Gotta Go the Healing Route

Pure literature writers despise popular literary writers, whether it is in the previous life or in this different time and space, it is a tacit attitude.

Although it is said that pure literature should not only pay attention to high-level writing, but more importantly, it must have depth, thoughtfulness and connotation.From an artistic point of view, it is indeed more advanced.

The higher threshold for pure literature reading than popular literature reading may be the source of this innate sense of superiority.

The same is true of painters.Cartoonists are almost separated from traditional painters for the same reason as above.

Even under the subtle influence of Zhu Hong, who is more open-minded in Kazama Xiyan's eyes, she still thinks in her heart: pure literature writers are superior to popular cartoonists.

At that time, Zhu Hong looked at her eyes as if she was looking at someone who wasted money.

"Obviously I have the talent for writing, why do I want to draw comics?"

Although Zhu Hong didn't say this directly at the time, Kazama Xi probably thought that was what the other party thought.

Kazama Xi no longer wants to think about who is more expensive than pure literary works and popular works.There are opposites in every aspect of the world, and it would be too tiring to pursue them obsessively.

Writer and cartoonist are just two ways of life for Xi Kazama.

For the former, with the help of Gold Finger, Kazama Xi can also mess around.However, Goldfinger does not represent his own talent.

Moreover, speaking of the circle of pure literature in the Kana Kingdom... although there is a word 'pure', it is not pure.Well, this kind of circles in various countries seem to be similar in urine, so let’s not talk about it.

Compared with the circle of cartoonists, Xi Kazama likes it more.After all, it is a fighting field where the weak prey on the strong and rely on strength to speak.

As a kind of mass culture, comics are more widely disseminated.

The predecessor's wish is to be famous, and the wider channel of communication is naturally a priority.

Of course, the most important point is...

"What I want to take is the route of healing. How can I do it if the audience is not wider."

In short, if it is not a special situation, Kazama Xi does not intend to participate in this aspect.

It was precisely because of this plan that when talking with Zhu Hong before, he also specifically asked Zhu Hong not to reveal his identity.

Humans are very forgetful animals.Fish still have a seven-second memory, but if it's something that has nothing to do with you, you may forget it in a blink of an eye.I believe that after a while, the public will forget the name Kazama Xi.

It was late in the evening, and Aunt Riko Kazama and Akane Kazama returned with a full load.Uncle Kazama returned home after a long absence.

After dinner, Kazama Xi who was going out to take a walk in the evening breeze received a call.

The phone number is unfamiliar, and the address shows dj.

Seeing this strange call from the dj, Xi Kazama took a deep breath.

"Is it finally here..."

It has been a full month since he completed the creation and submission of the "After the Death" comic.

During this period, I didn't get any news. If I didn't receive the letter of failure, I would have thought that I was cold.

After connecting the phone, with a 'di' sound, a young female voice rang out from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, hello."

"Excuse me, is it the teacher 'Farewell to the Rain'?"

Yubiechao is the pseudonym of Kazama Xi.

Most cartoonists use their real names as pen names, but a small number of them use pen names other than their real names.

"I am..." Kazama Xi paused for a moment, and said in response.His voice was a little hoarse because he had a cold recently.

..........

Dj City, inside the editorial department of Shueisha.

Sitting in front of her small desk, Uemura Ziwan was sitting upright, holding the phone with both hands and putting it by her ear.

"Hello, Mr. Ubetsucho, I am an editor at Shueisha, Aster Uemura."

"You have more or less guessed the reason for this call."

"I'm honored to inform you that the entry you sent has been selected as one of the best entries for this newcomer award."

"If there are no accidents, it should be the result of the Silver Award."

Excellent, selected, selected.

Ranked from low to high.

Ten of the thousands of submissions were selected as the 'Best of the Best'.

Among the ten excellent works, three were selected to enter the "admission selection".

Three "Access to Selection" and one "Selection" will be selected as the first name of this newcomer award.

The selected work is naturally the No.1 Gold Award.

The remaining two articles will be selected to share the Silver Award and the Bronze Award.

No. 3000 among a total of more than 2 short comics, which is undoubtedly an extremely remarkable achievement.

but...

Looking at the copy of "After Death" placed on her desk, Uemura Ziwan couldn't help sighing.

In her heart, this work is completely capable of winning the top prize of the Gold Award.

"It can only be said that it's a pity... If it were the previous Newcomer Award, "After Death" would have won the Gold Award without any suspense."

Uemura Aster couldn't help cursing in her heart.

PS1: There may only be this update today.

PS2: My novel is a Renaissance?The subject matter is so old...

