The Creator of the Second Dimension

"Is that sister Ruoxuan who often comes to the second floor?"

Wu Hongyan's eyes were sharp, and she first saw Li Ruoxuan who was sitting next to the glass wall in the coffee shop, talking to a foreign girl.

Li Ruoxuan often came to Fantastic Animation, and over time, even a newcomer like Wu Hongyan knew about this editor, but she hadn't been here since May, and seeing her in England now surprised them both.

The discussion between Li Ruoxuan and the other party seemed to have come to an end. She stood up and shook hands with the other party. The girl who looked young left the coffee shop, leaving Li Ruoxuan alone.

"Really, she also came to England?"

Lin Shuyi had never heard of these things, so she was very surprised at the moment.

After thinking about it, they went into the coffee shop to say hello.

Li Ruoxuan was a little surprised by the appearance of the two, but she didn't seem surprised.

"I greeted Brother Anyuan before, and I am going to help you catch the wind tomorrow."

She explained that, as the main person in charge of New Frontier Media in Europe, Li Ruoxuan basically has to fly around here often, and she naturally contacted Li Ruoxuan during the trip to England for the animation animation.

"Sister Ruoxuan, was that manga author just now?"

Wu Hongyan asked rather mysteriously.

"Well, yes, she needs to work during the day, and only has time to discuss storyboards at night."

In Li Ruoxuan's hand is a file bag, which must contain some comic materials.

"The editorial department here in England has just been established, and I will stay here for the last month to maintain the author."

she explained.

"I don't know what the cartoons drawn by the people here look like."

Wu Hongyan muttered to herself, of course she knew that Li Ruoxuan, as an editor, could not show the author's original manuscript or storyboard to outsiders.

"If you are interested, you can take a look at our magazine."

Li Ruoxuan took out a magazine from the bag behind her. Compared with Huaxia's small format, the pages of the comics here are larger, almost equal to the size of A4 paper. Wu Hongyan looked at the cover, which was all in English, and suddenly felt a strange feeling .

Several Chinese people were discussing English comics in a coffee shop in England, and there seemed to be something wrong.

Wu Hongyan could tell that this was the second issue of the magazine.

Turning the page, she saw several familiar names. Obviously, this is the English version of the most popular works of "Monthly Teenage Frontline", which even includes "Music Girl", and it is directly the university chapter.

But the difference is that the entire magazine uses colored pages. It was the first time I read the colored pages of the college story of "Music Girl", and Wu Hongyan felt that it had a special flavor. There are two short stories written by Wai Guoren.

"People in Europe prefer to read on the Internet. Most of them read the pirated translations of the English group before. The company made a balance, so the progress of the comics started recently, while the previous content was released. You can pay to read it on the official website.”

Li Ruoxuan explained that the advancement of legalization is always a problem. For readers who are used to watching pirated versions, it is not that simple to immediately make them pay for it. , so that the advancement of legalization is hindered.

Therefore, New Frontier Media is now divided into two routes. The first is the English culture of well-known comics, and the second is to cultivate local cartoonists. In fact, because Europeans and Americans prefer full-color comics, the comic style here is also similar to that of China. It is different, if it is purely British, it will be difficult to continue to develop.

This is also the result of Li Ruoxuan's investigation after coming here.

"It feels like it's more realistic."

Lin Shuyi took a look at the two short stories. The painting style was tough. Compared with the cute style, it was more like the realistic oil painting style of "Bloodborne: Cursed".

Excellent color comics require a lot of energy to color. Generally, in China, only the front page of each issue will be in full color, and one month's notice must be given in advance.

For example, the full-color comics in the overseas edition of "Monthly Teenage Frontline" are not actually drawn by the author himself, but are colored by a more reliable outsourced studio. Color it, and then send it back to the original author for confirmation, which is more like the way animation is colored.

This way of coloring is faster, but it is impossible to achieve the same level of detail as the original.

At the same time, color comics can cover up the problems of painters to a certain extent. Lin Shuyi looked at these cartoons carefully, and there are more or less flaws in the shadows and lines, but the impact of color can make people see the pictures at first glance. Sometimes ignore these problems, in a sense, more suitable for novice creation.

Of course, in the hands of manga masters, the impact of color manga is definitely stronger, but it seems unrealistic for these newcomers who have just started to draw to that level.

"It's really hard, and I have to work so late."

Wu Hongyan flipped through the comics and felt a little emotional.

It is now close to ten o'clock in the evening, which should be the time to rest at home, but Li Ruoxuan still has to communicate with the author, which is really hard.

"Actually, I'm also very happy to see the clumsy but persistent appearance of these creators here. Although everyone speaks different languages, they all have the same desire to create interesting stories."

Li Ruoxuan finished the black tea in the cup.

"I have neither the talent for storytelling nor the talent for drawing, but I like animation and comics very much, so I chose this kind of work. I just want to take a step closer to my dream. Now looking at these ignorant creations Those who work so hard, I can't be lazy."

It was getting late, and the three chatted for a while, Li Ruoxuan drove the magazine's car back to the hotel.

At night, after Lin Shuyi took a shower and was wearing pajamas, she glanced at Wu Hongyan, who was already exhausted and sleeping soundly on the bed, and smiled helplessly.

She came to the balcony, looked at the foreign city that was gradually falling asleep under the lights, and felt the air that was different from China. Suddenly, a little inspiration burst into her heart.

"In "Your Name", when Ye switched bodies to Long's, didn't Ye look at the strange city like this?"

As a girl who grew up in a small country town, she is full of longing for big cities. When she comes to Ningjiang, will she have similar feelings? Will she think of her hometown?

Many emotions emerged in her heart, Lin Shuyi took out her mobile phone and kept recording her thoughts.

When the recording was finished, she suddenly had some understanding, and she understood why Xu Rui let herself come to England.