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“This project focuses on cultivating the next generation of master artists who will lead the international art and fashion trends. It will provide all-round guidance courses from the best professors in the world. Metropolitan, Positions in the world's top art museums such as the Vatican and the Florence Museum of Art will be open to students who have obtained the program diploma," Gu Weijing said after thinking about it.
“It sounds quite cool. It is said that these top art museum positions will not be fired even if you fish and swim all day long. They are all very difficult to apply for.”
Koko seemed to be fascinated. She used her fingers to stuff a lock of hair that was playfully exposed from the side of her ear back into her helmet, and asked, "What is the exact name of the project you just mentioned?"
"It sounds ridiculous because I just read the admissions slogan on the school's official website, but it is indeed quite impressive."
Some positions in foreign art museums are similar to those of tenured professors in top universities. Same, the pay is good and decent, and you almost never get fired.
As long as you don’t make any principled mistakes and act shamelessly, you can be a salary thief safely and comfortably.
It is one of the best places for ordinary art students.
Gu Weijing shrugged and said, "It should be called urnerasterofexceeragrogra. If you are interested, you can go to the English homepage of the school's official website and have a look. There is a detailed introduction on it."
He wanted to say something else, but suddenly his phone vibrated.
Gu Weijing took out the message bar of his mobile phone and found that it was a message just sent by his agent, Mr. Sloth.
Click in,
There are a total of two new contents on the social software page.
One was forwarded to him by Mr. Sloth. It was a decision letter about the publishing company’s marketing department adjusting the contract and giving the illustration art studio Weirlein Studio and the detective cat lady a decision to compete for the Little Prince project. .
The other one is a new tweet posted 3 minutes ago by the official account of Wehrlein Studio that Mr. Sloth forwarded from Twitter.
The official blue v name of the Twitter account is the winner of the Schostic Group Master Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing and Art, the illustrator Mr. Wehrlein
The agent of Wehrlein posted under the account A new message.
The background of the tweet is a live photo of the Schostic Group Europe Building taken with a mobile phone from bottom to top. The accompanying tweet is the famous saying of Julius Caesar "venividivici" I come, I see, I conquer.
The official promotions of illustration studios are not like the official promotions of European and American Hollywood stars, which can easily get millions or tens of millions of views. However, the stickiness of fans is not low, and there are often people who like to collect the work. Readers who share new illustrations and pictures in the room from time to time, stay tuned below the tweet every day.
They are all loyal fans of the studio and are quite well-informed.
Three minutesBy now, fans have already left comments below speculating about the purpose of Wehrlein's visit to Schostic Group.
"Master, painter, you are here this time for the group's Little Prince project. I have heard rumors before that you will write the new version of the group's Little Prince. I look forward to it. By the way, your set of greenery Will the Wilderness Illustrations Commemorative Collection be reprinted? It’s so hard to buy. One thousand sets on Amazon were sold out in half an hour.”
Green Wilderness is a schostic group that specializes in Wehrlein. An outstanding illustrator, he compiled and published a collection of illustrations he drew over the years, and the market response was very good.
Weierlein’s account just replied to this message.
"It is originally a limited edition. If you can't buy it on Amazon, you can try your luck at a physical bookstore. As for the purpose of my coming to the publishing house this time, it is restricted by the confidentiality clause, so it is not convenient to say here. But as you can guess, it’s none of the studio’s business.”
Then the official tweet gave this fan message a like.
Schostic Group, European headquarters building.
The illustrator Wehrlein stood in the VIP elevator, silently watching the floors jumping on the elevator's digital display.
Weillein's appearance is very similar to the image of a high-end art worker in the stereotype of Europeans and Americans.
Not tall, but extremely thin.
He is as thin as someone who has been advocating animal protection and vegetarianism for a long time, with a little bit of a skull, and the bones can be seen under the skin.
He wears the same outfit all year round, in spring, autumn, cold and heat.
A suit without any brand logo, a handmade custom-made suit from a Savile Row tailor, a pair of polished men's leather shoes from Rada, and a pair of round, thin-framed gold-rimmed glasses on his face. , inserted in the chest pocket is a Montblanc 18k rose gold writer series pen that can be used for both painting and writing.
Paired with his soft, feminine voice and a slightly nervous smile when he spoke.
