15 Way Too Fas (2/2)

Generally speaking, people who run regularly have no problem completing one in 6 minutes.

”Huh? No show? Or did I come too soon or too late?”

Stretching after his run, Meng Fan did not see any glimpse of the speedy girl. He was surprised.

There were no classes in the morning, so after showering and eating breakfast Meng Fan obediently headed for the studio. He seemed a little absent-minded though, struggling to grasp the characteristics of several male characters. From 7:00 am until 11:30 am, he only completed seven illustrations.

This speed would be considered fast to other people, but when it came to Meng Fan it was just unacceptable.

He did have class in the afternoon, so Meng Fan chose to skip it. He headed for the studio after eating a quick lunch, settling in his original spot, with his original absent-mindedness, still unable to produce a satisfactory male character.

Of course, after he had finished drawing, his progress continued to grow.

Originally when he drew the female protagonist and the female antagonist, he had based them off to some real women. When Meng Fan tried to use this method with male students, male actors and other male characters from anime, the result was still the same.

Brows as sharp as swords, eyes like jade!

Damn, he didn't care what kind of novel used these two phrases to describe the male lead, it was all icing, but come on, there was no uniqueness to it!

”Not satisfied? Actually, these few are okay.”

Just as Meng Fan was scratching his head in frustration, a voice appeared next to him. He lifted his head, not realizing when Wu Tong had suddenly appeared next to him, flipping through the illustrations he had already completed.

”Eh... No matter what, I just can't seem to capture the feeling that I really want.” Meng Fan smiled awkwardly. He wanted to ask her why she didn't come to run at the track today, but he couldn't speak out.

”Classical style? I study traditional Chinese painting as my major, so I don't really understand character design... But I can also feel that your pen is not searching for just an appearance of a character...” After receiving approval from Meng Fan, Wu Tong contemplated for a moment before saying to him, ”You can try to find some inspiration from the brushwork, or you could try using watercolors to create an inky effect. I think the classical style goes hand in hand with traditional ink paintings, and it will definitely stand out, only... I don't know if animated style can be expressed through ink wash painting; maybe it just doesn't go well with ink.”

After pausing for a moment, she felt her thoughts were somewhat more fluent. She wasn't afraid that her nosy business would mislead Meng Fan, and rather confident in her own professional perspective. She smiled. ”I am just telling you this from my own professional point of view, if you want to try it, it shouldn't take too much time.”

”Ink painting? Okay, I'll try it.”

Meng Fan smiled gratefully at Wu Tong. Once she left to start her mobile live broadcast, he decided to try her method.

Adding ink wash elements to animated characters wasn't a ridiculous task on its own. HuaXia's early animations were almost all related to ink painting, ”The small tadpole searching for Mama” the most famous one of all. However, after the American and Japanese animations soared in popularity, HuaXia's animation began slowly drifting away from an ink painting. Now that the HuaXia animation industry is gradually rising again, especially after the flourishing of many traditional and classical style animations, the elegant elements of ink painting are slowly returning to the public eye.

The only thing was, Meng Fan's specialty was in pencil drawing. This was far from ink washes and paintbrushes.

The only thing he could grasp was the feeling inspired by the ink paints, or adding simple elements of ink wash painting to a basic drawing.

This was no easy task.

Numerous attempts later, Meng Fan was still puzzled.

”It's impossible to grasp a sense of the ink as a whole, let's try it in a more focused area.”

After another round of trials, Meng Fan drew another character concept, still not satisfied with the product. However, the overall style was very comfortable to look at for an illustration. It looked dreamy yet realistic, light but elegant.

With this style as a foundation, Meng Fan began to think of designs for the next few male characters. His eyes lit up; this had been an unexpected surprise.

Inspiration always comes at the oddest times.

In a moment, he was out of control.

The concept art for the male lead, the second male lead, and the two other male roles had been solidified and produced.

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Subsequently, Meng Fan also drew a few illustrations of the female lead and female antagonist, adding the ink wash elements. This saturated the characters.

In doing so, it gave all his characters and illustrations a uniform style.

Wu Tong ended her live broadcast for the day, packing up her things to leave. She noticed Meng Fan was still drawing and watched him for a while from behind. The more she watched, the more surprised she became. It wasn't because he was good, but despite his fat and clumsy appearance, this fat man had incredible hand flexibility and speed; when drawing, it was scary how fast he was.

”You're a little too fast, aren't you?”