Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 407 Comic Genius

The cold wind howled, and the birds on the branches even flew under the eaves to avoid the sea breeze blowing from the Pacific Ocean.

"Crack!"

At this time, there was a noise on the window, and the frightened birds flew up again.

"It's so cold, teacher, you still have to have a limit on ventilation!"

"Haha, didn't you forget to close the window just because you were painting?"

Chen Mou closed the window, sat back on the sofa, and continued to ask Li Wannian: "What did you say just now? Yes, so teacher, why do you make the characters so exaggerated?"

The characters in Chen Mou's mouth naturally refer to the comic characters in "One Piece".

Regarding Li Wannian's newly serialized "One Piece", reviews from all walks of life in Hong Kong have been mixed.

To be honest, there is no problem with the content of the comics. Whether it is the world view, characters, or conflicts in the plot, they all demonstrate the strength of Li Wannian, the comic master.

However, his exaggerated character drawings still made many people feel uncomfortable, and even discouraged some readers from reading.

And this is where Chen Mou is puzzled.

With Li Wannian's ability, it is not easy for him to draw good-looking characters, whether it is the poetic artistic conception of "Bleach", the smooth action storyboards of "Dragon Ball", or the smooth action scenes of "Naruto" The ultimate composition is shocking.

But why did he choose this unacceptable painting style? Just for fun? To create an atmosphere or something else?

It has to be said that Chen Mou's professional ability is absolutely unparalleled, and he can definitely be ranked in the top five among Li Wannian's assistants.

He has done detailed research on every detail in Li Wannian's comics. Therefore, after seeing Li Wannian's works, it is inevitable not to think too much!

"Well, this is considered an innovation, in order to break the current conventions of character design and depiction!"

"Routine?"

"What do you think of the current depiction of comic characters in Hong Kong?"

Chen Mou thought carefully and then said: "Well, small cheeks, big eyes, and obvious muscle lines?"

"That's right. It can be summed up in one sentence. The characters should be as beautiful as they are and as cool as they should be. The more in line with the readers' aesthetics, the better!"

"Yes!"

Chen Mou thought about it and found that this was really the case.

"So, I want to draw something different! I haven't noticed that the characters painted in this way have more externalized emotions and can express the characters' emotions better."

For a moment, Chen Mou suddenly realized it. The more he thought about it, the more he admired Li Wannian in his heart!

Seeing Chen Mou's appearance, Li Wannian felt relieved.

Finally, this guy was frightened.

Just kidding, the style of this comic was drawn by Oda, not invented by him.

To be honest, when he was watching "One Piece", he was very uncomfortable with the painting style. He felt that the people in it were all drawn in strange shapes.

Finally, I watched the animation on Star TV, and gradually fell in love with the animation, so I started reading the comics again.

However, Li Wannian is not worried about the current sales and popularity of "One Piece". With Li Wannian's current fame, no matter what he draws, there are always people to see it!

Didn't you see that "Slam Dunk", which was just serialized, was already ranked outside the 10th place in popularity? Now, isn't it slowly reaching the third place?

"I understand, I understand everything!"

"Okay, okay, after you finish "Not Human", what comics are you going to draw?" Li Wannian was afraid that Chen Mou would ask some strange questions again, so he quickly changed the topic.

"I don't have a clue yet, teacher, how do you usually find inspiration?"

Although Chen Mou's "Not Human" is good, it is very short. It only has eleven chapters, which is enough for a single volume.

Therefore, in just three months, Chen Mou completed this comic.

After that, he fell into a state of exhaustion of inspiration.

Since he could not draw comics that satisfied him, Chen Mou, who had already made his debut as a comic, returned to Li Wannian and continued to work as his assistant and study with him.

"Well, read more, read more newspapers, eat less snacks and sleep more!"

"Teacher, stop joking..."

Sure enough, Chen Mou is not a comedy figure like Huang Baoqiang. Would he believe such nonsense?

So, Li Wannian spread his hands, shrugged, and said helplessly: "There is no way, because I usually don't have to look for inspiration at all, so I never lack inspiration!"

In a sense, there is nothing wrong with what Li Wannian said.

Because of the existence of plug-ins, all Li Wannian needs to consider when creating comics is just which comic I should draw and how to modify it to make it more in line with today's society.

He directly skipped the most difficult step for cartoonists!

"..."

However, when Chen Mou heard these words, he almost choked to death.

For a time, he had countless things he wanted to spit out, but couldn't.

Because he could feel that Li Wannian was not lying!

From his debut to now, in just over ten years, Li Wannian has drawn more than a dozen comics. Even if some of them are ghostwritten by others, the main plot of the comics is still thought up by Li Wannian.

Such an ability has long surpassed the imagination of ordinary cartoonists. They simply can't figure out how Li Wannian did it?

This is what Chen Mou is like. At this moment, his admiration for Li Wannian is like the Yellow River flooding out of control.

Since his debut, many people have called him a "young genius". They think that at the age of 17, he can win the second place in the Rising Star Award and serialize comics in two-dimensional comics magazines. No matter how you look at it, it is comics. genius.

But Chen Mou has always scorned this title.

What kind of boy manga genius? My teacher drew comic works such as "Death" at the age of 13. Compared with him, I don't even have a full-length comic series at the moment, so what qualifications do I have to be called a genius?

Compared with the teacher, I am really far behind!

It can be said that in front of outsiders, Chen Mou always has a nostrils turned upward, as if there is no one he can respect in the world.

However, in fact, he has been working hard because he knows, what does a truly powerful person look like?

Therefore, he will work hard not to surpass Li Wannian, but just to be able to get closer to Li Wannian and allow him to see his teacher clearly.

It is precisely because of this that although many people told Li Wannian that Chen Mou was a little proud and were afraid that he would have problems, Li Wannian never advised Chen Mou.

Because he saw the real thoughts in Chen Mou's heart, and with the support of such thoughts, he was able to grow rapidly, which was indeed a good thing for him!

(End of this chapter)