Chapter 227(1/3)
"Oh, my dear, what are you going to do with this class assignment?"
Mo Ranqiu efficiently picked up the white paper and pencil at hand and started asking Li Wei, as if Li Wei was about to start building her ideas.
"Well, let's clarify the topic first." Li Wei thought for a while and replied.
"I don't have any special thoughts, I can do anything, listen to you."
Mo Ranqiu did not waste time, and directly expressed her attitude. At this time, Li Wei finally realized the pain of always plagiarizing Mo Ranqiu when he was having a meal.
‘Ah… I don’t have anything I want to eat, I can eat anything, listen to you.’
What does it mean to simply shirk the blame? It feels really good to speak like this, but the person who catches the blame is not very happy.
It’s not that the time has not come, and the karma and effect have not been satisfied at all, Li Wei really felt it at this time.
However, seeing Li Wei, the students who started to form a team one after another, did not continue to waste time and hit the ball back, he began to think about what the two of them should do in this exhibition.
After all, Master Jiang’s painting exhibition, which was launched in his name, will definitely attract the attention of people from all walks of life, and those selected lucky people who are fortunate to be named "genius" must also be the targets of snipers from all sides.
This kind of sniping is kind, but more malicious. After all, charity news will not be more likely to be on the headlines than a certain celebrity cheating news in recent years. Even if the entertainment industry in this world is very different, the form of entertainment to death has not changed at all.
Whether it is the media or art-related practitioners, they will do everything possible to explore their information. Once their art works are not excellent enough, or the quality and intention of the works are of certain problems, those people may make up a "Master Jiang's name is not worthy of it!", "Shocked, Master Jiang's students are actually...!", "Alas! Where should the future of national art go?" Such news is reported in a large way, and the editors of the official account will also have a taste of it.
Li Wei still doesn't want to do this kind of thing that gives everyone food and food and clothing to everyone, and it becomes a parent of millions of people.
It is indeed better to make careful decisions about the exhibition of works.
However, even though you say that, you must pay attention to it, the production time required for this day's class cannot be ignored.
Master Jiang clearly stated this time that the students’ works were displayed, and the title of the area was ‘The students collaborated and completed in one day’.
With the limitations of clear time propositions, they still couldn't complete the overly complex tasks, and Li Wei did not intend to expose his inhuman painting speed in such a place, just keep the same speed as Mo Ranqiu as possible.
Excellent, but not overstated, this is what Li Wei thinks now.
"I think this is a good opportunity. It would be great if we could play both of us."
Combined with the benefits of the explosive traffic brought by Master Jiang's painting exhibition, Li Wei thought for a while and said to Mo Ranqiu.
"There is no problem at all. I think we can definitely harmonize yin and yang and learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses."
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Is there a strange word in between?
Although Mo Ranqiu's adjective is weird, the only normal word in the middle, "to learn from strengths and weaknesses" has given Li Wei some other ideas.
Originally, what he wanted to combine the advantages of the two people, that is, the combination of "oil painting" and "comics" to create a work. After all, comics and oil painting are not two unrelated things, and even the combination of the two is used in animation is a very common phenomenon.
Li Wei's idea was originally Li Wei's idea, but the part of "making up for shortcomings" gave Li Wei a bold idea.
Master Jiang’s art exhibition is a place destined to gather people and is also destined to be paid attention to by the media, so everyone is so excited and expectant. So since you can prove yourself, why can’t you ‘whitewash yourself’?
Mo Ranqiu's good at oil painting has been praised by many people, but it has also been criticized.
The most outrageous and unpleasant one is "What kind of oil painting are you just a Chinese? Isn't this a traitor who admires foreign countries and fascinates foreign countries?" Such people who are hindering the country spoke in confusion.
Even citing Mo Ranqiu's family affairs to satirize multinational companies and overseas groups is a manifestation of Chongyang. As for the occasional dinners and banquets with some painters that Mo Ranqiu would occasionally post on Weibo, he was deprived of his nationality by the hindrance group. "Don't eat Chinese food?" "I just know how to eat Western food? Eat Japanese food?" "You are afraid you are not a Japanese."
Li Wei also discovered a lot of such confusing speeches when he was in-depth investigation of Mo Ranqiu. Although it was a minority, it was really annoying to look at. And after too many such remarks, Mo Ranqiu gradually stopped posting on Weibo.
It would be better to be criticized for being autistic. It would be better to say that Mo Ranqiu was impressed by the IQ and logic of these people who were hindering the country. He did not want to post on Weibo to refresh her lower limit on the word "idiot".
