Almighty painter

Chapter 53 Rae Louise's Ambition

It was afternoon in London time.

Kingston, Gore Street, home of the Royal British Academy of Arts.

"Professor Louise, you are on Mr. Hyperian's video!"

"Wow! Professor! Can you let me ask Mr. Hyperion for his autograph! I like him so much."

"Where do you think your own work can be ranked? Can you beat one of the two great artists?"

People kept walking towards a thin middle-aged woman wearing a beige scarf.

……

With an inscrutable smile on her face, Leigh Louise refused to strike up a conversation with no less than five students who gathered around and wanted to know about Mr. Hyperion, a super internet celebrity.

Under the envious eyes of her colleagues, she walked into her office and locked the door.

Unlike Gu Weijing, where both sides don't know each other's true identities, when Thomas was preparing to make the video, he wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble and risks.

The legal team of the [Mr. Hyperion] channel suggested that Thomas explain the content of the video in advance and compare their works with other artists when they ask artists for more than $[-].

So Ray knew a few weeks ago that the work would be on Mr. Hyperion's new video.

Only limited by the signing of the non-disclosure agreement, Lei could not disclose any relevant content before Thomas officially released the online announcement of the video on Twitter.

Although the theme of Mr. Hyperion's video is more... extravagant, but he is not a simple show-off of wealth, and the overall video is more positive.

Therefore, in Europe and the United States, among highly educated people, there are quite a lot of fan bases, which belong to the kind of big Internet celebrities who are popular in all ages.

right now,

When this news came to light, it was learned that Professor Louise would have the opportunity to appear in Mr. Hyperion's new video.

Not only did it cause a stir among the student population, but even the professors of oil painting in the Department of Visual Arts who used to put on airs and thought that illustration was only a second-rate art, looked at Louis with some changes.

This is illustration.

Illustration has always been associated with popular culture.

You open the Fox Art Celebrity List, and you see the big oil painters whose paintings can easily sell for 3000 to [-] million US dollars. You may never have heard of their names and their works.

They may have five or six masterpieces in their lifetime, and they circulate among specific private collectors.

Not being understood by the public does not affect their artistic value.

But illustration, time is the theme, flow is money, it will always be a popular art.

The moment Ray Louise received Thomas' invitation, she knew her chance to become famous had finally come.

She is a single mother, and she is 36 years old, which is the best age for an illustrator.

The inspiration has not been exhausted, the writing power is at its peak, and the heart is full of ambition.

She certainly belongs to the high income group.

Whether it is a teaching position at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, or daily illustrations for some film studios, theaters, and publishing houses, they are all high-income jobs.

Last year, her net income after tax deduction was about 17 pounds, more than five times the average income in London, and she was already able to touch the edge of the real upper class.

But Lei has already encountered a bottleneck in her career, and it is difficult for her income level to increase further.

There are very few first-class illustrators like her, but there are thirty or forty in the UK.

The gap between them and the top masters is not only in painting skills, but also in fame.

If an illustrator wants to truly leapfrog the natural barrier of his career, he needs not only strength, but also opportunities.

Shepard had children's books, Norman Rockwell had World War II, Jane Arnold had the Cold War, and de Van Doorn had environmental and fashion.

She wants to seize this emerging video media and give herself the opportunity to compete with the masters on the same stage.

Ray knows.

Not every illustrator as good as her can meet this kind of opportunity.

Even this kind of opportunity to step on the feet of established artists may be once in her life.

This opportunity is too good to be true.

lose?
What room does she have to lose?

Whether it is fame or status, Lei is the last of the three artists, even if her painting is the worst, it will not have any influence.

As for the three part-time online illustrators on Fiverr.

For God's sake, stop kidding.

Compared with a young professor like her, a part-time online illustrator is a heaven and an underground.

The emperor among beggars is also a beggar, and the genius among amateurs is also an amateur.

You let the god of war on the field play a professional team? The U14 youth team can easily pour you 50 balls in halftime. People think they are playing basketball just by looking at the score.

To be on the safe side, she even clicked on the link of Bruno's studio to take a look.

The homepage of the other party's store has a display version of his past solicited works.

To be honest, it's not bad at the level of an amateur painter, it looks decent.

However, in Lei's eyes, there are still many errors and omissions. There are still many clerical mistakes, incongruities and distortions at a glance.

There is no competition with her.

As for the other two Fiverr part-timers who charged lower fees, Lei was not even interested in taking a look.

Lei put down the phone, turned on the Macbook on the desk, and waited for the official launch of the video.

Taro Komatsu, the heir of Komatsu Gallery in Osaka, just contacted him, and he was not the first, nor the last.

Almost as soon as Mr. Hyperion’s tweet went live, brokers from five or six galleries began to add their friends and send her messages.

The average number of views of Mr. Hyperion's videos is tens of millions, even if only one percent remembers Lei, she will gain 10,000+ fans.

This is of great help to the market price of her illustrations.

But Lei, not only can't lose, she also wants to win.

She knew that if she could win any one of the two senior illustrators, even if the paintings were similar, it would be a chance of exposure that could not be found in the whole world with lanterns.

That would be a dramatic increase in her own worth.

Every era has its own illustrator.

Illustration works are firmly combined with the voice of the times, and illustrators need to seize their own opportunities.

Why can't she be the Jane Arnold of the next era?

For this reason, Lei did not choose the commonly used colored marker pens or watercolors for painting, but she chose the more flattering realistic colored pencil drawings.

Colored pencils are the bridge between sketching and color drawing.

It is controllable, not as elusive as the strokes of a soft brush, and can show his outstanding painting skills and understanding of muscles.

Especially when drawing simple characters, colored lead is exactly where the details can be highlighted.

She knew that she couldn't compete with those great artists in terms of aesthetics, which is what they are good at.

realism,

This is Lei's trump card for defeating Grandmaster.

When Lei was in school, she was the No.1 elective course in human anatomy, George Berryman's "Human Anatomy" picture book.

She is the only one who has painted every single picture from beginning to end.

All hard work will pay off today.

Especially in the eyes of such non-professional viewers watching videos.

They may not be able to comprehend the artistic conception of painting and the emotions and ideas expressed.

But the most similar painting is more likely to be regarded as a good painting.

"10, 9, 8, 7..."

Watching the second hand point to 9:30 am New York time a little bit.

"Louise, you are No.1 and always will be."

Lei clasped her hands together and prayed silently.

The moment when the minute hand and the Arabic numeral six that the clock is lowering completely coincide.

She hits the refresh button on the webpage.

The page reloaded, and a new video appeared at the top of the [Mr. Hyperion] homepage.

(End of this chapter)