How to draw the illustration of Qinyuan Chunxue
The method of drawing the illustration of Qinyuan Chunxue is as follows:
1. Draw a vertical line and mark its center point.
2. Then draw two intersecting lines through the center point, and draw another small circle in the middle.
3. Continue to connect the lines near the middle to form a small hexagon.
4. Then draw a short horizontal line and a dot on each line.
5. Then use these markers as guides to extend the middle part of the snowflake.
6. Then the main "main" part of the snowflake is completed, so let's add arms to it now, making sure to ensure left and right symmetry.
7. Finally, add more small branches outside the small circle.
Snowflakes, also known as silver millet, jade dragon, and jade dust, are a kind of crystal. They are solid precipitation that comes from the condensation of water vapor in the sky. The structure changes with the change of temperature, and is mostly hexagonal. Like flowers. There are many shapes of snowflakes, and each snowflake is an extremely exquisite pattern that even many artists are amazed by. Snowflakes are mostly hexagonal because they belong to the hexagonal crystal system.
The small ice crystals of the "embryos" of snowflakes in the clouds have two main shapes. One is hexagonal, long and thin, called columnar crystals, but sometimes its ends are pointed and looks like a needle, called needle crystals. The other is in the form of hexagonal flakes, like the flakes cut from a hexagonal pencil, called lamellae. Are these paintings made with gouache? Or water-soluble colored lead?
This is the work of the new domestic illustrator group "Snow Doll". They are a pair with extremely high output. The drawing tools are computers + hand-drawn tablets + drawing software. The painting style is to imitate the feeling of gouache. It’s not really gouache painting with paint.
The following is an exclusive interview with the author by Chengdu Evening News:
Otakus and Otakus interpret fairy tales with paintbrushes
In less than a year since its establishment, the number of visitors has reached nearly 10,000 ! Yang Xue, who lives on Yulin South Road, was very happy to see that her and her boyfriend Chen Xi's online blog was so popular, with fans even calling themselves "Snowflakes." The blog run by Yang Xue and Chen Xi is called "Snow Doll's Children's Illustration World", which displays all the illustrations they provide for children's books. Now friends prefer to call them "Xue Xue" and "Baby". They are the "Snow Baby", a well-known freelance illustrator group in Chengdu.
○Community·Characters
It’s normal not to go out for a week to catch up on drawings
The reporter visited the home of the “Snow Doll” the day before yesterday, and it was the “Snow Doll” who opened the door. . "Doll" welcomed the reporter into the room and hurriedly returned to the computer on the left: "I am working on a manuscript, so I can only chat while drawing." After that, "Doll" started operating the writing pad and followed his strokes. , a "lion" gradually became more vivid. He was drawing characters for Aesop's Fables. Two months ago, a local children's publishing house came to them with the manuscript of this set of masterpieces and asked them to write 150 illustrations. "There have been too many manuscripts recently, and I am really busy. I have been putting it off for a few days." "Baby" has only slept three or four hours a day for a week in a row, and this night is destined to be another all-nighter. This time, the illustration style requested by the other party was more realistic, so "Wawa", who had more solid basic drawing skills, was the main author, and "Xue Xue" assisted from the side, responsible for composition reference and image adjustment. Whenever there is a large number of orders, "Snow Baby" will work side by side like this. After finishing the manuscript, I would sleep for a few days. "It's normal not to go out for a week."
All freelance business depends on online negotiation
There are 365 days a year, and "Snow Baby" is at home for almost 300 days, either working on manuscripts, sleeping, or playing games. "Snow Baby" calls their living situation "home", so naturally they are "home boys" and "home girls". "Snow Doll" is a frequent visitor to shopping websites, and even the illustration business is contacted through the Internet. "Snow Doll" is an illustration for classic fairy tales and children's literature. Princes and princesses, kittens and puppies, exotic scenery, and fantasy worlds are the main contents of the "Snow Doll" illustrations. The first thing they do every day is to turn on their computers and check their emails, QQ and MSN for requests for children's books. If the cooperation conditions are OK, they use chat software to discuss it in detail with the other editor. "Snow Baby" has cooperated with many editors for many years, but most of them communicate through online chats and rarely meet offline.
