Chapter 55 (1/2)

Translated by Coldtaco

Edited by Aelryinth

The consensus on the characters so far was cute and noticeable features, but they weren’t sure how these characters related to one another…

Chen Mo felt that it’d be weirder if they were able to tell the relationship of the characters outside of the show.

Chen Mo asked, “Goldfish, how long will it take for you to finish off the drawings, including filling in details, and color? It doesn’t need to be too detailed; they will have to be the same size as my sketches.”

Su Jinyu gave it some thought. “Umm, these character cards aren’t all that complicated. Four to five days should probably be enough.”

Chen Mo shook his head, “Three days.”

“Huh?” Su Jinyu was a bit conflicted. “I could also do it in three days, but the quality might be lower.”

Chen Mo said, “Don’t worry, these cards will still end up on the phone. It’s fine if it’s slightly worse, as we can improve it later; we can keep it simple for now.”

Su Jinyu awkwardly nodded, “Alright, I’ll try my best.”

Wen Lingwei said, “If it’s just filling in details and colouring, I could do that, too.”

Chen Mo was shocked. “Are you sure? These are the actual resources for the game; they should at least be good enough that the players don’t have anything to nitpick about.”

Jia Peng reminded him, “Manger, senior over here is a top art student. She normally does art commissions too.”

Chen Mo finally understood. Right, Wen Lingwei, Jia Peng, and the others are all in the school’s Publicity Department. They usually needed to make posters and exhibition boards; could they become the president and vice president of the department if they didn’t have drawing or image processing skills?”

“Sure, it’d save me a lot of time if you drew too,” said Chen Mo.

Wen Lingwei said with an evil smile, “Then how much are you going to pay me? I usually charge five thousand per drawing, and that’s the special price.”

Chen Mo murmured, “… I couldn’t tell you were a pro.”

Prices would vary greatly between different artists for drawings like art for cards. Some would charge a thousand, others would charge ten thousand. Of course, the price could still go higher than that.

Obviously you’d get what you pay for for things like this. There would of course be a difference in terms of composition, lighting and color for an average artist compared to a better artist.

Someone like Wen Lingwei, who charged five thousand per card, which happened to be the special price,was a price only a decent artist could charge.

Chen Mo said, “Wouldn’t you usually have to do the design, composition, and finding out the requirements? I already have the sketches and the drawings are way smaller than what you usually do. All you have to do is refine and color it. Can you settle for two thousand?”

Wen Lingwei replied, “Selfish!”

Chen Mo was speechless.

Wen Lingwei said, “Alright, I’ll do it out of pity. Two thousand per drawing, three days each. However, don’t complain that it’s going too slow if it’s just me and Goldfish working on this.

Chen Mo looked at Jia Peng and Chang Xiuya, “If you guys want to draw, I’m fine with that too…”

Jia Peng waved his hand dismissively, “We aren’t nearly as good as senior, I might be able to help you with the normal monsters, but don’t give us any of the main characters.”

Chen Mo nodded, “That’s fine, there’s a few monster cards later, so I could probably send you guys some of those. I’ll pay you guys the same.”

Jia Peng once again waved his hand dismissively,. “Don’t worry, money isn’t that important, you can pay as you see fit.”