There has been no news of Jiang Zhiqing for several months, this unexpected call made Li Ling panic, and he didn't know whether to answer it for a while, Mucha saw that she was a little nervous and thought that she was afraid to answer the phone in front of her boss and said that she could answer it, Li Ling said sorry and pressed answer.

One second, two seconds, three seconds passed, and there was no sound in the earpiece, not even a trace of breathing.

"Zhiqing?" Li Ling took the initiative to speak, but the other party did not respond.

After a few more seconds of silence, Li Ling hung up the phone after hesitating.

"I guess it's a mistake, so go ahead. ”

"I don't talk too much about theoretical things, but it's easy to understand in practice, and I'll send you two documents. Mucha paused to take a sip of water, and after a pause, said, "Have you ever played a dress-up game?"

"Played, but very few. ”

"When you open the file, one is the planning copy, and the other is the art plan. The project we're going to be working on this week is the concept art design for a dress-up game. You are responsible for drawing the characters, including various hairstyles, accessories, clothes, and I will take care of the rest. ”

"Hmm. ”

"The copywriting indicates what the customer wants to look like, some details also provide reference drawings, pay attention to the material content, you add some of your own creativity according to the requirements and art plan, draw three first drafts of different outfits today and send them to me. ”

“…… Good. ”

Li Ling felt that Muxia's series of words were like fog on the river, and like a huge tent, enveloping himself and the pressure tightly. Although she is best at drawing cute and fresh style girls, which she has in common with the game characters of this project, the comic characters she creates have always been simple and freewheeling, and she has never carefully studied the costumes and materials.

"That's all there is to it, let's go down for lunch. ”

After eating a quick snack downstairs, Mucha went to meet the client, Li Ling returned to the studio alone, she didn't give herself time to rest, she immediately read the copy seriously, looked up the popular or declining dress-up games on the market to gain experience, and browsed all kinds of doll pictures for inspiration. After thinking about it for more than two hours, Li Ling finally began to paint, repeatedly scribbling, but he was not satisfied, but he didn't know what to call it satisfactory.

Time passed unconsciously, the winter sun went down early, the window slowly turned from orange to gray black, the lights of thousands of homes gradually lit up, and suddenly the lights above his head also turned on, Li Ling looked up, Mucha came over from the door and asked with a smile: "Why don't you turn on the lights?"

"Didn't notice it was getting dark, why did you come back?"

"When you come back to work after seeing the client, let me see your results in the afternoon. ”

Li Ling's whole body trembled instantly, and he used his upper body to block the computer interface with his heart.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm not done yet......"

"I'll guide you through the correction first, so you can draw more smoothly and better later. ”

Li Ling moved away and waited anxiously for Muxia's examination, fidgeting like the teacher correcting the test papers on the spot when he returned to elementary school.

"Overall it's good. ”

Li Ling slightly loosened the teeth that were clenching his lower lip.

"But ......"

Hearing the turning words, his fists clenched again.

"There are two aspects to be aware of. First, the character's limbs look a little stiff, you can liquefy her to move her waist to the right a little, her legs up a little, and her hands closer to her face, just a slight change, and the whole person will become flexible. Second, the details, the hair strands, the folds of the clothes are roughly drawn, and to be beautiful, you must start from the smallest points, and your lace pattern can be outlined like this......"

Li Ling watched his figure quickly become vivid and delicate under Muxia's hands, and felt extremely wonderful.

"In my spare time, I practice more structural shapes, and if I have a good grasp of the volume and proportions, I can draw them easily. You can continue to draw, and the last two only need to draw the overall sketch first, and then cut out the details tomorrow. There is still half an hour at six o'clock, and I will get off work by myself. ”

Li Ling nodded: "Thank you, Sister Muxia." ”

Mucha sat in the first row, focusing on her own business. Li Ling began to draw the second image, after Mucha's guidance, she increased her confidence, her hand speed increased, and slowly forgot the time, when Mucha called her, she realized that it was almost seven o'clock.

"How long will it be since you're back at school?"

"More than an hour. ”

"Let's get some food downstairs and go back. ”

"What about you?"

"I live close to the company, and I used to go back at eight or nine o'clock to cook and eat. ”

"Don't go hungry. ”

Li Ling kept the documents in the USB flash drive, packed up her things and prepared to leave, when she was about to arrive at the door, Mucha stopped her: "Li Ling, how long have you been teaching yourself to draw?"

"I've been interested in drawing since elementary school, but I started studying and practicing with online tutorials after graduating from high school. ”

"You're talented, I'll be your free teacher in the future!" Mucha raised an eyebrow, "but don't call you like I'm old." ”

"Okay, Sister Muxia, you're so nice, thank you!" Li Ling laughed, his clean face exuding a soft glow.

Mucha, as a woman with a certain amount of experience and social experience, couldn't help but lose her mind because of this young and bright face, and specially instructed Li Ling: "Pay attention to safety, don't trust strangers." ”

"Mmmm, you too, don't be too late, I'll go first!" said goodbye.

On the way back, Li Ling kept thinking about the artwork, and when he passed by the school cafeteria, he remembered that he hadn't eaten yet, so he hurriedly ate a fried cow river and rushed back to the dormitory. There is no one in the dormitory.,The roommates have already returned to their hometown.,In previous years, as soon as the winter vacation was over, Li Ling went directly back to Z City to spend it.,The game original artist internship is something she didn't plan.。

Li Ling's B is located in G City, Li Guofu changed from Z City to G City many years ago to rent a large factory to run a seafood business, and has moved many times, and in recent years, he has settled in L District, about an hour's drive from B University. Li Guofu and Li Ling's second brother live and eat in the office and room of the factory, and later rented two small rooms next to the factory, one for the eldest brother and his girlfriend, and the other for Lin Liangying. Li Ling only went to the factory a few times during college, and she didn't like to stay there, so she only slept in Lin Liangying's rented house for one night each time before returning to school.

In the summer vacation of freshman year to sophomore year, Li Ling interned in a magazine in G City, worked during the day and returned to school at night to rest, Jiang Zhiqing found an internship in the bank because he wanted to accompany Li Ling, he got off work relatively early, waited for Li Ling to come back at the school gate every day to eat together, and often took her to some special food stores to check in on weekends.

It was a simple and sweet past.

What is Jiang Zhiqing doing now?

Why did he call me today?

Why didn't he speak?

Is it wrong?

Do I want to call back?

Questions popped up endlessly, and Li Ling stared at the string of numbers on his phone, not knowing what to do.

When I was struggling, I accidentally pressed the interface and dialed it......