Gu Weijing regretted his gaffe.
I once mentioned this sentence when recording Mr. Sloth's podcast, and now I say it in my own capacity.
There is some risk of being associated.
but……
Today is Tuesday, the salon program should be online now, right?
"Eh? I originally wanted to make peace with you."
Sakai Katsuko's eyes suddenly lit up: "It turns out that you have also listened to the new episode of Mr. Sloth's podcast."
"What a coincidence. In this new audio program, Detective Cat just mentioned a lot of papers we have read together... Don't you think we really have a tacit understanding with this sketch artist?"
Katsuko Sakai was amazed.
"Miss Katsuko, are you Mr. Sloth's audience?" Gu Weijing looked at Katsuko Sakai and made sure there was no other meaning in her words.
"Hmm, I've been following his program since the third episode last year. This is the highest quality English art podcast in my opinion in recent years. Even my father thinks Mr. Sloth's program sounds interesting."
Sakai Katsuko nodded.
She looked at Gu Weijing with a smile on her face.
The art podcast community itself tends to be niche and professional.
Listening to a certain podcast is like listening to a less popular band.
Sakai Katsuko was very happy to find that Gu Weijing had the same hobbies as her in a tacit understanding.
"I listened to this Art Salon program on the car to school in the morning. I have to say that Detective Cat is really an amazing art master, especially the summary of Impressionism at the end, which warmly moved me."
Sakai Katsuko said softly.
"You like Detective Cat?"
Gu Weijing looked at the look on Miss Sakai's face.
He did not expect that this girl, who was called a once-in-a-century painting genius by the Japanese media, was actually a fan of "him".
"Well, not only do I like her, I also respect her very much. I really hope to have the opportunity to meet this female illustrator."
Katsuko Sakai makes no secret of her respect for Detective Cat.
Her lilac eyes flashed with strange brilliance: "An Internet painter born in the art desert of the third world has such a deep understanding of serious art. I guess her art career must be very admirable. .”
Girls know the world is unfair.
Receiving the best art education has always been within easy reach for Katsuko Sakai.
But in some parts of Africa,
You may not be able to find a professional studio within hundreds of kilometers.
A female online illustrator with a meager income makes a living by selling cheap illustrations for ten dollars a piece on the Internet. Through her daily study and hard work, she not only develops master-level sketching skills, but also can put forward suggestions for impressionist art. Such a moving insight.
In Sakai Katsuko's imagination, the poignant story here could make an inspirational movie similar to "The Road to Harvard".
"Ms. Detective Cat is more admirable than ordinary art students like us. This is the soul that truly loves art." She praised.
Sakai Shengzi looked a little strange when he saw Gu Weijing's face.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything else..."
She suddenly remembered that the boy next to her was from Myanmar, and it was a little arrogant to mention the term "art desert of the third world" in front of him, which might hurt his self-esteem.
Sakai Katsuko explained apologetically.
"You are already great. After all, we are still very young. There is nothing to regret if we cannot compare to Detective Cat. In another thirty years, I believe your achievements will not be lower than this master."
Katsuko Sakai opened a desktop podcast software on her laptop.
"No, before you came to the study room, I was preparing to review this podcast episode again and write a review after listening to it. I will update it on my social account. Do you want to listen together?"
Sakai Katsuko plugged in the headphones on the computer, put on one herself, and handed the other to Gu Weijing.
Listening to the gentle female voice that he had processed with the voice changer sound card came from the headphones, which was a very novel experience for Gu Weijing.
Katsuko Sakai opens the audience comments below the podcast.
"Full of useful information!!! Timeline Command: 1. Detective Cat analyzes the painting techniques of "White Lake Baikal". (Time: 1 minute and 32 seconds) 2. Curator Tonks questioned the shortcomings of the painting, and Ms. Detective Cat judged the The scene is taken from a photo. (8 minutes and 19 seconds) 3. Detective Cat discusses... 19. Detective Cat discusses the aesthetic summary of Impressionism: (46 minutes and 31 seconds). Summary: There are no urine spots in this program. It’s exciting at every turn, I recommend listening to it from beginning to end and don’t miss a second.”
Some fans have already made a timeline in the comment area.
"We only record sunshine and air... This sentence is so powerful, I was so moved that I almost cried." Someone left a message.
