Chapter 346 Trends and Choices

Everyone else's eyes fell on Shen Xin's face.

He grinned, "Sorry, I haven't figured it out yet."

This is true, so far, he is only sure that he wants to draw Wang Dao manga, but he doesn't know what to draw.

When it comes to Wang Dao comics, Shen Xin first thinks of "Dragon Ball" and "One Piece", but these two are not suitable.

Needless to say, "Dragon Ball" is the top kingly manga in the history of comics in District 11, especially the storyboard, which can be called a "textbook" level, but this comic has left a deep impression on Shen Xin. If you don't imitate Akira Toriyama He can't accept his painting style, but if he imitates it, he will have to change his style, which is not what he wants.

"One Piece" is also the top kingly manga in District 11, but it is obviously different from "Dragon Ball".

"Dragon Ball" has been concluded, but "One Piece" is not over yet. There are many possibilities in the future. However, it was precisely because "One Piece" was not finished that Shen Xin gave up on it.

Oda has been drawing for 20 years, and only drew half of the content of "One Piece". What is the remaining half of the plot? I am afraid that apart from Oda and his editor, others are not too clear.

Thinking of these, Shen Xin felt dizzy.

As for other comics, at first glance, they can all be considered, so Shen Xin didn't know what to choose.

"Hey, Mr. Shen, it's time to be sure. If you're not sure, it's New Year's Eve." Wang Wenhong said hastily.

"It's just Chinese New Year..." Yan Fei reminded.

"What happened just after Chinese New Year? New comics need to design the background and outline, check a lot of materials, and draw the name. After passing the serialization meeting, the original draft will be drawn. If Mr. Shen delays it for a few more months, won't it be Chinese New Year?" Wang Wenhong reminded.

After being reminded by Wang Wenhong, Yan Fei also noticed the urgency of time, and asked Shen Xin uncertainly, "Are you going to take a year off?"

"Uh...it depends."

How can such a thing be determined?

Yan Fei and Wang Wenhong looked at each other, then at Shen Xin, and said in unison: "Today must be confirmed."

Shen Xin looked at the others, except for Xi Muhan who looked at him with pity, their expressions were almost the same - it's time for you to work.

Shen Xin sighed helplessly, it seemed... that she had committed a lazy cancer.

People are like this sometimes, and the first step is often the hardest.

It's like sleeping in. You've already woken up, but you still want to curl up in the bed, and even look lazy for an hour or two. If you force yourself to get up from the bed, you will find that there is nothing wrong with leaving the bed—but Just don't want to get up.

The same is true for creation. If you don't want to do it all the time, you will keep procrastinating over time.

The same is true for online authors. For example, if they stop updating due to academic or calvin reasons, and then issue a statement, and then come back to continue after a while, the author may never return.

They may really have their own business, or they may be lazy and cancer. After stopping the update, they can no longer pick it up.

Shen Xin didn't want to be such a person, so she took a deep breath and said to Wang Wenhong: "Then after dinner, let's make sure of our thinking first."

Wang Wenhong was taken aback for a moment, then nodded again and again. Shen Xin's words were exactly what he expected.

After dinner, Xi Muhan, Ji Yinxuan and others went to the cinema together, while Shen Xin, Wang Wenhong and Yan Fei came to the coffee shop, ordered a cup of coffee each, and then sat down around the round table in a triangle shape.

"Let me tell you first, I want to draw adventure comics. After all, no matter how good the niche comics are, they still need to prove themselves in the end." Shen Xin looked at Yan Fei and Wang Wenhong.

"I know." Wang Wenhong nodded, "Many of the kingly way comics that are popular in China now imitate District 11, that is, the supremacy of blood. For example, the most popular "Dragon King" in the magazine is this type of comic. The protagonist of "Hunting Abyss" is Relying more on one's own efforts and continuous forging ahead, but it also has the effect of blood. Isn't there that saying? 'The protagonist of Wangdao comics must have 90% sweat and 10% blood, but it is precisely 10 that determines the direction of the comic. % bloodline'."

"That's true."

This can be regarded as the standard mode of most Japanese comics, such as Naruto, Ichito, Inuyasha and other familiar characters, but this is not absolute. Like Seiya, there is no too strong blood, but it is still the protagonist of Wangdao manga.

Bloodline-style comics are indeed very popular. After all, if the protagonist can't beat the opponent, he can rely on bloodline to reverse the situation.

"There are also martial arts genres, but those comics are not suitable for ic future."

Hearing Wang Wenhong's explanation, Shen Xin probably also has an understanding of Huaxia's comics now, and the kingly comics with "blood" as the gold finger are still the mainstream.

Creation is like this. Sometimes editors are under business pressure and often ask cartoonists to imitate the works of big fire, commonly known as "following the trend". This approach will make the risks of magazines and cartoonists much smaller, but at the same time it will also bring about a problem-the works will converge.

Taking online novels as an example, if a certain genre of fantasy novels is sought after by readers, such as "system flow", other authors will follow suit. Similarly, the light novels in District 11 tend to be Harem and Long Aotian.

When a work created with great effort cannot be recognized by the market, the author will naturally start to imitate it in order to gain the maximum benefit. This trend does not matter whether it is right or wrong. People are all about pros and cons. Once they encounter setbacks, they will reduce the risk of failure.

But for the whole market, it is not necessarily a good thing that there are too many works with similar styles. When the prosperity of the market fades, those authors who can only imitate will be eliminated by the market.

Now there are two paths before Shen Xin, whether to use blood and enthusiasm as the selling point like traditional comics, or to find another way.

Shen Xin fell into deep thought, the coffee cup was near her mouth, but she didn't drink it for a long time.

"Or, you can think about the subject matter." Yan Fei, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said.

theme?

Shen Xin put down the cup and looked at Yan Fei in confusion.

"Just now Wang Wenhong was thinking from the perspective of the protagonist. Even if he decided to give the protagonist some kind of bloodline, but the subject matter is outdated, it still won't attract readers. On the contrary, as long as the subject matter is novel enough, no matter whether it is a bloodline, it will still win the love of a large number of readers. So, if If you are not sure, you can consider it from the subject matter. What do you want to bring to your readers, and who do you want your readers to be.”

Yan Fei's words gave Shen Xin another idea.

"Yan Fei, are you thinking too complicatedly? Since it is serialized on "ic future", it must be a domestic comic." Wang Wenhong said impatiently.

"This is how I think about it. Mr. Shen has already won a lot of comic awards in China. If that's the case, why don't you prove yourself in the overseas market?" Yan Fei looked at Shen Xin.

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