Artists choose illustration tasks, and good illustration tasks will only choose suitable owners for them.
Participate in the production of animated films and co-brand with fashion brands and fashion toy manufacturers.
In this era, illustrators’ works are almost the two most successful ways to generate social popularity, break boundaries, and penetrate the hearts of big collectors.
Both of these paths require illustrators to have social visibility as well as a certain personal brand image in order to attract the favor of cooperative manufacturers.
The road must be set right from the beginning.
For example, the brand tone of Disney means that it is impossible for them to have any connection with the animators in the book.
And if Takashi Murakami or KAWS had painted some very low-end works, trendy clothing companies such as Louis Vuitton and Uniqlo would not select their artistic design elements for global promotion.
certainly,
It must be noted that there is a fundamental difference between the romance illustration task and the book artist's task.
This illustration commission from Scholastic Group is not low-profile outside. In any case, it is much higher-end than the task orders that Detective Cat took on Fiverr before.
But.
Anna still doesn't like it, it's too unartistic.
Cooperating with the Scholastic Group means a new beginning in a career. "The Little Prince" has finally managed to raise its tone, so it's better not to lower it again easily.
It's just that as Detective Cat's fully authorized agent for the publishing house, Miss Elena cannot refuse such a large contract on her behalf without discussing it with her eldest sister.
"The subject matter is more explicit? Emmm... I trust your judgment."
The Detective Cat lady opposite was quite persuaded, but she looked a little curious, "But, I heard that Van Dorn has also drawn a lot of this kind of content?"
"They are both lovers. Madame de Pompadour and the wandering street warbler on the streets of Paris are two different living conditions. The character of this book is not worthy of your writing. Strictly speaking, Van Doorn has painted countless There are erotic illustrations, but I have never drawn a single erotic illustration. There are many artists who have drawn explicit illustrations, and this difference is where Van Dorn is smarter than others."
Anna explained to Detective Cat the slight but crucial difference between the two.
Still the same problem.
"Blue Moon" is not artistic enough or compelling enough.
The lack of art is actually not a matter of scale, but a matter of depth.
Scale has never been an obstacle to serious painting art - from the perspective of Western aesthetic philosophy in the ancient Greek era, the body curves of strong men and charming women are the most beautiful curves given to people by the gods.
In the old days, there were many great artists who spent their whole lives painting nude women in big official salons.
The scale of the works of Gérôme, Rubens, and Ray Noah in his later years is much more exaggerated than the average pornographic picture author on the Internet today.
Klimt was even prouder as an erotic painter.
But the problems with plot and writing style are fatal.
"I read some excerpts from the test drafts given to me by the Scholastic Group. They were gaudy and lacked imagination, and even lacked sexual tension that would make people remember for a long time. They were just "Playboy" written for girls. The critics would not Remember books like this."
"Do you need me to read two paragraphs to you? Let's see if you feel creative."
Although it’s a bit awkward to read this kind of book in Mr. Sloth’s voice to Detective Cat Sister,
But they were both girls, and Anna didn't care about reading two pornographic paragraphs to each other, but it was just like what she said.
Those words contained nothing but pale physical collisions and empty descriptions of the bed.
There are high and low levels of body writing.
With Anna's literary skills, it was a best-seller that would not seduce her at all and make her blush.
There is really no need to make an exception for Detective Cat.
"no."
It seems that Detective Cat is more shy than she is.
"Your sketching skills are good. If you want to draw such erotic-themed works, it would be a good idea to expand your painting style." Anna is not shy about discussing the scale of the work. "Scholastic Group is currently conducting a large-scale public exhibition. In the second half of this year, it will be the turn of Marguerite Duras's "The Lover" and "Hiroshima Mon Amour" to be republished under the "Undead Tree" project that once again translated and released famous classics. I can read it for you The situation takes over both tasks.”
Just like the publishing houses in Dongxia, they always like to create a series of translations of famous names to make money for literary youth.
The Scholastic Group's strategic plan includes re-issuing books whose works by classic writers such as Conan Doyle, Leo Tolstoy, and Margaret Duras have entered the public domain.
It's called the "No Dead Tree" project.
