Almighty painter

Chapter 121 The Broker

Gu Weijing glanced at the virtual panel that appeared on the screen——

【Title of the work: "Flowers on the Planet of the Little Prince"】

[Painting Technique: Painting with Knife Painting·Legendary Level]

【Mood: A Simple Work】

He saw detailed instructions in small print on the system panel.

If the oil painting knife is used independently for painting, the system will divide it into a special art category like small categories such as chalk painting, spray painting, and abstract collage.

The art classification of this sub-item is relatively general.

It is not like the five categories of painting, which use detailed Arabic numerals to distinguish the proficiency of painting skills.

It is like a skill card, which is divided into six major levels: entry, ordinary, excellent, famous, perfect, and legendary.

The legendary level is the highest level among them.

Menzel's painting experience that Gu Weijing had obtained was a perfect level skill. With the skill blessing, the sketch has reached the third-level evaluation of Lv.9 master (limited experience).

If a skill at the perfect level is outstanding at the limit of a mortal, then at the legendary level, it feels faintly beyond this limit.

Although the same emotional evaluation only got [Simple Work].

But at least the effect of this picture is more than an order of magnitude stronger than the sketch he once drew for Mr. Hyperion.

Of course, under normal circumstances, oil paint itself is more expressive than colored pencil drawings, just an order of magnitude stronger.

Gu Weijing looked at the screen for a moment, then nodded.

He is already very satisfied with the final effect of this painting.

Gu Weijing went to the backstage of the gallery downstairs and turned on the second-hand German CRUSE art scanner at home.

Only a gallery at home will be equipped with this professional instrument.

Galleries will purchase this state-of-the-art contactless scanner in order to process special electronic catalogs or digitize collections for reference to client buyers.

Because of the age of some ancient paintings, the paper is as brittle as a peach cake. If you dare to use an ordinary contact scanner to process it, it will dare to break it for you in minutes.

Gu Weijing seldom used this big guy, because it was expensive and troublesome to use.

Even if it is second-hand,

This imported scanner can also buy a compact car, and it is one of the most valuable assets in the small gallery at home.

As for the art scanners used by the British Museum and the Louvre that can process huge oil paintings with a length and width of more than two meters, depending on the model and manufacturer, the price ranges from a Mercedes-Benz S-Class to a top-end model. Slace varies between.

Online illustration drafts are not so particular, and it is not impossible to use Canon printers with students next to computers.

however,
This trial draft is of great significance, Gu Weijing is still willing to trouble.

Art-grade has art-grade advantages.

The reflection of the surface of the picture, the texture of the brush strokes, the layering of the color mixture of the paint, and the moiré pattern produced by the linen texture, this professional art scanner can handle it much better.

At least in the eyes of ordinary people, the scanned effect and the original can reach a very high degree of approximation.

Of course, compared with directly appreciating the original painting, it is still almost interesting, but the illustration is originally a copy that has been printed on paper and spread in large numbers. It is already very good to achieve this effect.

Gu Weijing adjusted the instrument.

Because the scanner is not in contact with the painting itself, there is no need to wait for the paint to dry completely.

Gu Weijing waited for a few minutes to confirm that the oil paint on the surface of the picture had formed a film, and processed it into an electronic version.

He was not in a hurry to send the trial draft to the mailbox of the assistant of the "Little Prince" project team, but hesitated for a moment, turned on his phone, and found Mr. Sloth in the address book.

"I received a trial draft contract from Scholastic Group. It is a trial draft for the "Little Prince" project. The theme is very suitable for painting with knives."

Gu Wei Click to send.

"Congratulations, congratulations, this is a great opportunity for an illustrator."

A few minutes later, Mr. Sloth responded to the message.

"Excuse me, can you help me..."

Gu Weijing typed silently.

There is no love for no reason in the art circle, and high-end illustrations are full of carrots and pits.

Large publishing groups have their own familiar illustration studios.

If some old painters do not retire, it will be difficult for newcomers to have a chance to take over.

Maybe some illustrators will have better luck,
But Gu Weijing is now being targeted by Van Dorn and expelled by the "Oil Painting" magazine.

In this case, it can still be favored by the Scholastic Group, which cannot be explained by luck alone.

What's more, the request for drafting "The Little Prince" this time and the request for drawing with a knife that I once asked Mr. Sloth to find are a match made in heaven.

"It's just a little effort. If you are not good enough, the Scholastic Group will not look at you." Mr. Sloth replied very lightly.

"Thank you."

"Let's just think you're paying me for such an excellent podcast."

