Chapter 107: Pressure From "Hunting Abyss"

The name of "Y's" is the same as before, and the quality is still very high, but the plot aspect really makes Yan Fei a little helpless.

There was another misunderstanding between the two, and, seeing the new name of "Y's", Iori didn't seem to know that the magazine asked her to take a photo shoot.

"These two people are really worrying. Teacher Shen, be careful, and the story must not collapse."

It is impossible for Shen Xin to modify the plot, Yan Fei can only hope that he will not learn from Chen Zijiao and let himself go.

"I know it well. By the way, Sister Yan, if the magazine has any news related to the radio drama, you must tell me as soon as possible." Shen Xin reminded.

"I know." Yan Fei stuffed the copy of name into her bag, and said goodbye to Shen Xin.

After cleaning, Gao Hang took the booklet of "Y's" and continued to practice the background, while Lu Ning took the name before "Y's" to observe the relationship between the divisions.

Xi Muhan tapped the keyboard quickly with his fingers, ready to write the branch plot of the game in one go.

Shen Xin copied the name onto the original manuscript, marked it with a quill pen, and placed it flat on the floor to avoid the light. By five o'clock in the afternoon, he had completed five or six pages of line draft.

As the sky was getting dark, Gao Hang stood up and was about to turn on the light. Shen Xin sat up straight and said to Gao Hang: "Everyone, let's eat first? Come back and start drawing the manuscript."

"Okay, I've been waiting for the manuscript for a long time." Gao Hang raised his hands.

Lu Ning put away the name before "Y's", "Mr. Shen, I have some questions about the storyboard, and I want to ask you."

"Well, let's talk about it when we eat. What shall we eat?" Shen Xin asked.

"Incense pot, how is it?" Xi Muhan asked.

"This is the best way. I know there is a fragrant pot restaurant nearby. It's delicious." Gao Hang swallowed, his cheeks brimming with happiness.

"Pay attention to your body shape. Your current model is only two X's. If it becomes XXXL, it may be difficult to find a girlfriend." Shen Xin reminded.

"Eh? No way?" Gao Hang was taken aback, and quickly squeezed the fat in his stomach, as if he was a little fat, and quickly covered his stomach.

Perhaps because of his weight, Gao Hang was depressed all the way, but when he entered the Xiangguo restaurant and looked at the fresh and tender beef, he immediately put aside the question of whether to lose weight, picked the ingredients as quickly as possible, and sent them to the kitchen window. Then he took off his cotton coat and sat on the seat beautifully.

After Shen Xin picked out the ingredients, she also sat down, but she noticed that Lu Ning, who was sitting opposite him, was staring at him.

"Well, on the storyboard... what's the problem?" Shen Xin thought of Lu Ning's question before departure.

"Well, how do you choose between the big and small frames?"

"This. In fact, the use of large and small grids is, in the final analysis, a change of rhythm." Shen Xin explained.

"Rhythm?" Lu Ning blinked her eyes. She was studying the manga by herself before, so she didn't know these details.

"That's right. The frames of comics come from the storyboards of movies. When do movies feature characters? Most of them are when emotions explode. The same is true for storyboards. The big frame is usually the frame where emotions explode, while Part of the function of the small grid in front is to accumulate emotions, and these backlogged emotions will not let readers feel the emotions of the characters until the big grid bursts out. In fact, the difficulty of the name is on the one hand. In terms of the layout of the whole story.

"Taking serial manga as an example, the page number of each chapter is fixed. The first chapter is between 50 and 55 pages, and starting from the second chapter, each chapter is about 20 pages. Different magazines have corresponding The detailed rules, but generally the same. Therefore, when designing the name, the foreshadowing and climax of this episode should be considered. Cartoonists must find a suitable breaking point within 20 pages. In addition, single pages and Double page considerations would be different too.

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"The name also considers single and double pages?" Xi Muhan asked in surprise.

