Chapter 66 Double-edged Sword

Author: Apricot and Pear

Chapter 66 Double-edged Sword

"So, you tell me...who is Detective Cat?"

Last night, Gu Weijing processed the news until early in the morning, and didn't get up until lunch today.

on the dinner table,

As expected, Gu Weijing heard that the focus of discussion at the dinner table was also the new video of [Mr. Hyperion Channel].

The art circle is so big,

Any news is like having legs and runs very fast.

It’s just that the news discussed at the dinner table in the past was mostly about a professor from an art academy cheating on him again, his wife going to work to make trouble again, or whether a local painter’s new work has the potential to break through the $10,000 threshold for international low-end painters.

Now that such shocking new news has come out, everyone is naturally talking about it.

"His hand drawings are beautiful."

Mr. Gu Tongxiang took a sip of soup and looked at the wall-mounted TV hanging on the wall of the restaurant.

Their home has an Internet TV, which allows them to watch streaming media such as Netflix and Disney. Naturally, they can also watch new videos that are trending on YouTube.

At this time in the video, the camera happened to be showing an enlarged close-up of the work of the mysterious painter Detective Cat.

"Tsk, tsk, look at this pen. Look at these muscle lines, tsk..."

Mr. Gu Tongxiang knocked on the table: "For me, look at me, I have a solid foundation in art. I am not even a little bit better than you. Hey, the sketch of the model is pretty good, but there is still a gap between him and his masters."

very far."

Gu Weijing raised his head and glanced at his grandfather.

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Don't look at it. Mr. Gu Tongxiang has been painting conscientiously all his life.

But his level is indeed far behind that of great painters like Kazunari Sakai.

This is partly due to Yangon's local art environment. On the other hand, Gu Tongxiang's talent is indeed limited.

The old man is a typical mediocre person in Anna's words. He can find excellence, but it is difficult to distinguish the gap between excellence and excellence.

Moreover, Mr. Gu Tongxiang is a typical oriental old man. The education of his children has always been based on strict requirements and supplemented by encouragement. He is afraid that his children will be proud and complacent and waste their time.

"What? Not convinced?"

Gu Tongxiang accurately captured the strange expression on his grandson's face.

"It's okay, actually I think my painting is pretty good too. This Detective Cat was just an ordinary internet illustrator before he became famous." Gu Weijing shrugged.

"You kid, you are really..."

Like all parents who see other people's award-winning children, the old man gave a sincere education: "You said Detective Cat is just an ordinary Internet illustrator, but his achievements in front of the judges of the professional "Oil Painting" magazine are almost as good as those of master Jane Arnold.

praise, can you do it?"

"You can't do it. You don't have the ability."

"Don't talk about being on par with the master Jane Arnold. If you can be published in an oil painting magazine before the age of thirty-five, I can rest in peace."

Mr. Gu Tongxiang was aggrieved because he had been painting all his life but could not be included in the "Buyer's Recommendation Guide" of any well-known art magazine.

It may not necessarily be entirely a matter of his low reputation in the international calligraphy and painting market.

In the eyes of other magazines, the old man's paintings were mediocre and he was old.

He was also born in an art desert in a remote rural area.

This kind of painter really has no investment advice to write.

It belongs to the type where you can buy it if you see it right, but don’t even think about it if there are more.

"To put it bluntly, things like art are made one stroke at a time. Don't be jealous or envious when someone becomes famous. If someone paints well, I don't know how much hard work has gone into it. It's just a calligraphy practice. You practice

A person with thousands or tens of thousands of sketches can still have such skills. What I fear most is not recognizing that I am not as good as others, and being proud and complacent after being praised by others."

"How much do you think a painting of this Detective Cat can be sold for now?"

My aunt, who was born as an accountant, is obviously more concerned about financial figures at the moment. Her painting skills must be comparable to those of the masters, and she must be recognized by the market.

In terms of recognition and background value in the art world, Detective Cat is completely different from Van Dorn and Jane Arnold.

One or two excellent works may not determine the market, and as the judges said - this is just an Internet celebrity competition after all. The prices of those high-end illustrations are relatively high, and the main thing is fame and gimmicks.