Although Mo Ranqiu herself has nothing to do with this kind of thing, there are still a group of newbies who have just entered the circle who are exposed to these negative remarks first. With such a negative first impression, coupled with some malicious intents that are jealous of her talent, Mo Ranqiu's reputation in the art circle has always been hard to describe.
Although Mo Ranqiu didn't care much about these things, Li Wei was very upset. Why did his dog be criticized by some fools? Are those keyboard warriors worthy of them?
Mo Ranqiu also said that during the banquet, everyone pretended to be smiling and complimented on the spot, but in fact, they were so angry that they bit their handkerchief and smashed the vase.
Sometimes humans are indeed such an overly realistic species. It is estimated that the remarks and actions of all kinds of people in reality have also added a lot of fuel to Mo Ranqiu's "too desperate about this world".
After all, simple family problems are not enough to force a girl who has received high-level education to come to this point.
Studies have shown that due to physiological structure problems, women are much more stress-resistant than men and have stronger ability to accept. Although women are often synonymous with weak water, generally speaking, when receiving any shocking news, the ones who fall first are often men, and women live longer than men. This is the self-regulation ability brought by the physiological system.
Then, in such a situation with a physical attribute, a person who can be called conceited can be forced to almost inferiority and despair and want to end it. It has to be said that these people in the country and the Yin and Yang people are doing very beautiful things.
The last few hundred straws that overwhelmed Camel was truly extremely clever, which made Mo Ranqiu's mental state become like this, making her unable to indulge in the youthful daily life of this age like an ordinary girl. None of these people are innocent.
If there is a chance in reality, or if one day he can follow the Internet to find where these people are urging Lailai, he will definitely call each of them a "Little Evil God Drop Handmade Sect"!
There is nothing to say about the troll, but Li Wei disliked this Wuwang rhythm and was more concerned about it. He even became extremely irritable every time he looked at the Weibo related to Mo Ranqiu.
So this art exhibition is just a chance. You don’t have to mess with those people in the country online, but just do something substantial.
Advocating foreign countries and fawning on foreign countries? What have those brothers who claim to be patriotic? Isn’t it just traditional culture? Who can’t do anything about it?
So after thinking this, Li Wei directly decided the theme of their art exhibition production project.
"Our theme this time is set as "Shan Hai Jing"."
"Yeah, OK."
Mo Ranqiu agreed to Li Wei's proposal without thinking. After all, it doesn't matter to her, and the most important thing is that Li Wei is just happy.
Li Wei’s proposal drawn by Shanhai Jing is not just a simple word to make up a "oriental element"; he has ideas.
Some time ago, I suddenly remembered a painter he liked very much in his previous life, but when I went to search for his works on the Internet, I didn’t see anyone. I felt a little regretful at the time, but now I have the idea of “God helps me.”
The painter's name is "Shanze". When Li Wei noticed this painter in his previous life, he was when he published "Luohuangji". The extremely charming lines and the obvious oriental paintings left a deep impression on Li Wei.
He also liked the work "Seeing Mountains and Seas" very much. He even bought the whole book and put it in his home for collection. He originally planned to buy it again some time ago, but the search was fruitless. No matter what method he changed to search for it, he couldn't find the painter even if he entered the keywords.
It's a cheaper one now.
Li Wei drew a sketch for Mo Ranqiu, and decided that it would be more realistic to dot the picture by dictating it.
"Oh! I like this kind of line very much!" After seeing Li Wei pick up the pen and draw a prototype, Mo Ranqiu expressed her love for this style.
Li Wei painted a drawing of a Chongming bird. Because of his high hand-drawing technique, he only outlined a few strokes and the shape of a entrenched bird and feathers was drawn.
"It's probably like that, and then use fine brushes to draw the feathers and outlines."
"Get here! I can completely imagine what it looks like!!" Mo Ranqiu's mood was much more excited than Li Wei. After all, for her, this Chongming Bird that was entrenched in great interest to her, and even seemed to want a manuscript to make an embroidered picture and put it on a customized cheongsam.
Because it is a rough picture, Li Wei directly picked up the gray colored lead next to it and started coloring, using colored lead repeatedly and outlines as much as possible, reflecting the appearance of the original painting being superimposed with watercolor.
"It's this kind of coloring technique, the background image becomes a gradient dark color, highlighting a charming feeling of fairy spirit."
Li Wei explained to Mo Ranqiu as much as possible what he imagined in his mind. Although he could complete this work alone, this was a collaborative figure after all, and Li Wei also found that this process was very suitable for him to simulate the scenes of working in an animation studio in advance.
