CGI 3D Animated Short "The Easy Life" - by Jiaqi Xiong + Ringling | TheCGBros

Check out this 3D animated short film called "The Easy Life", produced as a senior thesis film produced at Ringling College of Art and Design by the talented Jiaqi Xiong. For more information, please see the details and links below:
I made this film on my own but I received tremendous help from faculty, peers, and mentors! In the film, model, rig and animation was done using Autodesk Maya. Pixar"s Renderman was used to render my film. Frames were composited in Nuke to achieve the desired look. The Music for my film was downloaded on KillerTracks.
Thanks to everyone who supported me, helped me, and inspired me to make this film! Hope you will enjoy it!
Check out Facebook page for more behind the scene!
pages/The-Easy-Life/436036916555281
See more of Jiaqi"s work at: jiaqixiong.blogspot.com
About Jiaqi: I love watching and studying films. I enjoy lighting very much. I also love photography nature and my dog!
© 2015 Jiaqi Xiong
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[@TheJay104]

Well that turned dark fast

[@a51078788]

I thought the same thing lol

[@jaidabanga311]

I agree

[@jadedqueen7782]

Well it was more like inevitable

[@LoveleneLeBlanc]

That’s why I watch these animations with caution.

[@princessstarwatcher4652]

Lovelene2105 Le Blanc same

[@Mrstealth93]

Well. That took a very quick turn down the dark road.

[@xxlray]

***** very creepy :)

[@hachinniie]

If I saw my doll doing my homework I WOULD HAVE THROW THAT DOLL OUT MY APARTMENT

[@acjo_]

Glady I don't have any dolls cuz I'm scared of 'em xD

[@zaldycanto8736]

Same. (And I would call an exorcist)

[@konalisx8318]

Human is created by work.

[@5OUNDZWAV333]

@@acjo_ same i don't want demon got into them

[@itz_mizuki3322]

Same

[@AUM...]

Beautiful message: knowledge make you grow and these timepass things along with killing time, gradually kills your inner knowledge and make you smaller

[@paisleymarie641]

Lesson Learned Do your own work kids

[@soogoonu]

Gertrude Abigale mmm I guess you missed to notice the gal playing videogames face had westerner fetures while the doll asians. I guess this video is teching a deeper lesson, not just for kids but for entire populations.

[@oldmanbob6523]

No ill rather turn into strange doll thingy

[@fitriaulia981]

Lesson learned for me= dont let the mini doll work your homework

[@cookietime6062]

OK I will

[@Chinmeng420]

Ok i will

[@not_mica]

Si les piden que aprendieron del video: Una persona tiene que valerse por sí sola, y no estancarse. como la muñeca que, a diferencia de la niña, pudo avanzar y lograr lo que quería con esfuerzo, la niña poco a poco iba cayendo en la flojera y lograr las cosas fáciles. Cosa que está muy mal y que no se debe hacer. si te pide un ejemplo de vida cotidiana sería cuando le pido las respuestas de la tareas a mis compañeros o cuando copio en clase :D; espero les ayude !!!!

[@luisalama2762]

gracias, estaba buscando este comentario por la tarea

[@sofiansk9702]

Graciass, me salvaste :)

[@lourp4392]

esto es exactamente lo que nos dice el corto que no agamos PORQUE PONES ESE COMENTARIO EN ESTE VIDEO SI LO QUE TE DICEN ES QUE LAS PERSONAS NO HAGAN LAS COSAS YA ECHAS A OTRAS ¡PORQUE PONES ESTE COMENTARIO SI TE DICEN QUE ESTA MAL ! ¿¿¿¡¡¡POR QUE!!!???

[@luisalama2762]

@@lourp4392 porque es un héroe sin capa, dice que no hay que depender de uno pero de vez en cuando puedes recibir ayuda

[@not_mica]

@@luisalama2762 Tranquilo, hay gente que necesita atención, el único propósito de mi comentario fue intentar ayudar a la reflexión del video! ♡

[@crackteon3978]

Although the lesson is quite obvious, this was very well done for a silent short. It didn't need dialogue to explain it's purpose, it just showed what it needed to, extra details only required to be sorted out by the watcher themselves. Overall, this was an enjoyable lesson, even with how strange it seems on the surface.