When you walk on the street, people who don’t know Wehrlein will think that if this person is not an artist, he must be the kind of gentle and perverted murderer that Japanese detective Shoji Shimada likes to depict in his works.
However,
Wehrlein is actually a very mature person, without the common dissoluteness and glitz of European and American artists.
This is not only reflected in the fact that he is not yet fifty years old, but he likes to let the barber dye his hair gray and white, making him look like a kid in his sixties at first glance. The old man's delusion.
It is also reflected in the fact that even if it is just a marketing department survey that Director Charlie of the Art Department considers to be a sure thing, Wehrlein is willing to fly to the publishing house headquarters in a serious and serious manner and make a special trip to the site.
"Ms. Detective Cat, why did you choose to paint such an unpopular knife-and-pen oil painting?"
Willein waited for the elevator to rise quickly, feeling silently puzzled..
When he learned that his contract had been snatched away by Detective Cat, Wehrlein did not act as furious as Charlie on the other end of the phone.
Instead, he immediately asked his assistant to find Detective Cat’s previous works.
Wilhlein is not on YouTube, and he doesn’t know Mr. Hyperion, the world’s number one internet celebrity.
He is an "old-school" person who believes that modern electronic products will damage artistic inspiration. People who hold this view are not uncommon in high-end art circles in Europe and the United States.
He rarely uses Internet products, and even now still uses an old Nokia n91 button phone.
Official promotions and emails are also handled by personal assistants and agents.
When Wehrlein saw the photo of Batman drawings printed out by his assistant, he was immediately stunned by the exquisite brushstrokes above.
"This painting is really beautiful, the positioning of the pen is extremely accurate, and the hand is really steady."
This was the first thought in his mind.
"I probably can't do this."
This was the second thought that came to his mind.
Werlein still insists on using traditional pen and paper to draw, instead of the more convenient A or electronic hand-drawing tablets such as IAD that have become mainstream in the industry.
These days, there are almost no weak sketching lines among high-end artists who still dare to use paper and pen that cannot be modified to draw illustrations.
Wehrlein is by no means weak in sketching skills.
On the contrary,
Although he prefers to use watercolor painting, his basic drawing skills are among the strongest in the circle.
Even when he was a student at the Art Institute, almost all the sketch competition awards in the school were won by Wehrlein.
It is precisely because he is a master.
Only then did he realize how terrifying it was to draw to such a level that he could open a special sketch exhibition.
Not to mention that Wehrlein himself cannot achieve it, he is very doubtful whether any great artist of this level who is still alive in the circle can come up with a slap.
"Do I really want to offend such a person?" Wehrlein even hesitated in his heart.
Of course he was very unhappy about being robbed of a large contract, but looking at this sketch illustration, Wehrlein actually had the idea of retreating.
The level of writing skills does not explain everything. Formal illustrations of serious subjects are definitely rarely done with colored pencils alone.
But so what
Drawing is the basis of almost all Western painting methods, not to mention water-soluble colored pencil drawings and watercolors, which are close relatives.
A person who is good at sketching can usually use painting techniques such as oil painting and gouache.
Sketch lines are equivalent to a fighter's "internal strength" and "muscles".
Even if you give a sketch master a piece of chalk, he can still draw flowers on the blackboard.
Of course,
p>On the other hand, the expressiveness of illustrations is not entirely determined by drawing skills.
Weillein believes that he has been working in the illustration industry for half his life, and the ability to produce original works and art creation skills he has accumulated is by no means comparable to that of a small online illustrator.
If you really conduct market research, you will most likely win.
Just what if?
If we really lose to Detective Cat, this would be too much fun.
The money in the contract is still a small matter. There are few secrets in the circle. The main reason is that he really can't afford to lose face.
No one else cares how good the Detective Cat is.
People will only say that Wehrlein, the winner of the Master Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing and Art, can't even compare to a new online illustrator.
It’s too ugly
He is already a successful artist.
For hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars, it is not worth the risk of Wehrlein risking his own face on the ground and letting others step on him to reach the sky in order to compete for this contract.
If he really loses, aside from other things, Wehrlein feels that there is a stain on his resume that he was defeated by the Internet painter Detective Cat.
He can no longer think about the two highest honors, the Master Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing and Art and the Andersen Award.
Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, that is a serious oil painting situation.
As for illustrations, don’t make any excuses to hide your shame. If readers don’t like it, you lose.
