Artist Animates Traditional Japanese Folding Screen With Samurai Warriors

Japanese artist Yusuke Shigeta recently installed an animated folding screen at the Chubu Centrair International Airport in Central Japan. Using digital modelling techniques, Shigeta revamped the traditional home furnishing with a moving visual that portrays one of the most notable 17th-century wars in Japanese history: The Battle of Sekigahara. Shigeta utilized 3D modelling and crowd simulation to create the animation of over 500 various subjects -- mainly samurai warriors. Several characters a...