Life is boring most of the time, so you need something new as a spice. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Inspiration is completely buried in endless boredom and exhaustion.

"Painter Zhang, don't delay the manuscript this time, the buyer is very strict with the time!" Editor Liu made a special call.

"Can't you trust me?"

"Who in your kid's strength circle doesn't know, it's just too good to drag ......"

Jang Jun-hyuk hung up the phone, scratched his hair frantically, lay down in front of the workbench, and sighed in a low voice: "Inspiration, I need inspiration!" There is still a week to be delivered, what should I do with the remaining ten or so copies......"

He is a professional illustrator whose job is to provide high-quality drawings to websites.

The theme given by the editor was "Western Magic and the Art of War", and it was said that a book publisher wanted to buy some original images to illustrate the pages of the book. This publishing house offered a generous price of 1,002 per sheet, which is in line with Zhang Junhe's strength and worth, and the only requirement is that the pictures must be delivered on time.

The problem that Jang Jun-hyuk is facing now is -

He was out of inspiration.

The brain is like a dry spring, full of cracks, sluggish and numb, unable to find a stimulus called art. This feeling tortured him to the point of madness, and he had to turn to the Internet to try to discover something that would spark his creative passion.

At present, the largest video websites in China are Youku and Tudou, as well as Kuliu, a subsidiary of Shanda Company.

Zhang Junhe entered Youku's interface, sighed, and looked for something he was interested in on the webpage. Vulgar and boring funny videos, non-nutritious didactic science, or anime clips with unclear meaning......

"What a thing!"

Until the next second, the video thumbnail on the right comes into view.

This sketch shows a girl in gorgeous green armor, with long blond hair in a single ponytail hanging down the back of her head, bright and agile eyes, staring in the direction of the screen, like water waves, as if she is pouring out her sorrows. The thin pale red lips were pursed tightly, with a hint of strength and stubbornness.

She knelt on the thick grass, the trees and flowers turning into light blue spirits that swirled around her. Next to the calves, waists, and shoulders, these light blue souls are like the embellishments of this light green armor, pure and enchanting.

Looking further up, the pointed ears that peek out of her blonde hair reveal the girl's true identity - she is an elf from a Western fantasy story.

"Yes, that's what it feels like! Elegant, simple, and a kind of natural mystery! ”

Zhang Junhe slapped his thigh excitedly, he was as excited as if he had discovered a peerless treasure, leaned over and looked around, brought a drawing board and a sketch pen, and wanted to record the aesthetic impact of this moment on himself, but the moment his brushstrokes fell on the paper, he immediately reacted.

He patted his forehead, tried to calm himself down, and muttered to himself, "This is a video!" What am I anxious about......

It's hard to be calm.

Zhang Junhe has a proud personality and is very confident in his paintings and works. For the first time, he was so excited by a video thumbnail that he felt the urge to take it for himself.

The name of the video is Abyssal World: Forest of Burning Elves.

He clicked on the link to the video playback page with anticipation, and the words "buffering" made him extremely irritated from the inside, even if it was a second of waiting.

Clicks 177582, likes 10318, dislikes 62, and comments 3517.

Taking advantage of the buffer time, Zhang Junhe suppressed the commotion, intending to look at the comments of the video first, and just turned the page halfway to the point, he suddenly stopped moving.

Zhang Junhe muttered to himself: "No! After reading the comments, you will definitely have a preconception, and the quality of the video is better to watch for yourself. ”

The light and cheerful background music gradually sounded, and it firmly grasped his ears at the first moment.

He hurriedly scrolled the page up, then maximized the video window, his eyes glued to the screen with a look of longing and anticipation. Although he doesn't know much about music, he can still taste the high level of production of this opening music, which is definitely from the hands of the masters.

"My name is Leah, an ordinary elven archer......"

The screen gradually brightens, and the elf girl in the thumbnail appears on the screen. With her head down, she used the quill in her hand to write mysterious text symbols on a piece of parchment, and the background sound changed from music to her inner monologue.

The soft voice is the voice, and the crisp is the intonation.

Jang Jun-hyuk was surprised: "Live-action movie?!" ”

When I first saw the cover of the video, Jang Jun-hyuk thought it was a CG animation. But as a professional illustrator, he has also done CG drawing and rendering, and he can distinguish the traces of 3D animation at a glance.

