Shang Wei: He made a circle by writing Fire. All the film variety shows asked him to cooperate, but he died young. He made a circle by writing fire, and the posters and propaganda subtitles of Nezha in Dying to Live and The Story of Wukong came from him. Even many people's mobile phones are using the fonts he created.
Maybe you don't know his name, but you must have seen his handwriting. How legendary is the calligrapher?
In 20 17, Shang Wei's calligraphy covered almost all the popular variety shows, and even every advertising space in shopping malls and subway stations had his works. Once his font was published, it received more than 3 million downloads. After three years of publication, the download volume reached160,000, which really achieved a word of gold.
Many people can't imagine that a young man in his twenties has achieved such excellent results, and it is this calligraphy by Shang Wei that he created that made him realize the counterattack of his life.
Also on 20 17, Shang Wei completed the manuscript of nearly 10,000 words in just 28 days. In order to complete his own font library, he worked 14 hours a day, completely scrapped four brushes and used up three bottles of 500g ink until his right shoulder was swollen and his right hand was bigger than his left.
It is worth noting that under normal circumstances, it takes about three or four months to complete such a set of Chinese character stacks, which is enough to show Shang Wei's diligence.
Fortunately, since then, Shang Wei has achieved a counterattack in life by writing, his works have been widely circulated, and he has also been on variety shows, which has truly achieved fame and fortune and earned a lot of money.
From David's popular variety shows to various advertising posters, and even the fonts in many people's mobile phones, Shang Wei created them.
Soon, the major directors and crews also found Shang Wei, and there was an endless stream of people asking him to help create film titles.
The font of Nezha's poster, the handwritten subtitles of Dying for Survival, and the cover of the poster of Military Division League even appeared in variety shows such as Ace to Ace and Happy Camp.
There is no denying that Shang Wei is angry, but there are also many people who are very popular. After becoming famous in the art circle, Shang Wei was also questioned a lot.
Different from traditional calligraphy works, Shang Wei's font strokes are very flamboyant and unique, which are very suitable for design and artistic works, but they are not accepted by traditional calligraphy lovers.
Their character Shang Wei can't be called calligraphy at all, which is far from ancient works of art and will also affect many people's appreciation of traditional calligraphy.
What's more, he insulted him directly with the fonts he created, calling his works graffiti.
Admittedly, everyone's works can more or less represent the connotation and emotion that the author wants to express, but since Shang Wei's calligraphy is so popular, it should not be belittled.
Therefore, in order to face the question of changing his font into a "Jianghu style", Shang Wei simply launched a brand-new "Hanyi Shang Wei Jianghu style", for nothing but to win a sigh of relief for himself.
In fact, Shang Wei has long said that he actually respects every previous calligrapher in his heart, and he dare not call his creation calligraphy, because he can create his own font because of his love for calligraphy for 20 years.
Shang Wei, who was called a "sinner through the ages" by calligraphy lovers, went from being unable to learn scum with a monthly salary of 2,300 yuan to realizing financial freedom in life. What is the origin?
He began to learn calligraphy at the age of 6, and created an unprecedented calligraphy library at the age of 26. Shang Wei can definitely be called a young talent, but in fact, he had to write to eat at first.
Shang Wei's youth experience is similar to that of most people, but the only difference is that he has gone through three college entrance examinations.
At first, Shang Wei didn't know what the wonderful use of reading was, so he often fought and missed classes for three years in high school, so he didn't pass the college entrance examination for the first time.
But unfortunately, this failure did not wake him up. He still doesn't care, but he didn't go to college, so his incorrect attitude also led to the failure of the second generation of college entrance examination.
However, this time, he did well in professional courses and got a certificate from a professional art university.
So, after failing to repeat the second year, Shang Wei, a young and frivolous man, thought that he could support himself with a skill, so he took an art test certificate and joined the army of Beipiao, deceiving his family that he was admitted to the university.
After coming to Beijing, Shang Wei successfully found a substitute studio, but I didn't expect this studio to close down soon because it didn't recruit students, so I had to run to the side of the road to draw a sketch of 5 yuan for others and sleep under a bridge opening in Dongzhimen at night.
