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Chapter 165 Pseudo-thick coating

But what disappointed Rumi was.

finally.

The two did nothing.

Li Xue held Tang Yao's face and just said something.

Tang Yao kept laughing, as if she was teasing Li Xue.

The most striking thing about the two of them is that one of them is a good friend, but it seems that they can't go any further.

However, when he saw Tang Yao handing the coffee back to Li Xue, and Li Xue didn't mind and just took a sip.

Ru Mi overturned his previous idea again.

A bit similar.

But no matter what, it's really nice.

She looked at the two people who were talking and smiling not far away. Seeing the genuine happiness on their faces, she was silent for a while and then smiled softly.

Whether it is true or not, it is a good thing to have such good friends.

She could tell that they both truly trusted each other, otherwise they wouldn't have acted so harmoniously just now, working together, hanging out together, founding a company together, managing it together, one providing the money and the other the work...

so good.

Rumi sighed again, then fell silent as he thought about the fact that he had been almost alone since childhood.

But she soon cheered up.

The main thing was that she had to cheer up, so she lay on the door frame with her buttocks half-raised, which was really indecent.

The waiter couldn't help but come forward: "This guest..."

"Cough cough."

Ru Mi came back to his senses, slowly straightened up, and took a last look at Tang Yao and Li Xue.

Forget it, let’s go back.

I'll take a closer look next time I have a chance.

It’s not a big deal to lie here now.

Anyway, she has the material for the pictures on her second account today, and she can’t wait to share her new lesbian CP with netizens.

Ok.

Beautiful girl boss X gentle female employee!

It’s sure to get rave reviews!
As she was thinking, she didn't even bother to ask about the book and left in a hurry.

Yes.

In addition to being a cartoonist.

She has another identity and is quite famous on social media... a lily painter with over 100,000 fans!

Although this number of fans is indeed insignificant compared to her main account, after all, she operated this small account secretly without telling her mother.

But compared to the big account that only occasionally promotes her works, she is more interested in operating the small account.

As for why I specifically run a small account to draw lily pictures.

Maybe it's because of interest, or maybe... it's because of some lack of emotion.

She actually likes chatting very much, which can be seen from the fact that she and Tang Yao had a very pleasant conversation just now. However, she has not had many such opportunities since she was a child.

As she grew older, she gradually got used to it. She was still lonely, but afraid of intimacy.

We can only place certain emotions on things that may seem incomprehensible to others.

……

soon.

the next day.

Ru Mi, the mother, came to Avalon.

Consultations began on the issue of authorized linkage.

But Tang Yao doesn't have to do this herself.

Li Xue went to receive them.

Tang Yao kept the manuscript of "Chainsaw Man" while keeping an eye on the production of "Fighting Cards".

Because of the use of fragmented narrative, the related stories are not fully unfolded. Without the constraints of the original Warcraft worldview, it is fine to choose a two-dimensional style.

only.

Without constraints, there is no reference, and everything has to start all over again.

It is rumored that most of the illustrations in Tang Yao's previous life's Hearthstone were commissioned and then carefully selected.

Although there are many painters and the quality varies, the style remains unified because of the control of the art team and the "background" of World of Warcraft.

Not here.

As for Tang Yao, since she had played Hearthstone for so long in her previous life and had seen the original style of Hearthstone for so long, it was a bit difficult for her to suddenly want to change to a different style.

So this job naturally fell on Chu Yuxin.

It's not that Tang Yao doesn't want to copy Hearthstone's art style directly; it's certainly more convenient, but honestly, Hearthstone's art style is too Westernized. While not outdated, without the bonus of the original, it's a bit difficult for players in this world to accept it all at once.

Without World of Warcraft, Avalon suddenly changed so much, jumping directly from a two-dimensional beautiful girl to a European and American style.

The span is indeed too big.

And the most important point is that China belongs to Asia. Even if you want to export the game overseas, you have to operate it well locally first... Choosing a painting style that conforms to oriental aesthetics is undoubtedly the safest choice.

