"Cho-Shi" Animation Based on Traditional Chinese Handmade Paper Texture

"Cho-Shi" is one form of Japanese carving art. It is a technique that uses a composition of papers of different colors with a certain thickness to carve, and produce concave and convex shapes while expressing colors. This form of art makes a two dimensional picture take a three-dimensional structure, giving an experience which is different from the traditional picture. However, because "Cho-Shi" has a complex structure, and its production steps are complicated, it requires producer to have some knowledge of art and time. The authors proposed a computer-aided "Cho-Shi" system, which outputs paper layers and mask for carving, according to images [1]. This greatly simplifies the complexity of carving and shortens the carving time. This paper extends the method to generate animation. Moreover, Chinese traditional hand-made paper textures are applied for the animation to express a novel form and this paper tries to fuse Japanese and Chinese art works, essentially, it tries to fuse old and new styles of media.