Chapter 12 The Learning of Consciousness
Yuu Kamiya lay flat on the soft bed in his room, and a certain instinct of consciousness led him into the mysterious space of consciousness as his vision fell into darkness. As he drifted away, he felt no longer the five physical senses, but the more uncontrollable illusion, and as a creature he could not describe in words, just as a patient with congenital blindness saw the world for the first time.
From being to nothing, when he realized that he was in a world of nothing, Yu Kamiya came to the boundary of this world of consciousness.
"Smack~!"
In the dark void, Kamiya Yu snapped his fingers, and then the dark veil suddenly retreated, and the world of consciousness obeyed his command to construct a material world. The boundless plaza is paved with white tiles, and in the center of the plaza is a table for the original artist and a number of professional tools, all of which Yu Kamiya has created from memory.
Yu Kamiya's own body is slowly embodied on the chair of the original painting table.
"You don't use your consciousness to create a picture, so you can create a perfect picture in the space of your consciousness, but you can't turn it into a physical skill." Feeling the essence of the body that is not much different from reality, Kamiya Yu nodded with satisfaction, and then dozens of original paintings appeared in the air, which came from his impression of the original paintings of member Uehara when he was at work today.
"It's all set, let's get started." Holding the original brush in his hand, he follows the sensations transmitted from his body to create his own original paintings in this world. Every stroke was full of difficulty, but at the same time, he was pleasantly surprised to find that he had a wonderful feeling in the world, and this feeling would help him to develop in the direction he wanted.
If there is something wrong with his original drawing, this intuitive-like feeling will tell him what went wrong and what kind of changes he should make. This feeling does not come from someone else, but is the product of a combination of one's own knowledge and intuition, something that can only be embodied in this space of consciousness.
"You can feel the obvious change in pen strength, and you can more deeply appreciate the in-depth change in the original painting creation technique." Yu Kamiya returns to the feeling he had when he first drew the original painting, and at the same time, with the help of his sixth sense, he constantly corrects his painting skills and instincts.
In this space of consciousness, Yu Kamiya's consciousness has a learning ability beyond reality.
Slowly, Kamiya no longer feels that sense of hardship between his brushes, both mentally and physically feel extremely smooth, and each stroke he sketches out in his mind has already simulated how the next stroke should be drawn, what kind of original brush is more suitable for use, and how the overall situation of the original painting should be depicted.
His body feels perfectly following his mind to act, and his mind follows the guidance of his intuition. It's not like I've never experienced this feeling before, because I used to feel this way when I was a writer in the previous world. As if the mind was suddenly unblocked, I found that my hand couldn't stop at all when I coded words, and I didn't know how long it had been in that state. When you come back to your senses, you will find that the number of words written during this period is more than several times higher than the number of words written at the same time in the past.
This sensation is more pronounced, clearer, and more controllable in the space of consciousness.
Dozens of original paintings floating in mid-air rotated around his wheel one by one for him to copy, and I don't know how long it took, when the last floating original painting passed by, Yu Kamiya finally stopped the original brush in his hand.
"Eleven hours, just eleven hours, I completed three days of original painting copying work." Kamiya Yu was amazed, staring at his trembling hands, even if they were sour and numb, he didn't want to get rid of this feeling, which was the most direct testimony to his achievements during this time.
Yu Kamiya sorted out the original paintings he had drawn, and from the first one he reviewed them one by one, and he could see the subtle changes in the style of the original paintings after each one. From the failure of the first original painting to the last one, it surpassed the level of Yu Kamiya in the past, and is comparable to those veterans in the industry who have been original artists for more than ten years. The style of painting is steady, and the strokes are smooth, and even the general bias is concealed by the meticulous depiction style.
"I practiced for eleven hours, which means that more than an hour and six minutes have passed. There is still time, and it can be further improved. Sensing the rapid progress of his original painting skills, Yu Kamiya's heart was blazing, and the original paintings that appeared in mid-air were all the works of Uehara Eizuki, and he was like a towering tree that had just developed to fully absorb the nutrients of these works. Since you can no longer absorb nutrients from Uehara's works, why not look for drawing skills in the online world, which has more advanced skills! This space of consciousness has the function of being connected to the last world network.
With a wave of his right hand, a translucent projection screen appeared in the middle of the square, showing the desktop of the previous world Kamiya Yu's computer, clicking on the Google browser and then entering Baidu search.
"Drawing Techniques of Japanese Original Artists"
"Comic Introductory Basics - Characters"
Sketch Effect Method
Pattern Design of Scenery
Light and Sight
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At three o'clock in the morning, Yu Kamiya, who was lying on the bed, moved his right hand slightly, and then slowly opened his eyes and woke up. He looked like he had just woken up, yawning tiredly, his godless eyes scanning the room with tiredness and weakness.
"I'm back, and coming back from that consciousness space will only make my spirit more exhausted." Yu Kamiya held his forehead and shook it, the heaviness and dizziness of his head made him feel more uncomfortable than if he hadn't slept for days. He looked at his hands, and could clearly feel the warm blood flowing in his fingers, and the results of several days of practicing the original painting in the consciousness space seemed to overlap on his body across the gap in reality.
After thinking about it, Kamiya Yuichi gritted his teeth and lay down: "I can't sleep yet, at least I have to write it into my body's instinct when I remember this feeling remains, and if I sleep, it is very likely that I will get half the result." ”
Under the attack of fatigue, Yu Kamiya turned on the electric light in the room and sat down on the original painting table, searching for the experience and experience accumulated in the consciousness space from memory. He took a deep breath and held the original brush with his right hand to dance on the white paper.
Sensations that are completely different from those in the space of consciousness are more difficult to grasp in the real world, and it is impossible to easily enter that state.
"Focus! Don't break your thoughts! Let the body remember that feeling! Let the body adapt! Let the body find! ”
It doesn't matter if the original painting is wrong, and it doesn't matter if the overall pattern is unbalanced, there is only one thought in Kamiya's mind. That's the painting! Draw hard! Drawing the feeling of consciousness space, not seeking the perfection of the original painting, but seeking to reproduce that feeling, etching it into the body's instincts from the feeling and memory, so that the body can master these techniques.
One original painting after another slipped from the table to the ground, and the numbness of the body and the unwieldy feeling of not being able to master the strength technique gradually disappeared. Yu Kamiya's thoughts were like a tide, breaking through the bottleneck of his body, and the feeling of consciousness space was written into his body bit by bit, into his fingers.
After a long time, he finally stopped his brush as the light of dawn shone through the curtains into his room. Yu Kamiya's gaze stayed on the last original painting he had copied, far less than the original painting he had created in the space of consciousness, but he was also very satisfied.
"It worked!"
Kamiya Yu can't wait to look up to the sky and roar angrily now, venting the exhaustion and pleasure of his body. Although the original paintings he has drawn now are not as perfect as the works of consciousness space, they have surpassed the level of the original Kamiya Yu and painted their own style. At first glance, this original painting is no different from the previous works of Yu Kamiya, only an experienced original artist will see the characteristics contained in this original painting, he no longer needs to deliberately copy one stroke at a time, any stroke in the original painting is in the framework constructed by Yu Kamiya's thinking.
This is what is necessary to move from an animator to a concept artist, and it is the accumulation of countless experiences and experiences. Although Kamiya Yu is still quite immature in this regard, there is no doubt that he has officially touched the threshold of the original artist, and with the accumulation of experience and knowledge, he will soon become a master of original painting at the level of Uehara Ezuki.