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“Today, images are everywhere. What has become rare is the artist who
can move through thousands of them and still say: ”This is the one.”

Who
We Are

We work alongside creators and project leaders who seek to convey
a message, an IP, a world, or a deeper intention.
Our role is to understand what an author truly wants to express,
shape the artistic vision that makes it perceptible, and carry that vision
throughout production — ensuring that its original
meaning and emotion remain present in the final work.
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International studio & multilingual team
Talented artists who create and oversee
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IP DEVELOPMENT
& VISUAL IDENTITY
Shaping a world from an intention:
worldbuilding, characters, artdirection,
visual bible, and emotional coherence.
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ART DIRECTION
& PRE-PRODUCTION
Giving form to a vision before production begins: concept art, character design, storyboarding, animatics, color scripts, key poses.
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SUPERVISION
& CONSISTENCY
Guiding production to ensure that the original vision remains coherent and intact through to the final work.

expertise

“A work must be understood before it can be made.”
Emotion
What will remain with those
who experience the work?
Meaning
What does the work truly
seek to convey?
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our method

“What draws an audience in is not always what a work is truly saying.”


A project rarely arrives empty-handed.
It already carries an idea, perhaps uncertain, perhaps incomplete.
Sometimes the project already exists,
yet its coherence still needs to be defined.

Our work always begins there:
understanding what a project truly means
before shaping how it will express that meaning.
STUDY
MEANING & EMOTION
What the work seeks to convey, and what it seeks to make its audience feel.
FRAMEWORK
Medium, audience, budget, team, technical constraints and schedule.
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ANALYSIS
DIALOGUE
Advice, defining the vision, establishing a strategy and identifying the pillars that make a project unique and distinctive.
DEVELOPMENT
Pipeline, optimization and production structure.
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PRODUCTION
CONCEPTION
Pre-production, staging, storyboarding, posing, acting, graphic style, color, rhythm, game design, UI
SUPERVISION
A network of trusted partners across cinematics, 3D modeling, game assets, 2D / 3D animation, VFX and interactive content.

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“To understand a project is also to know
how to read it through different cultures.”
Rooted in the French animation ecosystem and connected to
an active network in China, Xishan has grown at the intersection
of different markets and production cultures.
Shaped by this distinctive experience, we develop our projects
with the ability to resonate across different audiences, cultures,
talents and international partners.
Our network continues to expand internationally,
with connections across France, Ireland, the United States,
SaudiArabia, China, Japan and South Korea.
OUR PARTNER
NETWORK
We orchestrate a network of trusted studio partners to deliver projects ready for production, from initial concept art to final assets.
3D modeling and integration, animation and cinematics: we ensure that every hand involved in the process remains faithful to the original vision.
“Before the first line is drawn, there is a question.
That is where the journey begins.”
Let’s talk about your project.
XISHAN STUDIO
56 RUE DE L’ARSENAL
16000 ANGOULÊME
CONTACT@XISHAN.STUDIO