City: Become a principal from junior college!

Chapter 225: Is the comic book industry so complicated?

soon.

Ye Chen received the report.

Comic adaptations of the three works "Shading the Sky", "Dragon" and "Blasphemy" have already been made.

As for animation.

Because the animation team has to wait until the comics team has completed the character design before they can start modeling, the progress will be slower.

It will take half a month to get the finished product out.

Ye Chen opened his mailbox with great interest and checked the students' works.

First, open the Zhetian comics.

Ye Chen's eyes soon lit up.

Because the first picture at the beginning is so shocking.

The first picture at the beginning is a big picture.

The vast universe is dotted with stars, cold and silent.

And in this void at the center of the universe.

Nine huge, floating dragon corpses made of black iron.

The huge tail of the dragon corpse was actually tied with huge iron ropes. Nine iron ropes extended towards the universe behind it, and a bronze coffin came into view.

There is no doubt that the students of Xingchen depicted the most impressive famous scene in the book "Shading the Sky" - the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin from the very beginning.

Naturally, this scene was also used in the previous comic adaptation of Zhetian.

But just by looking at it, you can feel the huge gap between the two.

The previous version of the comic only showed nine black dragons with a coffin behind them. It cannot be said that it is not good-looking, but it is not shocking enough.

But the Nine-Dragon Coffin painted by the students of Star College is quite shocking at first glance.

Because there are too many details...

The first are the nine black dragons. The dragon horns are crystal clear and the purple light is crystal clear. The body is like an indestructible steel Great Wall. Every black scale is glowing with purple light.

Although it is a corpse, the muscle lines of the dragon's body are exceptionally smooth, full of a sense of power and oppression.

Like a dragon in Chinese myths and legends.

This alone reflects the level of our students.

For example, when painting tigers, the tigers drawn by some people are quite beautiful, but they lack momentum and look limp.

The tiger painted by the master is majestic, and the domineering power that a tiger should have is clearly displayed.

Except for the dragon corpse.

Various peculiar patterns can be seen on the later bronze coffins.

Ye Chen enlarged the picture and could see that the students had drawn different images on the bronze coffin.

Some are immortals riding bulls, some are carrying the sun on their backs, some are holding the moon in their hands, and then there are some vague shadows of demons and ghosts...

This is actually somewhat unnecessary. After all, when most people read comics, they just skim them and only read the plot.

Don't care about details at all.

But it is precisely because of these unnecessary details that the bronze coffin in the picture looks simple and heavy, full of vicissitudes of time and full of mystery.

One can't help but wonder who is buried inside.

The accumulation of all the details in the picture makes this picture full of impact.

It gave Ye Chen a rather shocking feeling.

Just looking at this picture, Ye Chen knew it was safe...

And then looked down.

Sure enough...

The whole plot is extremely smooth. While respecting the original work, the students also deleted some unnecessary content.

At the same time, the character design also has the essence of the original work, which makes Ye Chen very satisfied.

Ye Chen has watched the previous adaptation of Zhetian.

To be honest, putting the two together is a complete dimensionality reduction blow.

Ye Chen is confident.

As soon as this comic strip came out.

It will definitely become a benchmark work in the comic book industry and satisfy countless book fans.

……

I finished reading the first episode of Zhe Tian with unfulfilled interest.

Ye Chen opened the Dragon Clan.

The Dragon Clan comic is not like Zhetian, which starts off with a bang.

The Dragon Clan comic starts off very blandly, with the protagonist appearing and having simple daily interactions with his aunt and classmates.

The whole story of the first episode seems a bit bland.

But Ye Chen was equally satisfied.

Because the plot seems bland.

But in fact, it inadvertently introduces the protagonist's character and life to life.

At the same time, the character's appearance is also designed to be particularly exquisite.

Nowadays, in many domestic comics, the male protagonists all look the same.

Singled out, no one knows who it is.

But the protagonist designed by the students is delicate and slightly handsome, which is still fresh in people's memory.

But what Ye Chen praised most was the atmosphere created by the first episode of Dragon Clan.

Although the plot is dull, it makes Ye Chen clearly feel the loneliness of the protagonist.

This is the most test of painting skills and plot setting.

Generally, comics, no matter how good or bad they are, will end once you finish reading them, and the readers will not be disturbed at all.

But excellent comics can be achieved through excellent graphics and clever plot settings.

Affect the reader's mood.

The first chapter of "Dragon" overflows the protagonist's loneliness on the page and clearly conveys it to the readers.

You know, the main readers of the book "Dragon Clan" are middle school boys and girls.

People at this age always feel that they are different, no one understands them, and they feel lonely.

Once this comic came out in my own academy, it will definitely resonate with countless middle school students.

Steady...

……

Finished reading the first episode of Dragon Clan.

Next up is the blasphemous comic book adaptation.

At first, Ye Chen was still nodding.

The medieval style shown in the comics is quite realistic.

It’s not the kind of person who simply draws a castle or a knight and says he’s in a middle world.

