A Chinese window paper-cut look: everything on screen is a piece of China-red paper cut with scissors and laid flat on a paper ground. No painting, no shading and no outlines; the detail comes only from what was cut away (sawtooth rows, crescents, swirls, plum and coin holes), and every piece has paper fibres, a light and a dark cut edge and a tight paper shadow. Jointed paper figures and animals move on twos at 12 steps a second, round rosettes are folded, cut and unfolded, title letters are cut out and pop in one by one, and backlit pieces glow through their holes. Drawn entirely in code, in English or Chinese, landscape or portrait.
Use this styleSay what should be cut out: animals, people, buildings, objects or lucky motifs all work, ideally one or two heroes plus one short title line. Pick a paper ground if you like: rice white (default, daytime), indigo or ink blue (night), jade green, black or kraft; red paper always stays the hero and gold leaf appears in just one spot. Best for festive greetings, traditional culture, folk tales and lucky symbols; not for realistic scenes, charts or product screens. No photos needed.
On rice paper a red rosette slaps down in the centre and slowly turns, a pair of carp with cut scale patterns swim around it flicking their tails over layered paper waves and a lotus; PLENTY, YEAR AFTER YEAR is cut out letter by letter between two sawtooth borders, and a gold-leaf coin lands in the heart of the rosette with a warm glow.
Chinese Paper-cut · 16:9 · 10.0s