Kelly's fingertips lightly ran across the plastic protective film on the book cover.
She really didn’t expect that she would see such amazing works after participating in an internal investigation of the publishing house.
"It's enough to be used as a teaching material for oil painting classes."
The idea came to her mind.
Hua Dao Hua is a very small circle. There are probably less than twenty famous professional painters in the world, and even fewer full-time professors.
Except for rare situations like Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts, Professor Boggs, who is known as the "first person to draw with knife and brush", would promote knife-and-pen oil painting as the school's signature.
Even the Royal College of Art, one of the four major art academies in the world, does not offer courses such as knife painting.
Generally speaking, this is not necessary.
Ninety-nine percent of art students in the world will never be exposed to similar content during their careers.
However, not being exposed to knife painting does not mean that the techniques and ideas of knife painting cannot be used in the normal oil painting process.
The oil painting knife is the most commonly used tool for any artist in the process of painting.
The brush and oil painting knife are the left and right hands in learning oil painting.
In addition to shoveling paint, the oil painting knife is also used to modify the lines of the picture, or to create some special color block textures on the canvas that cannot be painted with soft brushes. These are very common operations.
The illustration in front of her was like an exquisite sample.
Straight edge, side edge, smearing, flat cutting, blade spine to create hard fold lines
Kelly can find almost every use of the oil painting knife imaginable on it, and handle it All very clever.
"It would be great if there was a teacher like this who could teach me how to use an oil painting knife."
Kelly was fascinated.
Unfortunately, volunteers like her have to sign a confidentiality agreement before participating in the marketing department survey of the Schostic Group.
Electronic products such as mobile phones are not allowed to be carried with you.
Kelly couldn’t even secretly take a picture of the illustrated cover and take it out to share with her college roommates for appreciation.
She shook her head regretfully, picked up this amazing work, and walked to the sofa in the sitting area of the bookstore next to it.
As for the Townsendman hardcover version of The Little Prince, which was printed more beautifully than the paperback version and came with a gift box, Kelly didn’t even take a second look before leaving the shelf.
Her mind is now filled with this touching work, and she has long forgotten that she came here for the hardcover gift box.
"I'm not in a hurry to leave."
Kelly should seize the limited time and appreciate this illustration for a while.
Even simply looking at this cover brings an ethereal and dreamy fairy tale feeling to the girl's soul, which is very comfortable.
"Detective Cat"
She sat on the sofa and looked at the book coverI can't make up my mind about the name of the illustrator on it.
Illustration is a huge industry. Publishing requires illustrations, advertising requires illustrations, newspapers, magazines, and game companies, the demand for illustrators has always been great.
It is probably not an exaggeration to estimate that the total number of practitioners in related fields around the world is one million.
The number of people who can truly be called illustrators is only one in a thousand, or even one in ten thousand.
The schostic Group can cooperate with it, and enjoy the same treatment as the original author and the translator in a prominent position on the cover. Each of them has a line of signature, and all of them are experienced leaders in the industry.
Among these artists,
ordinary people may know the name of the godfather of Pop Art like Andy Warhol, whose total market value of works easily exceeds 10 billion U.S. dollars, which is extraordinary. .
But Kelly, a semi-professional and experienced illustration enthusiast, knows the leading illustrators in the entire industry.
For example, when she saw Wehrlein's name, she could quickly react to the other person's resume and identity, and she was well aware of his past works.
"A senior person who can create such stunning illustrations shouldn't be unknown."
Kelly frowned.
She vaguely remembered that she had heard the name Detective Cat somewhere.
Wait
After thinking for a long time,
She finally found out the author of the illustration in front of her and the story that had been circulating in the circle some time ago. In the Internet celebrity video, the Internet painter who became famous immediately drew an equal sign.
It turned out to be her
Kelly pursed her lips, half shocked and half surprised.
"It turns out he is a new artist."
The sketches and knife drawings are so amazing. With such a genius, it is estimated that a large number of classic illustrations will be born in the industry.
Schostic Group should have found a treasure this time.
