Almighty painter

Chapter 158 Horror Possession

Kelly's fingertips lightly slid across the plastic protective film on the book cover.

She really didn't expect to see such an amazing work after participating in an internal survey of the publishing house.

"It's enough to be used as a teaching material for an oil painting class."

The thought ran through her mind.

Huadaohua is a very small circle. There may be less than [-] famous professional painters in the world, and even fewer full-time professors.

Except for the rare situation where Professor Boggs, who is known as the "Painting Knife Painting No. 1" at the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts, will promote the knife-pen oil painting as a school signboard.

Even the British Royal Academy of Art, one of the four major art academies in the world, does not offer such courses as painting with knife.

Usually, it's not necessary.

90.00% of the art students in the world have never been exposed to similar content in their careers.

However, not being in touch with painting with a knife does not mean that the techniques and ideas of painting with a knife cannot be used in the normal process of oil painting.

The oil painting knife is the most commonly used tool in the process of painting oil paintings by any artist.

Brushes and oil painting knives are the left and right hands in oil painting learning.

In addition to being used to shovel paint, the oil painting knife is used to modify the lines of the picture smoothly, or to create some special color block textures on the canvas that cannot be drawn with soft brushes. These are very common operations.

The illustration in front of her was like a delicate sample.

Straight edge, side edge, smear, flat stroke, blade spine to create a tough crease...

Kelly can find almost every use imaginable for a painting knife on it, and she handles it very cleverly.

"If only there was such a teacher who could teach me how to use an oil painting knife."

Kelly was a little fascinated.

It's a pity that volunteers like her have signed confidentiality agreements before participating in the survey of the marketing department of the Scholastic Group.

Electronic products such as mobile phones are not allowed to be carried with you.

Kelly couldn't even secretly take a picture of an illustrated cover and take it out to share with her college roommates.

She shook her head regretfully, picked up this amazing work, and walked to the sofa in the rest area of ​​the bookstore next door.

As for the Townsendsman hardcover version of "The Little Prince", which is more beautifully printed than the paperback version and is also presented in a gift box, Kelly didn't even look at it before leaving the shelf.

Now her mind is full of this moving work, and she has long forgotten that she came here for the hardcover gift box.

"I'm in no hurry to leave!"

Kelly should seize the limited time and appreciate this illustration for a while.

Even simply looking at this cover, it brings a kind of ethereal and dreamy fairy tale feeling to the girl's heart, which is very comfortable.

"Detective Cat?"

She was sitting on the sofa, looking at the name of the illustrator on the cover of the book, a little undecided.

Illustration is a huge industry. Illustrations are required for publishing novels, and illustrations are required for advertisements. Newspapers, magazines, and game companies have always been in great demand for illustrators.

It may not be an exaggeration to estimate the total number of practitioners in related fields around the world to be one million.

People who can really be called illustrators are only one in a thousand, or even one in ten thousand.

Those who can cooperate with the Scholastic Group and enjoy the same treatment as the original author and the translator on the prominent position of the cover, each with a line of signature, are all 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 easily exceeds tens of billions of dollars, that's great.

But Kelly, a semi-professional and senior illustration enthusiast, knows the leading illustrators in the entire industry.

For example, when she saw Wehrlein's name, she could quickly reflect the other party's resume and identity, and knew his past works like the back of the back of his hand.

"The senior boss who can create such amazing illustrations... shouldn't be unknown."

Kelly frowned.

She vaguely remembered that she seemed to have heard the name Detective Cat somewhere.

and many more!

After thinking for a while,

She finally equated the author of the illustration in front of her with the internet artist who became popular in the Internet celebrity video that was circulated in the circle some time ago.

Is it her?

Kelly pursed her lips, half astonished and half stunned.

"It turned out to be a rookie painter."

The sketches and knife paintings are so amazing. With such a genius, it is estimated that a large number of classic illustrations will be born in the industry.

The Scholastic Group should have found a treasure this time.

Kelly was not the only one on the sofa at this time, 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 card lay on the sidelines, but it read a different scenario, "Housewife choosing presents for children on a budget of £20".

The aunt is not in the mood to pay attention to any investigation tasks now.

When she was receiving coffee at the bar, she accidentally spilled a little hot drink on her daughter's arm.

The little girl is not very old, just the age to change her teeth. She is missing a front tooth, and she is lying on the sofa with her arms crossed, groaning aggrievedly, and her crying is still a little leaky.

A staff member had already run over with a medical kit,
The little girl's burn was not serious, her arm was slightly red, and the medicine had already been applied.

Just still crying very sad.

The uniformed boy with the badge of the publishing house staff was squatting on the ground, holding the croissants and small cakes behind the bar, trying to comfort him.

The little girl didn't appreciate it.

She raised her head, wiped away her tears, and was about to concentrate on crying again, when her gaze happened to slip past the cover of the fairy tale book in the hands of the blond elder sister.

The little black girl blinked her eyes lightly.

Kelly noticed the change in the little girl's eyes, and she was not surprised that the little friend would be attracted by the "Little Prince" in her hand.

Children are the most impressed by fairy tale illustrations.

They are more innocent and childish, and more in line with the temperament of fairy tales.

An adult like her would be moved, let alone a child around ten years old.

"Girl, do you want to read it?" Kelly smiled and handed over the book in her hand.

The little girl seemed 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.

like magic,
She really stopped crying all at once.

The little prince who sat on the sand dune stared at the cover of the fairy tale book with big eyes, the corners of his eyes gradually became curved, like a little crescent moon.

"Oh, My god..."

