Chapter 114.

Tsukasa Higashino is an ordinary person who knows a little bit of art.

But unlike ordinary people, Tsukasa Higashino, a person who knows a little bit of art, can always live an enviable life in his daily life.

Tsukasa Higashino really has no experience in designing mascots.

But from Chihaya Higashino, Tsukasa Higashino got inspiration.

As soon as the inspiration came, all kinds of new ideas came flooding in, and I couldn't suppress it.

"I got it in the wrong direction."

Looking at the Kumamon that gradually combines the naïve and cute postures in the sketchbook, Higashino Tsukasa sighed inexplicably.

Yes, completely misguided before.

Tsukasa Higashino wanted to draw Kumamon's cute appearance through painting techniques, but he ignored the most attractive element of Kumamon itself.

That's the action.

That's right, the core element of Kumamon's ability to give people a feeling of cuteness lies in its simple and cheap movements.

Stuffing a paper sword into his mouth, wearing cartoon sunglasses, tilting his head to cover his mouth and posing in a mocking gesture...

These are brought about by Kumamon's movements.

Tsukasa Higashino doesn't like to rely only on the skills of the system, after all, relying only on the skills of the system, the divergent thinking of the painter will soon wither - this is putting the cart before the horse.

After all, there are many people with excellent painting skills, but there are only a few painters who are truly popular in the world... Each of them has their own unique way of thinking, and it is their different views on everything that makes them famous in the world.

"No wonder Kumamon had to find a specialized doll actor to play this role in his previous life... It turns out that the main thing is to express character through action..."

Higashino muttered to himself, rubbed his eyes, and closed the sketchbook full of Kumamon's various movements.

That's probably the way it looks.

But his painting is not natural enough, and he needs to observe Kumamon again... Belch... Chihaya Higashino.

Tsukasa Higashino turned to look at Chihaya Higashino, who was lying on the bed and falling asleep with a pillow.

Just now, Higashino Chihaya was so angry that she asked Higashino Tsukasa to wipe the Kumamon off, and after Higashino Tsukasa refused, she was so angry that she jumped to her feet.

After almost all the fuss, she was a little tired, and simply fell asleep again.

It's just that even in her sleep, she still puffs her mouth angrily, looking very angry and angry.

This made Higashino Tsukasa couldn't help but smile, and after touching her face, Higashino Tsukasa went to the toilet to wash up and prepare to rest.

As for the creation of the image of Kumamon...

Let's wait until tomorrow.

If you continue at this pace, it is estimated that it will not take a week for Higashino to list the entire plan of Kumamon.

When the time comes, ask Twilight Qiren to borrow a computer and make a slideshow.

Tsukasa Higashino relaxed, closed his eyes, and began to rest.

......

Early the next morning.

Twilight Qiren wakes up under his wife's worried gaze.

No way, he was still poured wine yesterday, and in the end he was picked up by his subordinates in his own car, and today he was groggy and his face was swollen after drinking.

In this state, I still have to go to work.

But—

"I'm still going." Remembering that he was staying at the hotel, Tsukasa Higashino gave up the idea of sleeping for another five minutes, and got up yawning.

I didn't get the feelings of Tsukasa Higashino at the cocktail party yesterday, but today I must get closer to him and let him work hard...

At least not to fish for three days and dry nets for two days like the other teachers.

"Mr. Higashino is also a genius, and he is still a young man, and his thinking is more divergent, maybe he has drawn the image of the mascot now?"

Although he knew that it was impossible, the Twilight Qiren still teased himself, which can be regarded as his own method of decompression.

Dusk Qiren quickly brushed his toothbrush and tidied up his appearance, but his face was still a little swollen and he couldn't help it.

After greeting his wife, the late twilight Qiren got in the car and drove in the direction of the hotel.

Twenty minutes later, Dusk Kito looked at the time and felt that it was almost there, so she parked her car in the parking lot, took the elevator directly, and came to Tsukasa Higashino's room.

He rang the doorbell and knocked lightly on the door: "Mr. Higashino, I'm a late twilight Qiren, are you free?" ”

After about five seconds, the door opened, and Tsukasa Higashino's smiling face appeared, "Twilight-san? Come in. ”

He moved out of the way for the Twilight Stranger to enter.

