Every time she "takes action",
is more amazing than last time.
Author: Wang Qinyi
This is a house that looks like nothing special: a vertical wardrobe, an office desk, a computer... The only thing that shows the owner's identity is a 15.6-inch LCD hand-painted screen.
After making breakfast, I took my child to school, bought vegetables on the way home, and cleaned up the house a little after arriving at home. It was almost 3 hours - it was already 9:30, and Yu Yuqing finally had time to sit in front of the hand-painted screen.
until 4 pm, it was a rare time that belonged to her entirely. She could immerse herself in her painting world without distraction.
Two years ago, Yu Yuqing resigned from a bank in Guangzhou, gave up the decent job in the eyes of others, and became a freelance illustrator. There is only one reason to choose to become a freelance illustrator this year, "want to draw".
She painted the tea leaves into a heroic female general, and Zhengshan Xiaozhong Tea is a kung fu boy with a gentle and pure eyes.
The lotus crane square pot in the Spring and Autumn Period is "as its name", with lotus flowers on the head, cranes on the arms, and bronze back characters appearing on their faces.
Look carefully again. There are ghosts and monsters wrapped around their legs, which are interpreted by netizens as "traces left by war."
is different from other ancient style illustrations, Yu Yuqing likes to draw "personification painting" the most.
This is a work that requires great historical imagination and aesthetic power. Animals, plants, objects - everything related to "objects" can be "give their character and presented as characters."
as he was drawing, Yu Yuqing became popular with her naked eyes, and fans called her "big". The number of attention on various platforms is increasing with "999+" every day. The official cultural and creative store of "National Treasure" also found her and applied for authorization of her work.
"turns" tea leaves into people
When I first painted, someone told Yu Yuqing a "traffic password": If you want to be popular, draw fan(re-create characters in film and television dramas and novels).
For example, " Dream Hualu " became popular, so let's draw the protagonist Zhao Paner in the play.
"It is equivalent to riding on the popularity, and the traffic will increase faster." But for Yu Yuqing, this cannot be considered the main story.
"I wanted to draw some systematic works at that time, so that when others hear "Yu Yuqing", they will think, oh, it is the one who paints tea and cultural relics. But when you paint fan, you are always following the trend. I am not young anymore, so where can I chase after it?"
Thinking of this, Yu Yuqing began to draw slowly.
The first series, she decided to draw tea.
Because she likes to drink tea, although she can't be called a tea tasting master, she can tell the basic types of tea. "This is green tea, which is white tea or black tea, you will know it after a look. There are also melon slice tea, Junshan Silver Needle , Qimen Black Tea ... I have also roughly heard of."
seems to have an instinct. After Yu Yuqing searched the origin, legend, color and taste of these teas on the Internet, the corresponding characters immediately emerged in her mind.
Biluochun leaves are tender, tea is clear and green, and the taste is cool and sweet. It was listed as a tribute as early as the late Tang Dynasty and early Song Dynasty. Therefore, the Biluochun written by Yu Yuqing is like a little princess of the Tang Dynasty who is ignorant of the world, holding peony flowers. The overall clothing is made of a large area of mint green, and the green onion lapel is paired with green onion.
Lushan Clouds and mist grow in high mountains. It is affected by the cool and foggy climate of Lushan and the short direct sunlight time. The leaves are thick and there are many hairs. Yu Yuqing thought of the fairy with fluttering clothes, as if the clouds and mist had also turned into a veil on her body.
draws to the third painting " Dahongpao ", Yu Yuqing's number of fans soared, and netizens replied in comments: Thank you for promoting traditional tea culture!
"I realized that this matter is related to cultural heritage, so can I take on this power?" With this vague feeling, after painting the tea series, Yu Yuqing painted the national cultural relics and the "Shan Hai Jing" series.
"Since so many people like me, I overthink myself, can we spread our traditional culture through my works?"
core is "feeling"
When painting national cultural relics and the "Shan Hai Jing" series, many fans commented that Yu Yuqing's anthropomorphic painting has a high degree of restoration.
For example, Changxin Palace Lantern refers to The costumes of palace maids in the Western Han Dynasty, and the grape, flower, bird pattern, silver sachets combine Yang Guifei 's colorful clothes dance with the Dunhuang culture in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
But Yu Yuqing believes: "No matter how restored it is, the core is the painter's feeling about the 'thing', and reflects the character of the character."
