On the huge and luxurious golden wishing fountain,
There are nearly a hundred goddess statues carved out of 10-meter-high smooth and delicate marble columns. They stand barefoot on the wishing fountain and hold different musical instruments. They stand in mid-air with firm eyes, sacred and gentle.
And above the statue of the goddess, another wishing pool floats in the air like a mirage.
The thin spring water flows out from the bottle mouth of the bottle-holding girl on the back of the golden lion, flowing in all directions like a waterfall, and finally
Then it merges into the bottom pool.
The steps on both sides are faintly exposed from the flowing water, and some people are vaguely climbing up the steps in the water to go to the female deep hall.
"Brother Cai,"
"This fountain must be 70 meters high."
Xiang Dianqian looked up, with a hint of despair in his voice.
Originally, the two of them planned to use three days to roughly outline the wishing pool through photography, line drawing, etc., and then slowly carve out the details after returning to the company's studio.
But now I look at it,
This large fountain with a height of more than 70 meters, let alone 3 days,
Even if the whole team comes together to paint, it will definitely not finish within 3 months!
The wealthy man's face turned pale, and he forced his lips to smile:
"Well...more than 70 meters high, which is about 17 floors high."
"But fortunately, the Trevi Fountain above the Roman column looks the same as the Trevi Fountain below."
"We just need to finish painting the wishing fountain below and the one hundred Roman goddess pillars above."
The atmosphere instantly became heavy.
Two people stood in front of the wishing fountain, one on the left and one on the right, with their hands crossed in front of them to create a rectangular visual space, thinking about how to
Completely present the wishing pool as quickly as possible.
The artist team of Digital Smart Game Development Company has quite a lot of talents.
The reason why I chose the two of them to paint the wishing fountain is,
Because both of them are majoring in architectural design, they have a strong advantage in depicting architecture.
Many important scenes and pavilion designs in the game were created by the two of them.
The most important Fengshen Platform in Fengshen Pagoda was drafted and outlined by the two of them.
If this architectural painting embarrasses both of them,
Not to mention the other members of the artist team, everyone would be dumbfounded.
"I took a quick look,"
"There are hundreds of gods on the reef shells in this wishing pool alone,"
"There are at least 70 Roman columns across the perimeter,"
"And the expressions and postures of the goddess statues on each pillar are completely different,"
"The task assigned to us by the team leader is to draw this wishing well into the game when the game version is updated next month."
"If we reproduce the classic version 1:1, this task would be impossible to complete."
Men Youcai put down his framing hands, stared at the huge floating wishing pool in front of him, and thought rapidly.
"Furthermore, the presentation and loading traffic of the game screen are limited."
"Fengshen Pagoda is a game, even the largest folding screen mobile phone on the market is only 8 inches."
"It is unrealistic to display such a huge building in great detail on an 8-inch display."
Xiang Dianqian nodded: "Brother Cai, you are right! What should we do then?"
Men Youcai continued:
"I remember Director Qin once said this when he held a meeting for us."
“The fantasy and reality of the game itself determines that when designing the game’s theme scenes and buildings, we must both innovate and innovate.
Be brave, but also be reasonable.”
“In the process of creating virtual buildings, the most important thing is not to copy the appearance of the building, but to pay attention to the experience that the building brings to people.”
Xiang Dianqian listened carefully to Men Youcai's words and said, "Brother Cai, you are right! What should we do then?"
Men Youcai ignored Xiang Dianqian and continued his analysis:
"I just took a closer look,"
"Although the Golden Wishing Fountain is majestic and delicate in shape, the elements presented are completely different from the Fengshen Pagoda."
"Our Fengshen Futu is an ancient cyberpunk game based on the Chinese myth of Fengshen,"
"The gods of the wishing fountain in front of us all belong to the ancient god culture series from abroad. Even the goddess statues on the Roman columns have the flavor of ancient Greek Olympus."
"If we really recreate the Wishing Fountain into the card pool of the Fengshen game,"
"We won't even wait for gamers to spit on us,"
"The company alone can't get around us."
Xiang Dianqian trembled all over: "I told you that something is wrong with me when I look at this wishing pool."
"It turns out that the biggest disagreement is here!"
Xiang Dianqian slapped his thigh fiercely,
"Brother Cai, you are right!
