The city of Glitz is a few time zones away.
It is still a wonderful afternoon.
The spring sun is warm but not dazzling, hanging warmly in the sky.
Young people riding suburban bikes on the green mountain roads bypass the cliffs, and the ancient lakeside manor on the plain in the distance comes into view. The white sea of clouds and the Greek column-style manor dome almost merge into one. , the beauty is like an unreal mirage.
The old house of Elena’s family is very lively today.
People were coming and going in the manor, and the male and female guests were whispering and laughing while holding trays filled with exquisite food.
The blue-purple curtain that stretches like a Roman palace extends for hundreds of meters, from the flower fields and lawns to the lakeside pier where two white motorboats are parked.
The smell of classical music and gin floated in the air, and it seemed that a large-scale afternoon tea party was taking place.
"Auguste"
Somewhere in the garden,
a bird's chest is covered with off-white spots, and its back is covered with silk The dog with bright brown fur raised his head alertly from his lazy afternoon nap.
The two large, rather festive, dark ears drooping on the side of its face twitched slightly, making sure that it heard the call of its owner.
The dog happily jumped out towards the sea of yellow and white flowers in the European primrose field that bloomed in early spring.
As a big dog who considers himself noble and proud,
a manor that owns an entire manor of 15,000 acres including the surrounding woodland and some lakes. A large, territorial dog.
In nature, only predators at the top of the food chain such as brown bears or leopards have such huge territories.
It is as proud as an emperor among dogs.
Big dogs have always been indifferent to those coquettish bitches on the road who, after being caressed twice by passers-by, happily abandon their dignity as a dog and wag their tails like tambourines, Respond with heartfelt contempt.
It moved its slender limbs and nimbly avoided two bikini girls who sat up from the sun beach chairs by the lake and screamed "so cute".
He also bared his teeth and scared away a human cub who quietly came over from the long table where the buffet food was placed. He looked to be only five or six years old but was wearing a handmade formal suit and a meticulous tie. .
Hmph,
The other party actually went too far and tried to exchange a piece of steak and secretly touched its tail
It didn’t even bother with the rib-eye steak thrown to it. Gu, without even sniffing, he vigorously took out a tennis ball from the grass.
Gently biting the ball, he continued running along the path beside the field ridge.
The big dog took a few familiar turns in the field and found his target in the shade of a secluded walnut tree.
It came close to the young woman sitting in the wheelchair, handed the tennis ball over to her in a flattering manner, and grinned flatteringly.Pointy front teeth come.
"August, you are already a middle-aged guy. We need to exercise more and get more sun. We must ensure that we live to be fifteen and strive to live to be eighteen."
The woman in a cream chiffon dress stretched out her hand to catch the tennis ball and put it on the ground. She scratched the dog's ears and warned her softly.
The dog rolled happily on the ground after being scratched.
It wagged its tail and licked the woman’s palm, then obediently lay down on the sunny ground on the side and used it. Flicking the tennis ball with the forefoot.
That tennis ball has been its toy since childhood.
The surface of the tennis ball is slightly pitted due to dog bites all year round. The letters "aue" are written on the grass-colored surface with a marker pen that is about to fade.
About the specific name of the first pet you adopt in your life.
Anna and her aunt have studied it carefully for a long time.
Anna wants to call it "Renoir".
My aunt suggested naming the dog after her favorite sculpture artist, Rodin, and insisted that the smooth curves of the dog’s back resembled Rodin’s bronze sculptures.
So,
One night the two of them had an idea, and the dog was finally called August.
aue is not only the Christian name of the sculpture artist Auguste Rodin, but it also happens to be the middle name of the oil painting master Pierre-Auguste Renoir whom Anna admires.
The two masters were born in the same era.
One person shaped the history of modern European sculpture, and the other changed the trend of world art, echoing each other.
"August, what do you think of my painting?"
Under the shade of the tree, Anna called her pet dog to her side and pointed at the drawing board in front of her. Hazy paint and oil paint asked casually.
The dog didn’t know whether he understood it or not, and whimpered low in his throat.
