Soleil Xun‘s animation
I'm Soleil Xun, a New York–based animation director and visual storyteller. With 7+ years of experience across China, Europe, and the U.S., I specialize in 3D/2D animation, motion capture, and story-driven design.
As Executive Director at Motion Magic, I led a 52-episode animated series with over 2.1 billion views, managing over 100 animators and full-scope production. I’ve also directed award-winning content for ByteDance, Tencent, and the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
Holding MFAs from Tsinghua University and the School of Visual Arts, I create emotionally resonant visual narratives that blend art and technology. I’m currently open to creative leadership roles in animation, advertising, or immersive storytelling.
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My Animation Portfolio
Welcome to my portfolio. Here you'll find a curated selection of my work across both 3D and 2D animation—including personal projects and professional productions. Feel free to explore and discover more about my creative practice in animated storytelling.
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Here you’ll find a curated selection of my 2D and 3D animation projects, spanning both personal work and professional productions.
In 2D animation, I bring experience as an animation director at ByteDance and Tencent Education, where I led visual storytelling across multiple educational and commercial series. I'm proficient in the full 2D pipeline, including storyboarding, key animation, and compositing, using tools like TVPaint, Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, and Premiere Pro.
In 3D animation, my work highlights include my thesis short film “The Blue Dove and the Pomegranate Tree”, a 6-minute animation created independently at the School of Visual Arts (SVA). I handled character and environment modeling, FX, storyboard editing, and animation direction, blending motion capture with hand-keyed animation. This film explores poetic storytelling from a child's perspective, touching on themes of family and identity.
Additionally, I served as Executive Director for the animated TV series “Battle Through the Heavens (斗破苍穹)” at Motion Magic Digital Entertainment in Shanghai, where I led storyboarding, fight choreography, motion capture direction, and animation revision.
My 3D production tools include Maya, Blender, Houdini, ZBrush, Unreal Engine 5, Nuke, and the Rokoko motion capture system.