With Van Dorn’s status, he wanted to kill the detective cat and made such a big joke. He was completely embarrassed. Wehrlein did not think that his connections were stronger than Van Dorn’s.
"You know, Detective Cat uses the drawing method of drawing with a knife." Director Charlie successfully dispelled Wehrlein's concerns with just one sentence.
Drawing is the basis of almost all Western painting methods, and it is the artist's muscle and inner strength.
This one almost hits the mark, but it doesn’t include knife-pen oil painting.
“You don’t need to have a basic knowledge of sketching to learn it.” This slogan is the main reason why there are so many scammers in the knife painting industry.
Wehrlein speculates that Ms. Detective Cat is most likely a typical example of being deceived by swindlers in Africa, far away from modern art.
She chose the most wrong painting method.
This is similar to the fact that you have a bigger body and a rounder waist, and your shoulder muscles are thicker than other people’s thighs through training in the gym. It doesn’t mean that you won’t get into trouble if you want to learn how to play the unpopular nunchaku like kung fu superstar Bruce Lee. Hitting his face with a stick and opening his nose was a mistake.
Willein didn't believe that Detective Cat was a genius at sketching and could also play with a painting knife well.
"Such an agent is really damned," he complained silently.
The authorities are confused, but those who watch are clear.
A young African painter can’t figure out how much he weighs, so it’s not surprising that others have deceived him.
SheHis agent actually allowed him to use such a painting method, which is obviously unqualified garbage.
"Ding"
The VIP elevator arrived at the floor where the marketing department was located and slowly opened to both sides.
Director Charlie was already waiting at the door. When he saw Wehrlein, he just said hello slightly and motioned for the illustrator to follow him.
Entered the report observation room of the marketing department.
Director Charlie didn’t even look at Osborne on the side. Instead, he smiled at a short, fat old gentleman with a white mustache and a wrinkled face next to the president, and introduced to Wehrlein.
“The board of directors is very concerned about our little competition. Director Morgan personally flew from the North American headquarters of the Schostic Group to London to visit the scene as a supervisor. The director came right after getting off the plane in the morning. ” Charlie pointed out management’s concerns about the project to Wehrlein.
He pointed to the man in a gray suit next to Morgan and said.
"Marketing Department Director, you should have known each other before. According to the agreement, the winner of this small competition will be issued by the Marketing Department a set of collection illustration books and related peripherals on the theme of The Little Prince."
Weillein stretched out his hand and shook hands with these people one by one.
"It will be hard work for you all to publish the album."
The marketing department is still offering volunteers, but Wehrlein has already revealed that he has pocketed the victory. in smile.
"Gong Xi Fa Cai, this income may be much more than the price of the contract itself." The marketing director responded with a smile.
The physical book market in Europe and the United States has also declined under the impact of electronic devices such as mobile phones and KDE.
It’s just that Western e-books are also very expensive.
A physical copy of a novel costs US$20, and the electronic version costs more than ten US dollars, so the overall royalty income does not change much. That’s all.
The only exception is the collector’s edition gift box and physical album peripherals.
Things whose collection attributes are greater than their attributes are generally sold in limited quantities, with very stable sales and very high prices.
The more classic the work, the more so.
There is a point of view in the market, especially in the North American market where the publishing house is headquartered. Due to the lack of historical accumulation, entertainment products such as collector’s edition commemorative books, AAA game gift boxes, and NBA championship rings have a certain antique quality. property.
Give me an example.
It is also a work published by schostic Group.
The first printing of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1997 is currently selling for $500,800 on eBay.
Harry Potter is a collection of souvenir gift boxes that the group decided to produce two years later in 1999 after discovering the potential for a big hit.
The gift box contains a set of illustrated postcards of the protagonist trio of Harry, Ron and Hermione, and a red-covered hardcover version of HarryPotter and the Philosopher's Stone.
The 99 edition hardcover gift box, which is currently well preserved and has no folded or missing pages, has a second-hand price of approximately US$5,000 to US$8,000.
If it is signed by JK Rowling herself.
A set of collectible gift boxes from 20 years ago can be sold on the market for approximately 18,000 or even 20,000 US dollars.
Exchanging a gift box for a car is such an exaggeration.
Readers like to collect such things very much.
Illustrations are much more important to the Little Prince than to Harry Potter. Not only does the illustrator of this type of gift box get a higher commission, but the gain in reputation is also much greater.
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