"Kamiya-kun already has considerable experience with the original art of 'Mr. Onigiri Superman', and I don't doubt that Kamiya-kun is capable of serving as the original artist for the twelfth episode of the anime. However, the responsibilities of the original artist and the second original artist are different, and due to the special circumstances of Kamiya-kun, the content of this lunch break special training is not about drawing original paintings. ”

"The problem is whether Kamiya-kun's judgment of the original storyboard is accurate."

During the lunch break, Aoi Morishita brought Yu Kamiya to her desk, which was different from other concept artists in that she had such an old-fashioned computer and neatly stacked unknown folders on her concept art desk, and the overall style of the desktop was much cleaner than that of other concept artists.

Yu Kamiya sat down at her concept art table, and she stood next to her with the rest of the original storyboard to give guidance.

Aoi Morishita has always been serious and accurate to find the main point, she patiently explained to Yu Kamiya what he lacked as the original artist of "Mr. Mizuri Fantu", from his level of corrected original art, Aoi Morishita is enough to judge that Yu Kamiya does have the ability to become the original artist of this animation, the key is whether he can make full use of this ability, find the point of convergence between the storyboard and the original painting.

Storyboard drafts are usually drawn by the supervisor and serve as the basic template for the concept artist to draw key concept art, as well as the script for the entire animation, usually consisting of simple line drawings and signage similar to the script. This can be compared to the original version of the One Punch Man comic book, and it will only be more rudimentary in every way.

As a very simple example, to draw an apple, the original storyboard is a random circle, and the marker next to the original storyboard will indicate how round the apple is, whether it is green or not, the flavor bias, and so on. It was the responsibility of the original artist to draw the circle together with the logo into a more complex and specific apple.

Different supervisors draw the original storyboard in different styles, some of them will draw very sloppily, and some will be willing to draw a detailed storyboard that is no less than the level of the original painting.

Yu Kamiya has the ability to draw original paintings, but he has never been exposed to the elements of the original storyboard, and before he became a concept artist, he needed to go through a period of special training to supervise the original storyboard with the original painting for the run-in period.

In addition, if some well-known supervisor is too busy or too busy, he will hand over the task of drawing the storyboard to the titular "deputy superintendent" or the original art superintendent, who only needs to complete the final review. For example, Yuu Kamiya, a famous animation supervisor in the previous world, Akiyuki Shinbo, likes to put up the name of a general supervisor and then hand over most of the work to many deputy overseers.

"These are the original storyboards that were distributed by the superintendent, and Kamiya-kun can watch them on his own, and ask questions if he doesn't understand them. If you're sure there's no doubt, start writing right away, and I'll tell you what you need to pay attention to when you're drawing the original drawing. Aoi Morishita took out a copy of the original storyboard from the folder she was holding and put it on the table for Kamiya to see.

――Is this the simple graphic version of the script, which is really more exaggerated than the original version of "One Punch Man"!

Yu Kamiya opened the original storyboard with a strange face, and the messy lines on it were exactly the same as the subsequent graffiti of elementary school students, and if he wasn't already very familiar with the original painting of "Mr. Onigiri Superman", he really wouldn't have recognized what it was.

"The director's storyboard style is really unique." Kamiya said with a wry smile.

Yu Kamiya's words reminded Aoi Morishita of funny things, and when she pulled up the black hair in her ear, the corners of her mouth could be seen and chuckled, "Anyway, it's a storyboard drawn by someone imprisoned, and it's understandable." ”

――The director of Kuni Animation is also a person with a story!

Yu Kamiya was dumbfounded in his heart, and after flipping through the storyboards, he chose one of the complex storyboards that could express more information, and said to Aoi Morishita: "Senpai Morishita, I don't have any special problems with storyboards. I would like to draw the fourth storyboard of the 276th cut, and if something goes wrong, please point it out to Morishita-senpai. ”

Noticing the original complex storyboard chosen by Yu Kamiya, Aoi Morishita nodded appreciatively: "Okay, then let's start now, I won't have time to continue to practice with Kamiya-kun after the lunch break." ”

Yu Kamiya just picked up the original paintbrush on the desktop, and suddenly turned his head a little embarrassed and said, "Senpai Morishita, can you help me bring my original brush?" "Different concept artists are used to using unused original brushes, and hastily modifying them will make the original artists not get used to it, and the feel of the original painting will become extremely different. Of course, Aoi Morishita, who is an original artist, knows this, and without complaining anything, she comes to his concept table to help him retrieve the original brush.

-- Let's get started.

Kamiya Yu must be in his heart, without the rehearsal of consciousness space, at this time, he can only rely on his own experience and mastery of the original painting, which greatly limits Kamiya Yu's performance, and he has always been watched by Aoi Morishita, which causes him to be unable to enter the state of concentration. Even if the state is so poor, he still has no complaints, if you want to say why, this is the most common state encountered by ordinary concept artists, if he can't even overcome this, then he is just an animator who completely relies on the role of consciousness space.

The process of drawing was difficult and difficult, and Yu Kamiya had to pause several times to think about the next step in the construction of the original painting, and Aoi Morishita, who was next to him, leaned down and pointed out the subtle mistakes of his original painting with her fingers, and the little fragrance emanating from her made Yuu Kamiya's attention even more distracted.

"The lines of the protagonist when he is knocked away here are too complicated, which will increase the burden on the animation department, and try to express the effect of being knocked away by a huge force while keeping the lines simple."

"The background architectural style does not match, the background of "Mr. Fantuan Superman" is set in the 80s, the style of the building should be a little more old, it was also the time of Chinese fever, and some Chinese elements can be appropriately added to increase the sense of the times."

"The expressions of the characters here are different from the storyboard, full of grief rather than pure anger and sadness, with a little tear in their eyes. The superintendent attaches great importance to the portrayal of characters in this aspect, and in the follow-up original paintings, he also asked Kamiya-kun to be cautious in the portrayal of characters. ”

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Aoi Morishita's guidance is very clear and direct, and she can always pull back Yuu Kamiya's mistake of deviating from the storyboard, and explain the key points of the storyboard to him one by one. From the key points of the background of the era, to the movements and expressions used when the characters' emotions change, or the way the physical changes are depicted in the storyboard.

It took her more than an hour to give Yu Kamiya a rough idea of the difference between storyboarding and the original painting. Aoi Morishita was also surprised in her heart that Yu Kamiya was quick to think, and all the points she put forward would never make a second mistake, and would also be combined and applied to other aspects to draw inferences.

All of this is thanks to Yu Kamiya's own understanding of the original art of the anime "Mr. Onigiri Superman".