Chapter 10: The Failed Original Painting
The order of the revised manuscript is too complicated to form a meaningful complete storyboard, but these revised original drawings are all by Uehara Aezuki. The extraordinary drawing technique makes the revised manuscript on the yellow base paper look natural, and the control of each stroke is the pinnacle, straight and strong, curved to the regular, as smooth as a precision mechanical inscription.
These corrected original paintings may not reflect Uehara's own unique brushwork, but they perfectly explain what the basic skills of an original artist are.
"The characters and backgrounds of these original paintings are designed in a modest way, but they can be sketched out in a few strokes, and from this point of view, her own painting skills are no less than those of the original masters of the previous world. In order to make it easier for herself, a newcomer to the original artist, to mark relevant reminders in key parts, she is a good boss. ”
Yu Kamiya, who was sitting on his original painting table, admired Uehara's works page by page, and his heart was extremely praised. Most of the members of the original art department have not woken up now, and the large and cramped office seems deserted. There is nothing special about Yu Kamiya's original art table, except for the nameplate with the name of his staff member and the necessary stationery as an original artist hanging on the partition of the table.
After carefully reviewing the original manuscript, Kamiya took out the white base paper from the drawer and began to copy it in earnest. Because of the experience of memory, Kamiya Yu was quite serious at first, and he was careful with every stroke.
As time passed, the constant astringency of the brush's walk led to a lingering irritability, and he was dissatisfied with the original paintings he had copied both horizontally and vertically.
The original drawings he drew were stiff in line, out of proportion in large outlines, and lost a certain fine charm as original paintings, which seemed to ordinary people to be no different, and in the eyes of the original artists, they were almost the same as those who had just started to animators, with a vain style and lack of experience.
The current Kamiya Yu has not yet adapted to the feeling of holding the pen in his memory, so it is not an exaggeration to call him a newcomer in terms of the drawing skills of the original artist.
"Dick~!"
As time passed, when the sweat drops dripped from his cheeks onto the original painting, Yucai Kamiya suddenly woke up, glanced at the few finished original paintings placed next to his hand, and felt extremely depressed in his heart.
These original paintings are even more unbearable than those painted by the original Yuu Kamiya.
"Damn, I can't find the smoothness I remember, and I can't concentrate." Yu Kamiya leaned back on the office chair as if she were abandoned, smiling wordlessly and shaking her stiff fingers.
"Don't talk about being a supervisor, if you continue like this, your original artist will be fired in minutes." Yu Kamiya's heart was ruthless, and he cleaned up his mental state and forced himself to continue copying the original painting.
At noon, the members of the original art department began to wake up. Because Yu Kamiya is introverted at Kyony Animation, there is no staff member who is familiar with him, and the members of the original art department find out that after he comes back, they just say hello and return to their normal posts.
Yuu Kamiya hastily ate lunch, not wanting to waste a moment and focusing on copying the original painting, and had to get back to the feeling he had when he used to copy the original painting.
"The lines are too deliberate, the expressions of the characters are stiff, and they are not qualified."
"The background details are not handled well, and the overall style is unbalanced and unqualified."
"The style of writing is messy and unqualified."
"The primary and secondary are unbalanced, the picture is uneven, and it is not qualified."
"The background pen line coincides with the character pen line, and it is not qualified."
"Smack~!"
Yu Kamiya threw the original pencil in his hand on the table, and his fingers were sore and numb after holding the pen for a long time, and he trembled slightly and couldn't use any strength. He rubbed his temples with a headache while looking at the more than a dozen "original paintings" he had drawn.
"It's all failures, even the best one barely meets the standard of the original artist,!" He couldn't help but curse in Chinese, and he compared the revised manuscript of Uehara Eizuki to pieces, and suddenly had the urge to tear his original painting to pieces.
"Obviously, I can find the feeling of painting by myself in my memory, but my body doesn't cooperate well anyway, and I need more time to run in. It's just that I don't have time to practice now. Yu Kamiya came to a conclusion in his mind, and then thought of his own consciousness space, which had a tenfold jet lag.
"Spending an hour over there gives you 10 hours of practice, and you can also consciously connect to the network of the previous world to find more perfect drawing skills, the solution is perfect!" Yu Kamiya's eyes lit up, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was feasible. Since his own bodily sensations can be perfectly reproduced in the space of consciousness, can the techniques learned there also be brought to life? As soon as he thought of this, his heart jumped to try.
He put away the two originals on the original painting table and glanced out the window, the blood-red sunset filled the entire original painting department with a thick layer of honey, at this time the members of the original painting department were still busy, and the quiet office paper only had the "rustling" sound of the brush galloping. He needs to go back at this time, and he can't relax at night if there is only one person in the house.
He had already made this request during the interview, but fortunately, the person in charge of Kyony Animation was kind enough to agree to his request to leave work at 6 p.m. Of course, the work of the original artist is calculated by the number of cuts completed, which causes Yuu Kamiya's salary to be much less than that of other original artists.
