"It's a shame to be stained by this kind of studio, the taste is like being stuck in the throat by a piece of shit, whether you swallow or spit out, it is doubly disgusting.

In her London apartment, Ray Louise is holding her young daughter, who is just starting to learn to paint, browsing the Fiverr store's homepage.

Ever since Rei was defeated by this mysterious web illustrator by a crushing margin on the same subject, she remembered the other party's shop.

Occasionally, she would go up to the Detective Cat's homepage to take a double-look.

She was attracted by the latest bad review on Detective Cat's homepage today, and also jumped to the online store called "Cheap but not bad" to glance at it.

Rei only looked at the other party's storefront for a few seconds, then shook her head disdainfully.

This store is already a leading studio on Fiverr, and the number of orders is very large.

Rei glanced at its store poster, and she already knew it.

It's an assembly-line factory-style cheap illustration studio.

This kind of studio is also known as the sweatshop model, and most of the assignments are subcontracted to some cheap art students, although the fee is not high, but the profit margin is considerable.

A lot of business is just a poor information.

For example, a simple drawing costs $10, but a subcontract to an art student in Argentina may cost only $5, or a poor student from Venezuela may need only $1.

The middleman didn't have to do anything, and he netted nine dollars.

Cheap painting studios on Fiverr, mostly this model.

Of course, don't think about how good the painting is, but some works don't require any technical content in the first place, and many people just buy a simple picture.

In fact, the contractors of these studios have been more nourishing than the lives of many mid-level painters in the past few years.

Although they charge a low fee, their business volume is very large, and they can count in tens of thousands of orders every year when the number of orders from all over the world is high.

That's a lot of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

In the past few years, the year has not been as good as before, and the main reason is that because of the impact of AI painting, many low-end drawing businesses have been shunted by free AI.

However, at least today, AI cannot completely replace the work of low-end artists.

As the simplest example, AI may be able to understand what "Detective Conan" is, but in the face of complex instructions and task requirements such as "Detective Conan is kicking a ball with a dorayaki in one hand", the amount of picture training is not enough for independent AI artists to complete such work.

There is a reason why this kind of industry can survive, and there is nothing to ridicule in itself.

But this studio is clearly a typical example of self-abandonment.

It seems to have its eye on the detective cat that has exploded recently, and is ready to take advantage of the heat.

The poster on the store's homepage was artificially replaced with a she-cat peeing into a wine glass.

Next to the picture and text is the famous Austrian critic, Karl Klaus's famous quote - some things are wine jugs, some things are urinals, and no matter how beautifully carved the urinals are, they can't be put on the table to drink.

This phrase was originally a classic quote used by Carl Kraus to attack the meaningless extravagance of "end-of-the-century aesthetics", and it is sometimes used to evaluate all meaningless good things.

This "Cheap but not bad" studio is paired with an insulting poster, and the meaning of yin and yang is very obvious.

The art world most often describes an illustrator as a taxi driver who has been driven by his employer.

The concept of this studio is to treat the art of illustration as a ready-to-use urinal.

It's satirizing that no matter how good the detective cat sketch is, it doesn't make sense, because the web illustration itself is not recognized by the art market.

The other party carves the urinal into a flower, and he can't turn the urinal into a wine jug.

Since everyone is a urinal, instead of looking for a professional illustrator to make beautiful illustrations, it is better to find yourself to draw.

Not to mention Gu Weijing, as an illustrator artist, Lei looked at the poster on the store and felt a little tired.

"Don't you dislike that detective cat?"

The youngest daughter heard the indignation in Rei's tone.

"But this does not prevent me from admitting that the other party's characters are better realistic than me, and being defeated by such a person is just sad, not embarrassed."

Lei's tone was filled with admiration, and with a little unconvincing. "Only an online illustrator spends that much time working on a comic book character, and if I had changed the subject, I believe I would still have a chance to beat the detective cat in style."

