TikTok - Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
I was thrilled to get the invitation to animate several shots for this Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics promotional animation, sponsored by TikTok and produced by Vela Animation. The shots I was given featured freestyle skier Eileen Gu. I had never heard of Eileen nor was I familiar with winter sports at all, so before I started animating, I spent hours watching her competition footage and trying to understand the movements and felt that I came to know her in a way. I once again felt thankful for my occupation as an animator for I could feel the cold wind blowing on my face and the thrill of racing down the snow hill all from sitting behind my screen. I had later on come to pay extra attention to Eileen's Olympics agenda and cheered her on for her competitions as if I was a proud mother.
The shot below is the most complex shot from my tasks. Rough animation & clean-up done by me. See the whole thing here!
Client: TikTok; Produced by: Animoon Studio; Creative Director: Hanxu Chen.
Animation Process
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Colored and composited by Animoon Studio.
Other shots I participated in:
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/86f683c0-457b-40ab-9b56-4049bbec257b/9e87de38-a7bf-41d3-bbd7-d064dbaa7517_rw_1200.gif?h=784b085eedf0429292c31bf43507d8cb)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/86f683c0-457b-40ab-9b56-4049bbec257b/280449c8-2442-4672-9180-8142f4b19cdc_rw_1200.gif?h=d7ce4a68154726a3747076f89bd92e59)
Hair & Cloth Animation. Roughs, clean-up and color.
BG Animation (tunnel, ground, and door)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/86f683c0-457b-40ab-9b56-4049bbec257b/8627801c-2c8e-4f20-a257-8c8f3ddb94c9_rw_1200.gif?h=0a84c93436b2f791b5f55e19c9229890)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/86f683c0-457b-40ab-9b56-4049bbec257b/9b7d33f0-fd0c-48c4-be1d-54eb173deba3_rw_1920.gif?h=5471c7fef8b0d8f06fd8cdf13f94f19d)
BG Animation (frozen lake)