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Cloud Art
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Cloud Art

est. 2019

Cloud Art (Hangzhou Cloud Art Culture Communication Co., Ltd.) is a specialized Chinese digital animation subcontracting studio, background art workshop, and creative production support house founded in 2019 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China [1].

Founded 2019 The Swords Movie: Lineage of the Scholarly Sage

Landmark works

6 titles
The Swords Movie: Lineage of the Scholarly Sage
The Swords Movie: Lineage of the Scholarly Sage
2026
The Swords 3
The Swords 3
2026
Jade Dynasty: Ten Years of Divergent Paths
Jade Dynasty: Ten Years of Divergent Paths
2026
Jade Dynasty Final Season
Jade Dynasty Final Season
2026
The Swords 2
The Swords 2
2025
Jade Dynasty 3rd Season
Jade Dynasty 3rd Season
2025

About the studio

Cloud Art (Hangzhou Cloud Art Culture Communication Co., Ltd.) is a specialized Chinese digital animation subcontracting studio, background art workshop, and creative production support house founded in 2019 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China [1]. Established during the rapid maturation of the Chinese digital animation (donghua) industry, Cloud Art was created to provide high-precision digital painting, intricate environmental background art, 2D in-betweening, and digital compositing for serialized streaming donghua, animated feature films, and commercial video games [2]. Operating within Hangzhou's thriving digital creative cluster, the studio specializes in rendering lush mythological landscapes, ancient Chinese architectural vistas, and vibrant fantasy color palettes for leading Chinese streaming platforms [3].

Throughout its operating history, Cloud Art has contributed vital production assistance across several high-profile Chinese animated series and online video game promotional campaigns [1]. The studio's background artists and digital illustrators excel at creating painterly, atmospheric backgrounds that capture the misty grandeur of traditional Chinese landscape painting synthesized with contemporary anime aesthetics [2]. Cloud Art has provided specialized background art and digital coloring assistance on popular cultivation (xianxia) and urban fantasy donghua epics streaming on Bilibili and Tencent Video, collaborating with primary production studios to ensure rich visual depth and environmental consistency across seasonal broadcast schedules [4].

Cloud Art operates a modernized paperless digital workflow centered on high-resolution graphics tablets, digital illustration suites, and 2D/3D hybrid compositing software [1]. The studio's supervisory directors enforce strict quality control standards, ensuring that lighting direction, color temperature, and textural detail harmonize with character animation layers [2]. By offering dependable turnaround times and flexible project management, Cloud Art serves as an indispensable creative partner across regional animation production hubs [3]. Through its technical precision, dedication to scenic beauty, and reliable industry support role, Cloud Art represents an active, valuable contributor to modern Chinese digital animation [2].

The studio's digital illustrators and layout technicians are trained to adapt seamlessly to diverse stylistic mandates, ensuring that painted environments maintain atmospheric consistency with main character footage. By upholding strict internal quality control and fostering disciplined production habits, Cloud Art serves as a dependable cornerstone of Hangzhou's collaborative animation infrastructure.

Cloud Art continues to enhance its digital painting pipelines by exploring AI-assisted layout workflows and 3D camera projection techniques. By bringing fantasy worlds to life with artistic color and atmospheric elegance, Cloud Art enriches contemporary Chinese animation [3].

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Productions

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2026
The Swords 3
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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2026 ONA Main Studio
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2026
Jade Dynasty Final Season
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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2025
The Swords 2
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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2025
Jade Dynasty 3rd Season
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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2024
The Swords
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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2024
Honor Of Kings: EverDream
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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2022
Fantasy Mountain and Sea Ballad
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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2022 ONA Main Studio
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2019
Reversal Dimension
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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2019
Zhongguo Hao Gushi
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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The Swords: The 13th Sword
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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The Azure Mountain
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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Wangzhe Rongyao: Rongyao Zhi Zhang - Baozang Pian
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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Star Road Guarding Unit
ONA
ONA Main Studio
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References

Sources for the summary and biography text on this page, in APA style.

  1. ^Cloud Art Corporate Profile and Studio Overview. (2024). About Hangzhou Cloud Art: Background Art, Digital Painting, and Donghua. Cloud Art Official Information. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
  2. ^Anime News Network Staff. (2024). Cloud Art Company Profile, Donghua Credits, and Animation Filmography. Anime News Network Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
  3. ^Zhejiang Digital Content Industry Association. (2023). Background Art and Scenic Design in Contemporary Chinese Animation. Hangzhou Media Review. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
  4. ^Bilibili Donghua Industry Review. (2024). Specialized Subcontracting and Environmental Design in Serialized Streaming Anime. Bilibili Creator Review. Retrieved March 17, 2026.