"But it's different...... I have no reverence for art, and all I feel is disgust. ”

"That Detective Cat Lady just let the other man say that?" The daughter stuck out her tongue as she looked at the poster.

What could she do about it? It's true that the art market doesn't recognize online illustration very well. ”

Lei looked at her daughter's eyes helplessly and shrugged:

"Show off your drawing skills? People ridicule you for being a fool who uses a urinal as a wine glass, and cares that you can draw better than him. ”

"This kind of guy is clearly here to post your heat, and the more you fight back, the happier the other party will be."

Lei handed her phone to her daughter and taught.

"So, there are times when choice is more important than effort, and if this detective cat is an orthodox painter with a contracted gallery, this kind of thing will not come across. The background of an online illustrator and a good drawing will encounter such doubts. And the more low-level painters there are, the more villains will dare to step on you. ”

……

Rei is right, facing this kind of thing is like facing a piece of dog shit on your shoes with your bare hands.

If you don't deal with it, it will stick to the surface of your feet.

Deal with it, it's even more disgusting.

Gu Weijing really doesn't have any good ways to deal with it.

Since this bad review came out, there have even been buyers on Fiverr who have offered to terminate the transaction in the past few days.

The price of Detective Cat is not low on Fiverr, and many customers come to buy impulsively after watching the video.

Now it is said that he thinks his paintings are not worth the price and wants a refund, which is understandable.

Gu Weijing readily agreed.

What he is really worried about is actually the orders that have already closed the trade and have not yet been evaluated.

Today, however, things suddenly unfolded in a way that he had not expected.

Gu Weijing was originally chatting on his mobile phone.

It's already February, and school is about to start, and the bubbling sound in the school's chat group is getting louder and louder.

When he was having lunch, he saw that the group of classmates in the school was discussing his detective cat account again.

He's used to it.

[Mr. Hyperion] is a super Internet celebrity who is very famous among teenagers.

The other party chose to shoot a short video with an artistic theme, and the ending was such a gimmick.

There is no gossip subject that arouses the curiosity of art students more than this.

Now Gu Weijing even sees others talking about him on the Internet, and he doesn't even have a sense of disobedience in his heart.

He scrolled through the chat.

The first thing I saw was a colored pencil drawing modeled after my own work.

"How about looking at this picture I made? It's not a bit of a detective cat, but unfortunately, Mr. Hyperion would have found me. ”

The first to speak was Miss Ko Ko.

As you can tell from the name, the other party is a native of Myanmar.

Coco is her full name.

In Myanmar's traditional culture, there is no concept of surnames. This has led to a daily registration and declaration process in Myanmar, where in addition to your personal name, you must also fill in your father's name.

It's not that the government is supervising you, it's just that there are too many duplicate names, and it's hard to distinguish them.

Miss Coco's family background is also very good in the international class, her father is a local military and political leader, charming and cheerful, once sang a song "Love story" in a golden super skirt modeled after a European and American singer at a school dance.

The jade legs are shaking, with the risk of spring, but also makes many people excited.

Although her boyfriend is more diligent in changing, it does not affect the moving charm of Coco, so she is still very popular in the boys' circle.

No one would normally object to her words, and the boys naturally spoke enthusiastically.

Gu Weijing also posted an approved emoji.

"It's a good drawing, it's decent."

Although from his point of view, there are many deformations in the other party's works, not to mention comparing with himself or Sakai Katsuko, even with Sakai Tsunamasa is far behind.

At the level of Lv.2 entry, at most barely Lv.3.

But this is an imitation, alas.

There are also people who draw their own imitations, alas!

The treatment that is often only available to masters makes Gu Weijing a little excited.

"@顾为经, are you sure? I don't agree with you. ”

Mona, who hadn't chatted for a long time, bubbled up at this time and objected.

"That's your ability to appreciate sketches?" The tone of the childhood sweetheart is not good, and the spearhead is directed at Gu Weijing.