God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 1185
In the process of creation, the deeper, tighter and more detailed the participation of the truth is, the better and stronger the nurturing effect on the carving will be.

In the process of jade carving, the most suitable process for Zhenxiang to participate in is polishing. This requires Xu Jingxing and his truth to take care of every corner of the surface of the carving, and to take care of it several times, but Xu Jingxing and his polishing Fen takes care of the appearance of the sculpture, while his truth takes care of the inside of the sculpture.

Therefore, when Xu Jingxing carved, he adopted a completely manual carving method.

Of course, the purely manual carving method does not mean that no equipment is suitable. If he is asked to clasp the jade hard by hand, he really does not have that ability. He still needs to apply electric sharpening. Although electric sharpening is a very advanced machine, it is only a A simple tool still needs to be controlled by Xu Jingxing, the creator, with his hands, heart and truth, which is not the same concept as the popular automatic machinery like CNC lathes.

Although the use of electric knives will also have a certain adverse effect on his experimental carving, it is not as good as hand-made knives like wood carving knives, but the efficiency of hand-made knives for jade carving is really too low. Using knives to make jade carvings would take three to five times longer than the current one, which was far beyond his true capacity.

Therefore, Xu Jingxing still chose the more reliable electric knife sharpener after the comparison, but this required him to put in more effort in the subsequent process to make up for the slight disadvantage brought by the electric knife sharpener.

In addition, Xu Jingxing was also trying to integrate the truth and the electric knife sharpener. If this could be integrated, then the unfavorable factors brought about by the electric knife sharpener would disappear and become a great help.

It's just that there are not many eyebrows yet, and more experiments are needed.

Food needs to be eaten bite by bite, and the road needs to be walked step by step. There is no need to rush such things.

Xu Jingxing comforted himself in this way, and continued to sketch the ideal sketch in his mind, um, the sketch of the bracelet.

Don’t think that if the style of the bracelet is simple, you don’t need to draw a sketch. On the contrary, the more simple the shape of the object, the more the designer’s artistic skills will be tested, because if you don’t do anything, you can still make a qualified standard Components, but if the skill is not enough to design randomly, it will only ruin the good material.

Moreover, the simple style also means that there is little space for displaying skills. The simpler it is, the more difficult it is to add other elements. Therefore, many simple styles are still in use today, not because people do not want to make changes, but because I found that no matter how I change it, it seems that it is not as simple as it is.

This feature is vividly displayed on the bracelet, which is why the style of the bracelet has hardly changed since ancient times, except for round bars, flat bars, and oval bars, and there are almost no other changes, and no matter what shape No matter what size, most of these bracelets are plain.

If you don’t believe me, go to the mall to see that there are almost no patterns in jade bracelet products. Except for the changes brought about by the material of jade itself, the size, shape, and style are almost the same.

And what Xu Jingxing had to do was to make this bracelet that had not changed for thousands of years into a new trick.

Of course, playing tricks is not the purpose, the most important thing is to let the bracelet also give birth to "gods", and the birth of "gods" is affected by many factors, including shaping.In other words, shaping is the first step in the birth of a god, just like shamans must use a totem pole in the image of a bull's head as a carrier when summoning a "spirit of a bull". For Xu Jingxing, what kind of "spirit" does he want to create? What kind of carrier has to be carved out first.

Xu Jingxing was now thinking about what kind of "god" would be most suitable to create on the bracelet.

This fit is not so easy to match. The most fundamental difficulty is that the style of the bracelet limits the play of the theme. The shape is such a simple shape that cannot be changed. No matter how it is changed, it must be a circle. If it is not a circle, then It's not called a bracelet anymore, right?

Therefore, we can only find a way on the surface of the bracelet.

What tricks can be played on the surface of the bracelet?
After Xu Jingxing thought about it, it seemed that only linear and flat drawings were the most suitable, and because of the size and material of the bracelet, he couldn't use too deep or dense lines, because it would destroy the structure of the bracelet and reduce the service life of the bracelet.

To put it more bluntly, he can only outline some thin and shallow linear patterns on the surface of the bracelet.

Shape the soon-to-be "god" with simple linear patterns?
This difficulty is much more difficult than the previous experiment.

But to do experiments, isn't it just trying again and again?And it doesn't seem to be a big deal to fail, as long as there is no destructive damage to the bracelet, the bracelet is still a bracelet and can still be sold, but the so-called "god" has not been born, which does not affect the value of the bracelet itself.