PS3: Thanks to Britta de Capet, Joe Zero Joestar, nanonano, and the boss of Pain Mask for their rewards.

Chapter 28 Also consider

The comics competition basically examines two aspects of the entries - the style of painting and the story.

The first is the style of painting.

The style of painting is the part that can most directly reflect the tension of comics.

Various elements such as characters, objects, and environmental background complement each other and are indispensable.It includes the painting technique and line processing of the scenery, such as the line processing and painting technique of the nose, eyes, ears, muscles, and hair of the characters.In illustrations and other color paintings, it also includes the treatment of color, tone and other aspects.

The professional ability and professional level of a cartoonist can be directly seen from the painting style.

Second is the story.

Although the story is placed behind the painting style, in fact, in the eyes of professionals, the story is more important than the painting style.

Stories are the soul of comics.The style of painting can be imitated or surpassed, but the story cannot be imitated.

The story is the eternal core of comics.

If the style of painting is the appearance of a person, the story is the connotation of a person.

As the saying goes, it starts with appearance and ends with connotation.

A work with a good style of painting may attract people's attention for a while, but an interesting story is the fundamental reason for readers to stay.

The scoring criteria for the Newcomer Award is also based on the principle that the story is more important than the style of the painting.

The total score is 100 points, of which the style of painting occupies [-] points, and the story occupies [-] points.

There are seven judges for scoring, four editors, and three outstanding cartoonists in the industry.Remove the highest and lowest scores and take the average.

To be honest, there is a lot of room for floating in the grading rules where the score of 'story' occupies the main body of the total score.

After all, style is intuitive.The degree of pros and cons can be seen at a glance.

But stories are emotional.The seven judges each have their own preferences for turnips and greens.A touching love story, a wonderful suspense story, because the judges have different inclinations, the results will be different.

In terms of painting style, this "After the Death" is a well-deserved number one.

Even Hirashun Yoshikawa, one of the judges this time, a veteran manga artist with classic masterpieces such as "White Soul" and "Ghost Cry", gave a super high evaluation.Call it a 'cross-age picture style. '

Since the birth of comics, the pursuit of comic aesthetics has never stopped.

From 30 years ago, simple lines were drawn with a brush, and a single layer was placed in the 'draft style' comics that can only be called drafts now.Up to now, the lines have become richer, and the picture has a multi-layered comic style.

There are mainly two styles that are popular in the Kanna country manga market now.

One is the aesthetic style.

The figure paintings are thin and long, and there is no distinctive feature in terms of human design, which is relatively simple.Basically, they all have nine heads, big eyes, and small cherry mouths.

Shojo manga is more popular.

And the other is a realistic style.The facial features of the characters in this style are more realistic, and the three-dimensional sense of the characters is stronger (see the distribution of the shadow area).

This style of painting often brings a stronger sense of impact.Therefore, most of them are matched with powerful characters, and the male protagonists are mainly muscular men. (It can be understood as the painting style of Beidou Shenquan and Jianfeng Legend.)

The realistic style can be said to be the pinnacle of the Kanna country manga field and even the world manga field.This style of painting takes into account the basic drawing skills of cartoonists, and has extremely high requirements for the processing of details and information.

"However, in my opinion, the realistic painting style has reached a bottleneck."

"One's pursuit of authenticity, can we really use comic graphic works to surpass real objects?"

"I always think that the realistic style of painting should have a realistic and simple aesthetic feeling, and the style of this "After Death" gave me a head start. This is exactly what I want."

These are the original words of Yoshikawa Heishen.

He is very satisfied with the painting style of "After the Death", not only satisfaction, but admiration.

The characters are full of three-dimensionality, and the shadow levels are also very good.The painting of the environment is infinitely close to the real style of sketching.

But what shocked him the most was the handling of the characters, intersecting with the general realistic style of characters, sitting and directly abandoning the depiction of muscles, hair, wrinkles and many other details, but using soft lines to make the three-dimensional characters The image highlights a sense of aestheticism.

But compared to the aesthetic style, the lines of this style of painting are more complicated and exciting.In short, it is an evolutionary version that has absorbed the realistic style and the aesthetic style.

In fact, Kazama Xi used the classic Japanese comic style of later generations, similar to "The Abyss of Gambling".After all, it looks beautiful. The delicate facial features and ruddy lips bring readers a sense of sweet but not greasy beauty.

But in this era, this is already a cross-age comic style that reduces the dimensionality of other comic works.

"genius...."

When I watched "After the Death" for the first time, Yoshikawa's admiration never stopped.

"This Yu Biechao is simply a genius for drawing manga."