China's first "AAA" game "Black Myth: Wukong" has become popular at home and abroad not long after it was launched, topping the global best-selling list, and related topics dominated the hot search lists.
Do you know? Behind the popularity of the game, also has a share of the credit of this animation company. Suzhou Pelican Animation Co., Ltd. was deeply involved in the design of many important characters such as Tiger Pioneer in "Black Myth: Wukong". completed the character design with outstanding strength, adding a unique charm to this domestic game.
"When we saw the Tiger Pioneer character created by us in the official trailer, the whole team was very happy." Tang Zhiyong, founder of Pelican Animation, could not hide his joy. He said that after the launch of "Black Myth: Wukong" After receiving the recognition, the team felt very honored to have participated in this project.
As one of the suppliers of "Black Myth: Wukong", Pelican Animation has been involved in the character design of the game since 2018. It took nearly a year to complete the design of key characters such as Tiger Pioneer, Rat Night Patrol and Minotaur. Production development. These characters are carefully polished according to movie-level production standards, and strives for perfection.
Tiger Pioneer is known as a very difficult "boss" in the game. Pelican Animation has taken on the important task of making this character model. The hair design of is a major difficulty in the production.
"Production is very challenging. It is different from simply making a movie character. It must not only meet specific technical requirements, but also have a sense of reality and artistic effect."
Tang Zhiyong said that the role of Tiger Pioneer is more majestic, and the hair needs to be well designed. Tension, in order to achieve this goal, the hair designers of Pelican Animation have devoted a lot of effort.
During the design process, many details of Tiger Pioneer's hair were not completed through 3D software, etc., but were manually "brushed" one by one and cluster by cluster by the hair stylist. Each hair has its own texture. The directions have been carefully designed and adjusted to ensure the best visual effects in the game. This process not only tests the team's patience and skills, but also reflects their ultimate pursuit of quality.
Tiger Pioneer took nearly 6 months to complete for one character, and the final effect was amazing. In the game, Tiger Pioneer is majestic and fierce, becoming one of the classic images in the minds of many players. Tang Zhiyong said happily: "Our role has received very high evaluations, and we may be the best among the supplier teams."
Pelican Animation was founded in 2018 and settled in Taihu New City in 2019. It is a company specializing in the development and production of visual effects for animated films. company. Pelican Animation has previously participated in the production of movies such as "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage".
Source: Suzhou released