[@stivenoliveros1190]

Hello

[@Wired4Life2]

Well…guess I should start that essay now. D:

[@tia3150]

BlueFox94 😂

[@juanignacio6529]

a alguien mas le dieron este video para hacer tarea?? saludos desde Argentina

[@cande1202]

Rre si ah

[@anasofiacastro458]

Jajaja yo igual ajaj muy duro

[@stivenoliveros1190]

Quien me da la reflexion del video por perdiendo asata recreo

[@leonacosta4880]

Si man re pete dea

[@francescosebastiangacioppo6410]

yo si en materia de ingles

[@noneofyourbuisness1679]

Twist ending! I like it!

[@abaankhanchannel8316]

The way the story ended was scary but by the way the smile the doll gave when the human turned into the doll was very evil

[@Sapinhoelu-ri3iz]

Eu tb achei eu tive um sentimento estranho de medo agonia sei lá...!

[@marcelgark311]

like si te an echo venir los profes

[@tiaamdunord7817]

I thought the ending would be something like the doll was supposed to represent the mother and how she felt that the only way to connect with her daughter was to do her work for her.

[@Sapinhoelu-ri3iz]

Nada haver.

[@Stardust_Fox]

@@Sapinhoelu-ri3iz por isso que eles falaram "eu achava"

[@rociomarquezr]

I FEEL SCARED WITH HER SMILE IN THE END JAJJAJ

[@aleidalumbreras8589]

Yes mee to😂😂

[@petaiensem]

This is the one of the lessons if we didn't do our homework and remember that our life full of challengers that will come

[@xxashley123xxhai4]

First i thought it was a happy story but when its about to end.SHE TURNED INTO A DOLL? OMG THATS DARK

[@Mommy_charizard]

That was literally terrifying I thought it was gonna be like a cute ending where the they getTo go to school together but now it turned dark

[@ninalorrainegarcia781]

First: Me this is OK Middle: Me:Why is she growing? Last: Me:o_o wtf

[@zaldycanto8736]

I think she grow to represent the knowledge she had.

[@jay33begin]

Jeeepz the ending was really creepy..made me think!😵🤔

[@NickiCorset]

I like the twist, really kicked it up a knotch

[@pranjali8199]

really its the tragic truth of life how lazy life turns your shine to zero whereas hard work pays off.

[@carlosbengolea6428]

Lesson: stay in school and DON'T fall asleep while doing your homework or the asian doll WILL find you, do your homework and turn you into a doll

[@gloriaduqueatehortua1313]

Mmm... let me try. But I don’t got this doll called Kokeshi.when have an kokeshi I’m going to make the matematics with the kokeshi and sleep on the table or I going to try with the matryoshka

[@reynery777]

Best happy ending ever!

[@deinylopez8006]

eBay

[@mansooraputhalath6849]

reynery777 that's not a happy ending

[@kead_davidson]

Three questions: Does this happen in a cycle? Did this happen to the doll, where she was human but this happened a long time ago? How will no one notice this happening to the girl or the doll?

[@yass583]

Kead Davidson I could only answer question 2. She was a human. She was lousy and doesnt do her work well like the braided girl. So when she turned to a doll. She wanted to turn back into a human again. Thats what happened

[@linahammamy5113]

I think you don't have to over think. We sometimes need to get our kid's brain back and use their imagination without thinking about logic.

[@5OUNDZWAV333]

1.yes maybe but it will end if i was the one who getting the doll imma burn that doll XD 2.possibly 3.maybe the braided girl hide the doll from everyone cuz they will know the doll who do her homework

[@rileytomeldan2422]

How did she not notice that the doll is growing? Is she blind

[@alexandernorena5043]

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[@happyfishyi]

I think she only cared about if she had to do homework by herself.

