Chapter 180: "Zhu Xian" comics
"Qin Shi Mingyue" is set in ancient China, so the landscape, scenery, costumes and props are full of Chinese elements. The art director hereby invited several scholars who are very interested in the ancient culture of China as special consultants, and at the same time, he also spent half a year studying the ancient culture, art, architecture, and landscape of China, so as to do a good job in every detail of the animation and faithfully reflect the characteristics of China.
"Because there are a lot of martial arts scenes in Qin Shi Mingyue, we not only brought in experts in the art of martial arts to train the animators, but also hired a few animators in the team who have studied martial arts for a few years, and these animators will represent the characters according to certain moving and standing postures and hidden mutual logic. As for the animation supervisor, he also worked on the storyboards and worked as a choreographer for the fights. Yao Yi showed Chen Feng the results of the hurricane, and introduced it with some pride.
Chen Feng smiled slightly, he could see that Hurricane had indeed put a lot of effort into the martial arts scenes, such as the people lying on their stomachs or angry fists, which were usually just fixed frames. This allows the animator to sketch the pose with a pencil and continue each frame to get a good feel. He will draw a sketch with the action and upload this information. This way, animators can see these motion curves through their monitors, frame by frame. That's the essence of animation! It's not a full animation, but that's the kind of architecture he wants to put these characters into battle.
The animation team has also attended several indoor workshops hosted by Yao Yi, and they have come up with details on how to hold the sword, how to move the step, and where to place the center of gravity when trying to counterattack.
For example, there is a scene in the film where the fight is on a corrupting rope bridge, which is a scene involving character animation, special effects animation, everything is tangled, which may seem impossible, but they have to find a way to break the rules of geometry in a stylized way and express the thrilling fighting behavior well, so they use a program scrambling technique, which is also an art that can be directed, called "program breaking".
Yao Yi explains, "This 'program crack' was proposed by one of our technicians, who developed an original model that was not cracked, and we could paint on top to design the broken pieces of the model. We then relied on building a pixel grid on top of the uncracked model and creating a cut mass, voxelizing it with the colors painted on the surface. ”
Chen Feng nodded, although there were many academic terms that Chen Feng didn't understand, but he still understood the general meaning, this kind of 'program rupture' is based on the cellular automatic division technology, you can let the original area grow until all the pixels are filled. You can then use a stepping cube algorithm to convert it into polygon patches. You can then use the uncracked model and turn it into texture coordinates so that the texture map can continue through the pieces. This allows you to use these polygon patches as a structural solid geometry algorithm to create the final scattered pieces.
Basically, what the animator can do is draw the pieces on the model first. The system can make it appear as if it were procedurally broken polygons, and it can also leave the texture information intact so that the texture map doesn't explode.
"It's really wonderful," Chen Feng smiled slightly, "I believe that this film will be eternal, and the same will be true in 50 years." For 50 years, it may be a favorite of some artists. ”
"That's natural...... Yao Yi is starting to get complacent, "most animators feel the same way, they don't think the film will be outdated, because they put their heart and soul into it throughout the production process." ”…,
Seemingly satisfied with the people under his command, Yao Yi then said, "We have made a lot of difficult films, but this project has run very smoothly. We were very fortunate because it was completely integrated with the animation, even the production staff, who believed in every detail of the film as if they were there. And that doesn't happen all the time. I tell animators that in your career, you will serve a lot of garbage, but occasionally you will get a dazzling gem, and "Qin Shi Mingyue" is one of them. ”
"Yes, it's a dazzling gem, and you're the carver of it." Chen Feng nodded, and after that, the two of them continued to check the film, and Yao Yi asked Chen Feng to put forward some rectification suggestions by himself.
The next day, Chen Feng received news from Hetuluoshu--- "Zhu Xian" comic was published.
Although he doesn't have to go through any formalities, and he won't need to autograph books like other original novels when they are sold, this is a comic adapted from his own novel after all, and he can use the "Zhu Xian" comic to test the market and make some preparations for the future anime version of "Zhu Xian".
Now the most popular novel in China is "Zhu Xian". Many viewers expressed strong support for Zhu Xian's adaptation into a comic version. They believe that the exaggerated expression of comics and the unique charm of the scene can perfectly present the world of Zhuxian. If it is made into a TV series, there are many scenes that may not exist in reality. Moreover, if the actor's performance is not good, wouldn't he have ruined the divine book in his mind? Although, Chen Feng is already filming the movie version of "Zhu Xian", and the audience also believes that Chen Feng can shoot a classic, but after all, it is still early before the release, and now "Zhu Xian" has not even finished filming, plus post-production, it is estimated that it will have to wait for half a year, so the comic version of "Zhu Xian" has become everyone's target now.
And after all, a novel is a novel, no matter how beautiful the text description is, you can only imagine it in your mind, have a general impression, know the general appearance of that person, know the personality of that person, know the general outline of some scenes, and imagine a very grand scene in your mind.
Like the characters in it, each one is described with heavy brushwork. The various personalities of the characters are portrayed perfectly, and the scenery is described to the extreme, but these things will be presented to everyone through a comic, who is not happy? Who doesn't look forward to it?
Chen Feng dressed himself up a little and walked out after making sure that no one could recognize him. He came to the sales office early to line up, Chen Feng came early, and he was in front, but it was only a while, and the long tail was picked up in the back, Chen Feng turned around, and he couldn't see the tail at a glance. I was suddenly quite happy in my heart, it seems that "Zhu Xian" is really popular, so the movie version of "Zhu Xian" that I shot and the anime version of "Zhu Xian" that I may produce in the future will also be popular.
After queuing for a long time, Chen Feng finally came to the end, took out a hundred-yuan one, and shouted, "Come on five!" ”
The lady who sold it immediately rolled her eyes at him and said, "One person can only buy three copies at most." ”
This is also to prevent scalpers. Stock up on some comics and sell them at a high price.
"Then let's have three copies!" Chen Feng smiled slightly.
The outer skin of the comic is just an ordinary piece of cardboard with the words "Zhu Xian" written on it. If it weren't for the advertisement on the website, Chen Feng would almost think that this was a novel.
After coming to a teahouse, Chen Feng slowly opened the first page.
A majestic mountain should be drawn! There is a river under the mountain, and there is water in the river, and the clouds are reflected in the water.
The colors painted by the book of Hetu Luo are as if they were in the real world!
It's terrible for this technique! It's hard to even anime to produce such an effect! I'm afraid this is also the reason why Hetuluo Book can dominate the Chinese comic industry.
But this also made him very pleased, Hetu Luoshu is attentive to this comic!
Turning to the second page, the image of a quaint teenager appears. Then start introducing yourself with an inner description.
"My name is Zhang Xiaofan, a native of Caomiao Village, Heyang......"
Hey? The comics are not the same as the originals?
With Zhang Xiaofan's flashback, "Zhu Xian" began to jump to the first chapter of the novel, and slowly began to narrate, telling about Zhang Xiaofan and Caomiao Village.