There was not only Kelly alone on the sofa, but also a black aunt with her daughter.
The black aunt and little girl should also be volunteers invited by the publishing house this time.
Their task cards were put aside, but the scenario written on them was different, becoming "housewives who have to choose gifts for their children within a budget of 20 pounds."
The aunt is not in the mood to pay attention to any investigation tasks now.
When she was getting coffee at the bar, she accidentally spilled some hot drink on her daughter's arm.
The little girl is young, just at the age when her teeth are changing. She is missing one of her front teeth. She is holding her arms on the sofa and whimpering in a low voice. There is still a little leakage in her cry.
A staff member had already come over with a medical kit.
The little girl’s burn was actually not serious. Her arm was slightly red and she had already applied medicine.
But I still cried very sadly.
The uniformed boy wearing a publishing house staff badge was squatting on the ground, holding croissants and small cakes behind the bar and trying to comfort him.
The little girl doesn’t appreciate it.
She raised her head, wiped away her tears, and was about to focus on crying again, when her eyes happened to slide over the cover of the fairy tale book in the hands of the blond sister on her side.
The little black girl blinked slightly.
Kelly noticed the change in the little girl’s eyes. She was not surprised that the child would be attracted to the little prince in her hand.
Children are the ones most impressed by fairy tale illustrations.
They are more innocent and childish, and are more in line with the temperament of fairy tales.
An adult like her would be impressed, let alone a child of about ten years old.
"Gir, do you want to take a look?" Kelly smiled and handed over the book in her hand.
The little girl seems a little shy.
She first rubbed her head in her mother's arms, and then slowly took the fairy tale book from Kelly's hand.
It was like magic,
She really stopped crying all of a sudden.
The big eyes were staring at the little prince sitting on the sand dune on the cover of the fairy tale book, and the corners of his eyes became slightly crooked, like small crescents.
"Oh, yd"
This scene is really amazing, it seems like a designed plot that only happens on a stage play.
Even the young man and the black aunt on the side were very surprised. They didn’t expect that a beautiful illustration could produce such a good effect.
The aunt covered her mouth and exclaimed in a low voice.
"That's the charm of art. Beautiful paintings are more effective than any language and can soothe the soul." Kelly praised softly.
She stood up and touched the little black girl's hair.
"My dear, you are beautiful. You have eyes that are good at understanding beauty. You are welcome to study art in the future."
Kelly looked at the time,
It was almost the time limit for the task. She had just given the book to the little girl, and was going to pick up another copy of Detective Cat's version of The Little Prince and go to the checkout counter of the bookstore to wrap up this volunteer activity.
“The shelves are actually empty”
Kelly was a little surprised.
Most volunteers have already chosen their goals at this time.
She turned around several shelves in the fairy tale section, only to find that there were many Wehrlein versions of the Little Prince. There are still many remaining copies of the classic version of The Little Prince produced by Townsendsmann, both in paperback and hardcover versions.
Only the detective cat version of the little prince, she walked around the huge bookstore, and only found the last lonely book on a remote bookshelf in the corner, and it was also A slow little old man who was also looking for it took it away.
Anyway, if you take it, you will just register it at the cashier, and you cannot actually buy it.
Kelly was embarrassed to talk to Mr.Live grab.
I had no choice but to walk towards the cashier empty-handed.
"Thank you for your help, miss. Please register here and return your task card." The staff at the cashier handed Kelly a registration form and reset her task card. Place in a drawer under the counter.
"If there is no version that suits your taste, please check the other boxes at the end and indicate the reasons why you do not want to buy it."
There is a row of various versions on the registration form. For the Little Prince's name list, check which version you choose.
The staff saw that the blonde girl had empty hands and thought that Kelly was dissatisfied with all versions of the little prince. This situation is not impossible.
Volunteer surveys are all about simulating various situations.
Readers are limited to choosing only one book at most. If you are very disappointed with all versions of The Little Prince and feel it is not suitable for giving as a gift, you don’t have to buy it at all.
It’s just rare.