[@toddlerfriend3261]

The escalation was too quick.

[@joselyncalista2467]

Video ini mengajarkan bahwa kt juga harus mencoba sendiri jangan menunggu orang lain, kt tdk blh bermalas"an hanya karena sudah dikerjakan dengan orang lain - From Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@AdiQ0502]

Whoa, that was dark. But I liked it. LOL. :-p

[@anaflavialima4906]

Perfeito. Por isso sempre afirmo que somos constantes estudantes.

[@Subsisto]

I was not expecting that. Absolutely amazing work tho!

[@althearandomvids]

Moral Lesson: Don't be lazy or tired to do your homeworks.

[@muffinwithennui2168]

Well. That escalated quickly.

[@marmelade2011]

Me impactó. La muñeca se aprovechó de la niña para salir de su situación y jamás procuró enseñarle nada a la niña.

[@JOELwindows7]

This PSA, is tremendously horror but useful! Do your own, don't be lazy!

[@pamelaray8684]

👍 I got to show this to my granddaughter 🤣🤣🤣 love it

[@sarmadsaad1152]

It is very awesome People want the person who performs his work Without doing the work ourselves

[@carlosbengolea6428]

Why do I find the transformation so satisfying

[@user-lc4wq2dc6h]

same

[@garradragonyt6050]

La muñeca da miedo al hacerse real :vvv

[@twilsstanton9506]

Lesson learned, but can a girl get a break, WOW!

[@ANALAURA-vj5zt]

It´s like Nobita, does not the homework.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂📕📕📖📖

[@teesharaja4163]

And doraemon helps him every time imagine if nobita turned into a cat robot like him 0.o

[@_Twilight929]

Финал этой анимации меня поразил, кто же знал что эта кукла окажется злой, превратила эту девочку в куклу, надо было этой девочке сразу сказать маме правду что ей на самом деле помогала кукла, а это кукла теперь заняла её место в жизни, но странно как это ортреагировали родители, они не поняли почему их дочь пропала, или же кукла загипнотизировали их чтобы они думали что это она😢

[@OwenXiaoLahs]

this is a very nice story!

[@cl5014]

Reserving when I was 10 and saw this,I threw all my dolls into a box and was scared for life

[@kiranarjun6622]

That is a wonderful short film I like that

[@the.postmans.daughter772]

That was twisted and awesome

[@ace-iw8jm]

I don’t make people do my work, but I have a big habit of procrastinating on my homework.

[@LoadyChan_cutie]

Moral of the story: Don’t buy a doll that help you homework. Do it by yourself

[@thatonethattalksalot7656]

*WOAH!!* that was a twist!

[@im_diabetic2112]

She fell asleep before stuff got werid and heard the twinkle noise of her falling asleep at the end so you could argue a point that it wad all a dream?🤷‍♀️

[@DariaYT81]

Wow i love tis

[@yourocks2009]

This goes to show that nothing is free in this world 😢

[@justinosanchez1429]

This so cute!

[@chutidoni2086]

Wonderful

[@AnakinSkyobiliviator]

Wait...China got school bus now?

[@ying_2088]

I thought so too... In China, havent't got the school bus...it's so American ...

[@ARMediaProduction.01]

maybe Japanese

[@chalitasaengsing5637]

Never be lazy to do your own work

[@arathi8911]

Great message

[@brunoverdun1038]

me pidieron que opine sobre este video que carajo se supone que diga? son todos gringos hermano

[@zoebrizuela2917]

A mí igual AJAJAJA

[@irinagariboglio1224]

@@zoebrizuela2917 A mí también JAJA,pero yo soy bilingüe así que todo piola. Pero mis compañeros no van a entender una miércoles JAJAJAJ.

