On the hollowed-out carved coffee table, various colored pencils are placed in a mess; the coffee cup at hand has been drank for most of the time, and the residual coffee exudes a curling aroma, which lingers in the hot sun of New York's midsummer. ; pencil sharpeners, cell phones, and half-finished paintings are haphazardly stacked on the table, depicting the sloppy and careless nature of the artists.
The woman sitting at the table looked about twenty-five or six years old, wearing a gorgeous bohemian dress, dazzling red, green, blue and purple collided together, like a flower in full bloom, In the summer's laziness and comfort, large tracts of flowers bloom.
A long black hair was casually tied into a loose fishbone braid, and the frizzy hair swayed gently in the breeze; the facial features looked ordinary, as if it was just an ordinary one in this bustling metropolis Ordinary person, but those smart and stubborn eyes bloom with unique charm in the flow of eye waves.
On the sketchbook, Cecilia-Wilton drew a few strokes at the end, then took a serious look at it, picked up the eraser again, wiped it lightly, and made some minor revisions. Then he put down the pencil contentedly, placed the finished painting on the coffee table, picked up the coffee, drank the coffee in the cup, and let out a long sigh of relief.
She raised her head and let the afternoon sun fall on her face. The scorching light was slightly stinging, but after a long winter and a changeable spring, she cherished such time especially. Cecilia loved the summer in New York, and even the restlessness and noise in the air were full of vitality.
After sitting quietly for a while, Cecilia sat up straight again, picked up the mobile phone on the table, and opened her social network account just like countless young people of today. However, Cecilia was a little different. She is an internet celebrity.
While Cecilia doesn't use the term to refer to herself, the truth is that social networking platforms are now her source of income.
Cecilia is an illustrator, good at drawing watercolors and sketches, especially at capturing the momentary expressions of people. When Facebook was just emerging, as a high school student, Cecilia often uploaded her works to her account, and received a lot of affirmation; later, she began to draw her favorite artists, actors, singers, directors, photographers, etc. Wait, gradually, the name began to spread.
At the beginning, fans of those artists visited Cecilia's personal page, and then gradually some fans took the initiative to apply, hoping to invite Cecilia to draw her own idol by paying, she agreed, but just as earning It's just a little bit of pocket money.
For the first time, Cecilia realized that this hobby could become a job. It was an avid fan of "Twilight City". In 2009, in order to welcome the release of "New Moon", a huge fan base raised funds. , invited Cecilia to paint a series of paintings of the three protagonists, a total of twelve paintings, each for five hundred dollars.
More importantly, this series of paintings caused a sensation on the Internet, and the number of views on Facebook exceeded 3 million, which really made a name for Cecilia. After that, Cecilia's account went viral, "Brando Mania."
Cecilia Wilton is Brando Mania.
Now, Cecilia has formed a stable fan base, especially the rise of the photo wall, which has become a platform for her to show off her talents; at the same time, her correct three views and wise life philosophy have also won a lot of resonance. In less than a year, she has 5 million followers and has become one of the most authoritative illustrators on the photo wall.
The focus of Cecilia's work has also gradually shifted. She is now devoted to publishing books, drawing fragments of life in New York, similar to four-frame comics, telling a small story, conveying life philosophy or telling life wisdom; in addition, also There are regular invitations from magazines and online media, and job opportunities are endless, not to mention invitations from advertising sponsors.
Therefore, Cecilia has rarely painted artist portraits. Although fan invitations continue to flow in, not long ago, Marvel fans paid $6,000 to invite Cecilia to paint a painting of Thor and Loki's brothers, but she refused; rather than making money, Cecilia Ya can now do as she pleases as she likes.
In the past year, Renly-Hall has modeled Cecilia by far and away, and on average, she draws a Renly every month. This also makes Cecilia's Instagram account a gathering place for countless Don Quixotes.
Cecilia likes Renly not only because Renly's work is always amazing, not only because Renly's performances are always shocking, not only because Renly's music is always touching, but also because Renly's Personality.