It’s hard for Chu Yuxin.

But Tang Yao believed that she could solve this problem.

"boss……"

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.

Chu Yuxin frowned, holding a stack of manuscripts, and ran over with short legs. She said with a bitter face, "I drew a few more reference drawings. Take a look at them."

In fact.

She had already visited Tang Yao several times to decide on the art style.

However, Tang Yao always failed and felt that something was missing.

"it is good."

Hearing this, Tang Yao reached out to take the original painting she handed over and took a quick look at it.

Overall.

Chu Yuxin still adopted the Japanese and Korean style. The characters are slender and the shapes are more aesthetic and complex compared to the European and American styles.

Moreover, the line drawings are reused to reflect the structural details and highlight the sense of volume. There are no obvious transition areas in the picture, giving people a strong sense of flatness. Due to the differences in aesthetics between the East and the West, this style is indeed more popular in China.

However, Tang Yao always felt that this overly flat painting style was not suitable for card games, and it felt... not very outstanding.

Ok……

I found that Tang Yao was in deep thought.

Chu Yuxin probably knew that it did not meet the requirements, so she hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you think it is inappropriate?"

"Nice painting."

Tang Yao came back to her senses and replied, "It's just...how should I put it, it doesn't seem to fit the game settings."

"Well, actually I think so too."

Chu Yuxin nodded. "Because the overall game setting is rather European and American, even if we follow your suggestion and adopt a fragmented narrative, there's still a sense of inconsistency between the setting and the art style... But we have to ensure that the gap between the two games' art styles isn't too big, and I don't really have a good solution at the moment."

then.

Speaking of which.

She paused, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I have tried using the thick painting style..."

"Ok?"

Tang Yao was a little curious when she heard this: "Apply it thickly..."

The so-called thick painting, to put it simply, has a more complete composition, light and shadow, and color than flat painting.

Generally, blocks of color are used to reflect light and shadow and materials, making the effect closer to reality. Even if it is a thickly painted version of a character existing in the two-dimensional world, the facial features and complete structure will not be changed.

Most people call it...realistic painting.

In Tang Yao's previous life, the painter who was more well-known to ordinary people and used thick painting techniques was probably the great WLOP, the one who created Ghost Blade. Most Internet users have seen his pictures to some extent.

"Yes, but it's too cumbersome. Thick painting is incredibly difficult to implement. Many people struggle to grasp even the basics of using blocks of color to express volume, let alone systematically layering colors to highlight key points and create texture."

Chu Yuxin said helplessly: "It's okay for me, but I definitely can't do it alone."

"Here, can you show me this? You drew it."

Tang Yao nodded and asked.

Chu Yuxin did not refuse and handed the remaining manuscript in her hand to Tang Yao.

Tang Yao took a look at it, then showed a thoughtful expression. After a long while, she said, "It's a good painting, but it's indeed too complicated. And this style of painting may not be completely suitable for games... How about trying pseudo-impasto?"

"Fake thick coating?"

"Correct."

Tang Yao nodded.

Pseudo thick coating is also called semi-thick coating.

Simply put, it is to use thick painting techniques on the basis of flat painting to make the picture more three-dimensional.

Compared with thick painting, pseudo-thick painting does not require overly realistic structural expression, nor does it require too much effort to shape the structure. The colors are more vivid, and the main feature is to highlight the dreamy feeling of the two-dimensional world. It is a style that combines the freshness of flat painting and the three-dimensional sense of thick painting.

Most importantly, the coloring process is not as tedious as thick painting.

Before Tang Yao came here, many painters began to use pseudo-impasto painting techniques, especially those in the fields of illustration and game original painting.

“To what extent should we achieve this?”

Chu Yuxin asked curiously.

"...It's a little hard to explain. Let me draw it for you."

Tang Yao hesitated for a moment and picked up the pressure-sensitive pen from the side.

(End of this chapter)