Sometimes, you must learn to let go appropriately.
Li Wei truly felt how heartache when he said this sentence.
Worry, fear, and fear of the unknown.
"Okok, I understand. Wow, your famous painting is really beautiful, completely subverting my impression of the fierce bird in the Shanhai Jing." As he said that, Mo Ranqiu picked up the draft drawn by Li Wei and read it for a while. "I feel that if you draw in this style, those ugly monsters can have new ways to open them."
"Yes, yes, as long as the appearance is right, what will the rest look beautiful? As long as it is not a fool, you can beautify it." Thinking about the album I had read, Li Wei expressed his affirmation of Mo Ranqiu's words.
"You said how charming it would be to draw a sister of Nine-tails according to this style. The misty water vapor can be seen vaguely showing a beauty soaked in the spring water, with hair like ink, shoulders like condensed fat, and nine white tails placed beside her. The beauty went out to bathe and her peach blossoms bloomed, tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk t
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Obviously, what Li Wei and Mo Ranqiu thought may be the same, but the way to open it is absolutely different.
Although Mo Ranqiu's imagination is a bit weird, she is worthy of being a brain-level painter. Li Wei's ideas are basically clear at a glance, and even lists all the requirements he has not yet said.
"Nah, my dear, would it be better for us to use such paints and brushstrokes?"
When Li Wei perfected his simple version of the sample picture, Mo Ranqiu had already taken out a box of paint, a stack of pens and several pieces of paper of different materials from Master Jiang's studio.
"For pigments, I was struggling with whether to use Chinese painting pigments for a while, but I felt that when painting, I actually used this kind of pigment with too strong water-solubleness to reach the level you want, so I took a set of watercolors. But I felt that mineral pigments were actually good, and this would also give me the feeling of old ancient artifacts, but their graduality was too poor, so I only took a little gold powder, and the remaining ones were cinnabar, stone green and mica.
This thing is generally used less, unless it is professional Thangka painting or cultural relics repair. Now few people use this mineral material to draw. I feel that there are only a few colors that can be used in our work this time."
Mo Ranqiu said, dragging a table from the side, neatly arranged the utensils, took out all the paints, sorted them according to the color number, and squeezed out a little of each pigment and put them aside as a color number board.
Usually, the color plates are marked pens, colored leads, etc., but sometimes in order to facilitate drawing and the color is accurate enough to reduce errors, it is also a common method and personal habit to sort out the color difference between the color when painting and after being dried.
After Mo Ranqiu went to make two buckets of water to make it easier to clean the pen, Li Wei's sample picture was finished.
"Basically, this is the picture of my Chongming Bird."
Li Wei put the sample picture in the middle. He needed Mo Ranqiu to communicate the main style and tone of painting. After all, it was a cooperative work. The two people needed to have a unified style and a clear division of labor and tasks.
After nodding and saying that he understood Li Wei's style and requirements, Mo Ranqiu asked again, "Dear, how should we divide the labor of this thing? One picture per person or...?"
"Just one picture for each person, oh by the way, I'm sorry for the background color of my side. I'm not very good at this kind of mixed color matching."
"No problem, then I'll ask you all the lines of my small strokes. I really don't have the patience to do that kind of detail, so I might just mess it up."
The task was assigned very quickly. After the two quickly reached a consensus, they began to draw sketches, drawing while exchanging inspiration.
Li Wei's creation was inspired by the mountains and seas and painting style of Master Sugizawa, but with the help of Mo Ranqiu, he did not need to completely imitate the original picture of the boss. After all, with Mo Ranqiu, who had never been exposed to, it was not like an overly miserable thing to do if he wanted to make a second innovation.
Who has never imagined taking a sword in such an era of immortals and heroes? Who has never thought of taking risks in an era of bizarre, heroes and gods and demons fighting each other?
As a creator, everyone has the most basic ideas, but they just think about and unexpected problems.
The creative process of the two people was very smooth. At around 3:00 pm, the two people had already completed the composition of three strange beasts, a total of six pictures. The strange beasts selected for the mountain and sea were the Chongming Bird, the Nine-tailed Fox and the Cycling Yellow.
To be honest, Li Wei was very satisfied with the finished product of the two. Whether it was the golden glittering effect brought by the use of gold powder as ordinary gold to draw the edges, or the color after discussing with Mo Ranqiu, it really was like an ancient picture album that had been silent for many years and had experienced the charm of ancient beasts.
To be continued...