Almighty painter

Chapter 77 Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal Technique

When Lian Gu Weijing saw the news, his heart beat twice.

"Paintings" magazine is not kidding,
For some young painters whose market prices are still unstable, oil painting magazines have almost the same effect as market endorsement.

Gu Weijing quickly turned on the computer, logged into the English official website of Oil Painting, and clicked on the [Buyer's Guide] section.

The page jumps to a login link.

The buyer's guide section of "Oil Painting" magazine implements a paid subscription system, 75 euros per person per month.

Not cheap for a regular paid membership, but not too expensive for a professional painting information guide.

Information is money, and art is like stocks in this regard.

Or to put it bluntly, some people speculate on artworks as stock futures.

The analysis of these professional painters is like the stock market analysis and financial reports of those large accountants.

Some famous paintings with high market value are only circulated among some private collectors. You want to buy detailed information from underground headhunters. A simple photocopy of an appraisal report costs at least [-] euros.

In addition to the reports issued by regular magazines like "Oil Painting", there is another kind of valuable news in the art circle, which is the news of underground auctions of famous paintings stolen and robbed in various black markets. These news are also very valuable.

Gu Weijing and his school are members who have purchased the educational version of "Oil Painting", but they need to be on the campus network to use it.

Fortunately, their family runs a gallery after all, and their grandfather also has members.

The link jumps automatically.

【Painter: Detective Cat (real name-unknown)】

[Information: An online painter on Fiverr, 36 years old, female.Currently living in Algeria. (The information is doubtful)]

[Signing Gallery: None/Unknown]

[Agent: None/Unknown]

[Introduction to the painting style: The painter has superb sketching skills, solid pencil drawing skills, and is good at expressing the muscle texture of the characters. The painting style is similar to that of the famous illustrator Norman Rockwell. 】

[Representative work: "Hyperian Batman" (Note: This work was once in the YouTube blogger - Mr. Hyperion's channel, and the illustration of the same theme as the painter Jane Arnold (jump link) received similar ratings 。】

[Estimated market value of the work: USD: $2000-$20000 (Special attention * this artist’s work has never been circulated in the art market of the auction house, the reference value of this data is low, please choose carefully. *)]

[Comprehensive evaluation: Two and a half stars - a potential painter full of uncertainties. 】

……

It was the afternoon when Gu Weijing found himself on the website of Oil Painting Magazine.

He received two messages from Fiverr customer service on his mobile phone.

"Your complaint about malicious competition has been accepted, and we have withdrawn the negative review received by your store at 2:2 on February 13."

"Fiverr part-time studio [Cheap but not bad] has been required to rectify the poster, put the letter of apology on the top, and lower the recommendation priority. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can appeal again, and we will reply within 4 hours. Give you a response."

This is naturally Anna's handwriting.

In many cases, a person's status is different, and his vision is different, which determines the way to deal with things.

[Cheap but not bad] This kind of studio is coming to bite you. For painters like Gu Weijing or Professor Napa Lei Lewis, it is like shit stuck to your leather shoes, which is difficult to deal with.

But for Anna, things were far from that complicated.

She just sent an official letter of complaint to Fiverr's customer service department in the name of Mr. Sloth, the podcast host, after updating the recommendation page of Detective Cat on the Oil Painting Magazine website.

She casually questioned what kind of artistic values ​​the other party wanted to convey by allowing such a poster to appear on the other party's website.

So half an hour later, everything was properly resolved, and she didn't even need to use her contacts in the art circle.

Foreign websites are not afraid of official censorship, but they are very taboo against this kind of professional criticism from the public.

Moreover, according to the strict rules and regulations of the website, this kind of face-to-face behavior by [Cheap but not bad] studio is originally not allowed.

It's just that the efficiency of customer service to deal with problems is often relatively slow.

The two sides quarreled with each other, and the customer service made peace with each other, and a few weeks passed.

But as Detective Cat appeared on the "Oil Painting" magazine, the meaning changed immediately.

Now what is Detective Cat?
Are you a web illustrator?

No, she is an art expert.

In the past few years, Fiverr has passed the previous era of taking the cheap part-time job for $5.

The high-level has always wanted to professionalize the nature of the website, focusing on creating the idea that what you are looking for here is not just part-timers, but industry experts to provide you with a brand-new solution.

For example, the senior code farmers from Silicon Valley with an annual salary of several million dollars on the promotional page of the website are the biggest faces on Fiverr, and they are also part-time experts in the IT field.

And now Detective Cat is an expert in the field of fine art illustration.

Although there is no way to compare the operating income of the store with that of a code farmer, the word "artist", in terms of rarity, is much higher than that of a programmer.

Fiverr naturally felt that it was a treasure to have such an artist working part-time on its website. After receiving the complaint from Mr. Sloth, it immediately had a dedicated VIP customer service to handle the other party's complaint.

On the night after the only order was canceled, Gu Weijing's praise record finally reached [-] orders.

[Buyer O YANG gave you a good review! 】

【Fiverr has received more than 20 orders (satisfied), and the positive rate exceeds 95% (satisfied). 】

[Congratulations, you have completed the second step of the professional chain mission! 】

He opened the panel.

The second step of the professional chain task on the panel has been prompted to complete, and there is a reminder that there are rewards waiting for Gu Weijing to claim.

He clicked to receive it, and a new skill appeared on the panel.

[Active Skill: Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal]

【Current Quality: Excellent】

[Special Effect [-] (Appreciation of Calligraphy and Painting): After activating the skill, you will be able to decompose the color, structure and lines of a painting.And the painting information will appear in the panel in the form of data.You can directly contact the physical appreciation of paper works, and you can also appreciate high-definition electronic albums. The appraisal effects of the two are somewhat different. 】

[Special Effect [-] (Soul Sensation): During the process of appreciating the master's paintings, there is a chance to trigger a limited task.Note: Appreciating works that are far ahead of your current aesthetic attainments may cause additional mental burden to the host, please use skills with caution]

[Special effect three (skill advancement): This skill is an upgradeable skill. After using the painting identification technique a thousand times, the skill will be upgraded. (Current progress bar: (0/1000)]

[Equipment requirements: Over 12 years of relevant experience in art learning, appraisal, or art criticism. Each use of skills consumes 50 free experience points, and there is no cooling time. 】

[Remarks: The soul absorbs the feelings of another soul to enrich itself, and then returns to the world with richer feelings. 】

"Upgradable skills?"

(End of this chapter)