Chapter 29: I want to be the first person in Chinese comics
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Watching the clicks of the villains on the website get higher and higher, Shao Gong's fingers tapping on the keyboard are getting faster and faster, and the novel text about the villains in his mind is like flowing water.
It's already 2002, and the more than a year he's been here has developed very rapidly, which would never have been possible if he had been replaced by the previous Shaogong. At this time, the second part of "Liu Laogen" had started filming, but Shao Gong never received any invitation from the crew, as if the directors he knew never existed in his mind.
However, this is all temporary, and he has already asked Sister Ouyang Ketojin to inquire about the news in the entertainment industry.
Although she is not the most famous in the entertainment industry, whether it is a celebrity, director, crew, TV station, etc., it is all related. And Jin Hao even said that as long as there is a job, he will definitely introduce Shao Gong.
In this way, Shao Gong took care of Menghang Chinese Network with peace of mind, and under his continuous explosion, the villain swept the entire online literature world at an incomparable speed. At this time, under the condition that Shao Gong and the staff continue to promote new authors on the homepage, the popularity of several writers on Menghang Chinese Network is getting better and better, and the novels they write are gradually being recognized by more readers, and Menghang's traffic is also rising more and more, and it is already the second largest novel website on the Internet in addition to Xilu. As for the physical book of "Zhu Xian", it has been sold in Taiwan, and the response is not bad. Sanmin Books also contacted him and wanted to buy the copyright of the villain, but Shaogong refused, because with the establishment of Menghang, it is rumored that some authors in the West Continent reacted that it seems that many people are also planning to start a novel website, and his website is now attracting traffic with the villain, and he can't update it after selling the physical version, so he won't do anything like killing chickens and taking eggs.
It's Meng Xiangting, after Shaogong didn't go to the bar to sing, Ouyang Ke made her the second ace singer, which also made Meng Xiangting gradually popular in the bar industry, it is said that there are two record companies to ask her to sign a contract, but she refused, saying that she is very satisfied with her current job and wants to continue to experience herself, and she has no plans to sign a record company at the moment.
For this, Shao Gong has always wondered, isn't her dream to be a professional singer? But when she asked about the doubts in her heart, Meng Xiangting smiled and said that she was just waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to be able to appear on the stage and be recognized by more audiences without recording a record, and without Shao Gong writing songs for her, she couldn't look down on other songwriting.
After updating a chapter, Shao Gong browsed on the Internet, he is now clear about the crew and filming, and with the absence of new learning courses, the attribute points of his body are basically gone.
Therefore, Shao Gong was eager to find something to learn at the moment, so he browsed it on the website. As he browsed, the information he had was basically all recruiting and advertising, but among the many information, there was an accidental piece of information that caught his attention.
It was an enrollment advertisement for a comic studio, and the person who uploaded the information was called "Yan Kai", saying that he was going to open a printmaking training class.
For Yan Kai, Shao Gong loved and hated this person in his previous life, he entered the industry in 1994, and was the pioneer of Huaxia's original new comics. The famous work is "Snow Coconut", when Shao Gongke waited hard, he read more, almost as soon as there was a physical version, he went to buy it, but he couldn't find it in the market, so he asked the owner of the comic book store to find it for him.
At that time, Shaogong's obsession with snow coconut comics almost reached the point of becoming a demon, but he waited for several years, and only collected eight copies and never heard any more news. Later, I saw Yan Kai again at a comic exhibition on the Internet a few years later, and Yan Kai had already entered the ranks of uncles at that time, but Xue Ye has not been followed, and he is still among eunuchs.
made him a little anxious to wait for the snow coconut comic to end, and let his grandson burn the urge to him. It's a pity that he died unexpectedly before he got married, and the bull head helped him be reborn.
Now seeing this news, Shao Gong's teeth are clenched, and his fists are clenched, which makes Meng Xiangting on the side look very strange, and can't help but say: "Shaogong, who do you want to bite!!"
"Bite a comic!!"