"The Little Prince" painted by Detective Cat is a key sub-project of this strategy.
I also draw large-scale illustrations.
To draw for "Blue Moon" is to show off one's sensual coquettishness, to illustrate the representative work of Marguerite Duras, winner of the Goncourt Prize and a master in the field of body writing, is to show the artist's elegance and timelessness.
It's like the same stripping sequence.
Whether an actress takes off her clothes in a literary film that won a gold medal at a film festival or in a live broadcast of selling meat, the former is a goddess dedicated to art, and the latter is a slutty bitch. They are completely different concepts.
Today's detective cats have a problem compared to those really great painters.
From the previous "Batman" to the current "The Little Prince", her painting style is a bit too oriented to young readers.
Ms. Elena doesn’t want the public to completely equate Detective Cat’s artistic image and painting style with that of a children’s book artist who can only draw children’s illustrations.
Such an artistic route is too limited and immature.
Maybe the upper limit is to cooperate with Disney or Nintendo and participate in the production of animated movies and cartoon characters.
The world already has a master of fairy tales, Jane Arnold, and there is no need for a second copy.
When necessary, Miss Elena wants Detective Cat Sister to draw something specifically "for adults" to attract more attention from the art collecting world.
Even if the illustrations for "Lover" are not as good as the sad body in those very obscure feature films, they are at least equivalent to the sexy performance of sketching Ruth without clothes in "Titanic".
It comes down to it.
With such good painting skills, even though there is pressure from Sir Brown and Oil Painting magazine.
Anna still hopes that in the future, Detective Cat Sister’s works will go to art exhibitions and receive important awards in the art world.
Illustration is just a springboard, and the exhibition cabinet of the museum is the ultimate destination for great artists.
"I'll think about it for a while and we'll see when the time comes."
"good."
interesting……
Anna raised her eyebrows slightly.
She felt keenly that when it came to this kind of topic, the detective cat opposite seemed a bit reluctant.
It’s totally unlike the reaction of a thirty-year-old older sister who is at an age where vegetarianism is not a taboo.
Of course, he doesn’t look like an experienced painter in his 60s.
She thought of the old man named "Gu Tongxiang" who was the new agent of Ma Shi Gallery, and shook her head slightly.
Strictly speaking.
A painter of this age will take orders on the Internet, and it is very unlikely that he will take a younger and more youthful online name like "The Detective Cat".
But the group of painters is just a botanical garden filled with all kinds of weird and wonderful people with weird personalities.
Some painters are particularly good at self-promotion and rhetoric in front of the media, while some painters can make people feel shy and faint at any time even if they say a few words to outsiders.
They cannot speculate based on common sense.
"In this case, let's talk about it in the second half of the year. I've rejected the manuscript of "Blue Moon". During this period...you can take a look at this task. Compared to romance, I think its style is more suitable."
Anna opens an email on her computer.
This is another invitation from the Scholastic Group's "No Deadwood Project", and it is a supporting illustration for a letter called "The Blazing World".
This book is very poorly known, and to be honest it is not smooth to read, but its advantage is that it is very compelling.
The most famous feudal era science fiction in the world is "Frankenstein" published by Mary Shelley in 1818.
But that was two centuries ago.
In 1666, Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, Queen Charles I's lady-in-waiting and wedding bridesmaid, published the world's first female science fiction book, "The Blazing World."
Duchess Cavendish's scientific literacy was much higher than that of ordinary aristocratic women of her time, and she was even one of the patrons of the newly established Royal Scientific Societies of Britain and France.
It is the world's first utopia, combining elements of fantasy, science fiction, romance, fictional political theory, and philosophical and theological debate.
While this book has such a high academic status, it is also unknown to outsiders.
The only reason is that the threshold for reading this thing is really high.
It is not as approachable as Shakespeare's plays, and some of the rhetoric still has the word formation of Middle English before 1453 and a large number of foreign French vocabulary.
Anna thought it was just right.
Miss Elena had read this book with her tutor when she was a child.
The fiery, magnificent and psychedelic writing style, the vague and chaotic world view, and the rhetoric of clouds and mist are also very suitable for expression with drawings and paintings.
