Like, diffuse, god, escape.
A good portrait cartoon can be more like me than I am. It is not only limited to the description of characters’ shapes, but also pays attention to the excavation and expression of characters’ psychological state, personality characteristics and internal temperament; It can exaggerate the characters from facial modeling to emotional expression. A really clever portrait cartoonist can capture and depict the character characteristics of a character with a few strokes. What is the highest realm of portrait comics? What is the current situation of "diffuse image" of characters in today’s diffuse altar? While enjoying the works in this issue, we will taste the aesthetic form of portrait comics and their realm view.
Portrait Caricature, referred to as portrait caricature, is a caricature with portraits as the object of expression, which mainly highlights the inner characteristics and spiritual outlook of characters and is an important branch of comic art. Portrait cartoons usually use various artistic expressions such as exaggeration, deformation and generalization to depict the characters’ images in a non-realistic way.
Because of the emphasis on the characteristics and personality of the characters, portrait cartoons even make people have the "illusion" that they are more like themselves than themselves. This kind of painting art form, which is both changeable and like, both like and diffuse, requires the author to have solid artistic modeling skills, keen observation, understanding, imagination and humorous and romantic feelings, so that it is possible to draw an exaggerated and interesting picture effect. It is not only limited to the description of characters’ shapes, but also pays attention to the excavation and expression of characters’ psychological state, personality characteristics and internal temperament, and pays attention to the expression of humorous interest.
Portrait cartoon is an exaggerated art, and its drawing, on the basis of shape, emphasizes the exaggerated depiction of character characteristics. Exaggeration is not groundless exaggeration, nor random exaggeration without foundation, but artistic sublimation on the basis of in-depth understanding and mastery of objective objects; Besides, portrait cartoon is an art of humor. Cartoonists use exaggerated lines and colors to sketch the face or whole body of a character, and the face is often the focus of depiction. When exaggerated but lifelike images and funny but colorful images are presented from the cartoonist’s pen, people will be infected by the humorous interest in the picture, or smile or laugh, which is the charm of portrait comics.
Zhu Lisheng Van Gogh
Four realms’s form and spirit are revealed.
It is very difficult to draw portrait cartoons by summarizing and refining the characteristics of characters and expressing them by exaggeration or deformation. According to the development stages from low to high, I classify the creation of portrait cartoons as four realms, namely "image", "diffuse", "spirit" and "escape".
As a portrait cartoon, the goal is to depict characters, regardless of personal style or different expression methods. To depict objects, we must be like the objects being portrayed. As a painter, if you have the basic modeling ability, the portrait should be no problem, and the college entrance examination students who have studied art or art can basically do this, but if you can’t reach the first level and the first level of "image", then the pursuit behind it will be meaningless. The basis of the so-called image is to grasp the basic characteristics of the characters, that is, the so-called "similarity."
Portrait cartoon is the product of the combination of portrait painting and cartoon, which is both portrait painting and cartoon. Since it is a cartoon, it should have a comic flavor, that is to say, it should have a sense of humor and humor rather than the dignified sense of ordinary portraits, and it should be exaggerated rather than realistic description. In this case, it is necessary to use the means of expression of comics. The rational use of various means of expression, such as exaggeration, deformation and even generalization, is the key to the "diffuse" flavor of portrait comics. Only works that are both "like" and "diffuse" can be called "diffuse". It is not too difficult to achieve the second realm of "diffuse". As long as you master the basic skills of painting, understand the expression techniques of portrait cartoons, and consciously use exaggeration and deformation, you can generally achieve the effect of "diffuse" to varying degrees. Of course, what is reflected in the creation is more the comprehensive accomplishment of the cartoonist, and it is also the embodiment of personal artistic talent. The basis of the so-called "ramble" is to draw the flavor of "cartoon", that is, to draw a kind of interest and sense of humor. If it can make people laugh at it, it will partially achieve the goal.
Fang Cheng Hou Baolin Manxiang
The third realm "God" is also the advanced stage pursued by portrait comics. Through the description of portraits, it is necessary for comic writers to reach the primary level of "image" and then pursue the taste of "diffuse", but the advanced goal is to achieve the realm of "conveying the spirit", that is, "conveying the spirit"-it can depict the charm of characters, their inner spiritual temperament and character, and even describe and reflect their spiritual world and sufferings, so as to achieve a high degree of unity between form and spirit. As far as the relationship between point and surface is concerned, "God" is the point, and the finishing touch is "God", not the surface, and all aspects are exquisite. Point is a trade-off. If you give up, you will get it. If you give up your shape, you will get it. Point is God.
Yi pin: Can you meet an unattainable situation
"Yi" is the highest realm of portrait comics, namely the first four realms. To reach this step, it is not a simple likeness, not the taste of comics, nor a vivid situation. At this point, it has reached a situation of "suddenly looking back, but that person is in a dim light". "Escape" is a kind of realm, a peerless height. To reach this state, the portrait cartoon is extraordinary, seemingly aimless and rambling, but it has profound connotation and thoughts beyond painting, reaching the point of reaching the soul, and the portrait cartoon that reaches this state belongs to yi pin. Not every portrait cartoonist’s works can reach this level, and the pursuit of "leisure" should be the ultimate goal of every portrait cartoonist.
In the realm of yi pin, it is far beyond the level of image. It is pursuing a higher expression, that is, completely listening to the heart. As the diffuse image of yi pin, it is a broader truth through the shell of diffuse image, which has gone beyond the work itself and entered the spiritual level. For example, Mr. Fang Cheng, a cartoonist, mainly focuses on satirical cartoons, leaving many masterpieces. Occasionally, the portrait cartoons are equally wonderful. This painting is only a few strokes, which vividly depicts the expression and characteristics of Hou Baolin, a cross talk master, and can be called yi pin in portrait cartoons.
Guo Ye, Li Shutong and Feng Zikai
Image, Man, Spirit and Yi are both four realms and four realms of portrait comics, which summarizes the whole process of portrait comics from beginners to masters. To reach the first level of portrait comics, viewers will feel like painting; In the second realm, the viewer will feel exaggerated and humorous, ha ha a smile; In the third realm, reaching the spirit likeness is not only humorous, but the viewer will see the deep connotation charm from the portrait, which will make people think and even move; In four realms, it has reached the point of reaching the soul, which is the highest realm of portrait comics, the goal pursued by many cartoonists all their lives, and the point where many people have always been dreams all their lives.
Beginners of portrait comics solve the problem of likeness. Even so, some cartoonists have not solved this problem. After that, it is a diffuse problem, which requires the comprehensive application of various expressions of comics. Only when the diffuse problem is solved can it be considered as the threshold of comics. When it is painted, and it exaggeratedly and profoundly expresses the inner spiritual temperament and thoughts of the painted person, it will reach the realm of God, and not many cartoonists can achieve this step; As for escape, it is a rare situation, which requires not only the synthesis of personal artistic accomplishment, but also personal rich experience and opportunities. The emergence of yi pin is the result of time precipitation and filtration, and its significance goes far beyond the work itself.
(Source: Art Newspaper Author: Ma Huan)