Yu Kamiya stood up from his chair and moved his body, slightly hesitating towards Uehara's office.
"Tuk-tuk."
"Please come in."
In addition to Uehara Eizuki, there is another short-haired woman with glasses, with a beautiful face, wearing a formal black women's suit, and exuding a capable and intellectual atmosphere all over her body. Yu Kamiya recognizes her as one of the veteran members of the original art department, and currently holds the position of assistant to the original art supervision.
"Morishita-senpai, Uehara-senpai." Yu Kamiya said hello, and it seemed that it should be the original artist named Aoi Morishita who put the original paintings together and handed them over to Uehara Eizuki for review.
Uehara Aetsuki tapped his head, and his eyes did not take his eyes off the original painting in his hand, and he said lightly: "Is there something wrong?" ”
"Yes, before I go back, I would like to ask you if I can bring these corrections back with me." Yu Kamiya cautiously asked, holding two copies of the original painting, which he had never tried before, because most of the time after returning was spent on housework, and there was no time to continue to complete the company's tasks.
Uehara Eizuki groaned, "The company doesn't set relevant regulations, so please feel free if Kamiya-kun needs it." After a pause, he stopped the review work in his hand, looked at Yu Kamiya with delicate eyes and asked, "How's the progress?" ”
Aoi Morishita, the original artist, stood quietly on the sidelines and waited for the results of the review.
Kamiya Yu hesitated for a moment and replied honestly with a wry smile: "To be honest, it's not ideal, this day is not in the state. ”
Uehara put down the original painting in his hand, looked at Yu Kamiya's hands and asked softly, "I just came back from the hospital, and it is inevitable that I am not in good shape." What are Kamiya-kun's achievements today? Can you show me? ”
Kamiya replied and handed her the original white painting in his hand.
Uehara Ezuki picked up the long sleeves of the kimono with one hand and took the original painting handed by Yu Kamiya with the other, and began to quickly flip through the pages. During this period, Aoi Morishita also glanced at it curiously, and the scribbled and rough original painting suddenly made her frown.
Can these things be called original paintings? Students who have just come out of the Academy of Fine Arts can draw better works than these.
After reading through them, Uehara Eizuki handed these original paintings back to Kamiya Yu, with no blame or dissatisfaction, just said in a shallow voice: "Well, just get back to your normal state." ”
Aoi Morishita, who was next to him, couldn't help but interject: "It's already the last five days of the deadline, and Kamiya-kun, your physical condition hasn't fully recovered, so it's better to hand over these corrected original paintings to other original artists to deal with." The words clearly express his distrust of Yuu Kamiya's ability, and it is also the correct opinion to be the assistant to the supervision of the original painting.
Yu Kamiya didn't speak, his position in this situation is really hard to say, after all, he is not an idiot like Jiro Kimura, and he has no dissatisfaction with this suggestion of Aoi Morishita, he sets his eyes on Uehara Eizuki and waits for her verdict.
Uehara lowered her head and continued to review the original painting on the desktop, and said lightly, "What does Kamiya-kun think of this suggestion?" ”
Kamiya Yu breathed a sigh of relief and replied in a decisive tone, "Please give me a day, I'll be in shape soon." ”
Uehara Erizuki smiled faintly, opened the drawer and took out a lollipop and handed it to Kamiya Yu to encourage: "Very good, if there is anything important, you can discuss it with me at any time." ”
"Thank you, Uehara-sen." Yu Kamiya reached out and took the lollipop, not that he cared much about the job, but that the job was the best fit for him so far, and he didn't want the production of the anime "Mr. Onigiri Superman" to be delayed again because of him, it was a matter of personal responsibility.
After Yu Kamiya left, the original artist Aoi Morishita couldn't help but ask Uezuki Uehara: "Aetsuki, that kind of original painting can't even reach the level of an ordinary animator, why do you continue to entrust him to complete the revision of the original draft?" ”
Uehara continued to put a lollipop in front of Aoi Morishita and said leisurely, "Aoi, it's not good to be impatient. Besides, Kamiya-kun's level is enough to complete those revisions. ”
Aoi Morishita took the lollipop and said helplessly: "My cabinet can't fit the candy you gave, and you know that I don't like to eat sweet things." Those original paintings just now didn't reach the level you said, forget it, since he is the second original artist in charge of handling you, I won't continue to ask, anyway, you will be in a hurry to help him make up for this mess in the end. ”
Uehara Ezuki calmly picked up the Japanese-style teacup and took a sip of tea: "I used to be a shy child, but now Kamiya-kun's eyes are very serious, so I believe Kamiya-kun, there are not many original artists who can be enthusiastic about these work." ”
"Yes~ Yes, I've lost to you. Let's go to HANA Skewer in the evening and have a good meal, but today is the last day before going to hell, and I won't be able to eat for months if I don't go. Aoi Morishita sighed.
Uehara Ezuki pretended to be in agreement and chuckled in the same tone: "Yes~ Yes, it's okay to go with you." ”