18 The Arrangemen (1/2)
”Eh? When was the fatty able to draw so fast?”
Zhang Zhou Wei was in many mutual chat groups as Meng Fan, so as anticipated, he saw Meng Fan's mass text link to his stream. After he watched the stream, he was once again dumbfounded and a little confused.
Meng Fan's professional skill was strong. Although he often skipped class, his grades have always been at the forefront of his year. He possessed unique insights in various fields regarding the fashion industry, as well as he harbored interest beyond traditional painting techniques. In terms of future employment prospects and career development, Zhang Zhou Wei and the majority of his friends believed that Meng Fan would exceed most of their classmates in this aspect.
But, this had nothing to do with Meng Fan's increased drawing speed!
Zhang Zhou Wei was very clear as to what Meng Fan was capable of, his drawing speed was not that different from the other students in the academy.
Even if the character being drawn didn't require too much thought, allowing it to be completed faster than the original, but still, it shouldn't be this fast!
Others might speculate that this was due to Meng Fan's familiarity with the character, but an art student like Zhang Zhou Wei knew better; no matter how familiar he was, it was impossible to achieve this sort of speed.
An illustration of an anime character, including background and color, would require hours from someone already familiar, anyone who could do it under half an hour was already a gifted prodigy.
Meng Fan had used a mere 11 minutes!
Is this real?
Genius, monster!
”Come on, come on, the fatty started streaming his drawing, guys take a look, his drawing speed... He must be cheating!”
Zhang Zhou Wei shared the link to Wang Ya Nan who was also in the process of streaming her artwork, then called their two other roommates over. Meng Fan's speed really made him feel abnormal.
...
Two minutes later, the outline of the second character had already formed.
From the outline, it seemed like it was going to be a girl. However as the facial features slowly presented themselves, the guessing games also increased, except all the guesses were just speculations, as nobody was certain.
Five minutes later, he began to add on clothes.
First came the shorts and belt.
The belt buckle had the letter A on it.
On one side of the belt, he drew a dagger.
”Sh*t, why do I feel like this dagger looks familiar?!”
”These shorts... I feel like they're a familiar symbol, but I can't recall who it is.”
”A?”
The torso had exaggerated lines that determined the figure—curves emerging.
He then drew an unbuttoned shirt, tied in a knot in the form of a bra. At the knot, Meng Fan added a small ornament.
A brooch in the shape of a skull.
”This skull... Why do I have an uneasy feeling about this?!”
”I think I know something.”
”Hey Stream host, if you are really drawing who I think it is, I'm gonna beat your head in!”
He kept drawing.
Next was the accessories around the neck.
A beaded necklace.
Once these beads appeared, many people saw one figure appear in their mind.
”Hey host, are you sure you're not trolling me?!”
”Fatty, you're kidding me!”
”Meng fatty, did you coordinate with HuaXia academy, is someone endorsing you?”
After drawing the necklace, Meng Fan landed his pen on the character's head.
A hat.
A stetson appeared, with two badges adorning the trim.
When Meng Fan drew a ”smiley face” on one and a ”sad face” on the other, the live comments exploded.
”Ace!”
”Fire fist!”
”F**k man, when you drew the belt I thought it was Ace, but once the chest formed I wasn't so sure anymore!”
”MMP!”