Zhu Zhiqiang is a Chinese graphic design

Graphic design

Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

er, animator, writer, producer, and voice actor best known for his Xiao Xiao

Xiao Xiao

Xiao Xiao is an internet Flash cartoon series by Chinese animator Zhu Zhiqiang, featuring stick-figure men performing choreographed fight scenes. Some of the cartoons are interactive and game-like. All cartoons are in the Adobe Flash format, although Xiao Xiao #1 was originally in AVI format...

series of martial art stick figure videos. Zhu lives in Beijing

Beijing

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, China

China

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, where he is an Internet phenomenon. He makes money from his animations using advertisements for major companies. Each of his designs features the "logo" Xiao Xiao. Zhu began animating stick figure videos in 1989 at the age of thirteen and rapidly gained popularity from 2000 to 2002 for his videos, most notably his Xiao Xiao series which debuted in 2001. In July 2004, Zhiqiang sued Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc.

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for unauthorized use of his stickfigure designs in an advertisement; Nike representatives denied the accusations, claiming that the stickman figure lacks originality, and is public domain. The company failed to appeal and was ultimately ordered to pay $36,000 to Zhu.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
	Xiao Xiao	Xiao Xiao	Internet series (secondary voice actor, director, writer, animator, producer)