The room was still the same room, but at this time, Higashino Chihaya was sitting on the bed with her knees crossed and watching TV, and when she saw that it was Dusk Qiren coming in, she just shrunk her neck and didn't show a look of being too scared.

After all, yesterday Higashino Chihaya also dealt with the deep twilight Qiren for a day, although there was not much communication, but it was half an acquaintance.

"Good morning, Miss Higashino." Twilight Qiren said hello to Chihaya Higashino.

"Hmm..."

Higashino Chihaya nodded in response, and then turned his gaze to the TV again.

On the screen is her favorite animal show, and she doesn't miss an episode at home.

Twilight glanced at the interior of the room, stopping at the desk on the other side.

Is that...?

Tsukasa Higashino had a sketchbook on his desk at this time, and a tube of pencils and colored pencils next to him.

But none of that matters.

The most important thing is that there seems to be something drawn on the sketchbook that Higashino Tsukasa spreads out...

Looks like... A bear?

Dusk Qiren came to his senses, and was just about to go to the table and pick up the sketchbook.

"Twilight, please sit here." Higashino smiled and closed the sketchbook as he stopped Twilight Kito at the same time.

"Uhh

Tsukasa Higashino poured tea for Dusk Qiren, and this was the official start of the conversation.

"Higashino-sensei, you should have had breakfast, right?" Dusk asked.

It looked as if he was asking about Tsukasa Higashino's breakfast, but his eyes never took off the sketchbook on the table.

He was a little suspicious.

Could it be that Tsukasa Higashino finalized the mascot image on the first day he came here?

That's too fast, isn't it?

Just yesterday, it's over today?

He was itching in his heart, but he was too embarrassed to say it directly.

"Well, I just ate with my sister, thank you for your attention... Is there anything you have to say about visiting so early in the morning? ”

Higashino nodded with a smile, and then asked with concern.

It's not easy for the other party to come over early in the morning, and the society pays attention to you respecting me, and I pay you back, so he naturally can't be too cold.

"It's fine... I just wanted to come and see Higashino-sensei... How are you staying here? Is it comfortable? ”

Twilight asked, looking away from her sketchbook.

"It's okay, my sister is also very satisfied, thank you for preparing such a good place for me."

Higashino also noticed that the other party seemed to be looking at the sketchbook in his hand, intentionally or unintentionally.

He politely handed the sketchbook to the Twilight Qiren, "Does Twilight-san want to see this?" ”

"Ahem, is it okay? Higashino-sensei hasn't finalized it yet, right? ”

Dusk Qiren rubbed his hands, and said that he was embarrassed, but the movements of his hands were not slow at all, and he took the sketchbook directly.

"Hmm. Just the first draft. It's pretty rough. Higashino's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he seemed a little dissatisfied.

But soon, he replied with a smile: "But it's okay to show the first draft to Twilight-san." ”

After all, this world is a parallel world to the previous world, and the Kumamon that was hot in the last world may not be able to catch fire in this world.

This should also be taken into account, so it's also a good idea to ask a third person for their opinion.

"Then you're welcome."

After getting the complete approval of Tsukasa Higashino, Dusk Qi slowly opened the sketchbook.

No way, he'd heard that some geniuses have quirks and don't want to show the half-finished products to others, but since Higashino Tsukasa allowed it, it shouldn't be much of a problem.

He flipped open the sketchbook, and saw the image of a black bear on it.

It was a pot-bellied, round-shaped black bear.

The black bear's cheeks are hung with round blush, and its comically open mouth seems to be laughing at something, at this time it covers its mouth with two fleshy round bear claws, and its cheap little black eyes look at this side, which looks like it makes the people of the deep twilight inexplicably have a feeling of being ridiculed.

Yes.

It's a strange feeling.

Obviously, the black bear in this painting looks like he is laughing at himself, but he can't get angry for some reason, but thinks it's a little cute.

This kind of contrasting and cute feeling makes the eyes of the people in the twilight be hooked.

It wasn't until he came back to his senses that he was shocked.

This image is inevitably too exquisite, right? It's so attractive!

"Higashino-sensei, is this...?" The twilight people looked up.