This scene is really amazing, it seems to be a well-designed plot that only happens in a stage play.

Even the little brother 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.

"It's the charm of art. Beautiful paintings are more effective than any language and can soothe the soul." Kelly sighed softly.

She stood up and stroked the little black girl's hair.

"Little friend, don't you be beautiful, you have a pair of eyes that are good at understanding beauty. You are welcome to study art in the future!"

Kelly looked at the time,
It's almost time for the task. She gave the book to the little girl just now, and she is going to take another copy of "Detective Cat Edition" "The Little Prince" and go to the cashier of the bookstore to finish this volunteer activity.

"The shelves... are actually empty!"

Kelly was a little surprised.

Most volunteers have already chosen their goals by this time.

She browsed through several shelves in the fairy tale area, only to find that there are still many [Wehrlein] versions of "The Little Prince".The classic version of "The Little Prince" produced by Townsendsman Company, whether in paperback or hardcover, still has a lot left.

There is only the Little Prince in the [Detective Cat] version. She walked around the huge bookstore, and only found the last lonely book on a remote bookshelf in the far corner, and was also hunted by a person who was also looking for it. The slow little old man took it away.

Anyway, if you take it, you just register it at the cash register, and you can't really buy it.

Kelly didn't have the nerve to rob the old man.

I had no choice but to walk towards the cash register 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 put her task card back in the drawer under the counter .

"Don't have a version that suits your taste? Then please tick the [Others] at the end and indicate the reason why you don't buy it."

On the registration form, there is a list of titles of various versions of "The Little Prince", and you can tick off which version you choose.

Seeing the empty hands of the blonde girl, the staff thought that Kelly was dissatisfied with all versions of "The Little Prince", which is not impossible.

Volunteer surveys are all about simulating situations.

Readers are only limited to one book at most. If you are very disappointed with all versions of "The Little Prince" and feel that it is not suitable for gifting, you don't have to buy it at all.

It's just rare.

"No, the lady's version of The Little Prince is really good, but I can't find it on the shelves."

Without hesitation, Kelly ticked the second place, the name of the illustrator Detective Cat.

She seemed to feel that this could not express her favor for the cover illustration created by the illustrator, and she specially marked the evaluation (Amazing) behind the name of Detective Cat.

He raised his head and handed the registration form to the staff.

"What's the situation? The sample booklet of the Detective Cat version is gone. Who set up the experimental field, how could this kind of problem happen. Didn't they prepare 50 copies each!"

The staff member complained to another colleague behind the cash register.

He thought it was due to the fact that the sample manuscripts of Detective Cat on the shelf in the bookstore were undersubmitted. This kind of mistake is really unprofessional.

Due to the rush of time, logistics only manually bound [-] volumes of the works of the two illustrators overnight. In theory, this has left a large margin.

There were only 80 volunteers in the first group.

Even if half of the people especially prefer the works of a certain illustrator, reaching 50% share, there are only 40 volumes.

Not to mention, there are several other published versions of The Little Prince from the previous half-century to divert.

Moreover, in order to simulate various scenarios.

Among the [-] volunteers, in addition to the different budgets, there were [-] people who were assigned task cards that did not ask to buy "The Little Prince".

For example, what Kelly saw just now, on the task card of the black aunt, she was only limited to choosing a children's literature work for the children.

This [bookstore] was built on a one-to-one basis. It is impossible to sell only the little prince on the shelves of the bookstore, and there are many different types of children's fairy tales.

As long as it falls within this category, any book will do.

In this case, a single version of "The Little Prince" is almost impossible to pick... right?

"It's fifty volumes, that's right. I checked them one by one when they were on the shelf. There should be plenty of samples."

Another staff member shrugged and pointed to the sample return place behind him.

"But then again, I did notice a lot of people opting for the Detective Cat version of The Little Prince."

They were just busy taking back the task cards of the volunteers and processing the registration forms, but they noticed that the proportion of volunteers who chose Detective Cat must be quite high, but they didn't pay attention to the specific number.

At this moment, he turned his head and looked at the sample return place.

Nothing in the bookstore, except coffee and snacks, is not allowed to take away.

Whether it is the sample books of Detective Cat and Wehrlein, Townsendsman's version or other fairy tales, they will be collected at the sample manuscript 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 base color for Detective Cat illustrations.

At a glance, these fairy tale books are almost all made of the same mold, only very sporadic mixed with illustrations of the Wehrlein version with a red background and the Townsendsman version with a stick figure style.

"Also... too exaggerated."

Both staff members were shocked when they realized what had happened.

In this case, more than 50.00% 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 meeting in a local physical bookstore in the UK?"

When the two staff members were shocked, Kelly had already filled out the registration form and asked impatiently.

She is itching in her heart now, and wants to see what other illustrations in "The Little Prince" look like.

The feeling of being able to see but not buy is too bad.

She can't wait for the day when she can actually have this new version of "The Little Prince" on the market.

"Uh, 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 next lounge to fill out another questionnaire, and each volunteer will be provided with fifteen pounds of book vouchers."

He took out a ten-pound and a five-pound voucher from under the counter and handed them to Kelly.

Kelly didn't answer at all.

"What do you mean it has not been officially decided whether to print on a large scale? You will not destroy the works of Detective Cat if you are not satisfied with the market research results. This is a crime!"

The blonde girl widened her eyes and almost yelled: "If you really do this, I will never buy any works published by the Scholastic Group in the future. This kind of commercial publishing house that does not respect art is not worth my penny." !"

she threatened loudly.

(End of this chapter)