In February this year, Yu Yuqing noticed a report about Jiahu Bone Flute : In 1986, the first Jiahu Bone Flute was unearthed in Wuyang, Henan. The Jiahu Bone Flute is 9000-7800 years old and is made of red-crowned crane -inch bones. Only joint parts have been cut off, basically retaining the original crane bone shape.
·Jiahu ancient flute.
"The ancient flute of Jiahu was from the Neolithic era. If it was completely restored, I had to draw a person wearing fur. I don't want to draw it like that." Yu Yuqing said.
Looking at the crane bones with smooth lines and luster in the picture, she felt that if she became a human being, she would definitely be a simple and elegant boy with no complicated decorations on her clothes, as if she was outside time and space.
In order to find this feeling, Yu Yuqing watched " Demon Cat Legend " filmed by Chen Kaige , observing the main elements of the white crane boy in the movie, and recreated it with white crane feathers and fiery crane crown as the core elements. ↓↓
There is also a type of "thing", like strange beasts, which are originally myths and legends, and the elements that can be restored are even more limited.
The mythical legend of Yuyuqing Painting Chongming Bird mainly restores its eyes - both eyes have two pupils, which are crystal clear and bright, so they are called " Chongming Bird" or " Double-eyed Bird".
Many cartoons are portrayed as male war gods because they can fight against tigers, leopards, jackals, and wolves, and can also drive away demons. During battle, "removing the feathers and flying with their flesh wings."
But in Yu Yuqing's intuition, Chongming Bird is more like an exotic princess, gentle but not without majesty. "It doesn't eat food, only drink a little nectar. After being tributed to Emperor Yao by the Duzhi Kingdom, it was particularly attached to my hometown and only came a few times a year."
Finding feelings and determining elements is just the first step. The next step is the most brain-consuming process: how to match elements, what postures the characters should pose, how to coordinate colors...all are details.
In the middle, drawing the human body is naturally the most difficult, and it tests basic skills. If you don’t draw well, it is easy to have an incongruity of the whole body, a wrong head and body comparison, or a dissonant dynamic posture.
Yu Yuqing only learned to draw after resigning. The earlier Lushan Yunwu Tea personification painting was once said that "the head and neck seem to be a little separated."
After conducting systematic learning, she felt that she could use the courage to draw "a whole abdominal muscle".
soaked in the comics
Some time ago, Yu Yuqing drew an anthropomorphic painting of the wonderful bird. In the introduction, she wrote: Although the birds singing in front of Buddha do not belong to the Chinese mythological system, it was a difficult time for me to calm down in my childhood.
She still remembers this story: because her voice is so nice, the Miaoyin Bird Jialing Pinga was captured by the tyrant, sang continuously, and finally died of vomiting blood. The tyrant threw the body of Jialingpinga into the lion cage, which aroused the rebellion of the entire Miaoyinbird clan.
Speaking of the comic book I liked when I was a child, Yu Yuqing sighed: "I still remember the plot very clearly now, but I can't remember what's happening now."
At that time, she often slipped to the bookstore at the school gate, renting comic books for a few cents a day. She hid under the textbook during class and watched with a flashlight at night. "You must finish reading it quickly. If you haven't paid it for the period of time, the money will be doubled."
She reads the Japanese girl comics " Holy Legend " and "The Sky is the Red River Bank", and also watches the popular " One Piece " and "Sailor Moon" among children. What can make her heart suddenly impact is without exception is the gorgeous and beautiful comics with "hair fluttering around".
·"The Holy Biography".
Yu Yuqing spent all her free time in the comics, and used a piece of white paper to paint on the comic book, and drew. But of course this is just a "useless" hobby. "Who cares about what talent? Everyone only cares about whether you are good at studying?"
Later, like many ordinary people, she got into college and studied for graduate school. She studied finance-related majors, and successfully entered a bank after graduation.
·Yu Yuqing (photo provided by the interviewee).
Occasionally, Yu Yuqing will remember the simple happiness when she reads comics in her childhood.
Once, the kindergarten held a children's art competition, and every child had to hand in a work. Yu Yuqing bought watercolor pens to help her children draw. This experience reopened her door to the world of painting, and she always felt that she could draw something.
She assembled a hand-drawn screen, went to work during the day, and waited late at night, and learned and painted in a small room.
But there is still too little time, so I have to squeeze in.
In 2020, she resigned. She originally thought that she could only find a new job after painting for one or two years, but she did not expect that more and more fans would follow her.
Now, Yu Yuqing's love career has just begun.
What she thought was, "I still have many anthropomorphic series that I want to draw, don't worry, take your time."
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