"Well, it is true that the color point processing is very ordinary, but it lacks a bit of aura. My Auguste is indeed a very demanding artist."
Anna After patting August's upper body, which was almost as tall as his wheelchair, he smiled casually and said to himself.
Nine years ago,
My aunt was diagnosed with cancer.
She still remembers that it happened to be the Easter holiday of the girls’ public school she attended. , her aunt took her to attend the wedding of a member of the royal family in the British Isles.
Before returning to Austria.
My aunt suddenly decided to go to the pet store to adopt a puppy.
When they returned to the Ileana Manor again, the pet suitcase in the hands of the housekeeper accompanying them contained this Springer Spaniel from Ireland.
Aside from art,
Anna is a girl with a cold personality in daily life. When she was a child, she did not like pets like other little girls.
If you mustIf asked to raise something, Anna actually prefers English shorthair cats like silent elves.
This Springer Spaniel did not look beautiful when it was a child, and its bloodline was not pure enough.
The two pairs of big ears like cattail fans are even a bit rustic.
Compared with those cute and elf-like puppies that are worth 70, 80,000 or even 100,000 euros in the hands of noble ladies and can win European pet beauty pageant awards, August’s bloodline He is a completely unworthy country boy.
They are all low-priced products in pet stores.
Even the store clerk repeatedly confirmed that the aunt, who was dressed with a sense of luxury, really wanted this local dog, which was only priced at 1,160 pounds, before closing the deal with a lot of confusion.
When her aunt pushed Anna's wheelchair out of the store, she could still hear the clerk behind her regretting that she didn't make a big deal.
"Anna, you are a strong child, but you cannot survive alone forever. You must always try to love something."
"Biologically, dogs The IQ of human beings is much higher than that of cats, and they can reach the level of children of several years old. They can easily understand human instructions, listen to music, and can even tell whether their owner is happy through their body smell." The aunt stroked her hair. explained.
“Many beautiful pageant dogs are specially bred by breeding companies for the preferences of the wealthy class. The bones are slender and fragile, and they will die of respiratory failure or paralysis in less than half the lifespan of normal dogs. Although this puppy looks a little silly, it is very healthy. It can accompany you for many years until you meet the person you truly love."
Auntie is right.
At that time, August was just born, and he was only a ball the size of the palm of his hand. Even Anna, who was still a little girl, could easily hold it in her arms.
Now my aunt has been buried in the family cemetery in Melk Abbey for a long time.
And August is still healthy.
It is nine years old and is already a large dog with a body length of half a meter and a weight of nearly 60 pounds.
Except for a few exceptionally long-lived exceptions,
The normal lifespan of a Springer Spaniel is approximately between eleven and fourteen years.
The nine-year-old August may have started to grow gray hair in human terms, but fortunately, he does not show any signs of aging yet.
Occasionally, the carer will take him to the city center to relax. If August gets interested, he can still chase other people's pets and jump up and down like a rabbit in the sun.
As for Miss Elena, she no longer cares about the other person’s bloodline.
“Remember your favorite story in The Little Prince when you were a child? As long as you spend enough time on it, watch it grow up little by little, give it a bath, and groom it, Accompany it to throw tennis balls, sit in a wheelchair with it for a walk under the sunset, or even appreciate art together. One day youWill love it. "
"Auguste will then be more lovely to you than all the beautiful poodles in the world put together. "When my aunt wrote its name on the tennis ball with a marker, her tone was like a deep prophet.
Thinking of this,
Anna withdrew from the memories of the past. Thinking about it, she sighed softly and lovingly touched the springer spaniel's big, fluffy ears like lop-eared rabbits.
She retracted her hand and stroked her fingertips across the drawing board in front of her, feeling the sensation on her skin. The semi-solidified paint will feel wet to the touch.
“August, I feel really frustrated many times. There is no sense in such things as artistic talent. "
Anna shook her hair, her cold and queenly face looked like a little girl's stubbornness.
