Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

Chapter 160: Make the Painting Move

Tom and Jerry, one of the most classic works in animation history.

In terms of popularity and influence, there is probably only one other copyright rogue rat that can be compared to him.

But as for Drogo, I am more familiar with Tom and Jerry. After all, I have heard more about Mickey Mouse, but I haven't watched many episodes except for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

The combination of Tom and Jerry is really a combination that we have seen grow up together.

I even watched the same episode over and over again, and I know the plot by heart, but I still find it very interesting every time I watch it again.

Pure happiness is truly suitable for all ages.

What's even more perfect is that it is almost not difficult to understand, there are almost no lines, the plot is simple and clear, and there is no difficulty in localization.

As Feiling's pioneering work in the animation industry, it couldn't be more suitable.

The beginning of a new era is the peak, let future animation practitioners ponder it.

The most appropriate opening sequence of Drogo Studios.

Drogo and Flynn first tested whether the animation effect could be completed through illusion.

Generally speaking, it's OK. The production process is a bit closer to 3D animation rather than 2D animation. It's not much easier and it doesn't feel right.

It may be because there is no concept of frame rate in the illusion itself, and it is what the naked eye sees. It is too smooth and lacks explosiveness.

So the final decision was to put it on paper and complete the animation through drawing.

The tourist season in the North is about to end, and it is time to return to Twin Towers City. The affairs of the North will be temporarily handed over to Assistant Zhuoer.

The group's painters are mainly in Shuangta City, and they need to form an animation team of several hundred people there.

The original Tom and Jerry was created in this way, with an astonishing number of painters working together. The cost was astronomical for the subsequent weekly animation, and the final effects were also very different.

Almost every moment in Tom and Jerry is dynamic. There are no two people standing still and talking, no unbearable painting collapse, and no long flashbacks.

Of course, there are also disadvantages. The update speed is almost once a year, but each episode is only a few minutes long.

Fortunately, this is a unit drama, and the plots of each episode are not closely related, otherwise it would be a torture for those who follow the series.

Compared to this one, the old thief Togashi updates quickly.

After passing through the teleportation array, several months later, Drogo returned to the place where he made his first fortune after changing his business.

Take a breath of moist air.

"Ah, a familiar feeling." Drogo sighed.

When I was in the North, even though I knew my scales wouldn't crack, I still had the illusion that they would.

In comparison, Shuangta City is more livable. In late winter and early spring, the temperature is still over 20 degrees.

If you must find flaws, then the only thing you can think of is that you can't understand why all kinds of insects can grow so big.

Especially cockroaches.

As an ancient dragon, if his subordinates knew that he was afraid of big bugs, he would be too ashamed to face anyone.

This has nothing to do with strength. The bugs really don't pose any threat to him, but it's just physical discomfort.

The return to Twin Towers City was not notified to the city’s employees in advance.

Drogo had no interest in welcoming ceremonies or anything like that. He'd rather play a few games in his spare time.

With the draft of Tom and Jerry in his paws, Drogo pushed open the door to his office.

As soon as I walked in, I heard Elsa's voice.

"I've told you so many times, knock on the door before entering. When Xiao Zhuo is not around, I'm the boss of the group."

Elsa was sitting on Drogo's chair, but with her back facing the door, and she had a stick in her mouth, which seemed to be a lollipop.

He had a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his ears and a book in his hands, pretending to read it.

Drogo took a closer look and exclaimed, Wow, what a creature!
He was reading the "Advanced Elvish Textbook", and he dared to guarantee that he had not finished Elsa's introductory teaching.

This advanced textbook should have the same function as a mechanical watch in the era of smartphones, mainly as a decoration.

"Xiao Zhuo, who else could it be?" Aisha put down the book impatiently and turned around to see who came.

Then she went into a state of downtime.

After the psychological transformation of discovering the problem, denying the problem, and recognizing the problem, Elsa completed the restart.

"Boss, if I say I was transformed by a shapeshifter, would you believe me?"

"Believe."

Elsa was delighted.

"But you won't get paid next month."

Elsa hit rock bottom.

"Okay, I won't scare you anymore," Drogo waved his claws. "Gather all the painters and apprentices we have signed contracts with who are not currently serializing. I want to introduce a new art form, animation."

The requirements for animators and painters are actually different, but since Feilin doesn’t have animation yet, it can only start training people who draw comics.

At least they have the concept of storyboards, which makes it easier for them to change careers.

And it just so happens that there is an overflow of cartoonist resources right now. After the comics industry became booming, a large group of painters switched careers, and then they found that serialization was a very cruel industry.

As long as the readers' feedback is not good, the series will be cut short immediately, and the comics market cannot absorb so many painters.

Based on the strategy of signing its own peers and no one else to sign them, the Drogo Group has cast a wide net and signed many painters. Now most of them are unemployed, and even the competition for comic assistant positions is fierce.

I learned this trick from a certain evil penguin.

Animation can absorb far more artists than comics, and now is the time to activate this group of people.

The next day.

The Wrangler Theater is the only designated meeting place for more than 100 people in the Twin Towers City of the Zhuoge Group.

Hundreds of painters gathered here, waiting for their boss Drogo to introduce them to something called animation.

This word was newly coined by Drogo, combining the first half, "continuous", with the second half, "painting", to point out the basic principle of animation.

"I'd like to know how you express moving objects in traditional creative methods." Drogo asked on the stage.

“I usually draw multiple objects to show the continuous movement of the same object,” replied an artist in the audience.

"Very good, any more?"

"My teacher taught me to use blur painting, which would show moving objects as multiple continuous blurry shadows. This painting method is called motion blur," said another painter.

These two are basically the most commonly used ways to express dynamics in oil painting.

"Have you ever thought about using multiple consecutive paintings and flipping them to express movement?"

As Drogo spoke, he demonstrated the most classic example of the persistence of vision effect.

Running horse.

As the handle turned, pictures of horses flipped through one after another quickly, and a running horse appeared.

"Oh--"

The painters exclaimed in amazement.

"Animation is based on this principle. I hope you can use this method to create a magic film composed entirely of paintings." Drogo said.

"But isn't that too much work?" someone asked. "It's impossible to complete it."

“So, it’s not done by one person, it’s done by all of you together, just start with this.”

Drogo then showed a set of sketches titled Flying Cats.

This name may sound unfamiliar to some, so let’s put it another way, the episode where Tom chop down the tree.

(End of this chapter)