Gao Yan's Artistic Features

Gao Yan's cartoons first used smooth pen single line and rough shadow technology, and then gradually incorporated decorative effects. The characters in his works often have deep eye sockets and high cheekbones, and the bones and joints highlight the figure of the characters. He is best at expressing the slender and graceful figure of foreign women with concise and rhythmic lines, and rendering a beautiful, noble and elegant atmosphere. Among contemporary comic artists, Gao Yan is the most outstanding one who interprets western classical beauty and aristocratic temperament. A large number of images of gentlemen and ladies he created are idealistic and even beautiful.

Gao Yan's lines are expressive, and there are many details on the basis of clear and intuitive outline. The density of hair, the smoothness of wrinkles and the brightness of light all reflect the rigor and diversity of line structure. In order to ensure the maximum effect of the line, the black and white block is divided into parts and used dispersedly. At the same time, fine short lines like brushes are drawn vertically on the dividing line, which replaces the shadow transition in a large area, avoiding the stubbornness and disorder caused by the change of all stripes, and the black blocks are more dispersed. On the basis of the above, the painter drew lessons from the layout of commercial windows and the expression of fashion renderings, highlighting the gorgeous lines and making the decorative effect more obvious.

Gao Yan can draw 100 more than 32K black-and-white illustrations a day, and he is a high-yield and high-quality painter. At one time, almost all publications in China had illustrations of Gao Yan.