But from the clothing style to the character's habits.

Through various details, a medieval atmosphere is created.

The protagonist is a fat man and a bit wretched.

But the clever appearance design prevents readers from hating the protagonist.

this point is very important.

After all, the protagonist's image determines the reader's attitude.

If readers feel that the protagonist is ugly, they will definitely have no sense of immersion and will not be able to watch it.

Just like online novels, many readers cannot accept fat protagonists.

The characters designed by the students not only comply with the settings of the original work, but also beautify them as much as possible.

very good.

Ye Chen was reading with good interest. After all, the books he chose were all ones he liked to read.

But when Ye Chen looked down, he frowned slightly.

Because next, several female characters appeared.

Each one is graceful and has different temperament.

But their bodies are all hot.

The obvious personal style made Ye Chen know who designed these female characters without having to guess.

To be honest, Ye Chen sometimes feels that it would be a pity for Luffy not to go to the island country to develop in the comics industry.

But this didn't make Ye Chen frown.

The main reason is that the scale afterwards seems a bit too big.

The female knight who appeared at the beginning, after being subdued by the protagonist, half of her armor was gone, and her beautiful figure was undoubtedly revealed...

This……

Although blasphemy is aimed at foreign markets and is not subject to domestic supervision, the scale can be larger.

But it won’t do if it’s too big.

Doesn't this kind of painting become a rip-off?
My home is a school.

This is indeed inappropriate and can easily affect your reputation.

Therefore, Ye Chen immediately called the teacher in charge of the blasphemy group.

Knock the finished products back to make them more restrained.

It’s not that you can’t draw, but you have to cover it up.

Otherwise, it will be really bad for our reputation if we produce comics by ourselves in the future.

Seems too immodest.

But feel free to knock back the blasphemy.

But overall this comic is very good.

In addition to being the principal, Ye Chen is also a book fan.

Ye Chen feels that the three comics have a high degree of restoration.

While following the original work, appropriate adaptations have also been made to make the plot more exciting.

The appearance of the characters is also very eye-catching.

Full of details and expressive.

Definitely an excellent work.

For example, Zhetian and Dragon Clan are ready to be released to the public.

As for blasphemy, we have to change a few scenes.

And it can’t be sent even after the changes are made.

Because this blasphemous work is aimed at foreign markets.

If you send out the original version in Chinese, no one will take a second look.

So you have to Englishize your work in advance.

Translate into English and send again.

Of course, it’s not just English.Japanese and Korean also need to be translated.

After all, the comic markets in these two countries are not small.

Moreover, Japan and South Korea are greatly influenced by Western culture.

For example, in the island country, many comic works travel through different worlds.

Those different worlds are all kinds of castles, knights, magicians, slimes and so on.

This shows how deeply influenced by Western culture it is.

The cold country is similar.

Therefore, their readers are naturally able to accept the Western fantasy work "Blasphemy".

Of course, there is another reason for publishing comics in the island nation.

That is the comics industry of the island country, which is undoubtedly the strongest in the world.

If only blasphemy could become popular in the island nation.

That will definitely be of huge benefit to the future development of our animation students.

……

soon.

After Ye Chen discussed with the comics teachers.

The specific release time will be determined.

The comics "Zhetian and Dragon Clan" will be updated and released simultaneously on all domestic platforms at [-] o'clock tomorrow.

Penguin comics, Slow Reading comics, No-Yaoqi comics, Xiaopozhan comics, etc. will all be online.

Anyway, it’s free for people to see.

The more platforms you can publish on, the better.

As for foreign countries, we are not considering it yet.

Wait until it becomes popular in China before considering going overseas.

As for blasphemous comics, some images need to be modified.

At the same time, there is still time for translation.

Therefore, the blasphemous comics will be released abroad ten days later.

After the process is determined.

The official accounts of Star Academy's various social platforms will directly publish announcements.

"The first chapter of the comic "Shading the Sky" and "Dragon Tribe" produced by students from the comics sub-major of Star Academy has been officially completed..."

"Tomorrow at [-] noon, it will be online on all comic platforms including Penguin Comics, Xiaopozhan Comics, etc., and you can watch it for free."

"Please look forward to it."

Announcements from Star Academy are always concise and to the point.

Because Star Academy’s official accounts on various social platforms have a huge number of fans.

Therefore, as soon as the announcement was released, it attracted the attention of many netizens.

Although the outside world has always had doubts about the comics produced by students majoring in animation at Xingchen College.

But there are still many netizens looking forward to it.

After all, the students of Star Academy always perform unexpectedly.

But looking at the announcement at this moment, netizens frowned slightly.

All platforms online?
Doesn’t this mean that the online distribution rights for the comics produced by Star Academy have not been sold?

To be honest, competition among domestic content platforms is still fierce.

They often compete for the copyright of some high-quality comics to ensure that they attract users.

But the comics produced by Xingchen Animation students did not even sell the online distribution rights.

No matter the major platforms are not interested.

Or the prices offered by major platforms are too low, and Star Academy will not accept them.