"This is Kumamon, and this time I want to use it as the image of the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture." Higashino Tsukasa replied first, but quickly shook his head: "But it's not good yet, the movement still needs to be refined, and it's not very attractive at all." ”

Yes?

The people of the twilight were choked by this sentence.

Not attractive yet?

That's appealing enough, okay?

This vivid appearance of Kumamon makes people in the twilight a little loved—this image is simply a kill for both men and women, which not only takes care of men's preferences, but also conforms to women's aesthetics.

But Tsukasa Higashino looks like this... Still not satisfied?

Twilight Qiren kind of wanted to hold this sketchbook and leave directly.

But after thinking about it, he still put down the sketchbook with some reluctance, and said to Higashino Division: "Higashino-sensei, I think this is already okay." Just follow this design... I feel like it's okay. ”

"Not yet." Higashino just smiled in response.

But the resoluteness in his tone let the deep twilight Qiren know that the other party has no intention of making concessions in this regard, and Higashino Tsukasa still wants to keep improving.

This made the people of Twilight sigh a little again.

Originally, he was still comforting himself this morning, saying that maybe Higashino Tsukasa had drawn the image of the mascot.

As a result, I didn't expect that Higashino not only made up a mascot image, but even refined it... This work attitude is also too good.

And... Kumamon, this name that Higashino Tsukasa came up with is also a bit interesting.

Kumamon, the romanized pinyin of Kumamon in Japanese, combines elements of the place name Kumamoto, and the later "mon" means "人" in the Kumamoto dialect.

Therefore, the name Kumamon has another meaning, that is, the meaning of "Kumamon himself", which not only clarifies the concept that Kumamon is from Kumamoto Prefecture, but also cleverly uses the Japanese Roman homonym stalk, making the name Kumamon more interesting.

And this... It's just a name that Tsukasa Higashino came up with one night.

Dusk Qiren looked at Tsukasa Higashino, and he couldn't hold back his surprise in his heart.

How did the other party take so much into account?

It's only the first day that I've been here, and I've basically finalized the name of the mascot, as well as the specific personality and image.

"Higashino-sensei is really a genius... When I saw the information before, I was thinking, you should be able to help us solve this problem in Kumamoto Prefecture..."

Deep Twilight Qiren's expression was very sincere, and he reached out and grabbed the palm of Higashino Division, and praised it very seriously-he really had the feeling that Liu Bei met Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period.

Higashino Tsukasa smiled and shook the hand of the deep twilight Qiren: "The title of genius is too good, I dare not take it, I dare not take it, and I am just doing my part." Thank you for giving me the opportunity to come here. ”

Seeing that Higashino Tsukasa was not half arrogant, he thanked him loudly, and combined with Higashino's serious attitude, he suddenly felt that Higashino Tsukasa was the most suitable candidate for the design of the Kumamoto Prefecture mascot this time.

But work matters still need to be discussed.

The two sat down again, and after taking a sip of tea and calming down a little, Higashino asked, "I wonder how long it will take Higashino-sensei to complete the Kumamon image design?" ”

He already knew it.

If you only look at the degree of completion, there is a good chance that Tsukasa Higashino's Kumamon will win this prefectural mascot creation.

So he immediately asked Higashino Tsukasa about the completion time, and planned to show Higashino Tsukasa the sincerity of the county government.

"Three to four days, it should be able to be done in this time." Tsukasa Higashino calculated a little and replied to the other party.

He's got the hang of how to create Kumamon, and the next step is a process of refinement to bring out the once-popular global internet celebrity mascot.

"Mr. Higashino must tell me if he needs anything, and I will definitely support it."

Dusk Kito shook Higashino's hand again, looking enthusiastic that I would say yes to any request.

The other party's sincerity is full, even Higashino Tsukasa is inevitably a little moved.

He actually wanted to get a computer for it, after all, he would definitely need a computer to make a slideshow explaining Kumamon in detail.

It includes Kumamon's actors, movements, and all sorts of things... They all need to be stuffed in and explained.

As for the others...?

There aren't many other requirements.

If Kumamon can win the name of Kumamoto Prefecture mascot this time, then Tsukasa Higashino will be able to get a lot of things with the mascot character of Kumamon.

Man... It's better not to be too greedy.