Gu Weijing knew that sooner or later, someone would wonder about this question.

If you've been taking on only the simplest illustration tasks online, it won't be long before someone gets weird and confused.

Since Thomas' video went live, his Fiverr store has been receiving invitations to sign contracts from various galleries.

Even the Komatsu Gallery at Komatsu Taro's house, which was very unhappy, sent Gu Weijing an invitation of intent.

Although these contracts are currently relatively high, they are not without contracts that seem to be very sincere.

For example, a medium-sized gallery on Chelsea Street, a famous art district in New York, had a headhunter send Gu Weijing an invitation to join the other party's gallery.

Gu Weijing chatted briefly and found that the other party was really sincere.

The other party's requirements for themselves are very low, and the commission is only 35%, which includes a series of cooperation fees such as premiums, publicity fees, service fees and tax deductions for future paintings, which is very friendly to this kind of new painters.

It's not that he doesn't want to sign these contracts.

It is a great thing for an art tycoon like Mr. Sloth to want to be his own agent.

However, he had limited time to activate Menzel's skills, and the limitations of painting were great, so he could not afford these contracts for the time being.

Professional illustrators belong to the type of artist who has to draw whatever the employer asks you to draw, and there is no choice as oil painters.

He is not wise that is not wise for himself.

I am Mr. Nan Guo, who only has an artist experience card for half an hour every day.

If he demands himself on the schedule of a professional painter, at least for the time being, he is still unqualified.

If he only paints for half an hour every day, Gu Weijing really doesn't need to tie himself to a certain contract.

"It's good that others know my paintings, there's no need to know me."

Gu Weijing thought for a moment and replied.

"Joining the gallery is a debut for a painter. But after all, the painter is not a pop singer, so he doesn't have too many social arrangements. ”

Anna wanted to persuade the stubborn painter to embrace the modern art system.

"I want to live a quiet life, and it's good to be a detective cat."

"It's not without precedent to go and find a gallery anonymously as a detective cat. Mystery is sometimes a good thing. ”

In the circle of literary and artistic works, this style of anonymous creation also has a historical tradition.

In the classical period, there were incidents in which painters of the same school shared the name of the author.

As for what apprentices ghostwrite with the name of their master, whether in China or the West, those great painters have a lot of them.

Many literary and artistic workers like to keep it secretive.

Cases like Detective Cat, the most famous case in the literary circle in the past decade should be Elena Ferrante.

She is the author of the Neapolitan Tetralogy, nominated for the Booker Prize, the highest award in English literature, and named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of our time, including My Genius Girlfriend, which was adapted into a best-selling American drama.

But to this day, hundreds of millions of fans around the world only know that Ferrante is a pseudonym, and no one knows who her real name is, who her real identity is, and even whether she is male or female.

In short, if you don't draw well, you will be laughed at, and if you draw well, it will become a beautiful talk.

Anna doesn't think the detective cat can't handle the complicated task of drawing.

"But I don't want to be tied to a contract. If I sign up for the gallery, I might be asked to draw a lot of things that I don't want to draw...... For me, money is just a tool to improve my drawing skills. ”

Gu Weijing replied.

The first half of the sentence is the truth for him, and the second half of the sentence is ...... Actually, it's also true.

Anna was silent.

Shakespeare once wrote in King Lear that the greed for money is the worst enemy of art.

How many masters or geniuses have been burdened by fame all their lives, those who are not popular want to be popular, and those who are popular want to be more popular.

Countless artists full of aura have exhausted their inspiration on the road of pursuing fame and fortune and have become mediocre people.

There are many examples she can think of.

And the master in front of him really did this.

If Miss Anna used to treat each other more of a kind of love and strange possessiveness that she had discovered.

Now, she's more of a heartfelt respect.

Anna thought of the other party's willingness to sell an illustration for ten dollars online despite having the same skills as an artist, and felt a little relieved and pitiful.

It seems normal that such a master is unwilling to be a slave to money and contracts.

Thinking about it like this, she was even a little ashamed while being happy.

She felt that her offer of 500 euros an hour was disrespectful to the master.

"Miss Anna Elena, when did you become like those art dealers, full of money?"

She reflected in her mind.

Anna typed on the keyboard: "Admirable cultivation." ”

"But if you do turn down all the gallery offers. Some businessmen can't sign you and will want to discredit your art style.

You won Mr. Hyperion's $1 to $1 Million challenge as a web illustrator. This matter is very controversial.

Have you taken into account these upcoming doubts? ”

Anna was afraid that the other party would be scolded by those trolls on the Internet for being autistic.

"What can I do?"

Gu Weijing shook his head.

In his Fiverr mailbox alone, there have been countless trolls who question the shady nature of the past few days, as well as craftsmen who think that they will only draw without emotion.

He just sketches well, and he can't be compared with the master at all.

After all, Detective Cat is just an online illustrator, and there is a fundamental difference between him and a painter in the mainstream painting and calligraphy industry.

"Illustrators have always been questioned that they don't belong to the art of drawing, and I don't care about being scolded."

Gu Weijing replied.

Illustration itself is one of the most ingenious genres in the world of painting.

There is a general belief that art requires freedom and independence, and that illustration is only an extension of the employer's will, and in this regard it is even inferior to comics.

He also adopted the traditional painting style of realism.

This kind of photographic accuracy will be regarded as opportunistic and crooked in today's calligraphy and painting circles.

was sprayed on the Internet, Gu Weijing would not be comfortable in his heart, but he had no choice.

This is the status quo of the industry as a whole.

Even Leng Jun, a legendary painter in the Dongxia painting and calligraphy world, a super painter who can easily sell for millions of dollars, has been questioned for his hyperrealist style over the years.

For columns like the Singapore International Art Biennale, there may be unpopular sections such as spray painting, but there is no illustration section.

Besides, what people scold is the detective cat for taking crooked ways, what does it have to do with Gu Weijing, an orthodox painter who is about to become a disciple and grandson of Cao Lao?

"No...... There is a way to solve it. ”

Anna made up her mind in a blink of an eye.

"If one day you find that you need a painting agent, please consider contacting me."

"I won't disturb you to make art in peace now."

……

Austria

Elena Manor.

Anna closed the computer, she picked up the phone on her desk and started dialing.

"Hey, it's Oil Painting Magazine, this is the senior editor-in-chief of the magazine's visual arts section, Anna Elena."

"I'd like to update the website on an illustrator, yes, yes, yes, it's an illustrator...... Of course, I know that in general we don't write investment advice for illustrators, and illustration is not accepted by the mainstream art of drawing. ”

"But I still stand by my opinion."