Natsume's Illustrations —— How to Draw the Character Background

Characteristics of Natsume's works Natsume's works absorbed the elegant description of Japanese woodcuts in shape and outline, the colorful colors and geometric decorative effects of Byzantine art, and the detailed and perceptual descriptions of Baroque and Rococo art. He created a character image called Natsume Style with perceptual decorative lines, concise outlines and bright watercolor effects.

After his processing, all female images appear sweet and elegant, with exquisite figure, youthful vitality and sometimes elegant and supple hair. His paintings are often composed of beautiful young women and decorative flowers with smooth curves.

Unlike other artists, Natsume is also a photographer. He uses photography techniques to assist his creation. He asked the model to pose as he needed and take pictures. Then, according to the photos, he arranged and processed the clothes and hair on the screen. After special composition and flower decoration, he finally finished his creation.

Many of his posters are based on photos, and many of the posters he painted for bernhardt are stills from artists or photos taken by artists themselves. Later, Natsume regarded photography as an auxiliary tool as important as sketch.

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Posters: Natsume created a series of posters for sarah bernhardt and the "De La Renaissance" Theatre. These posters were brought to the United States with bernhardt's trip to the United States, which influenced the style of American posters.

Decorative group paintings: Natsume created many decorative group paintings called "Panneauxdécoratifs" (a set of four paintings with the same theme, often printed on flexible paper or silk fabrics to decorate walls), including "Four Seasons" in 1896 and "Four Flowers" in 1897./kloc

Advertising pictures and packaging pictures: Natsume also created a large number of advertising pictures and packaging pictures (from biscuits and bicycles to soap and cigarettes), because the sweet female images and extremely delicate details he described were in line with the concept that "beauty means quality" at that time.

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Natsume: From a commercial painter to a national artist, I still remember the days when I was crazy about Kuloka as a child, so I really want to see the works of this artist who influenced Japanese comics. Natsume's early life was very poor. Without the assistance of his sponsor, he had to take over many low-paid illustrations to make a living. However, maybe fate can't bear to bury his talent. At the age of 34, he met SarahBernhardt, a famous actress, and asked him to draw a poster of his new play Gismonda. Unexpectedly, Parisians were deeply attracted by the exotic customs of the Czech painter, and Natsume became famous overnight. Since then, Natsume has created a series of posters for sarah bernhardt. It is no exaggeration to say that she is Sarah's own royal painter. After becoming famous, Natsume successfully embarked on the road of "hand-painted realization". He has designed posters and commodity packaging paintings for perfume, food, cigarettes and other products. Necklaces and ornaments designed by Natsume. The most famous is his multi-group quadruple paintings. With the sweetness and gentleness of women, the concepts of gems, stars, flowers, time series and four arts are personified in artistic expression. Its soft lines, delicate brushstrokes and ornaments filled with girls' hearts make viewers fall into dreams and cannot extricate themselves. After the early Japanese ukiyo-e paintings (genre paintings and prints) were introduced to Europe (1603 ~ 1867), woodcuts and posters became popular in Europe, followed by the Art Nouveau movement represented by Natsume (1890 ~19/kloc-0) Although Natsume himself denies that he has studied oriental art, in his paintings, the graceful posture of women and the depiction of flesh and blood show the continuity of the two artistic styles. However, Natsume's influence on Japanese animation industry is real. From the beautiful girl warrior to the ever-changing woody cherry, a large number of Japanese cartoonists have adopted Natsume's painting style to design characters. Beautiful and full characters can attract a large number of fans (such as me) (*/Ω \ *). Slavs in the Czech Republic were deeply influenced by Byzantine imperial culture in history, so Natsume regarded Byzantine civilization as the spiritual home of his own nation. In Natsume's paintings, it is not difficult to see the colorful colors of Byzantine art and the application of geometric decorative effects. The most famous one is this zodiac, which is also my favorite! This is a calendar designed for local tyrants at that time. The girl's headdress and neck ornaments in the picture are inlaid with a dazzling array of crystals and gems. The feeling of luxury and preciousness arises spontaneously. The girl's soft facial lines and slightly blurred eyes just balance the heaviness of precious metals such as precious stones. Please give me a dozen of these calendars! At that time, Xia's works were despised by many colleagues in the painting circle because of their strong commercial atmosphere. One day, Natsume heard a vltava river from his hometown at a concert in Prague. When the Czech Republic was fighting the Germans, Natsume began to write Slavic epics. Slavic Epic consists of 20 giant oil paintings, depicting the myth and history of Slavic people. Natsume spent 18 years creating these epic paintings. Unfortunately, Slavic epic was not exhibited in this exhibition, and at that time, it was not taken seriously. It was not until the Czech Republic celebrated the anniversary of independence 10 that Slavic epic really got the praise it deserved. In the paintings in the later period of Natsume, we can feel the obvious historical heaviness and national feelings. The complex and charming girl stickers in the early stage disappeared and were replaced by heavy oil paintings reflecting the real world. Our audience may feel sorry, but for Natsume, it means that he has finally become a painter, not just a commercial painter. Natsume also designed stamps and coins for his motherland and painted colored glass paintings for churches. , and left his mark all over the motherland, leaving his deepest love for the motherland. I hope to have the opportunity to go to this country that Natsume loves deeply, feel Natsume quietly and taste the vicissitudes of Slavic epic. How to draw the background of characters is as follows:

1, simple cartoon background, set off the protagonist.

At first, it was difficult for us to draw complicated scenes. Beginners can try a background similar to a comic box, which can enrich the information of the picture, such as time, place, weather and so on. Compared with two-point perspective and three-point perspective, it is easier to get started. 2. Use theme elements to enrich the characters.

Imagine a theme in advance. When painting, you can add some props and theme elements to the picture according to this theme, and set off the characters with decorative elements. 3. Create a sense of story and atmosphere with repetitive elements.

To break the monotony of the picture, a large number of repetitive elements, such as birds, butterflies, fish, flowers, bubbles, glass or other objects, can be used to enrich the visual effect of the picture, but attention should be paid to the overall visual balance of the picture, and the depiction of the same element should be compared in size and color. 4. Use the occlusion relationship to make the picture more stereoscopic.

Use shadow foreground composition to make the picture more stereoscopic. You can draw some flowers, trees or other objects in the foreground. 5. Learn from Daxie and write the background color of the wooden style.

Friends who like girls' comics must know Alphonse Mucha, a Czech national treasure painter, the originator of illustration and the founder of dreamy beautiful girls. His painting style has influenced many creators. Xia's works are highly recognizable, beautifully shaped, bright and elegant in color matching and excellent in composition, which is worth learning.