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The Star-Crossed Lovers
Pattachitra inspired

The story tells of the romance between Zhinü- the weaver girl, symbolizing the star Vega) and Niulang- the cowherd, symbolizing the star Altair).

Despite their love for each other, their romance was forbidden, and thus they were banished to opposite sides of the heavenly river(symbolizing the Milky Way).

Project Type

Animation & Illustration

The illustrations are done in Photoshop and the animation method used for this film was Mental Canvas which is a software tool that enables artists to create and animate 2D illustrations with an illusion of depth and dimensionality.  And allows artists to move and manipulate elements within the illustration as if they were physical objects.

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