Description
Maritime Silk Road in Motion treats the ocean as the medium that links civilizations. Through ink-wash fluids, sailing routes and digital particles in motion, it builds a visual journey across time and space. The piece unrolls from a scroll of the Maritime Silk Road and moves from the first sea routes and the perils of wind and waves to flourishing trade and exchange between civilizations, using flowing ocean imagery to show how trade, cultural blending and connections between civilizations unfolded across different periods of history.
Technically, it combines AIGC image and video generation with AI 3D model generation. Ships, sea creatures, buildings and other 3D assets were generated with AI; the 3D models give the piece a stable spatial structure, consistent perspective and camera movement, and AI image and video generation then styled the scenes and extended them into motion. In post-production, particle systems, fluid effects, digital compositing, masks and multi-layer parallax blend the ink-wash textures, sailing routes and particles together, with horizontal compositions and continuous camera moves designed for an ultra-wide screen. All of the material was created by the team with AI, mainly using Midjourney, Kling, ChatGPT and Blender.
The imagery gradually shifts from concrete historical seafaring scenes to an abstract data network. Combining traditional scroll storytelling, AI-generated 3D and digital imagery, it traces a visual evolution from the Silk Road to a "liquid community", exploring how traditional culture can be expressed today in the context of generative AI. It is a gift to the Maritime Silk Road.
How Tripo was used
The team worked Tripo models into this visual piece, making it more intuitive for viewers and the things on screen easier to recognize.