It is almost the opposite extreme to the popular "Blue Moon". The publisher only released it to enhance the quality of the "Indestructible Wood" project.
The sales of this kind of thing will never be better after it is published.
Similar to those small coffee shops, they like to display high-quality bone china tea sets in the most eye-catching windows of the store. They are beautiful but few people will actually buy them.
"Just right for Detective Cat Sister to draw."
Miss Irina knows very well.
The current popularity of the "Little Prince" project is because Saint-Exupéry's books have long been one of the best-selling fairy tales in the world.
It has a large readership base, and has met with warm-up discussions on the Internet by various coincidences. Finally, it is the miraculous product of Detective Cat's own painting skills and the addition of three factors.
It is difficult to replicate.
There is only one copy of "The Little Prince" in the world.
So whatever Detective Cat’s next illustrated book is, it won’t get the same amount of attention and sales.
The reader base of Saint-Exupéry's other masterpieces such as "Sand Stars" and "Night Flight" are far inferior to that of "The Little Prince".
And as long as sales decline, it will give people like Sir Brown the opportunity to badmouth Detective Cat.
In this case,
Just give up on book sales entirely and go for a different track.
From best-selling fairy tales to serious literature, from commercial films to fight for box office, to literary and artistic films to fight for style, let's see if I can pursue awards in the illustration industry.
In the field of literature and art - in order to show that the judges have different visions from ordinary audiences, unpopular sales are actually bonus points when judging awards.
"Titanic", "Pulp", "The Truman Show", "The Pianist"...these super blockbusters that can enter the top 100 or even the top ten of film and television in terms of both depth and box office were all born in the same year. They can be called Gods fight.
As a result, at the Oscar ceremony of the same year, all competitions for the Best Actor and Actor awards were lost to a niche literary film called "As Perfect as It Gets."
"The Blazing World" is Anna's chosen work for Detective Cat.
"But you have to be mentally prepared. The salary for this kind of work will not be high. Including the cover painting, the package price of the complete contract is... 2,700 US dollars. I should be able to negotiate a few more points of dividends at most, but actually think about it Sales volume doesn’t mean much.”
Ana had a wry smile on her face as she typed.
High reading threshold and good sales are mutually exclusive options.
I want to have artistic depth and be able to judge awards, but also have explosive sales and make a lot of money. Haha, you are not the biological father of the publishing house. Where in the world are there so many cheap pies to pick up.
The estimated sales data of "Blue Moon" this year is also more than 300,000 copies.
And "The Blazing World"...
If it can sell 3,000 copies, the publishing house will be in high demand.
If it were not for a giant publishing house like the Scholastic Group, it would be able to share many of the costs of warehouse storage, logistics, and factory printing when publishing a book.
If a small publishing house publishes this kind of book, it will lose its money.
Even the Scholastic Group.
While ensuring good printing quality, if you break it down evenly, you may lose a few pounds, or even more than ten pounds, for every book sold.
Originally, it was meant to embody the publishing house’s “publishing responsibility to pay attention to the literary value of books” and “the social mission of discovering outstanding female writers who have not been known in history”—this kind of business and face-saving project that strives for political correctness to make money at a loss.
How is it possible to give an extremely high price for a manuscript?
The landlord's family has no surplus food.
This book was never a commercial project that required an external illustrator to be hired. The art department planned to have its own full-time illustrator do the work.
It was Anna who came across the name of this book after flipping through the huge publishing schedule given by the other party.
She took the initiative to contact the other party, and the art department gave a symbolic quotation of US$2,700 because Detective Cat was in the limelight these two days and did not want to offend him.
Unless the contract price is too low.
There is no need for Miss Elena to stay behind.
"Although the money is low, let's think about it differently and treat it as if the publishing house publishes promotional albums for us for free. The painting opportunities are still good. Fantasy style, ancient history, high academic value, and the female power of female authors, You, the artist, are still a girl. Except for the lack of racial elements, all the promotional elements that the illustration judges have liked most in recent years are in place."
"With so many BUFFs added to me, even if there is something like "Oil Painting", as long as the painting is good enough, there is a chance to earn several major awards in the illustration industry."
(End of chapter)
