My Animation Era

In the original "Prince of Tennis", in the regional qualifiers and the major competition stages, Qingxue actually did not encounter too strong opponents.

This is not a boast or anything...

The older generation Seigaku, that is, Tezuka is still picking up the ball. Before he became a minister, Seigaku failed to enter the national competition, but he was still at the level of "indiscriminate killing" in the regional qualifiers.

When Tezuka, Fuji, Ryoma and other Seigakus gather together, their strength will become even more outrageous.

There is a knowledge point involved here!

Don't look at the plot of "Prince of Tennis", there are so many schools appearing, there are easily dozens or hundreds of schools participating. But in fact, most schools are cannon fodder for one round trip.

Except for a few strong schools such as Hyotei, Rikkai University, Shitenhoji, Fudomine, Yamabuki, and Higa, which can leave a good impression on the audience, the audience of other schools may not even remember their names.

Does this need to change?

The strong desire of schools around Jiangchuan gave Gu Miao the idea of ​​giving these supporting characters cannon fodder schools to enhance their presence.

Of course, ideas are ideas.

Until a better solution is thought of, the issue of improving the presence of a weak school can only remain in words.

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Gu Miao has been very busy recently.

After taking Ma Kui to various famous middle schools across the country and visiting the infrastructure and environment of these schools, the production team of the animated "Prince of Tennis" finally gathered the manpower.

It's the end of April.

Gu Miao, who returned to her hometown in Jiangchuan, couldn't wait to hold the production team's first planning seminar before she could take a break.

First, determine the art design.

All art-related design elements, including scenes, props, characters, etc., all need to be determined at this meeting.

There’s not much to say about the scene…

Gu Miao and Ma Kui have been traveling for more than half a month. Through on-site visits and inspections, they have become extremely familiar with each school.

The props aspect is also quite simple.

Because "Prince of Tennis" is a sports show with "tennis" as its core, many props and equipment can be found as prototypes in reality.

For rackets and training equipment, please refer to real objects and make slight adjustments.

The focus is on the "team uniform" design!

Each school not only has its own uniforms, but also its own uniforms for the main players of its tennis department.

The school uniforms are okay. After all, they also have real-life references. They can be used after a little adjustment to meet the animation design requirements.

But there is no reference for the team uniform...

This means that the animation production team led by Gu Miao must design more than ten sets of tennis uniforms for "The Prince of Tennis", and one less will not work.

The amount of this project is not small!

The only good thing is that although the colors and styles of these team uniforms are slightly different. But basically, everyone is a variation of sportswear.

Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School, blue and white.

This is Gu Miao's favorite team uniform, and it is also the "blue and white glory" in the minds of many tennis king fans.

Perhaps due to the blessing of the "protagonist halo", the original Qinghao's official team uniform looks to be the most eye-catching and youthful one.

Lele Middle School, mainly dark black.

Lele Middle School, which holds the "Fudoho" template, is one of Qingxue's main opponents and is also known as the "Black Legion". Its uniforms are quite good.

Then there is the off-white Ice Emperor, the white Saint Rudolph, and...

Pumpkin-colored Tatekai Dai!

When it comes to Lihai University, Gu Miao can't help but want to complain about their official uniforms.

Not to mention the "collision" with the yellow-green team uniforms of Shitenbao Temple. The design is indeed a bit inconsistent with the style of the king and looks too mediocre.

certainly!

This may be due to Gu Miao's different aesthetics.

Anyway, he couldn't accept it. In the original novel, Hai Da was wearing a yellow team uniform. He felt silly and did not reflect the temperament of "King Li Hai Da" at all.

In the simplest terms…

Yukimura Sanada and others wearing this uniform do not give people a suffocating sense of oppression! Do you understand the feeling of oppression?

It is very important to establish the sea.

As an absolutely powerful school that has dominated Kanto for fifteen consecutive years and has dominated the country for two consecutive years, when people mention Rikkai University, the word "invincible" immediately comes to mind.

If Qinghao didn't have the halo of the protagonist, Li Hai would have won three consecutive national competitions long ago.

For such a school, Gu Miao believes that their team uniforms need to give people a strong sense of oppression, full of aura, and become a nightmare for all schools.

So what color should you choose?

Black is originally excellent, especially the deep black team uniforms, which are full of aura and oppression. It's a pity that the dark black team uniform has already been used by Fudoho, the Wanbao version of Lele Middle School.

"Purple is for bones and green is for tendons..."

Just when Gu Miao didn't know how to design the official uniforms of the tennis club for Lihai University, the Wanbao version of Qiushi Middle School, a designer suddenly said a jingle.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

This sentence is definitely familiar to many people who have studied color matching.

Because this is the classic color combination that you never get tired of, and it is often used in the field of clothing.

"Does purple match green?"

Gu Miao thought about it seriously, picked up a piece of draft paper on the table, and drew a pattern of a coat, then painted it purple and embellished with green stripes.

It has some flavor.

The more she looked at it, the more she liked it. Gu Miao immediately made the decision: "Okay! Let's use this color!"

As the old saying goes, purple air comes from the east.

In terms of visual impact, purple can indeed easily create the illusion of oppression and powerful aura.

And the most important thing is...

So far, this color scheme has not clashed with other schools. It is a unique logo of Qingxue.

Recognition is also important!

As long as others see the uniforms of this color and immediately think of the Qiushi Middle School Tennis Club, then the design is successful.

This cannot be learned from the original work...

In the original work, Shitenhoji Temple and Rikkai University are in Kanto and Kansai, but the team uniforms have contrasting colors. It is easy to mistake them if you don't look carefully. This is a typical case where the recognition is not high.

If you don’t believe me, look at Qingxue!

That blue and white uniform is so recognisable. Would anyone mistake Qing Xue's uniform?

From a distance, when you see a touch of blue and white, you will know that it is the official player of Qingxue Tennis Club. This kind of design is a good design!

After simply determining the design style and main color of each school's team uniforms, the next thing to do is to determine the character art design.

This is also simple.

Qian Zhenzhi and Zhong Guoguang are two men with glasses, but one has round frames and the other has square frames.

Zhou Zhu narrowed his eyes.

Big stone pot hijab, Chen Haitang wears a headscarf, Long Ma likes to wear a ball cap...

These distinctive character characteristics were quickly put into practice through Gu Miao's narration.

Compared with the team members, the most difficult person to design is actually Long Ma’s father, tennis legend Long Nantian.