"Mr. Sloth?"

"What's wrong."

Gu Weijing thought about it, and he made up his mind.

"Mr. Sloth, is the agreement you said at the beginning still valid? Can I... hire you as my agent?"

Possesses legendary knife painting skills.

Now is the time for me to hire a real art agent.

……

As a tourist city with foreign tourists as the mainstay of the city's economy.

Yangon has no shortage of interesting hotels.

The well-known tourism giant Aman International Group spent a lot of money to buy a relic of an old palace built on the upper reaches of the Yangon River in the feudal era of the Gongbang Dynasty, and modernized it as part of a characteristic classical hotel.

Katsuko Sakai sat cross-legged on a golden teak sun lounger, with an easel in front of her, and was painting with gouache the scene of the setting sun sinking from the sky over the antique hotel building to the bottom of the Yangon River.

Mrs. Sakai was wearing a bathrobe, holding an IPad in her hand, and was lazily browsing fashion news on a recliner beside her.

"This month is the International Fashion Week, well, the new product launches of the brands are very intensive..."

Every year, she spends about several times the annual income of ordinary small and middle-class Japanese on luxury clothing such as Prada, Gucci, and Hermes.

When these luxury goods companies release new products, the VIP account managers will flatteringly call and ask Mrs. Sakai if she is interested in ordering them.

Professor Sakai is a great artist who can be ranked in the whole East Asia.

Great artists are even more compelling than big stars.

Luxury brands are very keen to provide services to Mrs. Sakai's family, and they also give a lot of discounts.

Often, many other people can't buy limited-edition hot-selling clothing with money. Mrs. Sakai will have a specialist from a luxury company deliver the goods to her door if she makes a phone call.

"Fan Dorn? Well, he's really embarrassed this time, and I feel embarrassed for him."

Mrs. Jiu Jing glanced at a piece of news.

[The dwarf challenged the giant?Director Tonks doesn't see it that way] - "Fashion Potpourri"

…Before that, in the new video shot by the world’s number one Internet celebrity, the chief art officer of the luxury fashion brand Amida, De Jong Vandoorne lost to an unknown online illustrator in a humiliating defeat detective cat.Mr. Van Dorn doesn't seem convinced...

This entertainment tabloid called "Fashion Hodgepodge" introduced in detail the grievances between Van Dorn and Detective Cat, and their reporter interviewed Van Dorn at the airport earlier. This act of the aesthetic power of serious art.

...However, Ms. Detective Cat has now been recognized and respected by Mr. Tonks, the director of the Taylor National Gallery.Her profound summary of Impressionist painting has even become the nameplate slogan in front of the Impressionist Pavilion of the largest private art museum in the world...

Europe's fashion and entertainment magazines are highly competitive.

In order to seize timeliness, many newspapers and periodicals, especially electronic fashion publications that do not need to wait for printing, are daily publications.

Even during the International Fashion Week, it can be published in the morning and evening.

The interview that Van Dorn had just got off the plane was compiled into a report by this "fashion hodgepodge" within a few hours, and it was the first to publish it as news.

Then immediately in a short period of time, it caused many similar fashion weekly magazines to reprint and echo it.

"Who is the master? Who is the clown..."

"Whether the artist Van Dorn understands art or not, let's look back at the story of Van Dorn and Detective Cat..."

"Don't let avant-gardeism become an excuse to make up for it. Is Amida's ready-to-wear really sincere?"

"For the first time in five years, Vandoorne will be absent from Paris Fashion Week. French fashion house Armida has given up its chief artist..."

"Old hooligans get out of the art circle..."

The reason why it has attracted so much media attention in a short period of time is not because these fashion weekly magazines care too much about Detective Cat.

They are simply keen to eat melons.

Now that Milan Fashion Week has not officially started, everyone is bored waiting for the news.

The chief art officer of the first-line luxury brand Amida Group lost face, and was idle, so it happened to be reported.

Besides,

The cake of luxury goods is actually so big, and the market competition is fierce.

The rivals of Amida's group will not give up the opportunity for its chief art officer to make a fool of himself and come to attack their artistic design and aesthetic concept.

Mrs. Sakai watched the news reports with great interest.

"Should I say that Van Dorn is unlucky, or this female painter named Detective Cat is lucky? If the time is changed, there won't be such a big enthusiasm."

"I saw Scholastic Group's official tweet today interacting with Detective Cat."

Sakai Katsuko casually answered her mother's questions while mixing the gouache.

