Almighty painter

Chapter 260

Ms. Detective Cat is really good at oil painting knife.

Kelly thought that the textbook-like painting method of drawing with a knife she had seen before was already the limit of what this technique could achieve in her imagination.

right now,

Keep going,

Go further.

This painting is infused with a burst of vitality by Detective Cat.All the scenes in the fairy tale of the little prince are integrated into the colorful paint.

Every ingenious knife touch and every layer of color superposition in the painter's brush has sowed the seeds of connection with the real world in the illustration.

It grows as the readers gaze.

The sense of communication in the picture is the patent of the works of the top art masters, and it must be a very small number of fine works.

Even among the surviving authentic works of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo, there are less than two or three out of ten paintings that can create a sufficient sense of interaction with the audience.

Throughout the ages, is there any painter in all of Italy who can breathe life into the miraculous portraits of Jehovah and the Virgin Mary in religious works.

He will immediately become the brightest cub in the eyes of the entire Pope.

"The design of this cover is really ingenious. It retains the original composition of Saint-Exupé, and injects a new style with an oil painting knife. 1+1 is greater than 2."

"Mom, this fairy tale book is so beautifully made."

"It's so beautiful. No matter what the outside comments say, I think the production level of this set of illustrations is still good, better than Townsendsman's version. To be honest, I always feel that the original author's children's stick figures are a bit silly .”

"Fantastic."

"..."

Customers who walked into the bookstore kept picking up fairy tale books from the shelves at the door.

From the silence at the beginning, to surprise, and then to the shock at this time.

The countless discussions among the crowd who walked into the bookstore became louder and louder. All those who got the physical book of "The Little Prince" couldn't help expressing their opinions to their surrounding companions.

The voice of praise is endless.

Some comments are quite professional.

Readers who are willing to come to Oxford Street to participate in the first day of the book signing, like the black student from Royal Holloway University who unintentionally join in the fun, are after all only a minority.

The vast majority were fans of Saint-Exupéry or the translator Charlie Hawke.

Many people are very familiar with the text plot of "The Little Prince".

Whether an illustration fits well with the famous book or not, does it match the temperament of the whole work.

Just take a look, everyone's heart can tell them the answer.

"Everyone, please don't block the door, pay attention, pay attention. Readers and friends participating in the signing meeting, please go to the reading hall on the inside. The translator of this book, Mr. Charlie Hawke from Oxford University, is already preparing to give a speech here. gone."

The voice of the staff guiding the customers sounded.

There is a large reading hall in Shuishi Bookstore. There are many IKEA-style light-colored bean bag sofas on the carpet.

On the podium at the forefront, Dean Hawke, with a pen for signature and a new edition of "The Little Prince" book in his hand, looked down at the lecture notes in the file folder.

Unlike celebrities who bring goods,
Will the book signing be clamoring for book signings as soon as it comes up?

This seems to have a strong smell of copper and no literati feelings.

Dean Hawke will give a small presentation first, talk about his experience when translating this work, and communicate with readers.

It won't take too long, about 10 minutes.

Kelly found a corner sofa and sat down quietly, and she looked around.

The Waterstone Bookstore on Oxford Street has a larger area for customers to read books and drink coffee than ordinary bookstores.

It is about the size of a small ladder classroom.

After only a few minutes, the reading hall, which can accommodate quite a few people, has already been filled to the brim with customers pouring into the bookstore, and even crowds of onlookers are standing in the gaps behind.

There are so many people.

Kelly stuck out her tongue.

The crowd was almost seated, and Dean Hawke on the podium took out his speech and began to speak.

"Ahem, thank you for your willingness to participate in this signing event. Readers and friends are probably familiar with me, and "The Little Prince" does not need too much introduction. There were some unpleasant episodes. But being able to translate and publish this world famous book with a total sales volume of more than [-] million copies..."

Kelly's attention was not on the venerable translator.

There is a seat to sit, after listening to a few ears casually.

The blonde girl took a deep breath, and amidst the beating of her heart, she opened the book "The Little Prince" that she had been thinking about for a long time.

[When I was six years old, in a book describing the primeval forest, I saw a very wonderful illustration, which showed a boa constrictor devouring wild animals.I will still draw it on it now...]

The text came into view.

With the exception of pricey collector's sets and some collectible hardcover comics, most of the books at Waterstones don't have any plastic wrap to protect them.

This bookstore functions as both a library and a literary-themed café.

A large part of the store's profit comes from the cakes and coffee bought by customers who stop and read here, in addition to books.

As long as it is not damaged, customers can pick up and read books at will, regardless of whether they buy them or not.

Kelly opened the title page of the book.

The book "The Little Prince", the first line of the opening sentence, is the story of Saint-Exupéry recalling the illustrations he drew in his childhood.

The blonde girl's gaze was immediately attracted by the illustration "Python Swallowing the Beast" created by Detective Cat on the right side of the page for this text.

Kelly stared at this picture, the subject of which was a boa constrictor coiling like a conch.

Under the advanced printing line of Scholastic Group, even the traces of tiny scales pressed by the oil painting knife on the green python leather are extremely clear.