With a high income, it is no problem to earn 10,000 yuan a month
"Xuexue" and "Wawa" met in 2001 and marveled at the "genetic attraction" of the two young illustrators. I quickly got the right look. Although "Xue Xue" and "Doll" are different between men and women, the various images in the paintings are all round and very cute.
In 2002, the "Snow Doll" group was established. The couple are both idealists and agreed to only draw illustrations for children's books, depicting the beautiful and simple things in the world. Today, the painting skills and reputation accumulated over the years have made "Snow Doll" somewhat famous. With enough confidence, "Snow Baby" is more cautious when choosing clients to cooperate with, and tries its best to create some high-quality illustrations. This year, they turned down most of their invitations, retaining only seven or eight regular collaborators, and used the free time to study and recharge. Although the workload has been reduced, the income is still considerable. The starting price for a single illustration of "Snow Doll" is among the highest in the industry, and the monthly royalties are at least RMB 10,000.
Recently, the two have a new plan. They are going to follow their idol and master illustrator Tony Wolfe and spend a year or more to independently plan a children's picture book.
○Community · Dynamics
The competition is fierce, and there are people who accept the price of just a few yuan a piece
“Now in Chengdu, black and white illustrations are more than ten yuan a piece, or even "There are people taking the job for just a few yuan a piece." "Wawa" told reporters that illustration is an emerging fashion profession. Some illustrators work as freelancers, such as "Snow Doll", while others work in studios or companies. According to "Xuewawa", young people born after 1975 are the main force of illustrators in Chengdu. There are currently dozens of local illustration studios in Chengdu and thousands of freelance illustrators. Nowadays, many colleges and universities have opened illustration majors, and various commercial illustrator training courses are emerging one after another in the society. A large number of people have begun to enter this emerging profession. There are more people competing, and there are still people who accept the lowest invitation price.
○Extended reading
Illustrators, also known as commercial illustrators, are professionals who draw illustrations for companies or products and receive compensation while giving up ownership of their works. Commercial illustrations are further divided into advertising illustrations, publication illustrations, cartoon mascot illustrations, film and television illustrations, game illustrations and other categories.
Train reporter Chen Zhuofeng Shi How to draw illustrations by Qinyuan Chunxue
The specific steps of how to draw illustrations by Qinyuan Chunxue are as follows:
The first step is to draw a snowman outline.
The second step is to draw the snowman’s hands and hat.
Then in the third step, draw a accompanying tree behind the snowman.
Finally, draw the snowflakes falling from the sky, so that the Qinyuan Spring Snow painting about primary school students is ready.
The spring snow in Qinyuan needs a snowman to reflect it. "Qinyuan Spring Snow" is a poem composed by the proletarian revolutionary Mao Zedong. The first part of the poem describes the magnificent snow scenery of the North, stretching thousands of miles across, showing a majestic, broad-minded and heroic artistic conception, and expressing the poet's love for the magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland. The second part is a lyrical discussion, focusing on commenting on historical figures, praising contemporary heroes, and expressing the proletariat's heroic ambition to be the true master of the world.
The whole poem combines description of scenery, discussion and lyricism. It has a magnificent artistic conception, magnificent momentum, unrestrained emotions and a bold mind, which can quite represent the bold style of Mao Zedong's poetry. The scenery in the north is filled with thousands of miles of frozen ice and thousands of miles of snowflakes. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, all that is left is an endless expanse of white; the vast Yellow River up and down suddenly lost its surging momentum.
The mountains are like silver-white pythons flying, and the hills on the plateau are like many white elephants running. They all want to compare with God. You have to wait until it's a sunny day to see the bright red sunshine and the white snow and ice complement each other, which is especially beautiful.