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Objectively speaking, Renly is not a handsome guy, at least not handsome guys who conform to traditional aesthetic standards like Chris Hemsworth, Tom Cruise, and Brad Pitt. The performance is mediocre and can't awaken the audience's love at all; but in Cicilia's view, the plane photos can't capture the charm of Renly at all. Addicted.
Therefore, Cecilia always likes to paint Renly, trying to capture the charm between the eyebrows with her own brush. It was not an easy task, but Cecilia enjoyed it. A year later, the enthusiasm has not subsided, and even continued to rise.
Recently, Cecilia's biggest expectation is that "Les Miserables" will land on Broadway. She can't wait to see Renly standing on the stage, and she is ready to accept the shocking baptism.
Habitually, Cecilia opened her social network account, checked her inbox, confirmed job offers, and left messages from fans.
She has a huge number of fans and is highly sought after. Cecilia has also been lost in the past. After her self-confidence has inflated to the extreme, she has become arrogant and proud, and has even become concerned about gains and losses. Every day, she spends a lot of time indulging in fan messages. Among them, it seems that without "likes", life becomes bleak, and the world begins to fall apart.
But as Renly walked along the way, Cecilia gradually returned to her down-to-earth state. On the Internet, everyone says that "Brando Fanatic" is Renly's most loyal supporter; but only Cecilia herself knows that if it weren't for Renly, the account "Brando Fanatic" would be like a social network account. Countless Internet celebrities are like shooting stars, and after sliding across the sky, they are fleeting.
Familiar, Cecilia opened Twitter and casually began to read the latest news that had appeared in the past few hours, looking for more creative inspiration, brushing and brushing, but there was not much newness, which was disappointing. So, Cecilia began to browse the accounts automatically pushed by the system to see if she could discover more new continents.
Unintentionally, Cecilia's fingertips stopped, and her eyes fell on a Twitter video.
At the beginning of this year, Twitter officially opened the video upload function, but like Twitter's 140 cross limit, the video can only be uploaded for 30 seconds, which is too short for the audience who are used to YouTube, so in the On Twitter, text is still the mainstream, and video is still not too much.
The automatic push of the system is arranged according to the user's browsing habits, attention habits and personal preferences, which makes Cecilia curious, what videos will the system push
The first reaction was to glance at the username, "Sisyphus." Cecilia frowned slightly.
Sisyphus, the god of ancient Greek mythology, pushes the stone endlessly, trying to push it to the top of the mountain, repeatedly failing, but never giving up, repeating this pointless action over and over again. This is a relatively unpopular god, why would anyone choose this name as their username? Is it just a prank
Cecilia didn't have any interest in pranks, which made her hesitate for a moment, but before her brain could respond, her finger had already clicked on the video.
The next moment, Cecilia was stunned, and it was Renly Hall who appeared in the video! How could it be Renly Hall
Renly standing in front of the camera, white shirt with light blue jeans, casual shirt with sleeves rolled up high, wearing a pair of white canvas shoes, standing youthfully in an empty back garden, surrounded by a mint The blue swimming pool with a big red bucket next to it looks out of tune with the whole picture.
It's still a familiar face, a familiar smile, and a familiar temperament. But Cecilia still strongly doubted her eyes: could it be that I was wrong? It's not Renly, it's some comedian imitating Renly, and the problem is that Renly's temperament isn't something anyone can imitate.
Renly in the video looked a little restrained, the gentleman nodded and greeted the camera.
"Hey, everyone, I'm Renly Hall, and I'm here today with an event, the Ice Bucket Challenge. The original intention was to raise public awareness of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). Hopefully through something like this In this way, more people will be aware of ALS and actively participate in related charitable activities.”
The starting point of this campaign is not to raise funds, but to awaken public attention. Renly had been sure of that from the start.
But Cecilia just felt that her head couldn't react at all, and before she had time to digest all the information, the thirty-second video had already come to an end. I saw that Renly neatly raised the red bucket next to him without hesitation. He slammed a button on his head, and then... WOW! Instant/wet/body.
This, what the hell happened