"I obviously have such boiling feelings in my heart, but I am trapped in mediocrity. The technique cannot be expressed. Obviously I tried so hard to practice and try to draw Grandma Carla's original feeling, but all I got was a piece of work made by a craftsman with no spirit. One hundred percent effort cannot bring one point of gain. ”
Anna bit her lip gently.
The drawing board in front of her.
The first thing she saw was a cover painting of The Little Prince, a painting drawn by Anna. "Fake"
Not long ago,
Detective Cat's outstanding technique and expressive ability in the works were like a spark that ignited Miss Elena's heart and never extinguished it.
The extremely gorgeous brushwork seemed to have a mysterious magic power that touched something in her mind.
Anna was moved. I got the idea and wanted to draw an illustration of the little prince, imitating the composition of the detective cat sister.
This painting is not of any practical use.
It’s just that. It is simply a tribute to the master from the perspective of an art lover, a kind of self-soothing for her soul.
The reason for doing this may also be because Anna is in her. Subconsciously, there was always a sense of regret.
August smelled the sad smell coming from his master. He shook his hair and sneezed.
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"You also think I'm a little greedy, right?"
Anna looked at the big dog at her feet and pinched her fingers gently.
She thought the detective cat was there. This version of the Little Prince illustration will definitely become a landmark work in the history of illustration in the next ten, fifteen or even fifty years.
Anna is convinced of this conclusion.
< p>I should not have any regrets after seeing this technique that is even more outstanding than my most optimistic expectations.That was also the case,
Elaine. Miss Na feels honored from the bottom of her heart to be able to personally participate in the creation of such a work.
However,
she has a little bit of inadequacy in her heart.unwilling.
It’s not that Ms. Detective Cat is not good enough, but on the contrary, the completion of the other party’s picture is too high, and Anna will feel the regret of a full moon and a bright mirror stained with dust.
This is a kind of respect for the best art.
Anna doesn't care how many clumsy mistakes there are in a crude work.
But she would be so heartbroken that she could hardly breathe because of the little scratches on a painting that was so perfect that it was almost sacred.
The tutor who taught her classical music when she was a child once lamented in front of Anna.
If Debussy’s compositions could have the solemnity of Haydn, and Haydn’s symphonies could have the variety and excitement of Debussy, then they would be the most sacred music in the world. She is willing to go through fire and water just to listen to the sound of nature for a moment.
After seeing the painting of Detective Cat, Anna felt the same way.
If the detective cat could draw her emotions, or if he had the skills of the other party, he would not only have one-third of the skills of the Algerian sister.
What a perfect work that will create
Anna can detect from the painting that Ms. Detective Cat is not a person who is very familiar with the little prince, at least not by the little prince. It really touches people deep inside.
She has tried her best to help the other party, but there is still a gap.
The two figures seemed to be exchanging breaths through a layer of wet paper.
She could only smell fragments of her own breath.
Miss Irina tried her best, but she could only inject some of her very small emotions into the other person through her voice.
After all, people’s joys and sorrows are not the same.
There are no two people in the world whose heart beats at the same frequency.
Anna was even embarrassed to share her regrets with the other party.
When drawing illustrations, painters who can read the background text of their employer are already very dedicated.
When many magazine illustrators are busy, they only have to scan a few pages of content and keywords, confirm the content of the picture, then put the text aside and start drawing.
Where do I have the spare time to study the ideas of articles, the emotional themes of works, etc.
If you were in the painting business and had to do some understanding in advance, the painters would have already turned the table over and cursed you.
Or even more simply, enter the keywords directly into mature and commonly used AI neural network painting software such as idjourabediffion and oboart.
Let the computer run several sets of programs.
The painter only needs to tell the website the painting style you need, from knife painting to watercolor painting, from graffiti line drawing to flat style, even if you enter a "cyberpunk Dunhuang mural collage style".
Artificial intelligence can also analyze what "cyberpunk Dunhuang murals" are in the database, and then try to figure it out for you.Come.
Ten pictures can be produced in as fast as thirty seconds, just take your time and filter through them.
At least 30% of the work in the industry today is done this way.
The emotions contained in the images of Ms. Detective Cat are already very, very touching in the illustration industry, like no other. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft