My Cartoonist Guide

Chapter 29 Division of labor

“Good luck, I met a good editor.” Shen Xin couldn’t understand the girl’s thoughts.

Yan Fu’s brows moved a little, and she had been in contact with Shen Xin for so long, and she felt uncomfortable in her heart when she heard Shen Xin praise her in front of other people.

“Her name is Ruan Ying. She once drew cartoons for a while, and now she is working as a professional assistant.” Yan Fu’s mouth raised slightly.

“Oh, hello.” Shen Xin didn’t expect Yan Fu to find a cartoonist, and he was overjoyed.

If an experienced person comes to serve as an assistant, his pressure will be much easier.

“Ruan Ying is now a professional assistant, and she needs her help for other serializations. Qiao Yu is also studying with other teachers. Within a week, they may not work here for a period of time.” Yan Fu reminded.

“I see.” Zheng Ke said in response.

Professional assistants like Ruan Ying are definitely expensive. Since Shen Xin is now short of funds, he might as well hire two assistants to help him, and wait for sufficient funds to consider other things.

In addition, Shen Xin also has his own careful thinking.

So far, he is still a student. Although the university has more free time, some important classes—such as the class teacher’s class—still have to go there from time to time. Otherwise, he might be “hanged up” as a wind chime at some point. Up.

“Well, I also have some classes to take. If I’m not here, you don’t need to come over.” Shen Xin suggested.

Qiao Yu and Ruan Ying nodded again and again, after discussion.

is finalized, on Tuesday, Thursday afternoon and evening, Saturday and Sunday all day, two people will come to help. Considering that the first episode has 55 pages, and the color manga is drawn, the progress will be much slower. Qiao Yu and Ruan Ying decided that they would work overtime on the night of the last week.

“So, who of you two is responsible for the background?” Shen Xin asked.

The background is the most complicated of all auxiliary tasks, and if the person who draws the background is frequently changed, the comic style will also be inconsistent. Therefore, generally speaking, the background is drawn by one person. As for the drawing of the line and the effect line , Blacken, white, and paste net paper, and then hand it over to others to deal with.

Ruan Ying glanced at Qiao Yu and found that he didn’t want to draw the background, so she took the initiative.

Shen Xin’s pressure has been reduced a lot. If Ruan Ying really wants to be a full-time assistant, then she should be good at all aspects of assistants, and background drawing is a necessary lesson for assistants.

For Ruan Ying, the background should be fine.

“The black-and-white manuscript, I have already hooked it up, and I have also marked the places that need to be blacked out or cut paper on the Internet. I will ask you for the rest of the work.” Shen Xin returned to the desk and picked it up. The line drafts drawn were handed over to Ruan Ying and Qiao Yu, “Please, please.”

The line draft has been inked, and Shen Xin also left a mark with a blue pencil in the blank space.

Generally speaking, writing with a blue pencil on the manuscript paper will not be printed unless you use too much force. It is for this reason that the cartoonist will not use an eraser after marking with a blue pencil.

As for the types of black, white, and dotted paper, Shen Xin also gave a simple explanation.

“It turns out that the teacher’s painter is so good. Is it really just a student at school?” Ruan Ying raised her brows when she saw the line draft. “If I can draw such a line draft, I should be able to be a cartoonist.”

“It’s not that people who draw well can be a cartoonist.” Shen Xin said with a smile.

“Also…but I have not been able to find a good script.” Ruan Ying looked regretful.

After seeing Shen Xin’s line draft, Qiao Yu’s heart has changed a lot.

He originally thought that Shen Xin was able to contribute because of the story. Now when I saw the line draft, I suddenly realized that the editor was interested in Shen Xin’s painter.

As a professional assistant, Ruan Ying has already estimated the approximate workload after getting the drawing, and Qiao Yu has also been trained by a professional school, so there is no problem in adapting.

Shen Xin passed the background photo to Ruan Ying, and the two turned to their desks.

“How is the progress of the coloring pages?” Yan Fu walked over seeing Shen Xin returning to his seat.

“I only started drawing and coloring yesterday, so I only completed two pages.” Shen Xin picked up a black marker and said softly.

Originally, Shen Xin planned to use watercolors, but after drawing a page, he found that it was too cumbersome to paint with watercolors, and it took a long time for the colors to dry, so he went to the store and bought a set of markers. Of course, in terms of price, markers are also more expensive than watercolors.

Fortunately, a marker is needed for every word.

If it weren’t for the first story, he would not have been so troubled.

Yan Fu heard that Shen Xin had already drawn two colored drafts, so he couldn’t wait to find the two colored drafts.

The color pages drawn by Shen Xin are actually two portraits of Iori.

Because it is a close-up of the character, the drawing is more detailed and time-consuming.

First of all, in order to highlight the authenticity, Shen Xin takes the character drawing very seriously. In the first page, almost all the lines of Yi Zhi’s sweater are drawn. Whether it is the background of the character, or the appearance and skin of the character, it is a more realistic style.

reached the second page, lying flat on the sofa, the marks left by muscle stretching, including the wrinkles on the sofa, were expressed by Shen Xin in different shades. The connection between swimsuits, swimming trunks and the skin, and the elasticity of the muscles, are also vividly reflected under Shen Xin’s brush.

is different from the gorgeousness of Chen Zijiao’s writings. Shen Xin’s color pages are more realistic and complement the style of the entire comic.

“Pretty… If I didn’t know in advance that this is a comic, I thought it was a real photo?” Yan Fu felt his hand shaking with the original.

Shen Xin, it should be… No, she must be the most talented man among all the cartoonists she has contact with.

“I can’t have all the color pages of this level, otherwise, the speed can’t keep up, and the back color pages are all with grids, and I can’t draw so delicately.” Shen Xin stretched out and explained.

“Don’t worry, although I am not a cartoonist, I know these things… Now imagine that there are these three photos after the catalog. Readers will definitely feel this strong sense of impact.” Yan Fu put the color page back on the desktop. “I hope to receive good news from you soon.”

“Not three weeks…”

“It’s two weeks, I want to get the original manuscript in advance.”

In order to avoid opening the skylight, Yan Fu strictly controls time.

“I see.” Shen Xin took out a marker and started to color Yi Zhi’s hair.

Yan Fu is also in charge of other authors. After staying in the studio for a while, he said goodbye to Shen Xin. The whole studio immediately quieted down, leaving only the sound of the pen rubbing against the paper.

This atmosphere continued until noon, when Qiao Yu and Ruan Ying went to lunch, while Shen Xin stopped writing after drawing the third page of the colored draft.

The most difficult thing to draw is these three portraits. Although the remaining drawings are also color drafts, compared with these three pages, the difficulty is reduced a lot and the speed will be faster.

Shen Xin stretched out, stood up from his seat, came to the workbench of Qiao Yu and Ruan Ying, glanced at the drawings they were working on, and suddenly became interested.