"Guan Lang, I remember you said before that your usual part-time job is to draw illustrations for others?"
When class was about to end, Gao Qianhe, who was sitting next to him, suddenly asked.
"Yeah, but I usually only take an order every one or two weeks." Guan Lang turned around and looked over.
"Then have you heard of vtuber?" Gao Qianhe glanced at the old professor who was talking happily on the stage and asked in a low voice.
"I know, virtual anchor, what, you want to drag me into a trap?" Guan Lang, as a well-known two-dimensional freelance painter, usually has an understanding of the trend in the circle.
Virtual anchors are anchors who use their avatars to contribute to video websites. They first became popular on YouTube. In the past year, they have gradually become popular in China and are very popular on two-dimensional platforms such as Bilibili.
However, most of the popular vtubers on site B are virtual anchors stationed by rb. rb has laid a solid foundation due to its animation industry that has been developing for many years. The voice actor industry is booming under the leadership of the animation industry, so vtubers are also thriving.
On the other hand, virtual anchors born in China are very weak.
Guan Lang didn't care about the inside story, he just knew a little bit about the market due to work reasons.
"No, I'm just asking for help. Do you accept the illustration list for the virtual anchor's standing paintings?"
"Of course I'll take it. Last month, I drew a live 2D model for a 2D anchor of Douyu." Guan Lang replied, and immediately remembered something and added: "However, the person you asked to inquire, no
Are you thinking of hiring me to paint for a student price of dozens or hundreds of pieces?"
Guan Lang is also quite famous in the illustration circle. Although he is not comparable to many great painters, he is still a high-quality painter. He usually uploads his well-drawn illustrations on sites such as p station, domestic half-dimensional, lofter, and Weibo.
His works have accumulated a certain number of fans.
He usually charges according to the workload when accepting orders. If it is an illustration that takes a day to draw, the general charge is from 1,200 to 1,500 yuan. And if it is some unknown art college students, even if it is
The painting was good, and the fee was only a few hundred yuan, but Guan Lang didn't want to be taken advantage of by the person introduced by Gao Qianhe. He usually took orders in his mailbox for a thousand yuan.
"Probably not. She found out that I knew the painter Aria, so she came to me to help introduce her. She is a junior sister from the art academy. She seems to be your little fan." Gao Qianhe was not sure.
"Well, please give me her WeChat account and I'll ask for the specific details." Guan Lang nodded. He spent a lot of money during this period, and it was time to replenish his small treasury.
And compared with orders received online, the risk of being rejected is smaller in reality.
"Well, okay, I've sent it to you."
Guan Lang sent a friend application and left a comment explaining the identity of his painter Aria.
It didn’t take long for the friend application to be approved.
The other person's avatar is a cute golden retriever, and his nickname is Xiaotang.
Before Guan Lang could speak, a message came from the other party.
“Aria, I’m your little fan! I’ve always liked your works! Especially the illustrations of Sister-type characters, and the Secretary Fujiwara you drew two weeks ago. I also like it very much. It’s super cute! I didn’t expect it to be so
What a coincidence, you are actually a senior!" followed by an ecstatic expression.
Guan Lang was frightened by the enthusiasm of the other party who started talking a lot. No wonder Gao Qianhe introduced her as a fan of Guan Lang.
However, most of his paintings are two-dimensional beautiful girls. Do girls also like them? And they have become his personal fans? Don’t girls prefer the painters’ wives who paint beautiful boys?
"Hello, elementary school girl, thank you for supporting me." Although he didn't understand why the other party, as a girl, liked illustrations of two-dimensional beautiful girls, Guan Lang still replied politely.
However, the time was not suitable and it was not suitable to talk too much. Guan Lang apologized and sent a message: "Sorry, I am in class now. Can we talk later?"
"Yeah, okay qaq"
Guan Lang put down his mobile phone and shook his head with a bit of emotion. He didn't expect that he would have a female fan. But the other party was so enthusiastic and it wasn't like he was pretending. It just made him feel embarrassed when negotiating the price.
I raised the price, after all, the other party is my fan, and they have a friendship with me from the same school.
Guan Lang sighed silently and made up his mind. As long as the price was decent, he would accept it even if it was a little lower. If he suffered a small loss, he would consider it as a way to repay the support of his fellow schoolgirl fans.
After class, I finished my meal in the cafeteria and returned to my apartment. Not long after I sat down, a WeChat message rang.
Guan Lang took a look and saw that it was the message from the elementary school girl just now.
"Hey, have you finished your meal, senior?" was followed by the expression of a seabird stretching out a leg to test on the beach.
Guan Lang silently complained in his heart, it seems that this girl from the art department has a slightly different painting style. Does she like to use sand sculpture emoticons?
It completely overturned his previous impression of art students. In his stereotype, art students were a group of people with weird looks, cold temperaments, and could not talk to ordinary people.
"I just finished eating, where are you?" Guan Lang replied casually.
"I was eating at a restaurant outside. I had pork dumplings, which were super delicious! There was also fried beef river. This restaurant put a lot of sand tea sauce, and it was also delicious! Oh, by the way, senior
Have you ever eaten at this restaurant, Big Brother Fried Noodles?"
Big Brother Fried Rice Noodles? Isn’t that on the food street not far from Guan Lang downstairs?
"I've tried it, and it tastes pretty good. It's just that there's a little too much oil in it, and you'll get tired easily if you eat too much." Guan Lang thought for a while and still didn't tell her that the fried noodle shop was not far from his apartment downstairs.
"quq, doesn't fried rice noodles taste better if it has more oil? I originally wanted to invite my senior over to eat together [grievance]. Does the senior have any restaurant recommendations?"
Guan Lang really wanted to say that he should stop chatting on WeChat while eating. After all, he had to use two hands to type, so he would have to eat as long as he wanted. But it was not polite to interrupt others like this, and he didn't like to preach to others.
So we continued chatting with him.
Then before he knew it, Guan Lang was provoked into a conversation by the other party. They talked about everything from recommended restaurants to what kind of food he liked to eating to diet and health issues.
"Didn't you say you can't eat apples at night?"
"Huh? Who did you listen to?"
“I saw it in my circle of friends saying that apples are gold if eaten in the morning, silver if eaten at noon, and arsenic if eaten at night. It scares me so much that I dare not eat apples at night.”
"It must be fake. You are a bit stupid for believing this."
"Ovo, there are still people who lie to people in WeChat Moments. It's so bad."
After chatting for a long time, Guan Lang suddenly realized, hadn't he originally planned to ask the other party about the design requirements for vertical illustrations? Why had they been chatting for so long?