Shao Gong said angrily: "This Yan Kai's comic, but I have been waiting for a long time, I don't think it's that he doesn't have time to draw, but he doesn't want to draw at all, because he now relies on the earliest comic book to support him, if it's over, he probably won't have the urge to pick up the brush again." It seemed that the more he talked, the more angry he became, Shaogong directly pushed away the chair and stood up, and said angrily: "So Lao Tzu wants to draw comics, draw comics that belong to me Ouyang Shaogong alone, and comics that belong to Huaxia alone!!" In the USB flash drive in his mind, there are the fewest comics, only two sets, one is "Slam Dunk", and the other is "One Piece".
Although these are only two sets, thinking about their prestige and influence in the comic industry is enough to make Shao Gong stand at the pinnacle of the Chinese comic industry.
Looking at Shao Gong's indignant appearance, Meng Xiangting sighed helplessly: "You, not everyone can draw comics, even if you want to draw, someone has to teach you the basics of drawing comics." ”
"I have that person!!"
Shao Gong pointed to the information released by Yan Kai and said, "It's him!!" Immediately, Shao Gong dialed the number and asked for the location. After lunch, he rushed over.
The studio was in a community in the west of the Fifth Ring Road, when Shaogong knocked on the door, it was Yan Kai, who was wearing glasses and a little fat, he looked at Shaogong outside the door, and said with a puzzled look: "You want to learn comics." ”
The moment he saw this face, Shaogong instinctively wanted to punch it, but he tried to restrain the anger in his heart, and tried to squeeze out a smile and said, "My name is Ouyang Shaogong, the one who called in the morning." Seeing that the other party gritted his teeth a little, Yan Kai patted his little heart and said, "To be honest, since the release of that news, you are not the first to come to the door, but you are the first one who has not scolded." So, I'm relieved. In this way, the course I set is two months, and you can see that your attitude is quite sincere, and the tuition fee is 6,000 yuan in total. But let's say it first, pay the money first and then teach, this is my rule. ”
"To what extent are you short of money, if you really don't have any money, go and draw snow coconut!! I believe that the remaining drafts of that set of comics are enough for you to live a leisurely life for a while. ”
"But after a while, I won't be able to hold a pen again. ”
Yan Kai spread his hands shamelessly and said: "We are not an island country, domestic cartoonists are very poor, seeing that you deliberately suppress your anger and can say the name of Xue Ye, I know that you are also one of my readers." In fact, the royalty of Snow Coconut in the early days was only about 10%, and now it has dropped a lot, only to 8%, that is, a comic book sells for 10 yuan, in fact, it has always been 10 yuan, and the author only has 1 yuan of royalty income. I have eight comics, and the royalties added up to all of them are only a few hundred thousand yuan, you say, I am a big living person in a high-consumption place like the capital, and it is good to have a house of my own with hundreds of thousands of yuan. If I hadn't stopped talking, would I have been able to advertise for students to teach comics classes?"
Seeing that the other party was also a temperamental master, Shao Gong muttered: "I don't want to know about those, but I've loved comics since I was a child, but I've never learned it, and I used to rely on myself to read comics and copy them, so I have some foundation, and I have the creativity of comics, but I don't understand the background and characters, as well as the format of drawing comics." So what am I going to do..."
"Come in and talk about it!"
Yan Kai invited Shao Gong into the room, and after seeing him sit down, he said seriously: "To be honest, it's not too late to study after graduating from college at your age, you must know that there are many people who debuted in the 30s and 40s of the island country." But not in China, I debuted early, but you can see it. Moreover, comics don't mean that they just need to be drawn well. I believe that there are people who are good at Chinese painting, but there are no successful original comics. Because of the comics, there is so much knowledge that needs to be mastered, and I personally think the following points are needed.
First, the ability to draw: needless to say, the main thing is that the ability to sketch is strong, and it is useless to copy.
