Tokyo life starting with painting

I have to say that this illustration competition with the theme of "Rain" is indeed very good. In this grand prize competition alone, at least nearly 500 original illustrations are received every day.

In addition to some crude works that are just for fun, there are also nearly 300 original illustrations of good quality.

Higashinoji also watched it with great interest.

Various illustrations.

There are illustrations of a girl holding an umbrella and standing in the rain looking down at a cat. There is also an illustration of a girl standing in front of a car, soaked with wetness, looking calmly and indifferently.

With the theme of rain, illustrators like my Japanese friends have used their full strength to create.

This has also made many netizens who only want to see pictures be reluctant to accept these beautiful pictures.

After all, the pictures on the p site can actually be downloaded directly.

"It's indeed pretty good." Higashino breathed out and looked away from the vast sea of ​​illustrations.

If nothing else, judging from the illustrations he just saw, there are many illustrators whose basic skills are not bad at all.

Compared with comic book authors, what they only lack is their ability to make up stories.

For the online comic reading platform that Higashinoji is about to build, these people are undoubtedly talents that can be tapped - even Seo Daigo, the editor of Iwazuki Publishing House, admits this.

"It's definitely the right way to go to Station P."

Higashikata thought to himself. At the same time, he reached out and tapped the table gently and began to think seriously.

The current atmosphere at Station P can be said to be completely heated, but how can we pour hot oil on this atmosphere to heat it up?

Higashino frowned and thought for a while, then called Seo Daigo over to discuss.

"Teacher Higashino, do you want to post your illustrations to the p site?"

Listening to Higashinoji's thoughts, Seo Daigo looked embarrassed and couldn't help but glance at him.

no

Higashinoji posted his work?

Isn't this just a deep-sea whale going to a small fish pond to fish?

Although there are indeed many well-drawn works among the illustrators at the p station, compared with professional comic book authors like Higashinoji, their drawing skills are still far behind.

The most important thing is, Mr. Higashino, why are you, a whale, so busy fishing in a small fish pond?

If you participate in this illustration competition, wouldn’t the four million yen prize money be yours for sure? what is this? Self-produced and sold?

Seo Daigo was speechless and just wanted to explain the pros and cons of the matter.

However, Higashinoji took the initiative to explain with a smile: "It's not what you think, Seo-san. The illustrations I sent are not included in the illustration competition, they are just used to heat up the atmosphere. "

When Higashinoji said this, Seo Daigo finally understood.

Higashino Studio is not well-known in the entire Japanese circle, but the name of national comic book author Higashino Tsukasa is basically known to everyone.

Higashinoji's contribution to the p station can also be seen as part of the excitement.

This is not said out of nowhere.

Seo Daigo can see comments under many works on the p site, many of which are discussions about Higashino Tsukasa's works.

They didn't know it clearly when they were rivals before, but now that they are working together, Seo Daigo finally understands Higashinoji's influence in the Japanese comics industry. Even their illustration website has many fans of Higashinoji.

So if Higashinoji can really contribute,

"If this is the case, I strongly support Mr. Higashino's submission on pixiv."

After thinking about this, Seo Daigo replied simply.

He was not worried about the quality of illustrations drawn by Higashinoji. On the contrary, he was somewhat looking forward to what Higashinoji could draw.

After all, Higashinoji's drawing skills are recognized as the best in today's comics industry.

There was once an online poll, which was jointly held by Iwazuki Publishing House and Tomishima Publishing House. The title was "In the current Japanese comics industry, which cartoonist do you think has the best illustrations and plots?" ’

There were 8,000 participants in this online voting, and Higashinoji won the first place with a support rate of 85%.

Later, someone even found one of the comics authors on the list for an interview and asked him if he was dissatisfied with the result. But what was unexpected was that the other person just smiled and said that the result was within his expectation. Mr. Higashino's painting skills are indeed recognized as the best.

Yes.

Whether it was some manga authors whom Higashinoji knew or those he didn't know, they all said that Higashinoji's animators were indeed ahead of them. Even Horikoshi Hanpei couldn't stammer out the word "no".

