44. Teach me to draw storyboards
Liang Yu brought Chen Nan home, her family lived in a high-rise residence in the Guanyuan Community, in addition to the mother and daughter's respective rooms, there was also a guest room that was empty, which happened to be lent to Chen Nan.
"You're welcome, it's like staying in your own home."
"Okay."
Liang Yu said and walked into the kitchen and went to the refrigerator to get a drink, while Chen Nan was left in the living room, looking around a little stiffly.
Because she has been drawing in her spare time, she hasn't been to a friend's house for a long time, and she was forced by her father to learn to draw, and then she chose the path of comics herself, unconsciously alienating the distance between her peers.
They can't understand her persistence and persistence, and she can't live as carefree and indulgent as they do.
Sometimes Chen Nan also feels that she is an outlier, but she does not plan to regret the life she decides, and will only continue to move towards that goal.
It's a good opportunity, she said to herself.
"Chen Nan, do you want orange juice or apple juice?" Liang Yu shouted in the kitchen.
"Orange juice."
Liang Yu took out two cans of drinks from the refrigerator, took out the cake that his mother bought yesterday, and then pouted his little fart. Strand grabbed the fridge and walked out of the kitchen.
"Please."
"Thank you."
After finishing speaking, the two sat on the sofa and each held a drink, and the atmosphere was a little dull. After all, they have just met, so naturally they are still a little rusty, and Chen Nan's temperament is not the type to talk to casually.
At this time, Liang Yu found the topic first: "Do you want to see the storyboard I draw?" ”
"Okay." Chen Nan responded.
"You wait," Liang Yu got up and entered his room, and it didn't take long for him to walk out with a stack of sketches: "These are the serial storyboards I drew recently, you can help me take a look, if you have any comments, please put them forward, you're welcome." ”
"Hah."
Chen Nan hurriedly wiped his hands on his pants and took Liang Yu's storyboard.
To be honest, the SD monthly magazine that Chen Nan bought is still in the bag, but this issue of SD only publishes the results of the script competition, but does not release the complete story, so Chen Nan only knows that Liang Yu's story won the award, but he doesn't know the content.
She looked at a few photos, but the first thing she said was: "Your painting is quite good." ”
Liang Yu smiled slightly, but glanced at her: "I'll just treat you as if you're praising me." ”
Chen Nan reacted at this time: "No, I mean what I said. ”
In her impression, the people who are responsible for the original comics can't draw or draw badly, otherwise it would be good to publish their own works, why should they find other people to cooperate.
"But Editor Guo said that my paintings were too bad, and he criticized me severely when I submitted them." Liang Yu pretended to be pitiful and said.
"Huh," Chen Nan didn't know what to say at this time, so he could only echo and say: "Editors are sometimes very strict, but the stricter they are, the greater the help to the author, I know that some editors are laissez-faire, only contact the author when there is something, and leave the work to fend for itself at other times, so I don't feel good." ”
"Well, it just so happens that I think so, I was just joking, please don't take it personally."
It's a joke......
Chen Nan was unconsciously serious just now, and she was still a little embarrassed when she thought about it, she quickly lowered her head and continued to look at the storyboard.
There's nothing to say about the story itself, with the previous pursuit, and now this is the storyboard that is the champion of the script competition, so the quality is beyond doubt, but if you take it apart and talk about it in detail, there are still a lot of problems, at least the editor is right, Liang Yu wants to use such a work to serialize, it is far from enough.
What advice should I give, Chen Nan looked at the original manuscript and thought about this problem, she can't intervene in the story, so let's give a little opinion from the aspect of painting.
"Liang Yu." She called out the other person's name.
"Hmm." Liang Yu put down the cup in his hand and came over.
A fragrant fragrance of orchids also came immediately, so that Chen Nan couldn't help but sniff, hey, this girl's body is inevitably a little too fragrant, Chen Nan's nose is very sensitive, especially hates the smell of perfume, but the smell on Liang Yu's body is very soft, it is a natural body fragrance.
It's really embarrassing to be compared to people, Chen Nan couldn't help but sigh.
"What's wrong?" Liang Yu looked at her strangely.
"Ah, no, that ......" Chen Nan scratched the tip of his nose and pretended to be right and turned the topic back to the topic: "That is to say, your storyboard is not very good." ”
"Well, how do you do that?" Liang Yu had seen the storyboard made by Chen Nan and knew that she did have a lot of experience in this regard, so she humbly asked for advice.
"First of all, we need to know that the storyboard is a framework before the actual painting, to put it bluntly, it is a draft, and the draft does not need to be drawn so carefully." Chen Nan pointed to Liang Yu's storyboard and said: "You have spent too much time here, and it will naturally be affected in other places, if the two of us cooperate in the future, I hope you will focus more on the creation of the story." ”
"I see, but how to do it."
"If you have a storyboard, you only need to do 3 points, first of all, the content of the story, you must draw the number of pages specified in the magazine, too much and too little are not enough, if you are officially serialized, the number of pages given for each sentence is usually fixed, and when it is really not possible, you have to apply to the editor in advance, please draw the story you want to express within the specified number of pages."
"Okay."
"The second point, of course, is the characters and actions, although it is a draft, but each is a stickman bust of the dialogue is not good, at this time pay attention to highlight the characteristics."
"Standout?"
"That is, stick figures that conform to the image of the characters, comics are an exaggerated form of expression, so when cartoonists create characters, especially the protagonists, they will highlight their appearance within the range of the audience's aesthetic acceptability, and cartoonists can clearly know who is who as long as they draw with the characteristics of the characters when they are storyboarding." In order to let Liang Yu understand more clearly, Chen Nan took out a mechanical pencil from his bag, and then sketched out the shape with a few strokes: "As far as the result is concerned, these two are the same, but I saved a lot of time in this way." ”
"Oh." Liang Yu sighed: "What is the last point?" ”
"The editor didn't say anything about the last point, it was my personal summary," Chen Nan scratched the tip of his nose when he said this: "It's you who recorded the special scene you want to express." ”
"Special scenes?"
"There are often in comic animations, it's the so-called masterpiece scenes, and when I conceive it, I often have an idea to 'this is it' picture, just like Liang Yu, the last scene in "Pursuit", the hero was shot and died, and the bullet passed through the scene where his memory and reality converged, I think that storyboard is handled very well!"
"Ah, thank you."
"I think everyone's sensibilities are different, and even if different people write the same story, the results will be different, so when you have the 'this' inspiration in your head, don't forget to record it, even if it takes a lot of time, and try to draw it in as much detail as possible."
"Well, I see...... Chen Nan, you really helped a lot when you came. ”
"Well, nothing, I'm just talking."
Just when Liang Yu and Chen Nan gradually chatted about the topic, there was a "ding dong" and the doorbell rang.