Once Upon a Rabbit Tawinest tamaydent sɣur Jesseter Wang and Hannah Sun

Once Upon a Rabbit Tawinest tamaydent sɣur Jesseter Wang and Hannah Sun d anerbaz yettwaqadren meqqren n 2026 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz deg Taggayt n Tnaflit n Afeṣṣel n Usaru, Avidyu d Usmussu.

LbrunzAsaru· 2026

Once Upon a Rabbit Tawinest tamaydent

sɣur Jesseter Wang and Hannah Sun

Anerbaz n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz deg Taggayt n Asaru

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Afeṣṣel

Ɣef Once Upon a Rabbit Tawinest tamaydent

Yiwen n webrid ɣef Uwtul d asenfaṛ n uxeṛṛeṣ amayed yekka-d seg yiferdisen idelsanen n Tmeɣra n Tmeswaṛin akked usmekti aẓewwaḍ n temẓi. Axeddim-agi yebna tutlayt taẓewwaḍt taẓayrit, tafṛawent, s tuddsa n talɣa taɣreḍmant akked usebḍer s ufus, i d-yettrun tugniwin i d-yettbanen d yesṭṛeɛfen daɣen d wid n turart. Ticraḍ i d-yettuɣalen am uwtul akked Tangyuan, tikuritin n tayef, ttwaseqdacent d imeṛkzan iẓewwaɣen, ma d amussu, arittmu, akked usuddes ttwaḥettmen i tignatin akked ukemmel, i d-yefkan tarmit n uxeṛṛeṣ yemṣadan yellan yezdi deg leḥmu, tannumi, akked usdukel adelsan.

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Ɣef Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz

Once Upon a Rabbit Tawinest tamaydent d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeṭṭafaren tinawt, tamusni d tezmert. Imerbaḥen n Lbrunz d isnulfa yelhan, ttbanen d timusniwin n tmusni n yimahilen-nsen. Once Upon a Rabbit Tawinest tamaydent ad yili d asnulfu yettwaɛezzen, yelhan, amaynut. Once Upon a Rabbit Tawinest tamaydent yettemlil ɣef yimawlan, yettwaɛezzen s tmahilt-is.

Deffir n ufeṣṣel

Tagrurt n tɣamsa

Ismawen n terbaɛt, iferdisen itiknikanen akked telɣut i d-yefka umeṣṣufeɣ.

Taɣara Tasuft: Once Upon a Rabbit is an animated short inspired by childhood memories and subtle cultural details of the Lantern Festival. Guided by the recurring presence of the rabbit and tangyuan (rice balls), the film unfolds as a sequence of connected moments that gradually lead toward a shared table. The piece emphasizes emotional flow and visual association over explicit storytelling, capturing the lively warmth of the Lantern Festival.
Tigejdiwin & Akemmus: 16x9 video file
Tibzimin: Animation, Motion Design, Illustration, Culture, Year of Rabbit
Tasnakta n Ufares: The project was produced using a hybrid 3D and 2D animation workflow. Core scenes and motion were created in Cinema 4D, with a focus on modeling and animation. The renders were then composited in Adobe After Effects, where textures, graphic details, and subtle motion accents were added to achieve a cohesive, handcrafted visual quality.
Asewḥel n Usnulfu: A key creative challenge was achieving a sense of warmth and human touch within a digitally constructed visual environment. The project sought to avoid a rigid or overly polished appearance by introducing texture, softness, and brush-like qualities into form and motion. Balancing control and imperfection required careful visual restraint, ensuring the imagery remained expressive and inviting while maintaining coherence and clarity throughout the animation.
Anadi: This project is based on exploratory design research focused on visual expression and cultural memory. The objective was to understand how abstract form, color, and motion could evoke familiarity associated with the Lantern Festival without relying on literal depiction. The research was conducted through visual experimentation, reference studies, and iterative sketching using digital tools. Observations were drawn from personal memory, cultural imagery, and repeated motion tests. The results informed a visual language that balances simplicity and expressiveness, demonstrating how motion design can translate shared cultural atmosphere into an accessible and emotionally resonant visual experience.
Aseḥbiber: Once Upon a Rabbit was inspired by childhood memories and subtle cultural details of the Lantern Festival. The project explores the use of 3D techniques rendered with a 2D sensibility, creating a vivid yet dreamlike visual language reminiscent of childhood doodles. By prioritizing mood, memory, and shared cultural experience over literal representation, the work aims to evoke a sense of warmth and nostalgia through motion.
Tanzagt n Usenfar: The project was developed and completed in 2023 as an independent animation project, produced remotely.
Tanila n Umahil: Motion unfolds through a sequence of gentle transformations, where shapes, colors, and motifs transition fluidly between scenes. Visual elements expand, contract, and reorganize to guide attention and create continuity, allowing the design to feel cohesive while maintaining a sense of lightness and rhythm throughout the experience.
Igmamen n Terbaɛt: Jesseter Wang,
Hannah Sun
Imsuren n Tugniwin: Direction / Design / Animation: [Jesseter Wang & Hannah Sun]
Music / Sound: [Davis Aguirre]