Almighty painter

Chapter 75

"It's a pity, being stained with this kind of studio, the taste is like being stuck in the throat with a piece of shit, whether you swallow it or spit it out, it's twice as disgusting.

In her apartment in London, Lei Louise is holding her little daughter who has just started to learn painting, browsing Fiverr's store homepage.

Ever since Lei was defeated by this mysterious online illustrator with a crushing advantage under the same theme, she remembered the other's shop.

She occasionally goes to the homepage of Detective Cat to take a look.

Today, she was attracted by the latest bad review on Detective Cat's homepage, and also jumped to the online store called "Cheap but not bad" to take a look.

Lei only looked at the storefront of the other party for a few seconds, then shook her head disdainfully.

This store already belongs to the head studio on Fiverr, and the number of orders received is very large.

Lei glanced at its store poster, and she knew it already.

This is a cheap illustration studio like an assembly line factory.

This kind of studio is also known as the sweatshop model. After receiving the task, most of them subcontract to some cheap art students layer by layer. Although the fee is not high, the profit margin is considerable.

A lot of business is just an information gap.

For example, a simple drawing costs ten dollars, but an art student who is subcontracted to Argentina may only need five dollars, and a poor student from Venezuela may only need one dollar.

The middleman netted nine dollars without doing anything.

Most of the cheap painting studios on Fiverr are in this model.

Of course, don't worry about how good the painting is, but some works don't need any technical content, and many people just buy a simple picture.

Even the contractors of these studios have lived a more prosperous life than many middle-level painters in the past few years.

Although their fees are low, their business volume is very large. When there are many orders from all over the world every year, they can be counted in units of [-] pieces.

Converted down, it is hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

In the past few years, the situation has not been as good as before. The main reason is that due to the impact of AI painting, many low-end drawing businesses have been shunted away by free AI.

However, at least today, AI cannot completely replace the work of low-end painters.

In the simplest example, AI may be able to understand what "Detective Conan" is, but in the face of complex instructions and task requirements such as "Detective Conan is kicking a ball with a dorayaki in one hand", the amount of image training is not enough today. To allow independent AI painters to complete such work.

There is a reason for this kind of industry to survive, and there is nothing to ridicule in itself.

But this studio is obviously a typical example of self-defeating.

It seems to be staring at the recently popular Detective Cat, ready to take a wave of heat.

The poster on the store's homepage was artificially replaced with a female cat peeing into a wine glass.

Next to it is a famous quote from the famous Austrian critic, Karl Kraus - some things are wine pots, some things are urinals, no matter how beautifully carved a urinal is, it cannot be placed on the table for drinking.

This sentence was originally a classic quotation used by Karl Krauss to criticize the meaningless extravagance of "end-of-the-century aesthetics", and is sometimes used to evaluate all meaningless good things.

This "Cheap but not bad" studio is paired with extremely insulting posters, and the meaning of yin and yang is very obvious.

In the art world, illustrators are best described as taxi drivers who have been driven by their employers.

The concept of this studio directly regards illustration art as a urinal that can be used at any time.

No matter how good it is at satirizing Detective Cat's sketches, it doesn't make sense, because online illustrations themselves are not recognized by the art market.

The other party carved the urinal into a flower, but they couldn't turn the urinal into a wine jug.

Since everyone is a urinal, instead of looking for professional illustrators to make exquisite illustrations, it is better to find yourself to draw.

Not to mention Gu Weijing, as an illustrator, Lei looked at the poster on the shop and felt a little tired.

"Don't you dislike that detective cat?"

The younger daughter heard the indignation in Lei's tone.

"But this does not prevent me from admitting that the other party's characters are more realistic than mine. Being defeated by such a person is just sad, not embarrassing."

There was admiration in Lei's tone, but also some dissatisfaction. "Only online illustrators spend so much time on comic characters. If I change the subject, I believe I still have a chance to beat Detective Cat."

