"Hello, if possible, could you clarify your needs and prices?"
On the other side of the ocean, Gu Weijing typed on the keyboard and posted a question mark.
Requesting manuscripts is a very customized matter, and each order has its own circumstances.
Although Gu Weijing wrote ten dollars on the sign, in fact this just meant that his charges were not high, and it would be better to discuss the specific situation with the buyer individually.
It's normal to charge ten dollars for a simple drawing of a bunny. If the other party wants to paint "Mona Lisa", he can't just charge ten dollars, right?
"Character illustrations are required to have paper versions and cannot be completely drawn electronically."
He had just received a manuscript request message from the other party, who should also be online, so the reply was very fast.
"figure."
Originally, Gu Weijing accepted all kinds of manuscripts, but he rarely painted characters because characters are much more complex than pets.
Now that he has obtained "Anatomy of the Human Body", Gu Weijing really has the urge to draw the human body, just like when you buy a new hammer, everything looks like a nail.
However, he still clicked into this user's homepage first.
This kind of username, which is a string of English and a string of numbers, has no characteristics and no avatar.
Except for the shipping address in San Francisco, gender, preferences, purchasing habits, etc. are all blank.
Gu Weijing shook his head slightly.
For example, if someone randomly registers a Fiverr account in order to make a few businesses, the intuitive feeling is not very reliable.
"Hello, if you want to request a painting online... I don't paint butter here, and I don't paint R18 and above involving bloody and extreme violence and other legally restricted themes. If it is a private painting of a character, the content scale needs to comply with the platform restrictions."
Gu Weijing does not refuse to paint naked curves. Basically, the artist is no stranger to the human body. Many of the famous paintings exhibited in art galleries can make conservative people blush.
For pure art, laws in various countries are very lax.
Even many of the world-class paintings that have appeared in art textbooks for students from various countries are nude. If you just think about it, there are a lot of classic works, such as Ingres's "La Odalisque", one of the masterpieces of the Louvre Museum, the British Royal Art Society Lady Godiva on Horseback by John Collier…
Komatsu Taro's father, RB painter Kenta Komatsu, is known as "Klimt living in Osaka".
The Austrian painter Klimt himself had a famous motto that inspired artists - "All art is erotic."
However, when requesting a painting online, you don’t know the other person’s specific identity, age, or even the specific purpose of the painting.
Therefore, Gu Weijing's standards tend to be conservative.
He thought for a while and felt that he had said all he needed to say, and finally added: "The payment method only accepts the platform, and does not accept telegrams or private transactions of virtual currency."
There was no response from the other side.
A few seconds later, Hyperion1077 sent a big smiley face.
…
"LOOK, This is the next deal we... (Viewers, this is the next deal we are making.)"
At the same time, Thomas's personal video studio in San Francisco, USA.
The new video for the series [From One Dollar to One Million Dollars] is already in the intense recording process.
One hundred dollars and one thousand dollars are both easy to find, but the price of ten dollars is indeed a bit low, and most part-time painters will look down upon it, especially in Europe and the United States where per capita income is higher.
Thomas himself didn’t expect a ten-dollar painter to be able to draw any flowers. Anyway, all he needed was a backing work to pave the way for the impact of the next million-level work.
No matter how bad it is, he is mentally prepared.
This price range is full of students and amateurs, and he feels satisfied if he can see where the head is and where the foot is.
After all, I used one dollar to exchange for the work from a homeless painter on the streets of San Francisco.
how to say?
It took the wandering "artist" twelve seconds from receiving the money to delivering the work.
Thomas didn't even see the front and back of the painting.
Thomas is not optimistic at all that ten dollars can buy works.
If a cheap artist like this could paint something perfect and lifelike, then what would he spend a million dollars on?
According to Thomas’ personal judgment, illustrations under $10,000 and illustrations over $10,000 are considered. Even people who don't know much about art can probably tell the difference between good and bad at a glance.
"This is a part-time account of a painter that has just been registered. It's called Detective Cat. We can see that its poster is also a cat wearing a monocle. It's quite cute. I like it..."
He raised his head from the computer and looked at the film head of the Alai 4K movie camera worth 200,000 dollars in the hand of the cameraman on the side. He held it with his hands at the side of his body.
“For ten dollars, you can buy a triple cheeseburger combo at Burger King, four hot dogs from a roadside hot dog vendor in San Francisco, and you can also find a cheap artist willing to complete an illustration for you on Fiverr. . But I guess there won’t be any surprising works.”
