It's all his fault for being an artist!

Chapter 43: Personal Portfolio, Bold Style, Try It and Die.

Art students' diplomas may not carry as much weight as those in the humanities, sciences, or engineering fields; their portfolios are valued more highly.

Every well-known artist in the industry has their own representative works.

Cheng Wang had long planned to create a portfolio tailored to his own taste. This portfolio was like an ID card in the art industry, allowing one to immediately recognize a person's style and strengths.

In contrast, it is easy to see whether there is any fraud or shoddy workmanship.

Many overseas art schools also require a portfolio that is relevant to the major for admission, which is then recorded in the student's personal file.

However, he wasn't considering overseas opportunities; everything he did was paving the way for his writing career.

Cheng Wang felt that being selected as the first representative work of his career could be given more meaning than just being aesthetically pleasing.

Take, for example, this unexpected and wonderful opportunity.

What could be more satisfying than proving oneself through strength?

When the final product is released, it will likely leave a lasting impression on many onlookers, thereby increasing the work's popularity.

As for the content of the image, Cheng Wang was actually unsure about it.

It's not that I don't know what to draw, but rather that I feel I have many ideas, and every finished piece I post on the forum is of high quality.

But what kind of painting style can represent a personal style?

The word "all-around" is ultimately a vague and general statement.

Thanks to Sun Yifeng's casual remark that he wanted to draw a young and beautiful girl that day, Cheng Wang used Li Xixi's running posture as a model and successfully produced an excellent drawing.

With a unique style in mind, he began to have some clearer inspiration.

Open the digital canvas and select the thin, elongated line as the sketch pen.

The digital pen and the graphics tablet combine to create cyberpunk magic, simultaneously displaying Cheng Wang's brushstrokes on the computer screen.

I want to create a work that is highly dynamic.

This sentence perfectly encapsulates all his thoughts at that moment.

From dynamic perspective to color application, everything is benchmarked against the industry's top standards.

If the line drawings of static figures can be copied and reproduced, then use absolutely gorgeous techniques to block all doubts about imitation from the threshold between amateur and professional levels.

With a steady exertion of force from the forearm, the wrist moves in mid-air.

When Cheng Wang paints, his hand movements are steady, gentle yet powerful, weighty yet relaxed.

soon.

A girl with an anime-style drawing, turning her body to the side and grinning, quickly took shape, perfectly matching the concept in his mind.

Arrogant and wicked, with an expression like that of a little devil, the figure is depicted quite vividly through the use of only black lines.

The composition is a half-body portrait, starting from the waist and moving upwards to the top of the head, completely occupying the vertical space of the image.

Its head proportions, especially the illogical ones, even exceed one-third of the composition size.

From the perspective of art students in the joint entrance examination stage, "reaching for the sky and standing on the ground" is not a good word. It is usually used to describe a picture composition that is too large and can easily cause a saturation impact on aesthetics.

However, this very trick, this unconventional sketch, did not produce the same effect in Cheng Wang's writing.

The general framework has been finalized.

Cheng Wang used the software's built-in select all function to move the line art layer and consciously adjust the center of the image, causing the female character's body to tilt.

Through this stretching process, the anime girl's head is slightly tilted to the right, while her waist and abdomen are in the lower left of the image, with the main body parts offset from the center line.

A tiny, subtle adjustment can dramatically change the visual effect.

The previously somewhat bloated image unfolds along the diagonal, with intricate line art details that perfectly complement the blank areas in the upper left and lower right corners.

Not only does it perfectly retain the charm of a mischievous young girl, but it also reveals a touch of youthful innocence and allure through its proud and upright posture.

Okay, save the shortcut!

Cheng Wang did not forget this good habit.

Compared to the commissioned work by Cola and her colleagues, this line drawing sketch is clearly a step up in terms of completion.

Starting from the most basic visual aesthetic requirements, it formally enters the realm of refinement, sufficient to serve as commercial illustration or art promotion.

However, it is still a long way from completion.

Next step.

Color it in.

Cheng Wang used the digital pen as a tablet touchscreen pen, tapping to add new layers on the software page, and first dividing them into background color, main color, and ambient color.

The background color is similar to the background of a photograph, and like the warm or cool tones in color, it defines the overall character of the image.

The main color is the girl's own color, including the color of her clothes, skin, and facial features.

Ambient color is a rather clever painting technique, known as complementary color in color exams. All the small details must revolve around this term.

The three primary colors, red, yellow, and blue, can be mixed by taking any two of them and adding them together. The resulting color is the complementary color of the remaining color.

For example, red plus blue equals purple, so purple is the complementary color of yellow.

This is a double-edged sword.

With yellow as the dominant color, most shadows are blurred, so purple must be used as the center for matching. When used properly, it will make the picture more three-dimensional and atmospheric.

However, if the proportion of complementary colors is too high and the saturation cannot be reduced, the two colors with completely opposite tones will compete for space in the picture and fight each other, resulting in an extremely unpleasant visual effect.

The saying "red and green together make a stupid donkey" comes from this principle, because green equals yellow plus blue, which complements red.

So.

How did Cheng Wang determine the color scheme for this exquisite work?

Quite by chance, it was green and red.

He was extremely bold, choosing the color combination that was most likely to backfire!

The software's brush is thickened, and starting from the bottom background color, a bright and eye-catching turquoise layer is laid out, instantly making the picture glow.

Then, for the main body of the figure, Cheng Wang found a bright pink color on the color palette, switched layers, and covered the hair color and clothing.

To blend in, the girl's snow-white skin was a light, fleshy white with a subtle pinkish hue, creating a smooth transition between light and dark shades.

Green and red.

Turquoise and pink.

The difference of just two words has a completely different impact on the image!

Cheng Wang cleverly used blue, a color that does not appear in the picture, to reconcile two old rivals who were fighting each other.

On a wide spectrum of light, find the bright red and green, and move them closer to the blue; this will create the two main color schemes in the image.

With slight modifications, the image remains bright and vibrant while allowing the seemingly incompatible red and green to blend together harmoniously.

A trivial visual trick.

That's exactly the feeling Cheng Wang wanted.

His carefully chosen shade of blue is like a wandering knight-errant; people talk about his deeds, but no one has ever actually seen him.

When the viewer sees the work, they will subconsciously think that the overall atmosphere of the picture is harmonious and not likely to cause a sense of incongruity.

Furthermore, the combination of complementary colors creates a vibrant and energetic effect, further highlighting the youthful energy and vitality of the girl.

Whether it's the dynamic composition or the novel color combinations.

Not a single point was drawn according to basic art principles.

But in terms of actual quality, this is the one that best showcases my skills since my rebirth!

There are no fancy techniques; the focus is on meticulously examining details that are incomprehensible to the average person.

The lines and colors are kept simple and clean, making it easy for people to think, "I could do that too."

It's okay, just post it and let them nitpick, then secretly imitate it.

What was that saying again?

Try?

He passed away!