My Animation Era

In the animation industry, there has always been a controversy, that is, what style of painting should this original work use?

Realistic? Beautiful? cute?

Or……

Adopt the relatively unpopular ink style?

Choosing the right painting style for the right work is actually the top problem that animation supervisors face during the creative process.

Why is this important?

To give a simple example, take the animation "Sailor Moon" as an example. The old version of the animation in the 1990s and the new version of Crystal's animation are actually two completely different styles of painting.

This change is not only visible to the naked eye, but also in some inconspicuous details, such as Tsukino Usagi's eyes and hair color.

Some people may think...

ah! No big deal! The old and new versions look pretty good to me, which means it’s not a bad thing!

To be able to say such things means that you are still too young.

If Crystal's new Sailor Moon style changes and adopts the style of JOJO, will it still be popular?

Okay, that's a little extreme.

To put it another way, if "Sailor Moon" becomes a realistic style like "Slam Dunk", what do you think the audience will think?

What is suitable is the best.

Generally speaking, when adapting animation works, they will tend to "maintain the original work" in the choice of style. In other words, whatever the style of the original comic is, that style will be used in the animation.

But for novel adaptations and original animations, the production team will choose the style that is more in line with the subject matter and character plot.

All the time.

The animation styles produced by Wanbao Animation tend to be "cute" and "aesthetic", with few other styles appearing.

This is actually a big flaw.

As an animation company with great ambitions, if it can't control various painting styles, then what's the point of being in the industry?

It doesn’t mean that animation companies have to master different styles of painting.

But if you want to reach the top, if you want to be the number one animation company, then you can’t have too obvious shortcomings, and you have to learn to control different painting styles.

Ink style is a new choice!

In Gu Miao's impression, there are quite a few animation works about ink-wash style, and the quality is pretty good.

If you can recruit a master of ink painting style, then when making animations in the future, the works you can choose will no longer be "cute" or "aesthetic".

Think of this.

Gu Miao suddenly thought of something, that is, the original version of the animation "The Moonlight Is So Beautiful" was in a realistic style, and he also followed the realistic style.

But the problem is...

Can he really master the realistic style?

According to rumors, the original animation producer of "Moonlight is Beautiful" was inspired by the theatrical version of "Tamako Market" produced by Kyoto Animation and was deeply moved, so he also came up with the idea of ​​​​making an animation with a similar theme.

During the period of writing the script, several animation creators, including Kishi Seiji, not only exchanged stories about their youth as teenagers, but also interviewed several real-life junior high school students.

Even……

The creative team also worked as paparazzi, secretly observing and recording the love process of real junior high school students.

All right!

Rumors are just rumors after all and may differ from the actual situation, but it does not mean that they are the truth.

But Gu Miao believes that the behavior of the original animation production team is of great reference value.

There may not be "Tan An" and "Ye Qian" in reality, but they are high school students of the same age, similarly troubled by adolescence, and equally confused about their first love.

So, why not take a look?

…

Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School, Monday.

After a short break, students returned to school one after another. The campus that was so deserted yesterday suddenly became lively.

But as soon as they returned to school, the senior students of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School discovered that there were two more sneaky "weirdos" on campus!

Why do you say he is a weirdo?

Sunglasses, mask, baseball cap, standard paparazzi three-piece set! Wrapped in an airtight black down jacket, he likes to squat in inconspicuous corners and peek at everyone. Isn't this a weirdo?

The strange thing is...

The teachers and security guards at the school turned a blind eye to these two weirdos and did not expel them at all. They also told everyone that they were also school employees.

Damn it!

There are so many employees in the school. I can’t say that I know them all, but at least they are familiar with each other. But these two mysterious people have never appeared in the school at all. What kind of employees are they?

Weirdness is weirdness!

After all, these two weirdos didn't affect everyone's study and life. They usually didn't even say a word except squatting in a corner in a daze, so everyone just regarded them as transparent people.

Once, two high school sophomore boys got into a fight in the corner of the basketball court because they were pursuing the same girl. After the fight, they discovered these two weirdos squatting next to them.

The classmates were all dumbfounded.

Everyone thought that when these two weirdos saw the scene just now, they would definitely run to report it to the teacher or principal, and the two boys who were fighting would definitely be reported and criticized.

As a result, nothing happened!

After a full week, after confirming that these two people had not reported it to the teacher or principal, everyone immediately came to a conclusion.

"These two weirdos are mute!"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true! I was smoking in the toilet, and he was squatting next door. We both looked at each other and smiled, but he didn't report it to the teacher..."

It turns out he is mute!

As we get along with each other for a long time, everyone becomes more and more courageous, doing all kinds of "shady" bad things, and they are not afraid of being seen and discovered by these two weirdos.

Anyway, they are mute, and they will not report it to the teacher. If they see it, they will see it!

Sometimes, the boys get together to smoke, and even give these two weirdos a piece of cake. When I go to the toilet and sit in the pit, I will ask a lot: "Do you want to go poop together?"

However, this good life only lasted for half a month.

The day before the New Year's Day holiday, the students were very surprised to find that the two weirdos were missing.

Just when everyone was curious and about to ask the teacher whether these two weirdos had been expelled from the school because they had been doing nothing all day, the head teacher walked into the classroom with a smile.

Then……

The head teacher took out a notepad that was a thick book with the word "small report" crookedly written on the cover, opened the first page and read:

"On December 21st, boys Zhao xx and Li xx, boys in Class 3, Grade 2, got into a fight on the basketball court because they were jealous..."

"On December 22, Wang xx, a boy from Grade 2 (3) of high school, smoked and played with his mobile phone in the toilet. His search records showed an old butt..."

"December 23rd..."

master!

Stop reading it!

At this moment, both boys and girls stood up in unison, looking at the "small report" notepad in the hands of the class teacher with expressions of disbelief, wondering where this thing came from?

"snort!"

The head teacher snorted coldly, and then reprimanded: "I told you, those two are school employees, special commissioners sent by the principal to supervise school ethics and discipline. Why don't you believe it?"

Hurrah!

The ghosts are actually those two weirdos?