Menzel, the master of sketching, left nearly 10,000 sketches.

Some of the works that are actually circulating in the market are not well preserved and can be purchased for a few thousand dollars.

Ordinary high-quality colored pencil drawings or sketches - these are the pre-market works at ordinary Sotheby's or Christie's art auctions, and the starting price is usually only one thousand US dollars.

Illustrations are at the bottom of the contempt chain for drawings, and colored pencil drawings are not high on the chain of contempt for illustrations either.

The painting cited by the judge in the video was an Indian illustration of a fairy in the forest, which was sold for US$580,000 at the Himalayan Art Exhibition just because of its superb brushwork.

Sorry, this is a serious medium-sized oil painting.

"It's hard to say. After all, illustration is the type of art that is most influenced by traffic. Fame is equal to money. Although he was unknown in the art circle before, but with just this video, if there is an economic company marketing that detective cat, his net worth

It’s not difficult to double it a hundred times casually.”

The uncle thought for a while and made a rough estimate.

"It's a lot of money. To draw an oil painting, it would be enough to draw a hundred pencil drawings if you were slower. I have suddenly stepped from an illustrator at the bottom of the industry to the wealthy class. I am really lucky."

Uncle sighed.

"It's indeed good luck, but it's also a pity. With such good skills, he made his debut selling illustrations on the Internet. Although Detective Cat is famous, his artistic limit is only there. For an Internet illustrator with ten dollars, this label is a good thing

, is also a bad thing.”

The old man patted Gu Weijing on the shoulder.

"Our family is not short of money for you to go to school. If you are short of pocket money, tell grandpa. What I want you to learn is other people's sketching skills, not selling animation illustrations online. Your artistic future is bright now, but Qian Qian

Don't be like a detective cat and make money by selling paintings online. Our family is counting on you to become famous and have a family in the future. If you have someone with the skills of a detective cat, it will be fine.

But you don’t. With your current level, selling paintings online will easily damage your future brand.”

The old man reminded earnestly.

"Uh...ok."

Gu Weijing silently put down his job.

He knew what his father meant.

My ideal is to become a great painter, not a great cartoonist. The difference between the two is huge.

If it wasn't money to increase the experience value of painting, it would definitely not be what grandpa would call pocket money.

I would never have thought of selling anime illustrations on the Internet.

It’s not like he looks down on illustrators.

It’s just that art also pays great attention to the circle.

A large number of works by an illustrator will objectively greatly dilute the market value of a person's future prospects.

For example, even though several hundred of Leonardo da Vinci's works are still alive, they are kept in art museums and are regarded as heirlooms in the hands of private collectors.

There are only 8 works that have actually circulated on the market.

No one can say that Leonardo da Vinci's sketches are better than Menzel's sketches.

But two sketches the size of playing cards can be sold for 10 million pounds, which is still 10 million pounds in the millennium.

Rare things are more valuable, this is an objective law of economics.

The reason why objective laws are objective laws is that they are valid in any profession, even in a perceptual field like art.

To put it purely utilitarian.

If there were tens of thousands of Leonardo da Vinci's works circulating in the market and there were more than a dozen special auctions every year, no matter how good his paintings were, they wouldn't be worth so much money.

Moreover, painters are not gods floating in the sky. They also have human feelings. What everyone pays attention to is a network of connections.

Why teachers are so important.

Because we are all seniors, seniors, and colleagues in the same gallery, so naturally we prefer to help each other complement each other.

Not only galleries in Asia, but also Europe and the United States, especially the British, who are very particular about blood, are also very particular about this, and there are many undercurrents in various workplaces.

The background of cheap online painters can be compared to the scientific world, which is civilian science. At best, it is the same as a scientific research dog from a second-rate school in the Academy of Sciences who came from a rubbish major.

It is difficult to evaluate a full professor, and beyond that, unless you are really good...

For a painter, being regarded as an illustrator by others is the same as being regarded as a niche by others in the entertainment industry.

In the eyes of some people, your upper limit is locked.
To be continued...