ShadowMaker: Sketch-Based Creation Tool for Digital Shadow Puppetry

Abstract

Shadow puppetry is a cultural heritage with thousands of years of history, and its digital form has become a popular style in modern artistic creation. Creating high-quality shadow puppet works is often challenging. We present "ShadowMaker," an intelligent collaborative tool , where designers can co-create dynamic digital shadow puppets together with AI through prompts and sketching. ShadowMaker introduces a novel non-linear workflow, allowing users to freely switch between stages like sketching, layout, and animating.The user study with 18 participants demonstrated that ShadowMaker is easy to use, offers a high degree of creative freedom, and is capable of inspiring users' creativity and inspiration.