Hong Kong Comic Master

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

"Click!"

At this time, the window made a noise, and the startled birds flew up again.

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

"Haha, didn't you just focus on painting and forget to close the window?"

Chen Mou closed the window, sat back on the sofa, and continued to ask Li Wannian: "Where were you just talking about? Oh, yes, so why do you draw the characters so exaggeratedly?"

The characters Chen Mou mentioned are naturally the comic characters in "One Piece".

For Li Wannian's newly serialized "One Piece", the comments from all walks of life in Hong Kong Island are mixed.

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

But his exaggerated character standing pictures still make many people feel uncomfortable, and even discourage some readers.

And this is also what Chen Mou can't figure out.

With Li Wannian's ability, it is not too easy for him to draw good-looking characters. Whether it is the poetic mood of "Bleach", the smooth action storyboard of "Dragon Ball", or the extreme composition of "Naruto", they are all shocking.

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

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

He has done a detailed study of every detail in Li Wannian's comics, so after seeing Li Wannian's works, it is inevitable to think too much!

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

"Convention?"

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

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

"That's right, to sum it up in one sentence, the more beautiful and cool the characters are, the better they are in line with the readers' aesthetics!"

"Yes!"

Chen Mou thought about it and found that it was true.

"So, I want to draw something different! Haven't you noticed that the characters drawn in this way have more externalized emotions and can better express the emotions of the characters?"

For a moment, Chen Mou suddenly realized, the more he thought about it, and at the same time, he admired Li Wannian more in his heart!

Seeing Chen Mou's appearance, Li Wannian's heart was relieved.

Finally, he bluffed this guy.

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

To be honest, when he was watching One Piece, he was not used to the style of painting. He felt that the people in it were all drawn in strange shapes.

Finally, he watched the animation on Star TV and gradually fell in love with it, so he went back to read the comics.

However, Li Wannian is not worried about the sales and popularity of One Piece now. With his current fame, no matter what he draws, there will be people watching!

Haven't you seen that the popularity of Slam Dunk, which was just beginning to be serialized, was outside the top 10, and now it has slowly come to the third place?

"I understand, I understand!"

"Okay, okay, after your "Not Human" is finished, 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 subject.

"I still have no idea, teacher, how do you find inspiration on weekdays?"

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

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

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

Because he couldn't draw a comic that satisfied him, Chen Mou, who had already debuted as a comic, returned to Li Wannian's side and continued to serve as his assistant and learn from him.

"Uh, read more books, read more newspapers, eat less snacks and sleep more!"

"Teacher, stop joking..."

Sure enough, Chen Mou is not a comedy character like Huang Baoqiang, would he believe such nonsense?

So, Li Wannian spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and said helplessly: "There is no way, because I don't need to find inspiration at all, I don't lack inspiration!"

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

Because of the existence of plug-ins, when Li Wannian creates comics, all he needs to consider is 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 a cartoonist!

"..."

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

For a moment, he had countless complaints to complain about, but he 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 already drawn more than a dozen comics. Even though some of them were written by others, the main plots of the comics were all thought up by Li Wannian.

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

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

Since his debut, many people have called him a "young genius", thinking that he can win the second place of the New Star Award at the age of 17 and can serialize comics in a two-dimensional comic magazine. He is a comic genius no matter how you look at it.

But Chen Mou has always sneered at this title.

What young comic genius? His teacher, but he drew a comic work like "Death" at the age of 13. Compared with him, he currently does not even have a long serialized comic. What qualifications do he have to be called a genius?

Compared with his teacher, he is really far behind!

It can be said that in front of outsiders, Chen Mou has always looked up to others, as if there is no one in the world that he looks up to.

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

So he will work hard, not to surpass Li Wannian, but only to narrow the distance with Li Wannian and let him see his teacher more clearly.

That is why, although many people told Li Wannian that Chen Mou was a little proud and they 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 could grow rapidly, which was indeed a good thing for him!