In the video, on Leah's pure and beautiful face, under the light, you can even see the fluff on the surface of the skin. She stared intently at the sheepskin on the wooden table. The camera zooms in to the parchment, and the long fingers gently pinch the quill, revealing the light capillaries under the delicate skin.

This actress is so beautiful......

Jang Jun-hyuk sighed, and then was impressed by the realistic construction of the scene in the video.

The small elven wooden house is engraved with elegant patterns full of vitality, and vines and flowers grow wantonly, like a mini fairyland.

Her voice was elegant, with a hint of lamentation and firmness.

"The Delos Empire has invaded my homeland and left the Elven Forest destroyed in a brutal fire...... I try to trace that dusty history, find the original truth, and let the elven ghosts wandering the ruins rest in peace......"

"The look and sound are fantastic." Zhang Junhe sincerely admired.

He even had a ridiculous idea: how could there be such a pure and mysterious girl in this mortal world? If there is an elf in this world, it can only be her.

The quill makes the sound of writing rubbing on the parchment.

On the parchment is a neat and mysterious text, on which a thick black magic ink infects the parchment, and then gradually burns, leaving behind faint streaks of flame.

The camera continues to zoom in, and suddenly shuttles into the flames of words, and the picture suddenly turns, and a new picture appears in the video.

Jang Jun-hyuk gasped!

"This is a big scene!"

"Boom-" The war horse was clad in iron armor, and the horse's hooves gnawed at the ground, a little uneasy.

Restlessness seems to be contagious among this spiritual creature.

Even magic and mystic techniques could not calm these spiritual beings, and they could all sense the danger from afar.

"Stump, Tread, Tread—"

A knight rushed from a distance, holding a long sword in his hand, and collided with every soldier at the forefront of the battle array, making a sound of rubbing jingo.

The black-haired knight was forever frowning. He expertly lifted the reins and turned the horse, and he waited for the final order of His Excellency the General. His eyesight was excellent, and he could see clearly in the distance, the legion mammoth, which was not much bigger than a pea.

The drummer on the mammoth raised his arms in the air, and then fell suddenly.

The sound of the knight's heart appears in the background music, and it is only after four strokes that the dull drum sound gradually spreads to the camera.

"Long live Delos!"

He shouted, turning around, his turquoise eyes staring out into the terrible darkness of the distant horizon, the reins firmly in his hands.

In the distance, you can see the thick smoke of the flames, towering into the sky.

Waves of giant dryads slowly rushed towards the forces of the Delos Empire, nearly ten meters tall pushing the flaming branches in an attempt to drive away the invaders.

The soldiers struggled to shoot their bows and arrows to slay the monstrous monsters, and the flaming arrows went deep beneath their bark, saping hot sparks.

The dryad has collapsed to the ground!

"Boom-" There was a loud bang!

"It's a tread's stone, get out of the way!"

The black-red sky looked like it was raining.

The shouts of the soldiers, the neighing of the horses were like a sonata of rain falling on the ground. The camera follows closely, and a raindrop gets closer and closer, gradually enlarging in the reflection of the black-haired knight's pupils. He suddenly woke up, it wasn't rain, but the boulder of the dryads—

"Charge!"

This was the last sound the knight roared.

The picture descends into darkness. The lower right corner shows the playing time, 5 minutes and 11 seconds.

Zhang Junhe touched his forehead, all covered with nervous sweat. He leaned back in his chair, soothing his uneasy mood.

Different from the monologue of the elf girl in the first half, although the traces of CG animation can be seen in the war scenes in the second half, it definitely represents the top level in CG, which vividly reflects the producer's strong talent reserve and technical strength.

In Zhang Junhyuk's view, this is an excellent animated short film with semi-live-action shooting and semi-CG synthesis!

"Boutique, super boutique!"

He hurriedly logged on to his Weibo, copied the video link, and attached his thoughts: "Best Animated Short Film of the Year - Leah is my wife, don't grab any of you!" URL Links......"

The tweet was quickly pushed to his more than 20,000 followers.

PS: The book is a parallel world, and for the needs of the plot, the prosperity of Weibo was advanced by me by about a year.