Way of the Mantis

Here is our thesis animation completed at RIT.
It is the story of an impetuous Chinese monk who finds he has a thing or two to learn from an unlikely source. The animation is rendered in a brushpainted style reminiscient of old Te Wei films. Enjoy!
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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• praying
• mantis
• animation
• monk
• martial
• arts
• china
• chinese
• brush
• patience
• 3d
• film
• thesis
• cartoon
• spar
• short
• art
• paint

[johweedee]

Thank you very much for all the comments. The film screened at the 2D or Not 2D Animation Festival in Seattle this past weekend where we received 1st place for animated student production. It was a great time; I got to meet Roy Disney and a bunch of talented artists.

[weegeefy]

nice video



[thegypsywagonllp]

This is a wonderful video, I teach Praying Mantis and my kids love this.

[smokinthepot]

funny how much detail the slope has

[SirPreyasThe619]

This is a pretty cool animation!

[valiantvideo9]

just left martial arts class at 8pm.. lucky to be learning this wonderful style "tang lang" ... I was surprised when I happened across this animation.. it's absolutely wonderful.. Thank you for sharing it with us..  I WANT MORE :)

[hotpopcorncake]

cool ending

[MarsHarmony]

That was wonderful, really well done.

[Berkrim]

The monk must be the life of a party:

"Hey, watch this!"

Just kidding. I like this animation, kung-fu, and shaolin monks.

[twobitmage]

the story I heard was that it was a cicada vs. a mantis.

[Gimini13]

Actually there are many versions of this tale: some say it was a Mantis battling a grasshopper, other say it where 2 Mantises fighting. But also the version with the sparrow seems good as tang lang (mantis) is a style where you don't retreat. Also for the Monk: his name was Wan Lang and he wasn't a monk but a kung-fu master who knew over 30 different styles and the shaolin temple master was a friend of his. That's what I heard. But as I said there are many versions.