The beasts on a Chinese roof
One roof ridge, drawn beast by beast as each is named.
Made with StrokeVideo from a plain text script, no editing.
Make one like thisWhat the video shows
The video draws a single palace roof ridge and adds each figure the moment the narration reaches it: the immortal riding a phoenix at the front, then the dragon, the phoenix, the lion, the sea horse, the heavenly horse and the rest, ending with the hooked chiwen at the ridge end. Along the way it explains why the Hall of Supreme Harmony has ten beasts and a lesser hall has five.
How it was made
Made in guided-tour mode from a written script in the Creative style. The whole roof is one illustration; a vision model located each beast in the picture so the drawing engine could reveal it on the word that names it. Chinese narration, two minutes twelve seconds, no manual editing.