛᱮ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ, ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ, ᱯᱨᱚᱠᱚᱞᱯᱚ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱛᱷᱟᱯᱚᱛᱭᱚ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱟᱹᱣᱤᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱦᱩᱱᱟᱹᱨᱟᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱭ ᱩᱫᱩᱵᱟ. ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧ ᱟᱞᱮ ᱠᱩᱥᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜᱽ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱥᱮᱨᱮᱥ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱩᱫ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱟᱢ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱟᱹᱜᱩ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱞᱮ, ᱚᱠᱚᱭᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱠᱚ ᱟᱵᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜᱽ ᱟᱹᱭᱠᱟᱹᱣ ᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨᱟ.
ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱥᱟᱠᱷᱭᱟᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱷᱚᱵᱚᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱟᱨ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜᱽ ᱡᱚᱲᱟ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ, ᱥᱛᱷᱚᱯᱚᱛᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱨᱟᱱᱰ ᱵᱮᱵᱚᱥᱛᱷᱟᱯᱚᱠ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ, ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱ ᱫᱟᱲᱮ, ᱛᱚᱠᱱᱤᱠ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱥᱟᱠᱷᱭᱟᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱞᱢᱟᱨᱟᱣ ᱯᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱢᱮ. A' Design Award ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱹᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱨᱟᱱᱰᱠᱚ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱵᱤᱥᱤᱥᱴᱚ ᱥᱮᱨᱮᱥ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱹᱜᱩᱭᱟ, ᱚᱱᱟ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱢᱮ.
ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚᱞ ᱡᱟᱣ ᱢᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ A' Design Award ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱤᱥᱤᱥᱴᱚ, ᱥᱤᱨᱯᱷᱟ ᱧᱟᱢ, ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱟᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚᱞ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱭ ᱩᱫᱩᱵᱟ. ᱜᱚᱴᱟ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜᱽ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱮᱨᱮᱥ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚᱞ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱩᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱟᱱ ᱥᱛᱷᱟᱯᱚᱛᱭᱚ, ᱱᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ, ᱯᱷᱮᱥᱚᱱ, ᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤᱠ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚᱣᱥᱚᱞ ᱯᱨᱚᱠᱚᱞᱯᱚᱠᱚ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ.
ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱤᱸᱣᱫᱚᱱᱛᱤ A' Design Award & Competition ᱦᱚᱛᱮᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱤᱸᱣᱫᱚᱱᱛᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱱᱠᱚ ᱠᱤᱸᱣᱫᱚᱱᱛᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱟᱹᱜᱩᱭᱟ, ᱚᱠᱚᱭᱠᱚ ᱟᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱥᱮᱨᱮᱥ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱨᱚᱠᱚᱞᱯᱚ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱟᱶᱛᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱦᱤᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱦᱟᱱᱛᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱹᱜᱩᱭᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱵᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜᱽ ᱟᱨᱦᱚᱸ ᱱᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣᱟ. ᱵᱤᱥᱣᱚᱥᱛᱚᱨᱤᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ, ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱥᱛᱷᱚᱯᱚᱛᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱚᱴᱯᱷᱚᱞᱤᱭᱳ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ.
ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱵᱤᱥᱮᱥ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱡᱟᱣ ᱢᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ A' Design Award & Competition ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱟᱥᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ, ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱥᱛᱷᱚᱯᱚᱛᱤ, ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱᱟᱱ ᱟᱜᱩᱣᱟᱹ ᱥᱮ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱵᱤᱥᱮᱥ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱭ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱟᱹᱜᱩᱭᱟ. ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱱᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱤᱥᱤᱥᱴᱚ ᱫᱟᱹᱭᱠᱟᱹ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ. ᱥᱤᱨᱯᱷᱟ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱚᱴᱯᱷᱚᱞᱤᱭᱳ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ.
ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱵᱤᱪᱟᱹᱨ ᱡᱟᱣ ᱢᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ A' Design Award & Competition ᱫᱚ ᱢᱩᱞ ᱥᱚᱪ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨᱡᱚᱜᱽ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱫᱷᱟᱱ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱤᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱥᱚᱪᱟᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱵᱤᱪᱟᱹᱨ ᱥᱮ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱᱟᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱚᱱᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱵᱤᱪᱟᱹᱨ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱭ ᱩᱫᱩᱵᱟ. ᱜᱚᱴᱟ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜᱽ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱠᱫᱟᱱᱫᱟ ᱥᱤᱨᱯᱷᱟ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱚᱱᱟ, ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱬᱟᱫᱟᱭᱚᱠ ᱱᱟᱡᱟᱨᱠᱚ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ.
ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱵᱨᱟᱱᱰ ᱡᱟᱣ ᱢᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ A' Design Award & Competition ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱤᱥᱤᱥᱴᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱮᱱᱫᱽᱨᱤᱠ ᱵᱨᱟᱱᱰ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱵᱨᱟᱱᱰ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱭ ᱩᱫᱩᱵᱟ. ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱩᱫᱽᱫᱚᱜᱽ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱶᱛᱟ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱪᱤᱱᱦᱟᱹ, ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱᱟᱱ ᱱᱟᱡᱟᱨ, ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱚᱨᱯᱚᱨᱮᱴ ᱯᱨᱚᱠᱚᱞᱯᱚᱠᱚ ᱩᱯᱨᱩᱢᱚᱜᱟ. ᱥᱤᱨᱯᱷᱟ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱵᱨᱟᱱᱰ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱠᱚ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ.
ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱟ ᱡᱟᱣ ᱢᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ A' Design Award & Competition ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱢᱩᱞ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱭ ᱩᱯᱨᱩᱢᱟ. ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱛᱷᱟᱯᱚᱛᱭᱚ, ᱯᱷᱮᱥᱚᱱ, ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ, ᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤᱠᱥ, ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱨᱦᱚᱸ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱛᱷᱟᱠ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱫᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱮᱭᱞᱤ, ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱵᱩᱡᱷ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱥᱤᱨᱡᱚᱱᱟᱱ ᱱᱟᱠᱷᱟᱠᱚ ᱩᱫᱩᱵᱚᱜᱟ. ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧ ᱜᱮ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱟᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱢᱮ.
ᱵᱤᱥᱣᱚᱡᱚᱲᱟ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱛ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ ᱜᱮᱭᱟᱢ?
ᱛᱮᱦᱮᱧ ᱜᱮ A' Design Award ᱨᱮ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱚᱞ ᱢᱮ ᱟᱨ Award-Winning Graphics Designs ᱨᱮ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜᱽ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱮᱨᱮᱥ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱟᱢᱟᱜ ᱴᱷᱟᱶ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱢᱮ.
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