Hearing Lin Shi'er's question, Ye Yu smiled slightly.

He had already guessed that the four of them would have such doubts.

"What do you think is wrong with my painting of Edward?"

"Edward is short, it doesn't matter, it's set in the plot. But why does it still look so average? Lin Shi'er asked.

"Why is Edward handsome?" Ye Yu asked rhetorically.

Why should you be handsome?

In order to attract the attention of the sister paper!

In order to be more handsome when you are handsome!

In order to be pleasing to the eye!

Belch...... There seems to be no other reason.

But overall, the handsome male protagonist of the comic can attract the attention of readers more!

Thinking of this, Little Lori said: "Big brother, the hero of the comic is handsome, can't he attract more readers?" A lot of manga is set like this! ”

Ye Yu said: "It's true that the protagonist of the comic is handsome and can attract more readers, but this is only the early stage, and there will always be only two things that can leave readers in the end - excellent plot, and excellent characters!" Heart, you can't put the cart before the horse. ”

In this regard, Ye Yu feels that the most typical example is One Piece.

There are all kinds of strange characters in the pirates, how many of them are beautiful and handsome?

But there is no doubt about the pirate classics!

"However, on the basis of the excellent plot and characters, why not attract more readers in the early stage?" Lin Shier questioned.

"That's a good question." Ye Yu explained, "First of all, Edward is a short man, this is the setting of the plot, right? Then think about it, what is a short man and a beautiful type? It's a beautiful type Shota! Is a thoughtful and somewhat depressing manga like Steel, and a character like Edward, suitable for Shota's image? Edward should be more serious, and the characters need to be more angular. ”

Hearing this, the four of them all nodded secretly, the beauty type Shota either gives people a feeling of weakness or a feeling of being black, and no matter which one it is, it is obviously not suitable for Edward.

Ye Yu continued: "Secondly, sometimes, it's not a good thing that the protagonist is too beautiful. When we see a big beauty, the first impression is always that she is a vase, which is an illusion that is too good to be created. The situation is more serious, even if you know that this big beauty will have a lot of talents, it is still difficult to reverse the first impression of her vase in the subconscious.

In the same way, the protagonist is too beautiful to cover up a lot of things.

When your comic protagonist is dazzling enough, you should consciously reduce his external charm, so that the reader can pay more attention to his inner and make his inner more dazzling.

Because the inside of the protagonist is the key to a reader remembering the character in a year, two, five, or even ten years!

Edward's ordinary appearance can bring out his personality charm!

And the last point, the so-called beauty type is actually the appearance that is most in line with the public's aesthetics. In that case, there must be a standard in the dark! Because of this, many beautiful characters are easy to hit their faces!

To be specific, the characters look alike, and the difference may only be in the eyes and hair color.

Don't you think that if you are used to seeing that kind of familiar protagonist, and then watching Edward, can it make people's eyes shine?

And as long as the plot of the comics is wonderful and the characters are well shaped, Edward will become a classic character in the minds of readers! ”

Seeing that Xiao Lori nodded thoughtfully, Ye Yu said: "The second and third points I just said are only secondary, the most important thing is the first point." Xin'er, in my opinion, the image of the protagonist of a comic needs to fit the style of the comic, the plot, and many factors such as the character of the protagonist.

Well, sometimes there can be a big reversal of personality and image, for example, it looks like a gentle big sister, but it's actually a serial killer and corpse maniac. This can also give a sense of unexpected surprise.

But beware, there must be no sense of disobedience!

As I just said, the comic of the beautiful Shota and the steel refining is not an unexpected surprise, but a sense of disobedience.

Of course, it should be hard for you to do that.

It's not about your drawing skills.

Purely because this kind of image setting is done by the person who makes up the story, it is most appropriate.

Because, only he can know most clearly what kind of character image is the most perfect character image in his story.

So, in the future, I will help you write comic scripts, and some important character design questions, you can ask my opinion more.

Of course, the other unimportant characters are up to you. ”

Although in the collaboration between Thrush Oba and Ken Obata in "Death. Lose. Pen. In the book, in terms of character design, Obata Thrush only provided information on the character's personality, characteristics and abilities, etc., and it was mainly completed by Ken Obata, but after seeing the character image designed by Ken Obata, Oba Thrush once said that it was very close to his original idea, and there was almost no difference.

This shows that in the heart of the big thrush, "Death. Lose. Pen. The characters in "Notes" are actually almost formed.

In Ye Yu's mind, the image of the comic character is clearer, and in this case, there is no need to draw it by the hands of others.