Second, screenwriting ability: I personally think the most important thing about comics is the story to be expressed. No matter how good the painting is, the story is not good, it still doesn't work. This is also the fundamental reason why domestic comics are not good. In other words, you need to have enough knowledge of literature and drama.
Third, film studies: drawing comics also requires knowledge of film studies. Because when it comes to storyboarding, it's like a movie shot, similar to the effect of making a movie. To put it bluntly, he is to be a director himself. Domestic comics are also a weakness in this regard.
Fourth, life experience: cartoonists need to have a good experience of life, because cartoons are a delicacy, you need to express its color, flavor, and flavor, and the most important thing is that cartoonists should express their thoughts, feelings, experiences and stories through cartoons. Only by doing this can your comics be eaten with relish.
Fifth, other knowledge: character building, computer painting software to be proficient, in addition to history, literature, geography and other aspects of knowledge also need to be understood and mastered. And this knowledge cannot be learned at home. Therefore, it is recommended that you study carefully and practice the basics of art by the way.
Sixth, have perseverance, which is the most important thing, to maintain a love for comics and never give up. After all, the creation of comics is mainly a spiritual belief and pursuit, and the process of comic creation is very hard, without spiritual support, most people give up halfway.
Seventh, as soon as you have time, you can draw, whether it is landscapes, landscapes, cities, people, animals, etc., didn't Akira Toriyama, the author of the Dragon Ball manga, say that you have to practice more, and when you draw a picture as tall as you in order to draw a manga, you can barely say that you are an artist, and you can start creating manga at this stage.
So when I'm not making snow coconuts, I'm always trying to improve my painting skills. And Your Excellency is too young to have much experience, with all due respect, you are really a weakness in this regard!"
Seeing the other party talking eloquently, Shao Gong's face was very ugly, but after he calmed down for a while, his eyes showed firmness: "I want to draw comics, I must be a cartoonist." I am a screenwriter, a music songwriter, a director, a crew, an actor, and even tried to copy, the most important thing is that I have a heart ready to learn at any time, so I want to be a cartoonist, and never give up, I want to draw a comic book that belongs to China, let it become a popular work in Asia, I want to become a leader in the Chinese comic industry, I want to be the first person in Chinese comics. ”
Looking at Shao Gong, Yan Kai sighed and shook his head: "I used to think the same way, but my friends and I have been hit by reality." But since you are so determined, I will accept you as a student, and you are involved in so many industries, and you have always been a rich man, so our tuition is not it??" he said, rubbing his hands.
"Six thousand is no problem. ”
"No, I'm talking about whether it can go up, but I'm also your favorite cartoonist!!"
"There are no doors, do you know how I restrained the anger in my heart, so I didn't throw my fist at you?? If it weren't for Ah Xue to protect you, if she wasn't the goddess in my mind, I would have KO you a long time ago. ”
"You kid want to learn Moda, dare to rob me of the goddess??"
"Ah Xue is not yours, she is all of us snow fans. When I was hungry, I saved my breakfast money to buy a single book, I pinched!!"
In Yan Kai's studio, the two barbarians pinched each other's faces and glared angrily, constantly arguing about the belonging of the goddess. But in the end, it was Yan Kai who was defeated, because Shao Gong had the strength of twenty ordinary people in one, Yan Kai's face was already swollen like a piece of pig's head meat and unconscious, while Shao Gong's face was slightly red and swollen, and the swelling disappeared in a few hours.
On the second day, after the young communist updated two chapters of bad guys, he went to Yan Kai's studio.
The course he arranged for Shao Gong was to learn sketching first, which as the name suggests, is a quick way to sketch, which is not only the basis of the plastic arts, but also an independent art form.
Although cartoonists can practice comics directly if they have talent, they can't draw well if they don't know anything about the human body structure, relative proportions, and textures.
Then there is perspective, modeling, light and shadow and painting all kinds of figures, and after the paper is drawn, there must be professional guidance to get it to the computer, add color or something.
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This is all the lessons that Yan Kai arranged for Shaogong in the next two months.