Three thousand avenues.
Different paths lead to the same destination.
Gu Weijing didn’t understand the realm of a martial artist at all, didn’t understand fighting, didn’t understand Jeet Kune Do, and he had never even watched a Bruce Lee movie.
But when he was painting at this moment, he felt a similar meaning to this sentence.
Unable and infinite.
When there is no law, use yourself as the law.
In unlimited freedom, move freely.
Every time he puts down his pen and every time he lifts it up, it is as if he has carefully measured it with a ruler, and it is more expressive than using a ruler to compare the paintings.
Not one point more, not one point less.
This is not the first time that Gu Weijing has used the "real world" painting skill.
The process of improving the color and fragrance of Mr. Vatel's "Museum" was a tinkering job on someone else's almost completed work.
The purpose of those exercises in my spare time is to gain an understanding of Menzel’s experience in using brushes in his painting techniques.
Therefore.
In the scenes where skills are used, Gu Weijing's paintings are more "microscopic".
He concentrated all his energy on the subtle pen and ink.
Tonight is the first time that Gu Weijing paints his own paintings in the "real world" in a real sense.
The first real creation.
So.
This moment.
This is the first time he has truly realized what the greatest gift this skill brings to him -
Every high-level skill in the system brings Improvement in vision and structure.
Just as the legendary knife painting technique taught him the ultimate in using an oil painting knife, the legendary printmaking technique taught Gu Weijing that if a person goes from boyhood to youth to old age, he will After spending all his life on carving, he could sublimate a small carving knife to such a fascinating level.
The skill of "Real World" also opened a door for Gu Weijing, showing the magnificent mountain scenery behind the door before his eyes.
It’s not just the sophistication of lines and the proficiency of colors.
It is more of a kind of confidence and calmness after the master has matured and mastered the technique and reached the top, sitting cross-legged on the top of the mountain, overlooking the world.
Menzel used his paintbrush to travel through all kinds of things in the world, through the sounds of hawking on the docks, countless sparks flying like waterfalls in the steel factory, and the feasts of feasts in the royal castle of Charlotte. Only then will his skills reach their peak.
Such a peak was displayed before Gu Weijing's eyes.
When the works created by the painter throughout his life slowly unfolded in front of him like a grand picture scroll, Gu Weijing seemed to have become their creator in a trance.
When he took in all the works and details of Menzel at a glance.
Gu WeiSuddenly I understood.
For watercolor techniques, the shirtless steelworker wielding a heavy hammer, the sparks flying from the anvil, and the flute played by the mouth of Frederick the Great, in the painter's painting, the two have the same characteristics. Unparalleled weight.
The essence of technique lies only in realism.
It only lies in the right control and master-level calmness.
It is this kind of control, this sense of calmness that allows Gu Weijing to gradually find the lightness of wings on his back when creating.
The difference between the "Perfect" level and the "Legendary" level is the subtle difference between lightness and flight.
They all have wings on their backs.
When Gu Weijing uses watercolor pens, he may not be able to use the oil painting knife to fly out of thin air in the mountains, but it is enough for him to fly from the mountains and snow like a truly worldly master. Whispering by.
Treading on the snow leaves no trace.
Gu Weijing took up the pen and completed the painting "Old Patriarch Cat Basking in the Sun".
He raised his eyes and glanced - the remaining time of today's skills displayed on the virtual panel happened to be (3/1000) seconds.
It is not a coincidence that I just finished writing in the last three seconds.
When Gu Weijing understood the perfection of the brush in his hand, he had outstanding control over every stroke and every painting.
He can clearly know when the painting will be finished.
It’s like a martial artist finishing a set of wooden stakes in the yard, closing his stance and clasping his fists.
Look sideways.
The fine sand-like fire on the incense stick beside me has just extinguished, and the last wisp of smoke after burning is floating on the incense burner.
Excellent.
Gu Weijing closed his eyes.
He recalled the relaxed and freehand feeling while painting for a moment, as if he had just returned from a wandering mind from a banquet in the Heavenly Palace, savoring the last lingering aftertaste of the fairy brew between his lips and teeth.
