My Cartoonist Guide

() Although he found a consultant, Shen Xin couldn't relax before signing the contract with Xie Shiqi.

In case of any accident, Xie Shiqi may also give up being a consultant.

It wasn't until Wang Wenhong called and told Shen Xin that he and Xie Shiqi were rushing to the studio, that Shen Xin's tense nerves relaxed.

After washing his face and eating a little bit, Shen Xin called Gao Hang again.

Gao Hang told Shen Xin that he would have to wait a day for him to complete the handover with his new assistant before he could work in the studio.

After hanging up, Shen Xin came to the workbench.

Since Xie Shiqi is coming over, Shen Xin will also start to draw line drafts, but without an assistant, the speed will be slower.

The scenes in the first episode include the protagonist’s home, school, the era where Zuowei is, and the Go classroom.

But the home and school of the protagonist are not the focus of the story. Zuo Wei lived in the Ming Dynasty. Some materials should be consulted for the drawing of the scene. As for the Go classroom, if possible, Shen Xin hopes Xie Shiqi can provide some relevant photos.

These factors of the background are temporarily put to one side. Shen Xin took a pencil and drew the line draft roughly. Then, he drew the background well.

Although Shen Xin has been practicing Obata Ken's style after the "Y\'s" was stopped, however, after actually writing the pen and preparing to draw the line draft, the lines always inadvertently move closer to Katsura Masawa's style. .

Although Shen Xin is helpless, the transformation of his painting style always requires a process.

In this regard, when Shen Xin was a network author, he also had a deep experience. After a book is over, even if he takes a break for a while, his fingers will always type the names of the characters in the upper novel on the keyboard, sometimes, even completely. Not paying attention, leading readers to ask when reading the book, who is this character, and why has it never appeared?

At that time, he was really indescribably embarrassed.

This should be muscle memory. Although "Y\'s" has not been finished, Shen Xin has also painted for more than a year and is familiar with the style of painting. Therefore, Shen Xin can only make adjustments while drawing the line draft.

However, Shen Xin is not worried about the emergence of this situation. In fact, if readers pay attention, unless it is a cartoonist with a mature and stable style, otherwise, the style of a full-length comic will always be slightly different in the early and late stages. That's the case with "The Soul of Go" drawn by Ken Obata.

Just after drawing two pages of the line draft, the doorbell rang.

Shen Xin went downstairs to open the door, and Wang Wenhong and Xie Shiqi stood outside.

Yesterday, Xie Shiqi was dressed in casual clothes, and the light was not good, so she didn't impress people too much, but thought the sound was better.

Today, Xie Shiqi changed into fitting clothes, which made people's eyes bright.

Her hair is combed into a ponytail, her forehead is full of bangs, her eyebrows are slender, and her eyes are large. She is wearing a pink coat outside, a white sweater inside, and a white handbag in both hands. She is placed in front of her.

Although Xie Chengbo said yesterday that she was 22 years old, she should be only about 20 years old just by looking at her appearance.

"You came really early." Shen Xin said with a smile.

"No way, Mr. Shang is urging very tightly. The serialization date must be determined today and tomorrow. The task is very heavy." Wang Wenhong led Xie Shiqi into the room.

Xie Shiqi looked around, with surprise on her face.

"I thought the cartoonists were all miserable?"

"It's very painful. I can't afford to buy a house in Hongchuan, so I can only rent it for a while." Shen Xin pointed to the corner of the wall by the window, "Two of you go and sit first. I will get two bottles of coffee."

"Should it be coffee grinding?" Wang Wenhong asked curiously.

"..." Shen Xin looked at Wang Wenhong dissatisfied, and said after a long while, "I didn't buy a coffee machine."

What's more, grinding coffee is not as convenient as taking two cans of coffee directly.

In the corner, there is a small round table with a few chairs around it.

After Xie Shiqi and Wang Wenhong sat down, Shen Xin also took out the coffee and placed it in front of them.

"Gao Hang can come over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you can help me find an assistant."

"Is one enough?" Wang Wenhong asked.

"Almost?" Shen Xin sat down and opened the coffee. "The other assistant before me will come to Hongchuan after graduating from university. He will submit articles to the magazine and study again. Then you can help pay attention to what is there. Don’t forget to talk to her during the game."

"I got it, but the newcomer must be published in "Young Future", "ComicFuture" has no chance." Wang Wenhong explained.

"Okay. Just **** with some snacks." Shen Xin took a sip of coffee, then looked at Xie Shiqi, "Teacher Xie, shall we also talk about cooperation?"

"Yeah." Xie Shiqi nodded, her expression a little cautious.

"I want to ask...No, Teacher Xie, don't be nervous, we are all good people." Shen Xin saw Xie Shiqi keep his head down, rather helpless.

"I know, but I rarely go to unfamiliar places, so... sorry."

Since it was due to his character, Shen Xin couldn't help it.

"The job I want to ask Mr. Xie to do is not too difficult, but not too easy. First of all, it must be a chess record. I would like to ask Mrs. Xie to pick more chess records and pick out the most suitable comics. At the same time, because it is a Go comics. So, there will be places related to Go in the book, such as the Go salon, the chess club, the dojo, the Huaxia Chess Academy... By the way, I heard that there is also a national Go fixed stage match. Only through the fixed stage match can you become a professional chess player. So, I also need a photo of the test site."

"So many photos?" Xie Shiqi asked in surprise.

"No way." Shen Xin touched his nose, "I also want to draw a good Go comic before I need to cooperate with professional chess players. In addition, in the middle of the story, the protagonist needs to learn chess in a dojo, I hope It can be based on the'Xie Chengbo Go Dojo' as a prototype. So, from the inside out, even the bathroom, it's best to have photos of these places."

"Wait... You mean to use'Xie Chengbo Go Dojo' as the prototype?" Xie Shiqi stood up in surprise ~www.NovelMTL.com~ That's right. If it’s not convenient..."

"No, no... It's definitely okay." Xie Shiqi waved her hand again and again.

"However, there are some things I want to tell you in advance. Although the comic will be based on'Xie Chengbo Go Dojo', the name must be changed. Generally speaking, this comic is still a fictitious story." Shen Xin explained.

"I can understand, yes." Xie Shiqi nodded repeatedly.

Since deciding to become a professional chess player, she has almost practiced chess at the "Xie Chengbo Go Dojo" and has a deep affection for the dojo. Shen Xinneng used "Xie Chengbo Go Dojo" as the prototype to create Go comics and serialized it in "ComicFuture", which is equivalent to advertising for the dojo for free.

That is a big magazine with a sales volume of 5 million copies, and the publicity effect is much more useful than special advertising.

Xie Shiqi can still weigh the pros and cons of this, so after Shen Xin made the request, Xie Shiqi couldn't wait to say it without thinking or even waiting for Shen Xin to finish.