Chapter 38: The Genius Designer (36)
The lights are dim, and the field is black and presses people's heads.
Xi Gu'an took a deep breath, the hesitation in his eyes disappeared, and he walked onto the stage as if he had changed someone.
Unlike the finished product of the national competition, this time the global competition adopts a new format. The contestants take the stage, and the judges come up with the test questions, and these contestants need to use the available props to come up with the perfect work within a limited time.
This is not only a test of extraordinary design talent, but also resourcefulness and innovative ideas.
Isn't it true that it's a global event......
Smiling slightly at the judges below, Xi Guan introduced himself in fluent English. I have to say that compared with the English accent that came from various countries to learn temporarily, Xi Guan first achieved a lot of positive results in terms of giving people an impression.
took out a pair of sticks from the sticker, and after taking a look, Xi Guan frowned slightly.
It's not too complicated to get started, but it's just four simple words: "Angel's Tears." ”
In the first second she drew the lot, all the audience and judges also saw the content on the sign from her perspective, but after seeing the handwriting on it, everyone's first reaction was the "Angel's Tears" that was the treasure of the town store of the PC, which had been offered hundreds of billions of sky-high prices.
But if you directly use Xie Ziyu's design concept, or make a different finished product according to this idea, then the imitation nature is quite serious, which is equivalent to stepping on the footsteps of predecessors to make a finished product, even if you add some new and ingenious design novelties to it, it will be fixed within a small range, and the way of comparison is naturally the original, which is not what Xi Guan wants to see.
However, on the other hand, if you jump out of this range for the sake of novelty and have your own unique style, then it does not match the theme of this time, even if the work is exquisite, the jewelry that does not meet the theme will only be a beautiful jewelry product, not the "champion work of the global design competition".
It can be said that it is struggling.
Obviously, many judges sat up straight with interest at first when they saw this theme appear.
Although this theme seems to be very friendly to the contestants, compared to other non-fixed themes, it gives contestants who have difficulty choosing a general creative direction. However, it is only for those who have no competitive ambitions for the title.
So, what kind of work will this oriental girl make?
One of the judges in the audience suddenly smiled slightly, pinched his microphone and said, "I heard that you are a child introduced by Mr. Miles?" ”
Although she is polite on the surface, using this surprised tone to raise the value of a newcomer in front of the public can be regarded as a kind of targeting.
Xi Gu'an's smile on his face was inconvenient, but his eyes gradually turned cold.
Her eyes swept over the tag on the judge's body, and when she saw the name, she knew a little - a woman who wanted to pick up Master Miles last year and came to the door with her work to ask for an apprenticeship, but was refused.
Probably jealousy.
Myna's smile widened, and a mocking hatred appeared on her face beyond the camera's reach.
Xi Guan bowed to the camera and said with a slight smile: "I am very happy to have the opportunity to participate in this design competition, it was Master Myers who gave me such a stage, I will definitely live up to his old man's good intentions, and I also hope that I can learn from my predecessors in this competition, and learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses in the future, and come up with more perfect works." ”
Her words can be said to be watertight, completely official.
Mina couldn't see the embarrassment and panic on her face, and her face distorted for a while, but she quickly thought of the hot potato she was holding in her hand, and couldn't help but show a hearty smile.
Preparing the required materials, combined with the structure of the original "Angel's Tears", Xi Gu'an has already sketched a prototype in his head.
So, under everyone's gaze, Xi Gu'an's subordinates quickly worked on the handicrafts in their hands, and seemed to have already made up their minds, and even the design draft was not laid, and they directly began to outline the silver necklace in their hands.
One of the judges in the audience straightened up and relaxed, and a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
"She's skilled, but too aggressive. She should have made a few more hypothetical designs and revised them to produce the most perfect work. ”
"That's right, it's disrespectful to the game."
Almost all the judges present speculated that with a design direction, Xi Gu'an wanted to start with a slight transformation and processing on the basis of the original "Angel's Tears", and give his own style in it.
However, this conservative approach is precisely what all the judges hate the most, even if they are willing to see a beautiful and innovative design work that breaks this inherent style and comes up with a different theme, they are not willing to look at an inferior textile.