Work can't make a living, and he is fed up with the sun and rain. He finally wants to go home, but fortunately, this time he finally wakes up and studies hard. Finally, he was admitted to the design major of Yanshan University with the second professional course score in the province.
After graduating from college, Shang Wei entered a top design company. There are so many talents here that she can learn a lot. The only drawback is that involution is too serious.
His monthly salary is less than 3000 yuan, and his work is endless. The longest time, he has worked overtime for three months, working overtime until two or three in the morning, and even working overtime until five in the morning at the latest.
At that time, he rented a house less than 9 square meters on the edge of Beijing's North Fourth Ring Road. His monthly salary is 2300, and the rent is 1980. He can't support himself at all. In just one year, he spent all his savings.
He seems to be doing a decent job, but in fact he has no time at all, so he chose to resign.
When he resigned, the director of the company once questioned him and said:
It is precisely because of this sentence that it has become the driving force for his long-term efforts, just to prove that he can live better in Beijing after resigning.
In fact, Shang Wei University majored in product design. After work, he often can't find the font he wants to use when painting, so he has to write it himself first and then dig it into an electronic version.
With this experience, Shang Weimeng came up with the idea of creating his own fonts, and that set of Chinese-Italian Shang Wei calligraphy was born.
For others, art is the pursuit of life, but for Shang Wei, at that moment, writing has already become his livelihood. Unfortunately, Shang Wei became famous in World War I with this set of fonts, but he only lived to be 30 years old and died young.
He is the royal designer of Xu Zheming's film Desire for Survival. He drafted the director Muyewen in eight minutes, but he died young at the age of 30. What has Shang Wei experienced?
In addition to creating posters for the stories of Nezha, nobody and Wukong, Shang Wei also customized the handwritten subtitles for Dying for Survival on 20 18. It was with his font that the box office of Dying for Survival exceeded 3 billion.
When the film crew invited him to customize the handwritten subtitles, Shang Wei stayed alone in the viewing room and watched the whole movie. After meeting with director Muyewen, they only talked for eight minutes, and then decided on the whole plan.
So there is a dying, seemingly dull, but strong and profound font.
Although Shang Wei's fonts have long been out of circulation and his partners are overwhelmed, he is called an artist by the outside world, but he only dares to call himself a font designer and never dares to define his works as calligraphy, because he thinks the level of calligraphy is too advanced for him.
He will often share his designed fonts on social platforms, which has won the favor of many people, and every time he develops a new style, he can also get the favor of Party A. Basically, the first draft has passed.
Despite his unique talent, Shang Wei has not lost himself. After creating the first set of calligraphy, Shang Wei successively created Han Yi Shang Wei's Rubik's Cube, Shang Yi's slight tea body and Han Yi Shang Wei's cloud body. Different styles also have different characteristics.
As a pioneer in the industry, in order to help the industry do more things, Shang Wei began to try crazily and explore various new possibilities. It took him five years to create more than 20 sets of handwritten font libraries.
China culture is extensive and profound. Throughout history, famous artists have made unimaginable achievements because of their love and diligence in thinking and testing, and Shang Wei has also done this.
Maybe his works can't be called calligraphy, but there are too many calligraphers with personal styles in history. Make more interesting creations on the basis of profound writing, and also make great contributions to cultural communication. Shang Wei's works can also be called the collision between tradition and modern art.
Recently, the textbook illustration incident of People's Education Edition caused an uproar, which aroused the anger of all netizens, not only vilified the Chinese people, but also contained many bad hints. But this textbook has been used for nearly ten years, which is enough to see the chaos in the art circle.
An artist like Shang Wei devoted all his energy to his works, and persisted in his hobby for so many years, which is simply commendable by comparison.
It's a pity that Shang Wei, a jealous genius, died in a car accident and could not bring more excellent works. Fortunately, many people still use his works, and there are still his footprints in the world. I hope his works can be passed down forever.