"It's too embarrassing, it's too embarrassing, it's too embarrassing. As a student studying oil painting at the University of Fine Arts in London, I declare that Ms. Detective Cat beat Curator Tonks. Her understanding of painting is really deep and clear. . I suggest Mr. Sloth invite Detective Cat to be a regular guest. Even if it is changed to a paid program, I am willing to listen." A netizen named John gasly replied.
"It can't be said that Detective Cat is a painter by profession, while Mr. Sloth and Director Tonks are art critics and curators. It is normal for Ms. Detective Cat to have a deeper understanding of the details of painting. "
This is a more neutral and objective fan's perspective.
"Normal? LOL (abbreviation: laughed me to death), I am a professional painter. I am very responsible to tell you that Ms. Detective Cat's interpretation of these five paintings is no different from magic in my opinion. This This understanding of art has nothing to do with whether Detective Cat is a professional painter or not, it is simply because she is awesome."
Some fans refuted this above.
Although the podcast has only been online for more than half a day, the number of comments on Mr. Sloth's past programs has already ranked among the top, with the number of comments now approaching a thousand.
Gu Weijing saw that the comment with the most likes in the comment area was a reply from a self-proclaimed author of "White Lake Baikal". This comment had been liked more than 2,000 times.
"It's amazing. I only know of a few masters who can infer the environment in which the painting was made just from the final effect of the oil painting."
Sakai Katsuko looked at this comment and sniffed, "My dad may be able to do it, but I'm still far behind. I'm really envious."
Gu Weijing breathed out slowly.
It was an unexpected surprise for him to see personal affirmation from the artist himself in the comment section.
"It's so amazing!"
"OMG!"
"It's unbelievable. Does this kind of judgment really exist?"
Following this explanation from the artist himself, many fans commented and posted to express their shock, and some even mentioned Van Dorn.
"Now, it's very embarrassing to switch to Van Dorn. Is this what he calls an illustrator of African monkeys? It's just that he can't draw as well as others, and he's like a clown who refuses to admit it. Van Dorn's fans continue to scold you! What you are flaunting Is this the vision of a great artist?"
This time, no one spoke up for Van Dorn under Mr. Sloth’s podcast.
All the previous disapproval and attacks on Detective Cat’s aesthetics before the podcast was launched were all transferred to Van Dorn.
This is the advantage of this kind of professional art podcast. The audience generally has a high level of art literacy, and you can tell whether they are good or not by listening to it.
"They don't dare to speak at this time. If I were Van Dorn, the best way now is to deal with it coldly and pretend that this incident never happened. When the limelight is over and people forget about it, he will still be his art. Grandmaster."
"It may not be so easy when the limelight passes. Please go check out the tweet Director Tonks just sent."
Sakai Katsuko also saw the news.
Ignoring Wei Jing's reminder, she clicked on the link below and jumped into the account of Director Tonks, the director of the Taylor National Gallery of Art who was certified by Twitter's blue V.
"Great artistic insight, refreshing, I love it." - This is what Tonks tweeted just two hours ago.
Someone posted relevant photos in the reply comment section below.
The Taylor National Gallery is one of London's landmark buildings. It was converted from a huge old power plant along the Thames River. It has a total of eleven floors, including the Sculpture Gallery, the Modern Art Gallery, the Dali-Picasso Museum, etc. Waiting for hundreds of large and small exhibition halls.
Annual visitor numbers range from five to eight million people.
There is a silver nameplate in front of each independent exhibition hall to introduce the specific collections in the exhibition hall, accompanied by a promotional slogan.
Some of the slogans are quotations from painters, and some are quotations written by previous museum directors. Some modernist exhibition halls even have some funny jokes or symbols with unknown meanings in front of them, which is one of the characteristics of the museum.
Many tourists or travel bloggers check in in front of these brands.
Katsuko Sakai has been to the Taylor Art Museum, and she remembers that the former nameplate of the Impressionist-themed exhibition hall was engraved with a slogan with a dark sense of humor.
"Be careful, this garbage is a denial of beauty and truth, and can only give people a crude impression."
The signature should be An idiot reporter.
This is when Impressionism was just born, a mainstream art journalist attacked Monet's own painting style for his strange and eccentric paintings.
