don't want to lose...
Tanaka slowly widened his eyes.
Seems to be the case
Yes, that's it.
This feeling, as the other party said, is actually very simple.
I just don't want to lose!
"You're right, Mr. Kishibe." He showed a simple smile that was different from the complex meaning just now.
"I just don't want to lose... I want to do illustrations for my favorite novels, I want this job."
"I don't want to lose to anyone else, even the author of the novel—you!"
Seiji also smiled.
"I'm very happy that 'Brother Story' can be loved like this by you."
"I didn't create this work alone, but the partner wanted me to do illustrations for this novel."
"I said yes, and it became something I wanted to do as well."
"I don't want to lose, even if I can't even be called an artist, and the opponent is you, Guibing teacher, a top-notch illustrator."
The two looked at each other, and their wills collided in their eyes.
"let's start."
"Um."
Tanaka and Seiji each took out their own paintings, put them on the table, and moved them in front of each other.
Seiji picked up Teacher Guibing's painting and looked at it carefully.
sharp!
This is the first impression.
Mr. Ghost Bing drew a picture of the hero and the villain fighting with weapons. The composition is well done, and it looks quite imposing at first glance.
The picture especially highlights the hideous expression of the villain after revealing his true face. Half of the face is like a horror ghost, and the other half is still like a beautiful girl. This double-faced appearance forms a visual impact with strong contrast, giving people a deep impression impression.
The villain described in the novel article does not look like this after revealing his true face, but it is within the scope of the description to draw it like this, and it obviously works well.
Seiji had the idea of changing the description in the novel according to this painting.
This is the strength of a first-class illustrator!
It not only draws a picture that conforms to the description of the novel, but even surpasses the author's imagination, to the extent that it affects the author in turn.
In addition to the villain, the actor's demeanor is also well portrayed. You can feel the strong fighting spirit in his eyes, and the heraldry-like stripes on his face are also cool.
Actions, costumes, weapons, renderings... Seiji examined it carefully.
On the other side, Tanaka looked carefully at Mr. Kishibe's painting.
So fine!
This is what Tanaka marveled at first.
The other party's painting is a confrontation between the hero and the villain. At the moment when the battle is about to start, the whole picture reveals a sense of tension that is about to explode.
Characters, costumes, weapons, shadows, rendering... The level of detail of the picture is obviously a level higher than what he painted!
The higher the fineness, the better the look and feel at first glance, that is, the so-called "texture" is higher, or the "finishing" is higher.
Tanaka can also paint his own paintings to this level of detail, but he doesn't have enough time.
In other words, the speed of the other party's painting is much faster than him!
Losing in speed... fineness, it's like being punched hard, the feeling of being suppressed by hard power.
What about the screen content
Tanaka saw three figures.
The male protagonist with his weapon drawn, the villain transformed into a monster, and the female protagonist watching from the corner.
He even drew the heroine as a bystander!
When Tanaka first saw it, he thought it was a deduction point, but after a closer look, he found that it was not the case.
The heroine is in the shadows, not easy to notice at first glance. The first thing readers pay attention to is the hero and the villain. When they look carefully, they will find the girl in the shadow.
The heroine is the narrator and also the biggest suspense of the novel. When seeing the beautiful girl in the illustration, readers who have not finished the novel will think that she is just a bystander, a character background.
However, if you look at this character carefully, or look at this illustration after reading the novel, you will feel a little strange.
She had a strange expression on the sidelines, as if she was concerned about the male protagonist, but also as if she was wearing a mask, her eyes were dark, her smile was not a smile, and she felt weird and mysterious.
This kind of feeling fits the overall atmosphere of the work, which sublimates the perception of the whole picture. It is not just the protagonist and the villain confronting each other, but also contains other things... throughout the whole work, but it is still unclear. thing".
Tanaka could only admire this.
As expected of a novel author... This is an excellent illustration that only a novel author can draw.
…
"I lost."
After comparing the other party's paintings with his own paintings in an all-round way, Tanaka came to this conclusion.
He put the painting back on the table and moved it in front of the other party.
"You won, Mr. Kishi... I will give up this job as agreed."
"Thank you, Teacher Ghost Soldier."
Seiji handed back the painting in his hand directly to the other party.
"Don't say 'thank you'... In this competition, I am convinced that I lost."
Tanaka took back his painting, glanced at it, and was about to tear it up.
"Wait!" Seiji stopped him.
"This is a very good painting. Teacher Guibing, if you don't want to keep it, can you give it to me?"
Tanaka was surprised.
"Why do you want to… "
"As I said, this is a very good painting, I like it very much." Seiji said sincerely, "Sensei, the villain you drew is even better than I imagined. I want to change the novel with the image drawn by the teacher. Described."
Tanaka blinked.
Then show a faint smile.
"That's it... Then it's not in vain for me to draw this picture."
He took another look at his painting, then handed it to the other party.
"Thank you." Seiji accepted it politely.
Tanaka took a sip of the cold black coffee, tasted the bitterness in his mouth, and then looked at the boy opposite.
"Mr. Kishi, I would like to ask, how old are you now?"
"I'm sixteen years old." Seiji replied.
"Sixteen years old... a freshman in high school." Tanaka sighed.
"It's really amazing. You can write such a good novel and draw such a good painting in just your first year of high school... This is the so-called genius."
"I'm 22 years old. I started to draw seriously in junior high school, and I started submitting comics in high school. I won an award in the third year of high school. Since then, I have been standing still... It can even be said to be backwards."
"I saw the limit of my abilities... As much as I didn't want to believe it was my limit, it was there, like an impassable wall."
"I used to think I was very talented."
"But that's just an illusion. The moment I thought I was talented was actually the moment when I was at the end of it."
"I'm just mediocre... The real genius is someone like you, Mr. Kishi."
"You can write good stories, and you can also draw good paintings. If you aim to draw manga, it won't take long for you to make your debut, or even serialize."
"And I...how long will I have to struggle? Can I succeed? Should I just give up...the so-called dream?"
Tanaka leaned back on the seat, his eyes were a little distracted.
He wasn't actually talking to Seiji, but talking to himself.
As a painter who has repeatedly failed, he is expressing his confusion, no matter who is listening.
"Dream is a beautiful and cruel word."
Seiji looked at the other party and said calmly.
"If you really don't want to suffer anymore, then give up."
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