[@dilang.e6879]

Jaja igual yo perro

[@leonacosta4880]

Entonces me imagino que buscamos a alguien que hable españo y diga lo entendio del video para copiar jajajjsjs

[@aleidalumbreras8589]

@@leonacosta4880 pero si en el vídeo no hay nada de diálogo que quieren que traduzca o que rayos🤪🤨

[@sarahdenz3398]

Is it bad that i want one? Like just to help explain how to do it or just to be an extra set of eyes to see if i missed anything.

[@mundonemesis]

Awesome. i liked it a lot.

[@jahenzaib1016]

Excellent message for kids

[@Serve75]

Wow! Love it!

[@CookieFoxxo]

Wow...

[@Player-kq6fd]

It was sweet and now dark and twisted so much

[@tobyfox8934]

and by the way i love the tiny toy its so cute

[@tesmith47]

Wooa! Now that's some commentary

[@jeostvig]

Watching this reminds me of my homework I didn't do oops.

[@darlenemoran4389]

I love that doll so cute you guys are super talented I seen a whole lot of you're videos and you guys are incredible

[@SWDolls]

I love it

[@kivanc06s]

Oh my god! It is so meanful!

[@meminturgut58]

Ne anladın sanki?

[@binibingazzyly1240]

Lesson Learned♥

[@reevetejada2666]

so great

[@reaperqueen2007]

Wait she has a mom right

[@anjaligupta5044]

Very logical question ; )

[@chenc9945]

Lazy girl well it dark fast at the end

[@johndaveutti644]

the girl deserve it to be a doll hahaha

[@claudiagodoi3226]

MUITO BOM, PARA REFLETIR...

[@teresoto8459]

scary!

[@gordon_freeman9322]

This doll will be in my scary night dreams

[@aniiazz9184]

My teacher showed me this and told us what did you get almost all of us said “never take advantage of people on doing something easily life will go in a problem”

[@repo8720]

Beautiful video. There is a sentence in the video, but I don't know where it is

[@amandalee748]

Wow!

[@grxcfuldxll]

1. That doll is evil, never trust any doll 2. She has magical powers 3. DO YOUR OWN WORK 4. She never thanked her!! 5. This is *(BLEEEP)*ed up ;-; 6. WHY THE HECK ARE ALL THESE VIDEOS DARK?!

[@reyminecraft8806]

Wow is so good you hd you can yes...!!! 😁😁😁

[@gizmop0ny]

i knew it something dark would happen

[@whitelion493]

If you don't chase your dreams, your nightmares will chase you.

[@Isaz534]

GREATE LESSON

[@OjaZackaris]

I was expecting her to start going to school with the girl only for the girl's grades to drop now that the doll get's her own work, but that twits works too haha

[@Kyotakumi505]

Why all the animations here are getting darker? T_T I miss the old happy ones! I'm out!

[@uiremiel2209]

F

[@gloriaduqueatehortua1313]

1:36 the next day The doll:wake up The girl: what happen- Omg she’s turn into a true kid The doll: here you go your console keep playing little girl The girl:thanks you When the doll kid almost go outside she look the girl The girl:whats happening to my hands The girl is shriking The girl:and why I shrinking When the girl turn into like a kokeshi she die and the doll smile to her and she go

[@tanloinguyen3357]

Wow

[@RaY11992]

As a master student, I want to be the doll ...

[@AnnaMariaSgangaForero]

It's like Pinocchio but upside down!

[@bruhmoment9256]

Oh...oh wow

[@pilarrojas3959]

gracias

[@Victoria_RC]

It’s kinda like the lily D story from the haunting hour. Yk, the girl turns into the doll and the doll replaces the girl.

[@baloney100000]

O.O well that escalated quickly

[@luluzyz]

quite scary LOL. Gotta Keep learning

[@demsyjoycebaldonado3679]

Lesson learned 😊

[@michelleding8457]

It conveyed an important message. I honestly hated that the girl in yellow liked gaming too much

[@skygamer155]

Damn that was dark

[@crt-10]

moral of the story: do your homework or you turn into a doll

[@abbystime7775]

This vídeo It's very nice!