This all shows one thing, that is, the major domestic comic platforms are not very optimistic about the comic adaptation of Xingchen Student.

Even the content platform is not optimistic.

The quality of the works of the Star Animation students is probably really worrying...

All of a sudden, many netizens completely lost interest in the comics of Star Academy.

Even many book fans who originally had expectations and hoped that Academy of Stars could perfectly adapt the original work were disappointed.

Therefore, this announcement from Star Academy is not very popular.

The level of discussion is also average.

It’s not even trending.

It can be seen how dull the response from netizens was.

……

Twelve noon the next day.

Star Academy uploads comics to all platforms on time.

The students who were drawing the second episode couldn't help but pay attention.

But the lackluster response left them a little disappointed.

Views of the work are growing slowly.

There are very few messages.

Although they are very confident in their work.

But they also know that in many cases it doesn’t take good work to make it popular, it also depends on luck.

For example, "The Shawshank Redemption" ranks first in global movie rankings.

The production cost was 500 million, and the box office was 700 million.

It can be said that he rushed to grandma's house.

Even the film history classic Shawshank was on the block at the time.

If you and others are unlucky, you may end up in the street.

This makes it a bit unacceptable for students who have long imagined that their comics will be popular and directly stir up the domestic comics market once released.

For a moment, the students in both groups of the Zhetian Dragon Clan were a little autistic and dejected.

I'm not even in the mood to continue drawing the second chapter.

……

"It's getting harder and harder to make an appointment at the Xingchen College canteen, and Xingchen Restaurant can't afford it. I can only make a living by finding some delicious food on the Xingchen Food Network. It's too difficult..."

Until noon.

It's lunch time in the company.

Marison was lying in front of the computer, feeling a little uncomfortable thinking that he hadn't booked a dining spot at the Xingchen Canteen for three months.

Xingchen Canteen has more new students this year.

Therefore, the number of external places was reduced.

It's really hard to get an appointment.

Too lazy to go downstairs to eat, Marison declined the invitation from his colleagues to eat together and ordered a takeaway at random.

Just leaning on the chair and playing with the phone.

Marison plans to read the novel.

As a result, I opened the starting point and found that the few books I was following were not updated.

Marrison couldn't help but curse: "If you don't update every single one of them, just a few updates every day, aren't you afraid that you won't make enough money and will starve to death?"

"The same goes for Brother Dong. There has been no update in the past two days. Could it be that he really gave birth to red hair and is in an unknown state?"

Marison is a big fan of Chen Dong.

However, Chen Dong's new books were often interrupted, which gave Marison a headache.

When I opened the book club group, it turned out that everyone in the group was also complaining about Brother Dong’s discontinuous behavior.

However, some friends in the group spoke up and said that since Brother Dong doesn’t update, why not read the Zhetian comic adapted by Star Academy, maybe it’s good?

But most of the group members are not interested.

Zhe Tian has also adapted comics before.

But the quality is completely eye-catching and ruins the original work.

Didn't see it at all.

Especially book fans cannot accept it.

But what Xingchen students are doing now is not even interesting to comic platforms, and most of them are not good-looking.

It’s better not to torture yourself. If you have this time, wouldn’t it be nice to watch short videos?
There was very little response from the group of friends.

But Marison looked at it with a hint of interest.

His feelings towards Star Academy are very complicated.

The cafeteria of Star College is indeed delicious, and the launch of the food network makes it easier for him, a social creature, to find delicious food.

But it was also the Academy of Stars that caused him to reveal his sexual orientation that night.

and so……

Marison decided to check it out.

If the work is really not good, he will make use of the topic, be a little black guy, and give Black Star Academy a good meal!
Do it when you think of it.

Marison immediately logged into the Penguin Comics APP.

Search to find Zhetian comics.

Looking at the cover, Marison raised his eyebrows slightly!

This cover looks okay, right?
Emperor Ye Tian on the cover looks quite domineering.

But Marison didn't take the cover too seriously.

Cover parties are so common now. 90.00% of the scammers in the island country are cover parties.

Therefore, Marison clicked to read and entered the first chapter...

But when the first picture of the Zhetian comic came into view.

Marison's eyes widened instantly...

Kowloon pulls the coffin!

It is not surprising that this Zhetian, the most shocking scene in the entire book, was drawn by Xingchen students.

But the problem is that the drawings made by Xingchen students are a bit too domineering.

Marison also imagined the scene of the coffin being pulled in Kowloon in his mind.

But looking at this picture now, Marison felt that his fantasy was far inferior to the one drawn by Xingchen student.

The dragon corpse in the picture is full of momentum.

The coffin is particularly mysterious and simple.

Even the iron cable used for connection in the middle is full of details.

The loneliness of the universe and the shock of the nine dragons pulling the coffin are clearly evident in this picture.

Marison, a fan of the original book, was won over on the spot.

But this also filled Marison's mind with confusion.

Can you hit the streets at such a level?
Is the comics industry originally this way?
(End of this chapter)