You must know that the jade he uses is all high-quality mutton fat jade. Just such a plain mutton fat jade bracelet can't be taken down by millions.

Of course, it means that he has a rich family background, and he has opened a cheat, and bought a few pieces of suet jade at a relatively cheap price during those days in the capital. If he really wants to buy suet jade of this quality with a clearly marked price He has to mortgage the courtyard to afford it. You must know that the suet jade material the size of a fist and the suet jade material that can dig a bracelet are all priceless in the current market. Money can't necessarily buy it.

Therefore, only he dared to play like this. For someone else, let him use this grade of suet jade for experimentation. Whether he dares to use the knife is a different matter.

But even if it was him, he had to outline a design that he was satisfied with before he dared to make a knife. Otherwise, when would Xu Jingxing need to draw a sketch?Don't you just move the knife directly after thinking about it in your head?

Of course, there is not much difference between sketching in the mind and drawing on paper. It is just that drawing on paper is more intuitive and easier to modify and adjust.Although the change of thinking is faster, it is also more difficult to control because of this, because it is too difficult for human beings to control their own thinking 100%, just like the popular conception, it is simple to say, But if you really want to visualize a specific image in your mind, it is absolutely impossible to do it without a long period of exercise.

Therefore, in order to ensure everything was safe, even Xu Jingxing had to draw a sketch on straw paper before he would use the knife.

After pondering for more than half an hour, Xu Jingxing finally came up with a plan that satisfied him.

This plan is to outline a plum blossom on the surface of the bracelet. In order to present a plum blossom of a sufficient standard on the outer surface of the bracelet with a width of less than one centimeter, he really almost racked his brains. For this reason, he synthesized A large number of art theories, especially the virtual reality theory in the traditional art theory, have been fully used by him.

How to say the specific effect, it is a bit similar to the story of "Han Xin draws soldiers in command". It is said that Liu Bang wanted to embarrass Han Xin and gave Han Xin a piece of paper, saying that I will give you as many soldiers as you can draw. Han Xin, Very smart, he drew a city gate tower, the gate was wide open, only one person and one rider rushed out of the gate, but the knight was holding a "handsome" flag in his hand, and then Liu Bang had no choice but to let Han Xin be the one. Generalissimo.

There is no way to verify the authenticity of this accident, and most of it was fabricated by later generations.

But the principle shown in this short story has won the essence of the layout of art. The use of virtual reality and focus can be said to be superb. Backgrounds such as the city gate, knights, etc. gradually focus on the "handsome character flag", making a small flag the focus and finishing touch of the whole painting.

If this story is true, then Han Xin may still be a master of painting.

The technique used by Xu Jingxing is also the same, because the situation he faces is similar to that of Han Xin in the story. Han Xin wants to draw thousands of troops and horses on a piece of paper, but he intends to draw Kazuki on the outer surface of the bracelet. plum bossom.

In such a comparison, the difficulty of his task is actually higher, because the outer surface of the bracelet is smaller in size, and its shape is long and slender, so the room for play is narrower.

If the drawing paper that Liu Bang gave Han Xin in the story was a small piece of paper less than one centimeter wide and twenty centimeters long, Han Bingxian would probably be caught blind too.

But Xu Jingxing is Xu Jingxing after all, and his imagination is still very rich. He outlined a branch of a plum blossom on such a small piece of paper. Yes, there are only branches, but the twigs extending from that branch and The strong knots on the branches can be recognized as a branch of a plum blossom. The length of this branch accounts for about [-]% to [-]% of the small note, and it is [-] centimeters long from thick to thin.

But on the thirteen-centimeter branch, five branches stretched out, but the five branches disappeared as soon as one head protruded, because the drawing paper is only less than one centimeter wide, and there is no room for more. much content.

Therefore, Xu Jingxing made the five plum blossoms virtual, turning them from real objects that should exist into imagination. Through clever brushwork, people can perceive their existence but cannot see their existence, just like In the story of "Han Xin's Painting of Soldiers", there is only one man and one rider in the picture, but through the handsome flag, people can imagine the majestic thousands of troops behind the city gate.

Similarly, Xu Jingxing couldn't see the five plum blossoms in this painting, but he scattered the focus to the five branches. Although the branches are only a short section, he portrayed the branches of this section very well. Realistic, and through the adjustment of the trunk, the audience's attention is naturally focused on the short branch.

This is not difficult, and it can even be said to be the basic skill of every art practitioner.

The difficulty is that the focal points are spread out, not one, but five.

(End of this chapter)