A long time.
Gu Weijing opened his eyes again and scanned the system panel for detailed information about the painting.
[Work title: "Old Patriarch Cat Basking in the Sun"]
[Sketch Technique: lv.9 Master Level 3]
[Watercolor Technique: lv .9 Master Level 3]
[Emotion: Feeling in the Heart (Perfection)]
"Well, this is the level of Master Level 3..."
Gu Weijing stared at the watercolor painting board tilted in front of him.
The elderly Geralt Nomi was lying on the ground, looking back with his head half raised. The light from the desk lamp splashed on it, penetrating the half-dry and half-wet watery paint.
The sunlight flows on its body like water.
He leaned the drawing board upright against the corner of the desk.
Watercolor does not require a thorough drying time calculated in days, weeks, or even months like oil paintings.
Gu Weijing didn’t use anything very wet.Drawing method.
He estimated that after waiting for a short while, the painting should be almost dry.
Wait until it starts to dry.
Gu Weijing will scan the painting, save it in an electronic file, and then simply frame it.
Oil paintings can be rolled after they are completely dry, but gouache paintings must not be rolled as they will crack as soon as they are rolled.
The delicacy of watercolor is somewhere between the two, but it is best not to roll it.
Gu Weijing is going to find a frame to put it in and put it in a box. When all the drawings are completed, the Schönbrunn Palace Office will send them to the organizing committee of the Singapore Biennale. office.
If you just attend an art exhibition.
It is enough to hand over such a work.
In order to facilitate later peripheral production and modeling on industrial software, in addition to concept drawings, it is best to add some other artwork, such as background drawings, three-dimensional views, etc.
Of course.
It’s okay if you don’t draw the classics.
Throw out a beautiful concept map and design a cartoon image, and the most valuable work has been completed.
The rest of the work can be done by others later, or by the assistants at Jane Arnold Illustration Studio.
In fact, in the illustration industry, the more expensive the contract, the smaller the constraints and the greater the room for free play.
The lower-level social animal painters often have trouble receiving manuscripts.
How many design drawings should be drawn, what angle should be drawn for each drawing, what should the three-dimensional structure look like, what design should be used for the front, what design should be used for the back... There are often a lot of rules and regulations, and Party A can't wait to stuff a two-thousand-page book into it. I give you a character manual and ask you to follow it step by step, lest you cut corners somewhere.
After handing in the manuscript, you will still be chewing your teeth. If you find some fault here, you will be deducted some money. If you are not satisfied with it, you will be sent back to redraw it.
It has reached the level of Jane Arnold Illustration Studio.
On the contrary, Party A has no requirements.
They state the basic demands and leave the rest to the artists to freely express themselves.
What people buy is not actually a number of paintings, but the cultural concept, the artistic IP, and the sense of design in the work.
When the employer talks with the illustrator, the discussion is not about how to color the work, not what kind of concave posture the characters in it should have, or whether to submit an electronic draft or a hand-drawn draft.
Too accurate.
It’s also too low-end.
This is a requirement for a $1,000 drawing contract, not a $720,000 contract.
What Party A is talking about is "ideas", "dreams" and "atmosphere".
How to realize the rest of this vain concept.
Everyone just left it alone.
The bottom-level contract design is the work of taxi drivers, responsible for hiringThe master is sent from point a to point b accurately.
High-end illustration studios are building the Tower of Babel.
The employer proposed a concept, a dream, and slapped the table and said "wechoosetogototheoon."
The artist was responsible for building the pagoda layer by layer according to the other party's requirements, so that They stepped on their drawings, landed on the moon, and ascended to the clouds.
This kind of contract is the most difficult and the simplest.
It is said to be the most difficult, because such fantastic concepts as "ideas" and "dreams" cannot be touched by standing on tiptoe and touching them with hard work and sweat.
Even if you have worked overtime for several months and come up with dozens of drawing plans, each plan is like a Disney princess’s wardrobe, with countless matching design versions. .
Finally, I took two assistants to carry the hill-like pile of drawings to deliver the manuscript.
If the employer feels dissatisfied, then he is dissatisfied.
