Two questions about Moore's style

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Revisiting it again, I found that the author's painting method may really have Chinese elements, and I hope to discuss it with friends who know about it. I infer from the following three points:

1. There are a lot of spiral patterns in the film, from the horned branches of trees to the dense smoke, and even the faces of animals are full of such patterns. The 2016 "Song of the Sea" also has a large number of such spiral patterns, from the conch horn to the patterns on various elves. And this kind of pattern appeared in large numbers on pre-Qin bronzes; it is not clear whether totems in other regions also have such patterns? Especially the face pattern of the wolf in the forest is especially like the taotie pattern of bronze ware.

2. The "greedy snake" that Brandon encountered when he was transferred to the cave of Kurum Kuruk was said to be the Ouroboros in Greek mythology, or the native god of Ireland, But why is the pattern of the snake so similar to the pattern of bronze?

3. In the picture of a river in the animation, the depiction of some hills is very similar to that of Chinese landscape painting.



In addition, what does that snake and the Eye of Kurum Kuruk mean, is it a totem of an ancient civilization? Seek to explain.

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  • Aisling: It took my mother. It takes everything. You'll die.

  • Aidan: When they come, all we can do is run and hope that we are fast enough.