The Creator of the Second Dimension

Once the production was decided, the animatronics got busy.

Fortunately, after the news of the animation was released, Xu Rui received several more resumes, and the quality of this wave was obviously higher. By the time Yi Qianqian's first version of the character design was officially released, there were already five more people in the animation animation.

There are many animation companies in Ningjiang, and there are more animation companies in China. Not all companies are like Rainbow Media or Mushroom Films, which focus on independent originality and contracted adaptation. More small companies and studios are mainly responsible for outsourcing. Some companies have even evolved into professional outsourcing animation companies.

Cheng Ke contacted several companies, and the other party said that as long as the money is paid, there will be no problem at all. In this way, only the storyboard and some preliminary materials from Magic Electric are needed, and the outsourcing company can start production.

Of course Xu Rui wants to produce a perfect animation entirely by Magic Electric, but the reality does not allow him to be so capricious. The first animation of Magic Electric can only be completed in this way.

The familiar blue car was parked at the gate of the animation animation. The scorching sun in mid-July made Li Ruoxuan sweat as soon as she got out of the car. This time she was wearing a dark blue short-sleeved T-shirt, dark yellow cropped pants, white Sandals, revealing her fair calves and ankles, she was not carrying her usual schoolbag, but a black bag, except for a tuft of hair on her head that was turned up because of sleeping, she looked like a young woman chasing fashion.

Li Ruoxuan touched her head, trying to flatten the messy lock of hair, but the other party refused to let go, and it was still raised high. In the end, she had no choice but to tie another one-sided braid, and lifted it from the passenger seat. A white bag walked into the small building of the fantasy animation.

The first floor was still deserted, and there was nothing there. Li Ruoxuan climbed up the stairs to the second floor with ease, and soon came to the studio.

This place has been expanded a lot, the original painting group and the animation group are separated, Xu Rui did not give himself a separate office, but sat outside with everyone.

"Ah, Xiaoxuan is here."

Tao Ran who was sitting outside was stretching, and saw Li Ruoxuan at first sight.

"Teacher Tao, I brought you a condolence item."

Li Ruoxuan shook the shopping bag in her hand, walked to an empty table, and opened it.

"This is the mango mousse from Clarice Bakery. I made a detour to buy it. Come and try it."

Since the animation project of "Soul Eater" started, Li Ruoxuan has often come to Fantastic Animation. On the one hand, out of editorial duties, she came to hand over some materials with the animation production team, including asking the original author Mr. A Chuang to confirm the image of the character. , compare some setting details and the like.

On the other hand, Li Ruoxuan, a newcomer to the workplace, is very interested in animation production. Since she is only responsible for the author of Teacher A Chuang, she also has enough time to create animations.

"Then let's rest and have afternoon tea."

Xu Rui waved his hand and signaled that most of the people stopped their work and came to Li Ruoxuan's side.

"I'm going to make some cups of black tea."

Deng Shixin of the 3D group ran to the tea room in small steps and started tinkering with tea bags and hot water bottles.

"Wow, this is delicious."

Yao Jiajie in the coloring group is the most free now. She is also the first person to eat mango mousse. Although she has passed the threshold of 30 years old, she is still young and beautiful. She looks like a girl in her twenties .

"Mr. Guo, don't you want to eat?"

An Yuan is usually a silent person who works silently. He returned to his seat with the cake, took a bite, and looked at Guo Weiren who was still buried in painting.

"I'm too old to eat this kind of sweets, you eat it, you eat it."

Guo Weiren stopped his pen and responded with a sound, then continued to pick up the brush.

"Hey, where is Teacher Cheng?"

Li Ruoxuan was distributing the cakes, and found that there was one missing figure who would usually come to join in the fun, so she asked.

"He went to contact the outsourcing company. After all, we still don't have enough manpower. This animation still needs a stable outsourcing company."

Yan Zhe replied, he returned to his seat with the cake, but he didn't open it, but thought about taking it back to his son to eat at night.

Xu Rui took a piece of cake and walked behind Yi Qianqian. She was painting with headphones on, undisturbed by the movement of the outside world.

On Yi Qianqian's screen is the heroine of "Soul Eater", Li Leshen, who is younger and slightly childish than the manga. This is because the story of "Soul Eater: Zero" happened three years before the original work. The heroine is still a junior high school student.

"Miss Qianqian, let's have some cake."

Xu Rui put the mango mousse in Yi Qianqian's hand and said softly.

"Later, wait until I finish painting here."

Yi Qianqian's voice at this time was very cold, as if she had put all her emotions into painting, and even Xu Rui couldn't affect her in the slightest.

Xu Rui could only shrug helplessly.

"Come and drink black tea."

Deng Shixin brought several cups of black tea and handed one of them to Li Ruoxuan.

"Thank you. Ah, is this Li Leshen? It looks a little small, so cute."

Li Ruoxuan took the disposable paper cup and saw Yi Qianqian's painting. She moved over and handed the cup to Xu Rui.

"Xu Rui, I'll give you this cup of tea."

"okay."

Xu Rui picked up the cup, blew on it a little, and put it on Yi Qianqian's open space on the table.

"Is this an animation character?"

Li Ruoxuan didn't pay attention to these details. Seeing that Yi Qianqian was still drawing seriously, she asked Xu Rui softly.

"I've always been curious, why don't you just use the image of the comics instead of redrawing the characters?"

"Well, after all, animation and manga are different. When drawing a character, the cartoonist only needs to consider the storyboard. He can choose the angle at which the character presents to the audience. Simply put, it is how handsome it is, just like posing out of the picture."

Xu Rui gestured with both hands, and continued.

"However, animation requires the characters to move. It is inevitable to consider the appearance of the characters from various angles, the deformation of the clothes and equipment on the body during the movement. If no one gives a reference at the beginning, then in the follow-up production In the process, it is easy to have conflicts due to the painting methods of different original artists."

"To put it simply, it's like the difference between a selfie after meticulous editing and a small video taken by a classmate with a mobile phone?"

Li Ruoxuan put her fingers on her lips and said while thinking.

"Eh, it can be understood in this way."

Xu Rui froze for a moment, thinking about it, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it.

"I have never observed the original artist's painting so closely before."

Li Ruoxuan looked at Yi Qianqian who was focused and serious, and muttered to herself.

"They want to draw one by one like this, and then play it together?"

"To be precise, the original artist is only responsible for a part of the animation."

Xu Rui explained patiently, seeing Li Ruoxuan looking at him with wide eyes, like a curious baby.

"The original artist draws the key frames of the action, and then the animator is responsible for supplementing the middle part, such as a simple walking action. The original artist only needs to draw the start and end of the two feet, as well as the middle position. As for the other numbers, it is up to the animation The artist came to add, and because of this, the original artist must be very familiar with the deformation of the action and the timeline."

As soon as the voice fell, Xu Rui's cell phone rang, and Xu Rui pressed the default ringtone within a few seconds. After listening to a few words, he hung up the phone after agreeing, and then said to Li Ruoxuan.

"Sister Xuan, it's just right, I'm going to participate in the audition now, do you want to come together?"