Until then, many people expressed that they were a little surprised

It turns out that I don’t know when Higashinoji’s artistry has been recognized by many people in the entire comic industry - many of them may want to sell Higashinoji’s favor, but in a sense, it is indeed recognized as the first. One.

Therefore, Higashinoji is nicknamed "the first comic book author of the new generation" to the outside world.

He was originally a one-finger painter, but as soon as he took off his hat, Tonoji inexplicably became the number one manga author in the 21st century.

Higashinoji is quite famous, so Seo Daigo is also a little curious about how beautiful he would be if he seriously drew illustrations.

After discussing the specific details with Higashinoji, Seo Daigo used his operating account to register his own exclusive account for Higashinoji. The account name was simply called 'Higashinoji', and it also had the exclusive certification mark of Higashino Studio.

On the other side, Higashinoji, who received the support of Seo Daigo, did not hesitate and simply returned to the studio area, thinking about what to draw.

As I said before, the first step in painting is to understand what you want to paint.

This time, Higashinoji’s theme was ‘Rain’.

In other words, anything related to the theme of rain can be drawn.

but

Higashino took a cursory glance at the current submission status on the p site.

Basically everyone is drawing JK and beautiful girls. It is not appropriate for him to make special exceptions alone.

So Higashino sighed, and decided that the subject of this illustration would be the match between a girl and rain.

Tonoji continued to think.

Rain. And the girl walking in the rain. The raindrops fall and the mist gradually rises.

The first thing that Higashinoji thought of was the sentimental atmosphere.

But if it is just pure sentimentality, it lacks some bright spots.

After all, elements such as rainy nights, girls, and sentimentality have been used by too many people in this Illustration Award. If Higashino uses them again, it will feel ordinary.

So what are the eye-catching factors?

Higashikata glanced around.

It happens to be a light rain today, and through the window of Dongye's studio, you can see the gray but slightly white sky outside.

Just looking at the weather gives people an indescribable feeling of gloom.

The temperature difference between indoors and outdoors causes water mist to condense on the window glass, making the outside world look a little blurry.

Higashinoji turned his eyes again, and happened to see Chinatsu holding a thermos cup, drinking water one by one, and at the same time raising his head to look out the window at Shanxia.

She didn't know what she was thinking, and looked out the window in a daze.

There are clear traces of her reaching out to wipe away the mist on the window.

It was as if she could see the entire world outside clearly through that small window.

In the eyes of ordinary people, it might just be a simple Chinatsu Yamagami looking out the window in a daze, including Chinatsu Yamagami herself.

She just received a thermos of hot water, and then looked at the rain outside the window, feeling a little sluggish because she didn't bring an umbrella today, and Dongye Studio was too far away from her home.

If you run all the way to the tram stop, you will definitely be soaked in the rain.

In addition, it is winter now, so not only will I be soaked, but the cold wind will blow over me, and the feeling will not be too sour.

She couldn't help sighing and looking out the window while drinking water, hoping that the light rain would stop soon.

And perhaps the prayer in her heart had an effect, the drizzle outside the window really became lighter and lighter, which made her raise her eyebrows and couldn't help but look happy.

marvelous! No more getting caught in the rain!

Then--

"Chinatsu, just stay in this position and don't move!"

"Ah?" Shanxia Qianxia suddenly heard the voice of her immediate boss, Higashinoji, and the smile on her face suddenly disappeared, and her eyes widened.

She really didn't expect that her immediate boss would happen to discover her while she was in a daze.

This is incredible. You have to know that he just received Tono Division's 'most diligent employee' bonus last week. If he saw that he was actually looking out the window and fishing in a daze during work hours, wouldn't he be dead?

She was about to turn around and defend herself, saying that she had not been in a daze for too long, only five or six minutes at most.

But before she turned her head, she heard Higashinoji's voice again: "Keep this position and don't move. Don't move. And smile, too. Show your smile."

ah?

Mountain Chinatsu's eyes were filled with astonishment, but she still subconsciously followed Higashinoji's words and stood still, while forcing a smile on her face.

what's the situation?

what happens?

What does Mr. Higashino want to do? Is this some kind of prank? Or is it talking about Higashinoji's punishment?