He tapped his hand three times in succession in the air.
Thomas is not live broadcasting, it is still in the video recording stage.
The special effects team will produce corresponding special effects and illustrations in post-production, and paste poster images of Burger King, hot dogs and Detective Cat respectively.
When he has hundreds of millions of fans, he has long since broken away from the small workshop model of ordinary UP owners.
The production cycle of a short video for a channel ranges from a few weeks to a month.
Thomas only needs to be responsible for conceiving the content and managing the program, and the rest of the post-production, special effects, audio and video editing will be completed by a very professional team.
When this video is officially launched on YouTube, during the entire video process, the post-production team will use special effects to edit the cat squinting on the homepage of this ten-dollar website with posters from other studios with different prices. Together, placed in the upper right corner of the video with the ($10) logo.
"The store replied to my message, um...not painting with butter, not painting with R18...only then did I know that painters still have this kind of business."
Hyperion playfully made a big face towards the camera and put the screen on his phone in front of the camera.
One video is twenty minutes long.
The time left to introduce this kind of small shop will not exceed ten seconds. This chat can be regarded as a highlight of the video, and it can be saved as a shot until the end.
The photography guy made an OK gesture.
…
"Ten dollars is a bit low for a portrait painting. Do you need to pay more for such a large painting? You see..."
Gu Weijing typed tentatively.
"Only ten dollars." The other party replied without any room for change.
"But...I don't need you to draw too big a picture."
"The height is 10 centimeters and the width is about 6 centimeters. You can add a little personal creativity, but it should not be higher than 15 centimeters or lower than 4 centimeters."
Thomas is very financially minded.
More than one million US dollars were invested in this video, in addition to the income from video broadcasts.
He will also paste the purchased paintings as creative sketches on mugs and put them on his own peripheral mall.
"Ten centimeters? Hmm." Gu Weijing made a rough gesture.
Very mini for portrait painting.
But it’s not too small. Before the invention of the camera, some people would ask people to use simple drawings of family members’ heads or busts and put them in a portable pearl pendant or folding mirror. That was called a pocket, and they all needed to be made with special extremes. Fine paintbrush.
"Don't worry, your drawing is almost good. I won't ask you to revise it again and again."
The person on the other side seemed to be afraid that Gu Weijing would reject his order, so he said quickly.
"All right."
Gu Weijing thought that he needed to quickly collect favorable comments on the order to complete the series of tasks.
Compared with another order for a complex architectural scene, although it was only ten dollars, he still preferred this order.
"Is it a photo?"
he asked.
The other person sent a photo of a masked man wearing Batman armor and a bat mask, waving dollar bills in his hand.
The logo of the peripheral shopping website "Hyperion store." is written on the cloak blown by the wind behind the doll.
This is the bat suit officially co-branded by Thomas’ [Hyperion Channel] and DC Batman.
Because the production cost of each video often exceeds several million dollars, and the content is often very exaggerated.
Thomas is also known as YouTube Money Spreader, Shenhao Brother or YouTube Batman by fans because of his "money ability".
"Batman Cosplay? Yes. But for anime content, I only provide illustrations from fans, but if you use them for other commercial purposes, you have to bear the risk of infringement."
No problem drawing Batman.
Gu Weijing didn't know who the customer was, and he didn't think he had the copyright to Batman.
Even if Time Warner Group’s legal department has free time, it probably won’t be able to pursue this kind of ten-dollar illustration.
But growing up in a calligraphy and painting shop, he understands the importance of being prepared.
This time the reply was very quick.
"I have three views and a professional contract here. The manuscript will be delivered within three days at the latest, okay?"
Two documents were sent from the other side.
Gu Weijing glanced through it quickly and found a photo of the man in the cloak from all angles, from the front and back.
The other one is an illustration contract.
The contract was very professional. The general content was that Gu Weijing would exclusively sell all other proceeds from the painting, except for the legally non-tradable signature rights, to the user Hyperion1077. At the same time, the other party would bear the risk of using the painting for commercial profit.
Gu Weijing is familiar with various formats of art contracts in calligraphy and painting shops. There is nothing wrong with this contract. If the other party does not mention it, he will send similar instructions to the other party.
"make a deal."
After the buyer confirmed the order, Gu Weijing took out a pen and paper.