At that time, the reason why Angel's Tears shined on the stage of designers was that its design was particularly ingenious, breaking the inherent style of carved layers of wings, using the heel of silver jewelry as the base, and the fine and dense silver wire was wound and woven into an exposed wing bone, and a transparent film was spread on it by using special fuel and the viscosity of liquid glass. The dappled colors shimmer under the perspective of the sun, and the slightly shrunken wings look like a transparent water drop when viewed from a distance, hence the "Angel's Tears"
The good name of the city.
To everyone's surprise, Xi Gu'an was like a reproduction, completely showing Xie Ziyu's original version in front of everyone.
If everyone was just disappointed just now, at this moment it has completely changed into a shocked look.
This Xi Gu'an is inevitably too bold, does she want to directly display the original finished product of "Angel's Tears" in front of the judges?
Even if her skills are more superb than that of the original author, and the workmanship is more exquisite, she will not touch the hearts of the judges! You must know that Xie Ziyu was able to win the championship of the competition not by virtue of skill and exquisiteness, it can be said that on the stage at the beginning, the workmanship of anyone was more exquisite than him!
In the face of everyone's doubts, Xi Guan seemed to be completely unaware of these whispering voices and unkind eyes, and still calmly and self-contained fiddling with the works in his hands. With the original design draft, this replica of Angel Wings was quickly completed. As the judges thought, the accuracy of this girl's craftsmanship is far better than Xie Ziyu's kung fu back then, but it's a pity......
Many judges don't want to watch it anymore, and plan to write a very low score directly on the question board, even if it is for the sake of Miles's face, they are not willing to give this little designer who does not know the height of the sky a face.
However, before their pens fell, there was a sudden exclamation of "SHIT" from the side.
They immediately looked up, and saw that the girl on the table suddenly picked up a bone carving knife next to her, cut directly from the drop-shaped wing, put the remaining half of the cut work aside, and held up the half of the drop-shaped ornament with her slender white fingers, took out a small brush from the side, swept it a few times on the gap of the cross-cut, and put all these small powders into the prototype glass cup next to it.
This knife completely lost the beauty of this jewelry, like a broken jewelry, and it had no attractive value at all.
"This Xi Gu'an took the wrong medicine, what does she want to do?"
"I think she's exhausted her skills and can't come up with anything more innovative, so she plans to win by surprise. But I have to say that this Xi Gu'an was too reckless, and she obviously failed this time. ”
Such a question lingered in the hearts of everyone present, but what surprised them was that although the girl was trying her best to repair this obviously failed finished product in her hand, her expression did not show the slightest panic and despair, but was leisurely and complacent, like a child with a clay pot, full of satisfaction and joy.
And her mood seemed to affect many people present, and they faintly had some expectations in their hearts - could it be that this Xi Gu'an was deliberate, and she really had a formed work in her mind?
Soon, their ideas were confirmed. I saw Xi Gu'an carve a delicate skeleton from the half-exposed jadeite carving, and pinned them to both sides of the heart-shaped ornament that was cut horizontally with a sharp mouth. At this glance, this ornament completely abandons the previous structure of the angel wings, and when viewed from this angle, it becomes a bouquet pinched in the palm of the hand.
And Xi Gu'an's movements in his hands did not stop, and he took out a few small beads from the table and inlaid them in the position of the stamens, and used the silver wire skeleton to gather in the middle, and one was stretched down, and the original hollow heart shape became the shape of a double heart.
At this time, all the people present widened their eyes and looked at this magical scene in front of them, which was comparable to that of a magician.
Maina's face turned pale in an instant, and she forced herself to recover from this beautiful work, only to hear the sound of excitement and panting next to her, and the chatter of admiration.
"Perfect, so perfect."
"It's only been a long time, less than ten minutes, and this work has a completely new look."
"yes, if I hadn't watched it live, if someone told me that it was made with Angel's Tears, I wouldn't have believed it!"
“……”
The sound of praise made Maina's eyes red, her jealous eyes glared at Xi Gu'an on the stage viciously, and her hands on the table slowly clenched.
Then, as if she had thought of something, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at the girl on the stage who was still putting the finishing touches on it, and her eyes showed a little ill-will. No matter how brilliant you are, this theme is originally a two-sided obstacle, and she can use "not meeting the theme" as an excuse for her not having any chance to turn over.
Thinking of this, she confidently wrote a very low score on the question board, and the old god looked at the girl on the stage with her arms in it.
However, in the few seconds that I didn't see just now, the exclamation next to me turned into a huge cheer, as if all the people were worshipping the respected queen.
Maina's face stiffened, and she suddenly had a bad feeling in her head.