Is this punishment too light? As long as my salary is not fined, I will do anything!

Shanxia Qianxia's mind was full of questions, and she was still desperately praying in her heart not to be fined or to be fined.

After all, it was true that she stood in front of the window in a daze while working.

When she was so frightened that she wanted to go to the shrine to bow and pray to God and Buddha.

Higashikata, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.

"Okay. That's it."

"Um" Shanxia Qianxia shrank her head and looked at Higashinoji, waiting for his next punishment.

But what she didn't expect was that after Higashinoji said, 'Okay, that's all,' he stopped talking. He didn't know what he was doing at the same time. He seemed to be writing and drawing.

Gudu

Could it be that that's this month's salary schedule? Am I really going to have my wages deducted?

When she thought of this, Shanxia Chinatsu showed an indescribable expression of sadness - No, Mr. Higashino, is it possible that the bonus I finally received will be deducted?

She cursed herself in her heart for being an idiot. She just went to work. If it rained, couldn't she go to a nearby convenience store to buy a cheap transparent umbrella and make do with it?

But just complaining couldn't change the situation, so Shanxia Chinatsu decided to take the initiative. Even if she couldn't change the fact that her wages were being deducted, she still had to find out how much would be deducted.

She walked carefully to Higashinoji and couldn't help but said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Higashino. I already know that I made a mistake in deducting my salary. Can you please be merciful? No matter how bad it is, I hope you can tell me how much it will be deducted."

She made small gestures as she spoke.

And her appearance made Higashino, who had already had an idea, couldn't help but raise his head, and was very confused: "What about deducting wages? Do you want me to deduct your wages?"

What is the current situation of Japanese employees? Just after receiving the bonus, you let yourself deduct it? Do you really think you are a shady boss?

He didn't understand what Shanxia Qianxia meant.

"Huh? Isn't it a matter of salary deduction? Then I still look at you, Mr. Higashino."

While Shanxia Chinatsu was talking, she couldn't help but look at Higashinoji's hand, and then she showed a surprised expression.

It turned out that what Higashinoji was holding in his hand was not a salary slip at all, but an illustration that was 50% completed, and Higashinoji was already coloring it with markers.

As a painter of Higashinoji, Yamayama Chinatsu could see the content of this painting at a glance.

It was probably a car window.

The weather outside the car window is gloomy and heavy.

There was mist condensing on the car windows, and the rain outside was rolling down the car windows.

Cold air

Yes, although this is just a painting, it really gives Qianxia on the mountain a feeling of "chill" inexplicably, as if the sound of dripping rain in the world in the painting can also ring in her ears.

This made Shanshan Qianxia hold the thermos bottle tightly, as if she wanted to keep warm through this action.

Then she continued to look.

There was a young and beautiful girl sitting in the car window.

This was probably a high school girl, she looked cute, her face was slightly red from the cold, and her slightly curved eyebrows made her look very pure and cute.

At this time, she seemed to be attracted by an acquaintance or something outside the car window, and she was stretching out her hand to wipe away the water mist on the car window.

But Chinatsu Yamayama was keenly aware that this action seemed more like saying goodbye to someone outside the car window.

Yes

The long-haired girl's movement of wiping the mist looked like she was saying goodbye to someone outside the car. Even the smile when she turned her head sideways seemed to add a touch of sadness.

At this moment, raindrops happened to fall from the car window.

Looking out of the car window, the raindrops seemed to fall from the corners of her eyes, just like the tears of a girl behind the car window.

Beauty and sadness coexist in one.

Shanxia Qianxia felt that her eyes were in a trance.

She was standing at the station in the rain.

The car windows are filled with water mist.

Raindrops falling continuously.

Girls on the train wave goodbye to their relatives or the people they like.

She smiled, but her mood was spoiled by the raindrops that didn't care about the occasion.

Raindrops like tear stains fell from the corners of my eyes.

Everything seems to be extremely beautiful in Higashinoji's writing.

Thanks to the boss of Wujian Sun, the Lord of the Wilderness, Milk Tea C, and Fate Qiansheng for the rewards! Thank you so much!