"It's not an art style."

Kelly sniffed.

She looked at the illustration on the second page, then turned the book and looked at the cover again.

Both paintings are so beautiful and detailed.

It's just that this picture of "Python Swallowing a Beast" has a completely different visual perception from the cover picture.

Its technique is just as delicate, but without being overly ostentatious.

Compared with the cover painting which is extremely expressive and complicated in technique, the illustration on the second page reveals a childlike and simple feeling.

It not only has the vitality of the wild forest creatures, but also subtly expresses the theme of "works of six-year-old children" to the fullest.

There is no child in the world who can draw such a beautiful drawing of a knife.

The first impression of Detective Cat's knife painting makes people feel that it is drawn by a child.

This sounds very incomprehensible-but this kind of sense of proportion is chaotic and the boundaries between can and can't, yes and no.

It is precisely the subtle difference between a master and a mortal.

"It's amazing."

Kelly lost count of how many times she had complimented Detective Cat today.

Apart from unbelievable, it was difficult for her to think of more accurate adjectives to describe her mood.

The illustrator did not disappoint her.

Just the first illustration in the main text shows Detective Cat's easy-to-retract, light and ever-changing control.

Especially the extremely accurate grasp of the theme of the painting.

Without a deep enough understanding and insight into the artistic conception of The Little Prince, it is impossible to draw such an appropriate work.

Seeing that Lie Xin was happy, Kelly accelerated the speed of turning the pages of the book.

[Python Swallowing Beasts], [Astronomer Wearing a Hat], [Growing Baobab Tree], [King on Asteroid]... illustrations flowed before her eyes.

When Saint-Exupéry created this book of fairy tales, he also created a lot of sketches of illustrations, some of which were selected by the publishing house for printing, and some of which were not.

In the hands of national art collectors who are currently distributing these existing drawings in the world, they are the top collections like Dragon Ball in the illustration industry.

The largest collector is the French national government, which has collected 20 of them in the past [-] years.

Thirty-nine of them are included in the Townsendsman Group's old edition of The Little Prince.

When the Scholastic Group conceived of this book project, it hoped to increase the proportion of colorful illustrations in it as a selling point to attract its appeal among children and literary youth.

So after various discussions and communication.

Includes cover.

There are a total of 56 illustrations in the book of fairy tales held by Kelly.

About two-thirds of the illustrations are the same as the cover and [Python Swallowing Beasts], which are redrawn with a painting knife based on the original composition of Saint-Exupéry.

There are also more than a dozen illustrations, which are original works of Gu Weijing's own inspiration when Mr. Sloth read to him.

Each one made Kelly extremely satisfied.

"You don't even need to read the text. If you take these illustrations alone as comics, it is an extremely exciting and coherent story. Detective Cat relies on his painting skills and deep understanding of the characters in fairy tales written by Saint-Exupéry. The aesthetic meaning of this fairy tale book is supported by colors."

Kelly looked up at the master translator who was chattering on the podium, and curled her lips: "Unfortunately, it would be great if the signature was not the Dean of the Faculty of Arts of Oxford University but Sister Detective Cat."

True.

This sentence somewhat failed the translator's painstaking efforts over the years.

Dean Charlie Hawke's translation level is excellent. During the process of localizing English words and sentences, the delicate and precise word formation characteristics of French articles are retained.

It has won the essence of the three flavors of faith, expressiveness and elegance.

Even the real signature selling point of the Scholastic Group this time is the dean's profound writing skills.

The illustration of Detective Cat is just an appendage of the original text.

From the reading experience.

On the contrary, Kelly felt that the content of the text polished by Dean Hawke after years of hard work became less important when the fine-grained illustrations and pictures of Detective Cat and Saint Exupery were set off.

The illustrations are more like the real skeleton of the new version of "The Little Prince", while the text is the flesh and blood attached to the skeleton.

At the beginning, Goldilocks would glance at the content of the text roughly. Soon, Kelly felt that the efficiency was too low, and she began to only appreciate the illustrations.

But it's like an illustrator telling a story with pictures for Saint-Exupéry.

She obviously didn't care about writing, but when she looked at the illustration of Detective Cat, the classic sentences accompanying the text flowed into her heart naturally as if it came naturally.

[People have long forgotten this truth.But you should not forget it.You must always be responsible for what you tame.You are responsible for your roses. 】

【You just sit quietly on the grass, a little far away from me.I'm looking at you out of the corner of my eye, so don't say anything.Language is a source of misunderstanding.But, every day, you can sit closer to me...]

[At night, I like to listen to the stars, they are like half a billion little bells. 】

The pictures of Detective Cat are like a moving feast, and those meaningful words are the accompaniment of this feast, and the two cooperate seamlessly.

Turning through the [-] illustrations from beginning to end, it only takes a short period of time to get a general impression.

Kelly turned slower and slower.

The book "The Little Prince" has 27 very short chapters in total.

When she turned to the third section of No. 20, Kelly pinched the corner of the page, hesitated for a moment, and began to turn the page from back to front.