"But this stuff is different... I have no respect for art, I just feel disgusted."

"That detective cat lady just let her say that?" The daughter stuck out her tongue while looking at the poster.

"How can she deal with it? The art market really doesn't recognize online illustrations."

Lei looked helplessly into her daughter's eyes and shrugged:

"Show off your painting skills? People ridicule you as a fool who uses a urinal as a wine glass, and they will care that your painting level is better than his."

"This kind of guy is showing his enthusiasm for you. The more you fight back, the happier the other party will be."

Lei handed over the mobile phone to her daughter and taught.

"So, sometimes choice is more important than hard work. If this Detective Cat was an orthodox painter with a contracted gallery, he would not encounter such a thing. The origin of an online illustrator and his good painting will encounter such doubts. .And the more low-level painters you are, the more villains who dare to step on you."

……

Ray was right, dealing with this kind of thing is like dealing with a puddle of shit on your shoe with your bare hands.

Leave it alone, it sticks to your feet.

Deal with it, it's even worse.

Gu Weijing really didn't have a good way to deal with it.

Since this bad review came out, buyers on Fiverr have even proposed to terminate the transaction in the past few days.

The price of Detective Cat is not too low on Fiverr. Many customers come to buy impulsively after watching the video.

Now it is said that his paintings are not worth the price, and it is understandable to want a refund.

Gu Weijing readily agreed.

What he really worries about is actually the orders that have closed transactions that have not yet been evaluated.

However, things suddenly unfolded today that was completely beyond his expectations.

Gu Weijing was originally chatting on the mobile phone.

It's already February, and school will start soon, and there are more and more bubbling voices in the school chat group.

When he was eating lunch, he saw the group of classmates in the school discussing his Detective Cat account again.

He's used to this.

[Mr. Hyperion] This is a super Internet celebrity who is very well-known among teenagers.

The other party chose to shoot a short video with an artistic theme, and the ending was so gimmick.

There is no gossip subject that can arouse the curiosity of art students more than this.

Now Gu Weijing even sees others talking about him on the Internet, and he doesn't even feel any disobedience in his heart.

He scrolled up the chat history.

The first thing I saw was a colored pencil drawing modeled after my own work.

"Look at this picture I drew? Does it look like a detective cat? Unfortunately, it would be great if Mr. Hyperion could find me."

The first speaker was Miss Ko Ko.

Just by hearing the name, you can tell that the other party is a native of Myanmar.

Coco is her full name.

In Myanmar's traditional culture, there is no concept of surnames.This leads to the daily identity registration and declaration process in Myanmar. In addition to your personal name, you must also fill in your father's name.

It's not that the government is monitoring you, it's simply because there are too many names that are the same and it's difficult to distinguish them.

Ms. Kou Kou's family background is also very good in the international class. Her father is a local military and political official with a charming and cheerful personality. She once sang "Love story" at a school ball after imitating European and American singers wearing golden super-length skirts.

The swaying of the jade legs carried the risk of having a good time, but it also made many people excited.

Although her boyfriends changed more diligently, Kou Kou's charming charm made her still very popular in the male circle.

Generally, no one would object to her words, and the boys naturally spoke up enthusiastically.

Gu Weijing also sent an approving emoji.

"The painting is not bad, it looks decent."

Although from his point of view, there are many distortions in the other party's works, not to mention comparing with himself or Sakai Katsuko, even Sakai Tsunamasa is far behind.

It's just Lv.2 entry-level level, at most it's barely Lv.3.
But this is imitation.

Some people also painted their own imitations!
Gu Weijing is a little excited by the treatment that is often only available to masters.

"@客为经, are you sure? I don't agree with your point of view."

Mona, who hadn't chatted for a long time, actually made a fuss at this time and raised an objection.

"Is this your ability to appreciate sketches?" The childhood sweetheart spoke in a bad tone, pointing the finger at Gu Weijing.

(End of this chapter)