"Of course." Gao Hang stared at the kitchen and swallowed, "Don't forget, comics have a format called spread. The first page of a spread is a double page, and the second page is a single page. Open the book, The two panels on the left and right together show a picture. If the front page is a single page, it is equivalent to seeing half of it, and then flipping to see the other half. No one is so stupid."

Gao Hang has been an assistant for two years. It may not be possible to ask him to design a name, but he can still tell some small knowledge points.

"I didn't expect you to know these things besides eating." Lu Ning said.

"That's not true. I have not only fat in my stomach, but also knowledge." Gao Hang looked proud.

"However, in a few years... 10 years at the most? Maybe the storyboard won't consider these things." Shen Xin speculated.

Gao Hang was taken aback, "Teacher, why?"

This time, he didn't know the reason.

"Technology is developing." Shen Xin said casually, but did not explain the reason.

In fact, when the electronic version of comics becomes mainstream, there will be no problem of turning pages, which will simplify a lot of processes, and the skills of single and double pages will not be used. However, cartoonists who intend to publish a single volume still have to consider these factors.

The past few years are likely to be the last glory of paper magazines. When the electronic version of comics appears, many things will change, and storyboards are one of them.

Of course, in order for manga apps to become mainstream, smartphones and tablet PCs must first be popularized. It may take some time in this world.

After dinner, the group returned to the studio. Shen Xin handed the ink-lined manuscript to Gao Hang. Gao Hang picked up the hair dryer and dried the ink-lined manuscript.

Shen Xin also knows that starting from this issue, he must do his best, otherwise, even with the blessing of "I"s", he may not be able to win this year's newcomer award.

However, the reality was more grim than he imagined.

The next day, "Comic Future" announced on its Weibo that the sales volume of "The Hunting Abyss" was 50,000 copies on the first day, which is not at all a disadvantage compared with "Crime and Punishment".

Of course, part of the reason is because the Spring Festival has just passed, and the students have lucky money in their hands, but even so, it is still an exaggeration to achieve 50,000 sales on the first day.

In the next few days, the trend of "Hunting Abyss" was still good, with 100,000 on the third day and breaking 250,000 in the first week.

In the "Comic Future" section of the Manjia.com forum, most of the space is devoted to discussing the booklet of "The Hunting Abyss".

"The 'Royal Way' comics are just different." Shen Xin took the booklet of "The Hunting Abyss" and read "The Hunting Abyss" again.

Ye Hexu's artistry is not outstanding, but it matches "The Hunting Abyss" and complements each other perfectly. Moreover, the storyboard of this comic is very smooth, which makes people read it naturally.

However, "Hunting Abyss" is not perfect. Although his storyboard is very smooth, the movements of the characters during the fight are a bit stiff. In addition, even the storyboarding during the fight is also very flattering. In many cases, the protagonist swings a sword in the first frame, and the monster is killed in the next frame.

The advantage of this is that it can improve the character of the protagonist, but the disadvantage is also obvious. Some fighting processes require readers to make up their minds.

In any case, "The Hunting of the Abyss" became one of the hottest cartoons in February.

The reason why I say "one" is because "Manga Fly" also launched a single book of the signature "Dream Eater", which is an urban plus fantasy, telling the story that the protagonist can freely enter other people's dreams, and use this to find each other's dreams. idea. The sales volume of this booklet in the first week of sale was 680,000 copies.

"Mr. Shen, are you under a lot of pressure?" Gao Hang put the drawn manuscript in the corner, turned around and asked Shen Xin.

"Of course it's big. 250,000 copies in the first week... I don't know when "Y's" will reach this sales volume." Shen Xin closed the booklet of "Hunting Abyss", a little frustrated.

"I said, Mr. Shen, instead of worrying about others, it's better to worry about us. "Y's" has been scolded by netizens again." When Lu Ning was copying the manuscript, she glanced at the webpage, and the Yunhai Comic Forum had already fallen into a heated discussion.