Many people feel this way when watching dramas or reading novels.Seeing a very exciting passage, I am obviously looking forward to it, but I am not willing to finish it.

That's what Kylie is now.

She was a bit reluctant to read all the illustrations so quickly.I want to go back and revisit these previous works carefully.

In the reading hall, there are readers who are admiring the illustrations of "The Little Prince", and even savoring them repeatedly.

Kelly is far from alone.

"...the rose is an important image in Saint-Exupéry's works. Philosophically, this fairy tale character has multiple meanings and metaphors..."

Dean Hawke on the podium is devotedly explaining the philosophy of "The Little Prince".

He suddenly felt that the atmosphere of the whole seminar was a little quiet.

The seminar is not a vegetable market,

It's noisy, but now it seems a little too quiet for no reason, and the atmosphere is so quiet that it's a bit weird.

Dean Hawk himself had never been so quiet when he was teaching at the university.

Other than his own voice, he could almost only hear the sound of a thin piece of paper rubbing against each other.

He looked away from his script and glanced at the readers sitting in front of him on the bean bag sofa.

Sand, sand, sand.

Everyone was holding "The Little Prince" seriously and kept flipping through the pages.

"It seems that readers still recognize my translation level."

Seeing everyone's serious and devoted appearance, even the great translator Hawke couldn't help but feel flattered.

"It's just that what I'm talking about now doesn't actually have very deep content... Could it be that you are so engrossed in listening?"

In addition to joy,

Charlie Hawk couldn't help feeling a little bit of wonder in his heart.

When Kelly recovered from the second brush illustration.

Mr. Hawke's presentation is over.

Readers who are interested in purchasing the new version of "The Little Prince" need to go to the front desk to pay first, and then go to the staff to find Charlie Hawke's signature with the purchase voucher.

I didn't enjoy watching the second brush.

Kelly was still completely immersed in the beautiful illustrations drawn by Detective Cat, while holding a book to read, while queuing in front of the cash register where a long line had already gathered.

at this time,

Kelly suddenly realized a problem.

Reading too much by myself.

Where did her girlfriend Maca go? ——
Some people are happy, some people are entangled.

How happy Kelly was when she read The Little Prince.

How tangled Maca is now.

The round-faced girl stood at the back of Shuishi Bookstore, hiding among the bookshelves with fitness guides and other books that no one cares about.

She held the book "The Little Prince" in her arms, and gnawed and gnawed her nails in her mouth.

"Should I...should I buy it or not?"

Maca bit her finger hard, as if two villains were fighting to the death in her mind.

Looks good!
Not buying!

The painting is really beautiful and beautiful!
I don't buy it!

This kind of beautiful fairy tale book, given to the younger siblings at home during the Easter holiday, looks really peaceful!Much better than giving away some Lego bricks.

Damn it, what are you talking about? If my mother says I won’t buy it, I just won’t buy it.My boyfriend also asked me to go fishing in the Scottish Highlands next weekend.

but……

Maca felt that at noon, she didn't see a handsome topless guy in school, and was pulled out by her best friend to participate in some nagging signing.

What a very wrong decision.

However, Fan had acted tougher before and rejected Kelly's invitation.

Now there is no need to be so entangled.

While hesitating, Maca accidentally bit and split her nails, and gasped a little from the pain.

"God is annoying!"

She stomped heavily.

Out of sight out of mind.

The girl wanted to make up her mind to insert this "The Little Prince" into the corner of the shelf in front of her, and rush out of Shuishi Bookstore without looking back.

He raised his hands and stopped hesitantly.

It is difficult for ordinary people to understand Maca's mood at this time.

It's just a fairy tale book.

There is no illustration or fairy tale book in the world that can have the effect of heroin. If you look at it, you can’t pull it out, and if you can’t buy it, you will die.

Facing such a bet, ordinary people would not fight for their breath.

Just pat my ass and leave.

Maca is no ordinary person.

Although she is not an illustration fan like Kelly, she is also a student of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, an art student at one of the top four art academies in the world, and a tireless dream chaser on the road of art.

Those who can be admitted to the four major art academies with real skills, who has no artistic pursuit?
Worshiping authority is only an external manifestation of her process of pursuing her own artistic path.

Maca may sometimes be a bit lacking in flashy ideas and creativity in the eyes of teachers, but her grades are not bad at all, even slightly better than Kelly.

On a university campus where there are many masters, GPA can also be ranked in the top [-]%.

People who really love art are more or less obsessive-compulsive, and will make some unbelievable decisions for good artworks.

The former richest man in the world, Paul Getty, was a typical Grandet iron cock. His grandson was kidnapped, and the robber gave him an ear. He was ruthlessly unwilling to pay a penny, and spent [-] billion U.S. dollars for his art collection. He didn't even blink his brows.

Anna is willing to offend Van Dorn for the unknown detective cat, and is worried about using precious favors, only asking Osborn to give her a chance to try out the draft.

Maca didn't blame it to this extent, but she had her own little persistence.

Gambling is not a big deal.

But it's pointless to lie to yourself.

(End of this chapter)