“No, Ms. Detective Cat’s version of The Little Prince is really great, but I can’t find it on the shelf.”
Kelly ranked No. 1 without hesitation Two-bit, illustrator Detective Cat has a tick behind his name.
She seemed to feel that this could not express her fondness for the cover illustration created by the illustrator, and she also specially marked the evaluation "aazg" behind Detective Cat's name.
Raised his head and handed the registration form to the staff.
"What happened to the sample book of the Detective Cat version? Who set up the experimental site? How could such a problem happen? Didn't they prepare 50 copies each?"
The staff asked Another co-worker behind the register complained.
He thought it was because the Detective Cat sample manuscript on the shelf in the bookstore was missing. This kind of flaw was really unprofessional.
Because of the tight schedule, the logistics team only had to hand-bind fifty volumes of each of the two illustrators' works overnight. In theory, this left a large margin.
The first group of volunteers was only eighty people.
Even if half of the people particularly prefer the works of a certain illustrator, reaching a share of 50, it would only be 40 copies.
Not to mention, there are several other versions of The Little Prince that have been released in the previous half century for diversion.
Moreover, in order to simulate various scenarios.
Among the eighty volunteers, in addition to having different budgets, twenty were assigned task cards that did not require them to purchase the Little Prince.
For example, what Kelly just saw, the black aunt’s task card was only limited to choosing a children’s literature work for her children.
This bookstore is built in a one-to-one real-life setting. It is impossible to only sell the little prince on the shelves of the bookstore. There are also many different types of children's fairy tales.
As long as it is within this category, any book will do.
In this case, it is almost difficult to choose a single version of the little prince.
"There are fifty volumes, yes. I checked them one by one when I put them on the shelf. There should be enough samples."
Another staff member shrugged and pointed out He pointed to the place where the manuscripts should be returned behind him.
“But having said that, I did notice that many people chose the Detective Cat version of the Little Prince.”
They were just busy taking back the volunteers’ task cards and processing the registration Table, I just noticed that the proportion of volunteers who chose detective cats was definitely not low, but I didn’t pay attention to the specific number.
At this time, he turned to look at the place where the manuscripts were returned.
Nothing in the bookstore, except coffee and snacks, can be taken away.
Whether it is the sample books of Detective Cat and Wehrlein, Townsendsman's version or other fairy tales, they will be recycled at the sample return place.
Dozens of various fairy tale books were piled up in a mess, like a dark yellow brick wall blown down by the wind.
Dark yellow is the background color of the Detective Cat illustration.
At a casual glance, these fairy tale books are almost all made from the same mold, with only very sporadic red-background Wehrlein illustrations and simple-drawing Townsendsman editions.
"It's too exaggerated."
The two staff members were shocked when they realized what had happened.
In this case, more than 50% of the volunteers still chose the detective cat.
What kind of monster is this?
“Excuse me, when will you officially put the Detective Cat version of the Little Prince on the market? Will you hold an illustrator’s show in a local physical bookstore in the UK? How about a meeting?"
While the two staff members were shocked, Kelly had already filled out the registration form and asked impatiently.
She was itching to see what the other illustrations in The Little Prince looked like.
This feeling of being able to see but not be able to buy is terrible.
She can't wait for the day when she can actually own this new version of The Little Prince on the market.
"Well, this is just a preliminary market survey. The group has not officially decided whether to print on a large scale. You can wait for the news."
The staff could only respond with an embarrassed look.
"Miss, please go to the lounge next to you and fill out another questionnaire. Each volunteer will also receive a fifteen-pound book voucher."
He asked from the counter A ten pound and a five pound voucher were taken out from below and handed to Kelly.
Kelly didn’t answer at all.
"What do you mean it hasn't been officially decided whether to print on a large scale. You won't destroy Detective Cat's works if you are not satisfied with the market survey results. This is a crime."
The blonde girl glared With eyes wide open, he almost shouted, "If you really do this, I will never buy any works released by the Schostic Group in the future. This kind of commercial publishing house that does not respect art is not worth my money.""A penny"
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