Ye Yu believed that in the heart of the big thrush, if it was "Death. Lose. Pen. If the characters in the book can be as clear as they are in their minds, the big thrush will also choose to draw it by himself.

Little Lori nodded obediently and said, "Okay, I see." Big brother. ”

In Little Lori's opinion, the big brother is just helping him set up a character image, and he doesn't want to interfere with his own comics.

Besides, the big brother is right, what the characters look like is more appropriate, or the big brother who came up with this story knows best.

After Xiao Lori took Ye Yu's sketch and looked at it again, she raised her head and asked, "Big brother, next, are you going to continue to tell me the story of steelmaking?" Or continue to help me refer to the persona? ”

Before Ye Yu could speak, Lin Shi'er said: "Xin'er, don't make trouble!" Dad has something to do with Ye Yu! Wait for Ye Yu to finish his work, and then ask him to tell you the story of steel refining, or refer to the character design. ”

"Okay, then big brother, you can talk to your father first." Little Lori agreed, she was still very well-behaved.

Ye Yu smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll finish talking to Uncle Lin and I'll accompany you." But I can answer your question right now.

If I tell you the story directly, you may not remember it, so I'll go back and write down the script and pass it on to you. Your sister has my buckle number, you can ask her for it.

So, today I'm going to help you refer to the reference persona problem. ”

"Okay, thank you, big brother!"

Looking at the appearance of the little Lori, Ye Yu couldn't help but sigh a little - this little Lori is really simple, cute and well-behaved!

……

After Father Lin explained the main matters of the invitation, Ye Yu thought about it and asked: "Uncle Lin, "Revolutionary Era", the name should be the period of leading the Anti-Japanese War, not the period of young scholars, right?" ”

"Well, you're right. To be precise, the core time point of the whole "Revolutionary Age" should be the victory in the battle north of the Yellow River in the winter of 1936, which can be called a turning point in the war. It is necessary to write the majestic momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers and Top Gun. It's like your "Waves and Sands: Beidaihe". ”

The history of this world is broadly similar to that of previous lives, but the details are different.

In this world, in the winter of 1936, the People's Liberation Army won a crucial battle north of the Yellow River, which reversed the decline and tilted the balance of victory in favor of China.

In the eyes of later generations, the victory of this battle can be regarded as a turning point in the whole war.

Winter? North of the Yellow River? Swallowing mountains and rivers? With soaring aspirations?

Hearing this, the corners of Ye Yu's mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile.

Father Lin continued: "You can go back and think about it, the announcement time of the selected poems is December 1st, and you can hand it over to me a week in advance, in other words, you have about a month to think about it." ”

Ye Yu shook his head and said, "In less than a month, I'll think about it now." ”

Ye Yu took it for granted, but it scared everyone else.

You seem to have just thought about it for a while after Father Lin finished speaking, and then asked a question, this is written out?

Are you serious about this?!

Father Lin said that you have about a month to think about it, okay!

It's serious, okay!

It's also good for your future, okay!

Thinking of this, Father Lin said: "Don't worry, you have a month, you can take back what you think about now and revise it well, and then hand it over to me after trying to do your best." ”

Lin Shi'er also hurriedly persuaded: "Yes, Ye Yu, Dad is right, this opportunity is very important to you, if you grasp it, it will be good for your future, you have to be serious!" Be sure to modify it to the best and then take it to the competition! ”

Lin Mu didn't speak, but her eyes revealed the same meaning.

Only little Lori is a little confused - the big brother is very powerful! When I heard my name, I blurted out a well-written verse! Moreover, such a good story of steel refining also comes casually.

Ye Yu smiled and said: "Good poetry comes from a flash of inspiration, and it is natural. Traces of acquired carving are never the best. Besides, if I don't write well, you can point it out later! ”

The three of them were so shocked just now that they didn't think about it, but now that they heard Ye Yu say this, the three of them thought about it carefully-yes, it's not to be delivered today, even if the writing is not good, it doesn't matter, and there is no need to hand it in. Besides, now that I write it, I can help point out some shortcomings and increase my chances of winning in the end! After all, there is a lot of power in numbers!

So, the three of them nodded in agreement.

As for Ye Yu's sentence, "Good poetry comes from a flash of inspiration, and it is natural." Traces of the acquired carving will never be the best", the three of them did not think much about it.

That's true, but this kind of thing is unavoidable, how can it be so easy to do?

The vast majority of poems need to be crafted.