"Scholastic Group? This is a ladder for illustrators. I remember that many first-line illustrators came from the Scholastic Group. However, cooperating with Detective Cat at this time is simply drawing a model." Don's face. To get this kind of opportunity, what kind of nobleman did that Internet illustrator get?"

"Maybe it won't be long before there will be a new star in the illustration industry."

Mrs. Sakai shook her head.

The art circle is like this, becoming famous is difficult and difficult, but also easy to say.

With strength, noble people, and opportunities, an artist may become popular overnight and be sought after by the market. It is not uncommon for an artist to double his worth tenfold in just a few months.

This detective cat seems likely to be the next lucky one.

"Oh, by the way, Katsuko, that's it."

Looking at these fashion news, she seemed to have thought of something, called up a picture of a black and red skirt that looked very high-end, and asked lazily.

"Prada's senior VIP account manager in Nagoya called me before. At the New York Fashion Week that ended last week, they just launched a new A-line skirt in the spring and summer series. I think it looks too youthful, no Suitable for my age, are you interested?"

She just asked casually.

Although Mrs. Sakai herself spends a lot of money on fashion and luxury goods, she knows that her daughter is not very interested in dressing up in the past.

Sakai Tsunamasa also likes to buy some trendy brands or sneakers like Coconut and AJ.

Sheng Zi has always lacked interest.

"uh-huh……"

This time, the girl didn't immediately refuse.

She put down the paintbrush, turned her head and glanced at the picture of the skirt in her mother's hand, and hesitated for a moment when she saw the curvaceous appearance of the fashionable female model against the skirt on the screen.

"You are interested in?"

Mrs. Sakai raised her eyebrows.

"Mom, do you think...will I look good in this dress?"

Sakai Katsuko seemed to be really moved. She raised her arms and twisted her waist in front of her mother, revealing her beautiful curves.

"Compared to girls of the same age, is my usual dress a little outdated?" She asked in a low voice.

"How is it possible, our Shengzi is the cutest."

Mrs. Sakai said without hesitation.

It's just that her tone was a little playful.

Mrs. Sakai is someone who has been there before, and she knows that her precious daughter is a bit of a red luan star.

In front of the boy you like, even a girl who doesn't like to dress up will hope that her sweetheart will appreciate her a few more times.

just,

who can that be?

"Taro Komatsu got a box ticket to the Tokyo Dome, and I want to invite you to watch Quan Zhilong's concert this weekend. You are a little tired recently, do you want to relax? There is no Prada store in Myanmar, so I can go back to Japan and try on new dresses , I want Xiaosong to give you a taste. He is a young man, and he has a good understanding of fashion brands."

Mrs. Sakai tried to ask.

"I still want to revise my thesis on the weekend. You can send my size to the specialty store and have it delivered." Sakai Katsuko said indifferently.

Mrs. Sakai felt helpless. She didn't have much hope. It seemed that her daughter had no interest in Xiaosong.

Komatsu-kun, you are too disappointing.

Mrs. Sakai shook her head, her eyes fell on the picture frame on the coffee table beside her.

It was a simple sketch. After Sakai Katsuko returned to the long-term rental yard of the Aman Hotel, she asked the hotel housekeeper for a photo frame.

Like a baby, my daughter carefully put this sketch into the photo frame.

"That guy drew it? He's just messing things up to please girls?"

Mrs. Sakai noticed the irregular torn edges of the sketch paper and sneered.

Oh shit,

Do you know what it means for the precious daughter that my mother has worked so hard to raise to like you?

Compared with her younger brother, Katsuko Sakai is more likely to take over Uncle Sakai's class.

No matter from the perspective of artistic property or material property, "dowry" is an astronomical sum that ordinary people can't get in ten lifetimes.

Taro Komatsu was thinking about how to please Katsuko every day, and he was going crazy thinking about it.

result,

You don't even want to use a piece of better paper?

Mrs. Sakai was extremely upset.

"Gu Jun wanted to paint a new one, but I refused. This painting is very good, don't you think so, Mom?"

Sakai Katsuko carefully observed her mother's face.

Mrs. Sakai let out a "hum".

Even she has to admit that this line drawing is really amazing for a student.

Artists must use paintings to speak after all.

As she got more in touch with Gu Weijing, Mrs. Sakai also understood that her husband was optimistic about Gu Weijing.

Such talent, such progress.

It is no exaggeration to call him a young genius.

"By the way, mom, can you recruit one more person in your improvement class?"

Katsuko Sakai asked softly when she saw her mother's face turned pale.

(End of this chapter)