So what should we do?"
Men Youcai pondered for a long time.
"I think,"
"What we want to do now is definitely not to restore the appearance of the wishing fountain,"
"It's about expressing the inner piety of those who pray in the wishing fountain and the sense of destiny in the game."
“The best virtual architecture is never how closely you imitate it,”
"But when you are in it, her story unfolds in front of you like a scroll."
Xiang Dianqian looked at Men Youcai with great admiration:
"Brother Cai, you are right!
So what should we do?"
Men Youcai showed a trace of determination in his eyes.
"Keep the prototype and make appropriate changes!"
"We come to Zaomen not to sketch, but to design card pools for the game,"
“Everything must serve the interests and themes of the game.”
"The main building of the Golden Wishing Fountain is the six golden lions on the ground and in the air. This element must be retained."
"The gods under the golden lion statue can be slightly blurred..."
"For example, when we were conceiving plot characters and bosses before, we left a lot of hand-drawn scraps of characters and bosses."
"First of all, these scraps have nothing to do with the existing game shapes, and secondly, the character shapes fit the theme of the game. These scraps can be used to replace the gods at the feet of the lion."
"Another example is the more than 80 goddess pillars. We can use light and shadow to blur the character patterns on them,"
"Only draw game characters in the brightest and most conspicuous places."
"In this way, more than 80 character structures may be completed with less than 6 characters."
"For another example, we can completely replace the bottle-carrying girls sitting on the six lions with the six most popular characters in the game."
"And once this master infrastructure is built,"
"Whenever we update the character version in the future, the character can be replaced on the lion's back at any time,"
"As long as the character modeling of the setting team is complete, it can be input directly into the program, which saves a lot of later engineering."
Xiang Dianqian looked at Men Youcai with great admiration: "Brother Cai, you are right!
Then that’s what we’ll do!”
Perfect, so perfect!
When I first saw this golden wishing fountain, Xiang Dianqian's mind went completely blank and he wanted to give up.
But after listening to Menyoucai's analysis, everything suddenly fell into place.
yes!
They are not simply realist painters who come here to do sketches and paintings.
Instead, I draw the card pool as a game artist!
If you don't have a thorough analysis and smooth out the theme of your painting, it's easy to go astray.
Once a game deviates from its style and cultural direction, it means being sentenced to death.
No matter how much effort and time you invest, you will go further and further down the wrong path.
And, what is art?
Art is the reprocessing and re-creation of the real world!
As long as they drew based on the six large lions in the golden wishing fountain at the Lion Castle Hotel, it wouldn't be a big deal to make some changes in the details.
What!
present,
Men Youcai and Xiang Dian took out their mobile phones, took a photo and recorded a video of the golden wishing pool in front of them.
Explained the project situation and painting ideas to the team leader,
After obtaining the approval of the team leader,
Only then did the two of them take out their iPads, and according to the pattern of countless previous collaborations, they divided the work in an orderly manner on the wishing pool in front of them.
Break down painting…
…
As noon approaches,
Many people came out of the hotel building and came to the wishing fountain with their mobile phones.
Although judging from the latest feedback, the number of guests staying at Shituoling Hotel is not very large.
But in fact, many players have noticed the golden wishing pool and come to draw cards one after another out of curiosity.
"Are the two people in front painting?"
Pang Xuehen carried the drawing board on his back and looked at Men Youcai and Xiang Dian in front of the wishing pool, with a trace of doubt in his eyes.
During this period of time, he had been living and dining in the Lion Castle Hotel, constantly looking for inspiration for painting.
Maybe time comes,
Or maybe it’s because my style of painting perfectly fits the dark fairy tale of the Lion Castle Hotel,
After my own Wickham Wizard concept art was posted on the Little Peter fan website, it received more and more attention and likes day by day.
Even now, he has started the official real-name comic author qualification certification in Little Peter, and his fans have exceeded 200,000.
This was something he never even dared to think about before.
Originally, he was going to continue drawing amusement park-themed pictures today.
But there is no way. In order to build a joint project, the entire area of Dream Elf City is now blocked, making it impossible to enter.
He had nothing to do, and he heard that a floating cafe was built above the wishing fountain, so he came to take a look out of curiosity and wanted to draw something different.