Your painting may be beautiful, but it does not have the feeling that Party A wants, so it is still an unqualified work.
It is the simplest.
Because some master artists have the ability to easily capture the core "essence" of what the employer wants in their drawings.
For others, it’s something as ethereal as picking a star from the reflection of a pond.
To them, it was like picking a pine cone from the pine tree around them.
Gu Weijing has heard of it.
In the industry, there was an art design job for an animated film that invested tens of millions of dollars.
The first version of the characters was created by the artist using sticky notes and ballpoint pens in a taxi returning home after negotiating the contract.
A few strokes.
The soul is ready.
Everything that remains is created by the studio’s assistant team around the rough concepts drawn by the artist on sticky notes.
For this contract worth hundreds of thousands, the actual painting time of the artist himself can be calculated in minutes.
Not only the director was satisfied with the result.
It was also a box office success.
Gu Weijing believes that both Jane Arnold and the West End musical team should be satisfied with the concept drawings he drew.
At least he felt that this work was no worse than the drawings he created for "The Little Prince".
But this is our first cooperation after all.
Jian Arnold handed over a large contract of nearly one million US dollars to Gu Weijing.
In order to thank this veteran in the illustration industry for his trust in him, he still hopes to do the best in what he can do well.
“Today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, I will draw Geralt Nomi, and in the next three days, I will draw Jenny Dots, and then after that...according to the three days of one painting, if you calculate it, it will be seven to finish it all.It’s already been a month. Well, you can also first complete all the concept drawings used for participating in the art exhibition, package them and send them to the organizing committee, and then focus on drawing three views of the electronic photos. ”
Gu Weijing was planning his time.
While waiting for the watercolor work to dry, he opened his laptop.
Gu Weijing originally wanted to Then he reported to his agent, Mr. Sloth, about the progress of the painting and the upcoming schedule.
His eyes scanned the notification bar on the screen.
Gu Weijing noticed that he. I received a new email from the Singapore Biennale Organizing Committee——
[Dear contributing artist Mr. Gu Weijing:]
[Hello Mr. Gu, I It is Bonnie Rampling, the curatorial assistant of the "2023 Human Hustle" Singapore Biennale. Every art exhibition should be a passionate journey, allowing brave people to interpret us in a unique way. Self, understand ourselves, embrace the current era, and use it to lead to the future ship. After the professional review of the organizing committee, we found the unique vitality in your works and saw what you have. Outstanding painting skills, keen insight and clear expression ability]
[Mr. Mika Tonks, the curator, asked me to express my congratulations! Mr. Gu, you are the artist he wants. , is the sailor, companion and friend he has chosen for this voyage
He is honored to invite you, at the turn of summer and autumn, to join him, and others like you, at the Esplanade in Singapore. Outstanding creators and all audiences from all over the world will join us for a great artistic feast]
[We eagerly look forward to you picking up your ticket and embarking on a ship sailing around the world.
The noise of the world is ringing for you]
[Yours faithfully, Bonnie Rampling]
[Remarks:]
[1. Please send your original submission "Good Luck Orphanage Under the Sun" to the 2023·Hustle and bustle of the world" Singapore Biennale Organizing Committee Office (16bayfrontave, sgapore) before July 6 . It is important to note that the final exhibition work must be completely consistent with your electronic submission, and no additional smearing, modifications, or secondary creations are allowed. Violators will automatically be deemed to have given up their qualifications to participate in the exhibition. ]
[2. The organizing committee will provide you with board and lodging services at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore during the exhibition. There is no dress code for the exhibition itself, but if you don’t want to miss the artists who will be there during the exhibition For the dinner, please don’t forget to bring a set of formal attire suitable for the banquet. dresscode: formal, bcktie (dress level: formal banquet, men need to wear black tie). ]
[3. Your exhibition VIP guest badge will be mailed to the communication address you indicated in the work information form in a few days. Please check it carefully.
The Biennale Organizing Committee will provide you with round-trip air tickets to Singapore. If the route is not operated by Singapore Airlines Limited or requires a transfer, please log in——]
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