Full-time cartoonist

Chapter 73 Wronged

"Oda Eiichiro?" Higashino was startled.

Is this immature person in front of him the famous Eiichiro Oda in the future?

The top cartoonist who is tied with Akira Toriyama, the one who saved Jump in the future?

Every time he watched "One Piece", he was deeply impressed, besides the opening line "Wealth, fame, power, "One Piece" Gol D. Fantasy name - Eiichiro Oda.

He took a deep breath and calmed down.

Think about it carefully, one day you will meet Oda, even if he appears as his junior, he should be calm.

"Do you know me?" Oda asked curiously.

Higashino shook his head, "It's just that after hearing this name, I felt that the name "Eiichiro Oda" must be a manga artist. "

"Hahaha," Oda laughed loudly, "I thought so too. My dream since I was a child was to become a manga artist. When I was in junior high school, I always drew manga behind my friends' backs, and I didn't dare tell them. But I have been working very hard. , I think that with me like this, I can definitely become a manga artist."

Higashino covered his ears, and quickly took out a few photos, which were the scene of the Go qualifiers from different perspectives.

During the qualifiers last year, he asked Akira Yamazaki to take pictures, and used it as material for the serialization of "Soul of Chess".

There are 20 people competing at the same time, and there is a lot of information in the framework, which is a test of personal skills.

"Please draw it, it takes up about 1/6 of the manuscript paper." He said to Oda, "For the remaining space, please draw Xiaoguang and Zuowei when they play chess."

"Yes." Oda took a deep breath and sat down at the workbench beside him.

Sasaki glanced at him, then communicated with Higashino Hibiki about the next chapter.

Higashino said: "The storyboard has not been finished yet, but the subsequent plot has been almost conceived."

He handed the outline of the text to Sasaki, there are about 4 episodes, it is a plot about the qualifiers.

Sasaki looked at it for a while and nodded.

"No problem, just draw like this."

This is the state of his daily communication with Higashino Hibiki.

Bird Akino Mirai took out the storyboard, he looked at it twice, and always said "no problem".

As an editor, Tori Akino made his work simple and unfulfilling.

With delicate content, eloquent storytelling, and constantly enriching the characters of the protagonist, "Soul of Chess" is getting better and better.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Sasaki recalled what he said when they first met.

"Become the pillar of jump."

Maybe this time is not as far away as he thought.

Sasaki is not an outsider, Higashino does not need politeness.

He sat down at the work table and began to draw the storyboard.

With the outline of the story, storyboarding is also a very troublesome thing.

It is necessary to consider the use of frames, the description of the lens language, the blank space of the painting, perspective, rhythm...

There are also sentences, as inductive as possible, concise and clear, not complicated.

The characters are also, especially in the current qualifiers, where a large number of new characters need to be drawn, which takes a long time to set.

Faces, clothes, various occupations, different ages...

"Huh~" Higashino exhaled and started working.

Not long after, Oda said "The drawing is finished!", startling Akemi Akimiya who was watching the painting next to him.

Oda ran to Higashihiro and handed him the painting with both hands.

"Tori Akino-sensei, please look."

Higashino glanced at Akemi Akimiya, who shook her head.

I glanced at it with curiosity, and was speechless for a moment.

"This is Oda?"

In terms of painting, there are many problems.

At first glance, it is very inconsistent.

"The characters in the painting are very featureless," Higashihiro said, "There are many characters in a frame. It takes a few fine brushstrokes to draw a person, so it should be exaggerated and drawn with characteristics."

"It is especially important for readers to see all kinds of human faces at a glance. For comics, there is no problem with exaggeration. Even a very realistic work like "Soul of Chess" must conform to the characteristics of comics .”

Eiichiro Oda nodded, he understood.

Facing a professional teacher, the skills he had figured out by himself were indeed very problematic.

As an assistant here in Tori Akino Mirai, you will definitely be able to learn more knowledge.

Oda, he is convinced.

"There is a second point, which is very important in manga," Higashino pointed at Hikari Shindo in the painting, "That is perspective. Your drawing is too flat and does not reflect the sense of space."

He took out a piece of manuscript paper and drew in front of Oda.

In less than 5 minutes, the vivid outline of Hikari Shindo was outlined.

Comparing the two paintings, the more Oda looked at his own painting, the more he felt that it was inconsistent, and it really didn't look like a real person.

"What major did you study in college?" Higashino asked.

Oda's heart sank, and he replied, "Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Tokai University."

"Oh," Higashino nodded, "Have you ever studied body art as a professional?"

"No." Oda shook his head.

He was getting more and more nervous, and he didn't even bother to talk nonsense.

It can be seen that Bird Akino Mirai is very dissatisfied with him.

He also raised many shortcomings that he could not refute.

"Damn it! It's just that I won the Tezuka Award for a masterpiece, and I'm still far behind!"

He was uncontrollably sad.

"What's your expression?" Higashino was startled.

It feels like Oda God is about to cry.

"Can you draw a caricature with that expression?" he asked.

Oda lowered his head, "Sorry, I just realized my meager ability, so I disturbed you today."

"What bother you? I haven't said the result yet." Higashino's expression relaxed, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "You are welcome to join, Oda-san."

"Hey!" Oda was surprised, he raised his head and looked at Higashi Higashi who was one year younger than him, "Can I join?"

"Well," Higashino nodded, "It's recruiting assistants, not cartoonists, so the conditions are naturally not very high."

An ordinary cartoonist's assistant earns [-] yen a day, which sounds pretty good.

However, the work of a weekly cartoonist requires the assistance of assistants, that is, 3-4 days a week.

One month, about 15 days, the monthly income is 15w yen.

In today's Japan, it is a very low-paying job.

Many cartoonist assistants also need to do odd jobs in convenience stores in order to make ends meet.

Somewhat similar to a voice actor, before becoming famous, he can only work hard at his job while becoming a working soldier.

Therefore, there are relatively few cartoonist assistants, as long as they can be used, there is no big requirement.

Higashino can have assistants such as Akimi Akemi and Yoshii Sanku who are excellent painters, which is simply missed.

In the world of assistants, they are all very rare.

There is no choice now, Higashino looked at Oda in front of him, and could only wrong himself first.

From extravagance to frugality, try an assistant with average ability.

　Thank you for the reward of 1500 dots from Prince Fat Wushuang.

　　The peers send benefits, thank you, boss.

　　The rare single heroine of China Entertainment, and my style is quite similar.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)