My Cartoonist Strategy

Short comics are generally used by magazines or cartoonists to test the water, judging from the reader's preferences, whether the long stories associated with this will be favored by the market.

But if the cartoonist already has some achievements, the short story is not particularly necessary.

The reason why Shen Xin wrote the short story is not because he was afraid that "" would not be welcomed by the market-as one of the most successful sports comics, "" is almost a benchmark, and sales cannot be poor.

"" started with a funny, the fierce confrontation of basketball was not drawn in the first two chapters, therefore, Shen Xin decided to create a short story to reflect the characteristics of "".

To put it bluntly, Shen Xin is making bait, as for the fish, those platforms.

When he goes down this fish hook, there must be fish coming up, otherwise, it would be meaningless to do so.

Is it "ComicFuture", "Weekly Top", or "Junior Leap", or other magazines...

Shen Xin is very curious.

Because it is a fish used for "fishing", Shen Xin has prepared two short cartoons, each of which is full of material, about 60 pages.

Choose one of the two, determine one, and then draw the manuscript. It will take about half a month, plus Wang Wenhong and Yan Fei's marriage is approaching. Shen Xin decided to use the selected short story for three weeks after confirmation The comic is drawn.

When Yan Fei came in, he glanced at the work of the assistants and noticed that Gao Hang was playing the line continuously, so he raised his eyebrows slightly.

You can use a pen without a ruler to make a straight cable, and a skilled assistant can do it. GAO Hang is not only straight, but also fast, which is relatively rare.

Yan Fei glanced at Liu Ruoxing again. There were two of her workbenches, one of which was equipped with a digital screen and a computer. Liu Ruoxing sat on another desk—the desk was filled with various watercolors and markers. She was holding a marker and coloring another drawing. Needless to say, in the future, she was still mainly responsible for the drawing of color pages.

Liu Ruoxing uses sai, the coloring speed is faster, but now the time is not tight, she is practicing basic skills, not for tasks, aiming to improve herself.

Since he is mainly responsible for coloring, Liu Ruoxing must be proficient in hand-painting and computers, otherwise I'm sorry for the salary of top-tier domestic assistants.

This 120-square-meter studio is divided into three areas. The assistant area accounts for about one-half. Her and Wang Wenhong's office space accounts for the remaining one-third. Shen Xin and Xi Muhan occupy the area. The last two thirds.

To keep quiet, every area is separated by soundproof glass.

Yan Fei pushed open the glass door and greeted Xi Muhan who knocked on the keyboard in the corner, then moved his eyes to Shen Xin's workbench.

"How is Teacher Lu Ning there?" Shen Xin asked casually.

"The first word has come out. After our discussion, we have identified the areas that need to be revised. It is estimated that we will discuss it in depth. The adaptation of comics from light novels is easy to say, but it is also difficult to create, especially in the mirror. Yan Fei sighed.

"No, I see other cartoonists drawing light comics, it seems very simple." Xi Muhan said casually.

"Mr. Lu Ning can also handle it'simple'... She will also pass your "National Tour", right?" Shen Xin said his thoughts.

Xi Muhan nodded.

"So, according to light novels, it’s not difficult for Teacher Lu Ning. But standing at different heights will certainly have different requirements for yourself. Especially light reading is not "ComicFuture", the competition will not be fierce, Teacher Lu I definitely want to get the first... No, I want to'dominate' lightly." Yan Fei replied.

"That's of course, "The Gate of Destiny Stone" is a comic that is sought after by many people." Xi Muhan laughed.

Some time ago, the "Deity Stone Gate" was directly labeled on the Internet as "God", which is enough to prove the excellent "Gate of Destiny Stone".

"I'm afraid the situation is not so optimistic." Shen Xin waved his hand, "Is Teacher Lu black and white?"

"Ok.

"Now, I don't know whether black and white is on the Internet, whether it is a loss." Shen Xin rubbed his chin, but looked at Yan Fei. "You also know that the rhythm in front of "The Gate of Destiny Stone" is slow, and the reader is very realistic. "The Gate of Destiny Stone" won't be too good. Therefore, Sister Yan, you must encourage Teacher Lu, and don't let her doubt yourself. She wants the Gate of Destiny Stone to get the lightest reading first. , I’m afraid it’s not that easy."

Shen Xin knew the quality of "The Gate of Destiny Stone", but he wasn't sure what his opponent was. It was not easy to get "The Gate of Destiny Stone" first.

What's more, the novel has also been released, and readers also know that the back plot is reversed. The kind of amazing feeling is difficult to reappear.

"I know." Yan Fei took a deep breath and wrote down Shen Xin's words.

"Okay, these two are short comics, you have a look first." Shen Xin handed the bound two to Yan Fei.

Yan Fei smiled instantly.

She jumped out of "ComicFuture", partly because of freedom, and partly because she could see Shen Xin in the first place.

Just like now, besides Shen Xin, she should be the first to see this, maybe even earlier than Xi Muhan.

Yan Fei put one of them on the table and looked away from the one in his hand.

On the cover of this copy, a teenager in a ball jersey jumped high, raised his right arm to make a layup, surrounded by his opponent, and on the other side of the blank space, there were four big letters written-

"Basketball boy?"

"Don't care about the name, it's a short story."

Too.

Yan Fei nodded. The word "Shen Zheng" is more important than the comic name.

The beginning of the comic is a basketball final, with one side behind by 7 points and five minutes left. The remaining 20 pages are about these five minutes.

The protagonist is the shooting guard of the school team, the signature star, but the whole game is restricted to only 8 points.

As a star defender, this scoring will definitely not work, all the hope of the entire team is pinned on him, he must hit again and again to stop.

In the process of a breakthrough, the defensive player hit his head, the protagonist fell to the ground, confused, lost in memory, how he started to play basketball, how to know his basketball teammates.

The medical staff came on stage, the coach called a timeout, and pictures flashed through the protagonist's mind, allowing him to find the feeling of playing basketball.

Next, is the story of the protagonist team successfully turned over under the lead of the protagonist.

Yan Fei hasn’t left his eyes since the first page, especially when he saw the middle, suddenly tense, and he was not relieved until the end of the game.

"How is it?" Shen Xin asked.

"It's as wonderful as ever." Yan Fei raised her thumb towards Shen Xin.