SiJia

SiJia is an artist who loves life, animation and art. He has been involved in the arts since high school, studying painting, animation and storyboarding. Has more than 12 years of experience in art creation. And received a bachelor's degree from Academy of Art University in 2020. In his art work experience, he has participated in many projects, including short film storyboards, commercial storyboards, character design, concept design, album cover design, and poster design for Chinese celebrities such as Walkingdead, Mai, and KeyNG. In 2021, SiJia founded SiJiaDoudou Studio. The studio is not only focussing on art design, but also focuses on the research and development of cultural products, such as paper models, board games, etc. Currently, SiJia is studying Expanded Animation Research + Practice ( XA) at the University of Southern California. SiJia continues to improve his professional skills in traditional arts, such as storyboard, character design, etc. In addition, He is also learning and using various AI tools to create new AI workflows to make works richer and work more efficient. Because SiJia believes that in the future era and the future entertainment industry, AI will be an inevitable and necessary tool for everyone. 2024, SiJia's AI film "Cat Chaser wins different awards in different festivals, such as the best experimental and the best fantasy film in the festival "Indie Short Fest" (SiJia also won the BEST STUDENT DIRECTOR (MALE) at this festival) , the best AI film in the festival "Zepstone International Film Awards", ""and the best AI film in the festival "Oniros Film Awards" so on. SiJia is still working hard to become an excellent director and dreams of winning an Oscar one day.