Lisko’s American Life

In fact, Zhang You was able to have this idea and creativity, thanks to the castle library installed by Lisko at home. The last time I went to find various wood carving patterns by myself, I happened to turn to a book of mountains and seas and read it carefully. After a while, there are nearly 128 kinds of strange beasts in a general calculation, and each kind of strange beast has its own mythical story behind it, and this kind of works of Shan Hai Jing roughly depicts this kind of strange beasts. The appearance imagined and described by the beast also gave me a model to copy.

Such as Taotie, Kui Niu, Nine-Tailed Fox, Yingyu, and Zhongshan God, each of the carved shapes looks very strange, and the combination of itself has a different kind of momentum inside, and even more so. The atmosphere of ancient vicissitudes makes people love it almost at the first sight, and even can see this kind of animal sculpture that has never been seen before at a glance among many kinds of animals.

Woodcarvers in ancient China also often used this kind of exotic beast in the Classic of Mountains and Seas as a basic pattern, and it is basically a relatively popular reference template in the entire woodcarving world, but these are common keys in the eyes of Chinese people. In the eyes of foreigners, it is very strange.

As I said before, in this sparsely populated land, perhaps because of the lack of history, they were particularly interested in things with a long history, and even had a feeling for things that they didn't know the use of. Different kind of liking, the more lacking something, the more people respect something, coupled with the influence of Hollywood culture, many people have a natural admiration for giant beasts, which is also the best-selling monster movie reason.

Zhang You once heard his son-in-law tell about his experience of participating in an auction. A seemingly inexplicable thing, when some stories or fantasy rumors are attached to him, the value of this thing will double. The double increase, and even the final transaction price that can be photographed is far beyond people's imagination.

It is precisely because of this that every auctioneer can actually be a professional screenwriter and writer behind the scenes. After all, the stories they instill in various seemingly ordinary items often make people very convinced, even because of this The impact of the story can make the value of the original ordinary things rise even more.

For this kind of method, Zhang You can be said to be very familiar. When it comes to the vicissitudes of history and various stories, Huaguo itself is not lacking. Moreover, I have the work of Shan Hai Jing in my hand. , I carve the work according to the above head portrait and then sell it. If someone is interested in my work, I can open this book and tell the story about this monster to the other party, and at the same time convey the final meaning and beautiful Hope also made it clear that he believed that with this method, his woodcarving works would not be able to sell at extraordinary prices.

Thinking of this, he seemed to be able to imagine the shocking appearance of those foreigners when they saw the monster he carved, and how they couldn't put it down after learning the story behind it. When he thought that he could rely on the traditional French culture to harvest the banknotes in the wallets of these silly foreigners, he seemed to be full of motivation, and even the movements of his hands accelerated a lot, and he began to dissect the early Just cut the wood into segments.

As for the size of the woodcarving, Zhang You actually had strict regulations. The goal he made must not be too large, and the shape should be as simple and light as possible, because this can promote his output to a certain extent, and at the same time can Let yourself produce more works.

Of course, many people who are proficient in goals have the same cognition and understanding goals. The larger the subject matter and the larger the work, the less energy is expended on themselves. On the contrary, those small and exquisite wood carvings are the most time-consuming and mentally consuming.

But for Zhang You, if the size is too large, first, it is inconvenient to transport, and second, it is difficult to sell it at a price. On the contrary, those who are small and exquisite are more popular. On the one hand, the space they occupy It's not very big, whether it's placed in the car or on your own desk, or on the head of the bed in the bedroom, it's very appropriate. If it's too big, except for some customers who have their own needs, most people don't like it. You won't really spend money to buy it, which will have a certain impact on your sales.

During this period of time, Zhang You almost turned over the entire Shan Hai Jing. (This chapter is not finished!)

, Even before eating or going to bed, I would deliberately take out this book and look through it, so that I can find a work that is not only simple to carve, but also has a corresponding shape and looks more complicated.

The whole family was very surprised by his change. After all, Zhang You himself is not a person who loves to read books. He did not expect to change his mind during this period of time, and the books he read also made people feel a little surprised. After all, the Shan Hai Jing, the average person may not keep paying attention to all kinds of anecdotes above for a long time. @重量\\/书阁·No fault first release~~

For the whole family's inquiries, Zhang You naturally used the excuse that he was relatively boring during this period of time to prevaricate. Anyway, he did not let everyone discover his own strangeness, and everyone accepted his explanation carefully. After all, now The ranch is not very busy, and it is recognized by everyone that I have nothing to do.

After picking and choosing, two strange beasts successfully broke into Zhang You's eyes, Chaos and Yingyu. It meets my requirement of being simple and looks a bit extraordinary, and at the same time meets my identity as an artist, and the obstacles to my carving are very subtle. I simply observed the pattern by myself. Five is hardly a problem.

To put it simply, Yingyu is a shape that originally looked like a carp, and then enlarged its two-day fins to look like wings. A fish with wings is naturally a winning fish, and chaos is even simpler. To carve the shape of a pig instead of the opponent's head, and to carve two pairs of wings around it, like a pig with two wings, is the chaos in mythology.

Whether it is the shape or the difficulty of carving, it is very in line with my original expectations, and even the output of my carving has been greatly improved, not to mention that Chaos looks really cute. In ancient times, it might be a murderer of people, but in the In the eyes of those girls, they are first-class cute things, which should help their sales to a certain extent. .