The word "Impression" in Impressionism comes from the title of this news.
Katsuko Sakai was deeply impressed, and she even took a photo with this slogan.
but,
Now the tourist check-in card has been replaced, and it has been replaced by a brand-new nameplate in the photo.
"We don't depict gods, we only record sunshine and air. We don't follow dogma, because beautiful things will remain, but pain will eventually pass away - Detective Cat"
"Director Tonks was not joking. He really changed the check-in nameplate of the Taylor Art Museum."
Sakai Katsuko looked at the photo below with longing in her eyes.
"Ms. Detective Cat is in a sense collected by the Taylor Art Museum, which is one of the largest private art museums in the world."
As a painter, one of the highest pursuits is to have his name in an art museum and be treasured by people.
This means that you have successfully defeated death and time and left your name in the history of art.
The initials of a few letters in the art museum are the highest honor for a painter in his life.
Even in this form, being able to leave your mark before millions of visitors is something to be proud of.
Many of the more than 100,000 fans of Curator Tonks' Twitter retweeted the news, including even famous professional painters.
Katsuko Sakai clicked on a few tweets, looked at them, and prepared to exit.
etc,
Her hand suddenly paused for a moment, her eyes fixed on a certain retweeted message, and she stopped moving.
"Congratulations to Ms. Detective Cat for leaving her name in the Taylor National Gallery of Art. She is well deserved. She is indeed a very capable illustrator. Are you interested in cooperating with us? There is a very interesting project in the group and the art department has been contacted. Your email is in, please check it. @detectivecat" - Scholastic Publishing Group.
"Scholastic? The Scholastic Group actually interacted with Detective Cat!"
Sakai Katsuko was very surprised.
"What is Scholastic? Is there anything surprising about it?"
Gu Weijing looked at this tweet.
"Scholastic is the second largest publishing group in North America and the sixth largest in the world. It is almost the only giant in the field of children's literature."
Sakai Katsuko slowly exhaled.
She clicked on the account of Scholastic Publishing Group and took a look at the homepage introduction to confirm that this was the official recommendation of Scholastic and not a prank with a fake account.
"Such a publishing group should cooperate with countless illustrators every year."
Gu Weijing was not too excited.
Mr. Hyperion's video has just been released, especially since he was just selected as a two-and-a-half-star illustrator by "Oil Painting" magazine and has the most traffic.
Among the highest-priced art contracts, in addition to movie posters, there are also cooperation invitations from several publishing houses.
However, at that time, he felt that he did not have the ability to complete these orders, so he declined them all.
After he was removed from "Oil Painting", these orders basically disappeared.
"You haven't understood yet, this is not a concept at all."
Sakai Katsuko shook her head and explained: "Because Scholastic is the leader in the publishing industry, it rarely cooperates with outside illustrators. Its art department has an art team of nearly a thousand professional painters. This size is It’s dozens to a hundred times that of a typical large-scale illustration studio.”
"Generally, only a very small number of top-level projects will cooperate with outside illustrators. Being invited by such a project is almost equivalent to recognizing you as a first-class illustrator in the eyes of Scholastic. This is A golden opportunity that any illustrator dreams of getting.”
"So powerful?"
Gu Weijing was also a little surprised.
"Yes, you will understand if you look at the artist records that can interact with Scholastic Group's official Twitter."
Katsuko Sakai pulled Scholastic's Twitter record to the historical news column, entered the word illustrator, and showed it to Gu Weijing.
"The next two messages are the messages commemorating the co-artists published on the anniversary of Andy Warhol's death in February, and the tenth anniversary of the "Miracle of Oz" series of illustrations drawn by Jane Arnold for Scholastic. This kind of The official accounts of large publishing groups are quite aloof, and it is not easy for even ordinary first-line artists to interact with them using their official accounts."
Sakai Katsuko was confused.
Faced with this kind of invitation, if the detective cat can behave well.
In a sense, this is a better opportunity for an illustrator to become famous than being selected as a two-and-a-half-star artist by Oil Painting magazine.
only……
Although this program is indeed exciting, it is a bit exaggerated to have attracted the attention of a giant like Scholastic just half a day after it was launched.
Could it be because of Curator Tonks?
Or does the detective cat have some incredible connections in the art circle?
(End of chapter)