As soon as I came here,
He was attracted by the holy and beautiful huge building in front of him.
Such an ingenious idea!
Such a beautiful building!
This is simply art!
Pang Xueghen was trembling with excitement.
The people he has met over the years are not as numerous as the gods under the feet of the golden lions under the Wishing Pond.
If only I could draw all of this wishing fountain...
Pang Xuehen's whole body trembled, and he was shocked by this crazy idea.
take a deep breath
Pang Xuehen quickly composed the picture in his mind, trying to choose the best angle and line of sight for painting.
But at this time, he discovered to his dismay that the best seats were already firmly occupied by Men Youcai and Xiang Dianqian.
Pang Xuehen glanced at the backs of the two people very resentfully.
And carefully selected for a long time,
Finally, he took out a small mat, drawing board and pencil not far from Men Youcai and Xiang Dian, sat down and started sketching slowly.
When he took out his pencil and measured the central axis in the air,
Men Youcai and Xiang Dian, the two people in front, also stopped the painting pens in their hands and turned to look at Pang Xuehen.
Pang Xuehen turned his head and looked at the two of them.
Both of them saw a hint of admiration and admiration in each other's eyes.
"For such a huge building, they actually chose to use primitive and simple painting tools like pencil and drawing paper. This guy is really a cruel person!"
"For such a huge building, they actually chose to use electronic painting tools like iPads for digital painting. These two guys are really ruthless!"
With respect for each other,
Pang Xuehen, Men Youcai, and Xiang Dianqian nodded to each other in a friendly manner, treating it as hello.
Then they bowed their heads and began to draw their own pictures.
"昘昘"
The sound of the pen tip rubbing against the paper was heard softly, and the water flowed from the fountain minute by minute, flowing through the calloused fingers.
I saw someone painting in front of the wishing fountain,
Many guests and hotel employees stood beside them to watch curiously.
Everyone who has seen the paintings in front of Men Youcai and Xiang Dian will say in admiration:
"It's so beautiful, the painting is so beautiful!"
And everyone who passed by Pang Xuehen's painting had a slightly changed expression.
First, he looked up at the wishing fountain with great suspicion.
Then I looked at Pang Xueghen’s paintings in shock and astonishment.
Finally, he left quietly and quietly,
His eyes were filled with: Sorry to bother you.
…
There is a dry breath in the autumn air,
The majestic Lion Castle Hotel casts a huge light and shadow on the ground under the sunlight.
A bright red glow hangs in the sky, the cries of unknown blue-purple big-tailed birds on the trees and the ruts of horseshoes on the white cobblestone road
The voices echo each other,
The pace of this city is very fast,
However, the pace of this hotel is both visibly slow and charming.
Pang Xuehen has always been a person living in his own world.
He is completely uninterested in other people's fast-paced lives and hurried footsteps.
For him, the wishing pool in front of him is the more precious thing.
Although the sun was almost setting, the light was not very friendly to him.
However, the shadow of this mottled flowing water is more in line with his painting habits and style, making the whole person more calm.
Immerse yourself in the state of painting
"This old man is really getting more and more enthusiastic the more he paints!"
Men Youcai and Xiang Dianqian looked at Pang Xuehen curiously.
Although everyone is a painter, they both like to paint and are good at it.
But for both of them, painting is work and a means of making a living.
The content of the painting in front of them is just a task for them, not what they want to paint in their hearts.
So naturally, I can't devote myself as wholeheartedly as Pang Xuehen.
Men Youcai put the stylus back next to his iPad and looked at the paintings in front of him and Xiang Dian.
Although there are currently only rough lines and outlines on the board, there is no specific coloring or refinement.
But the entire golden wishing fountain has been sketched out.
Since the two of them were not pursuing panoramic restoration this time, they were painting.
Instead, it mainly expresses the inner piety of those praying in the wishing well and the sense of destiny in the game.
So under the influence of this emotion and tone,
The whole painting exudes a sense of bright splendor, as if countless gods and epics are about to be born from the hall behind the Roman columns.
There is a feeling of worship in my heart.
"I don't know what that old man painted."
With curiosity.
Men Youcai and Xiang Dianqian held their iPads and walked in the direction of Pang Xuehen.