In today’s Japanese animation industry, there is a pioneer who has always advocated and adhered to the concept of “using an animated language to interpret a dexterous human body” with his extraordinary dedication. Its name is: West Iron. .
Mr. Nishio Tieya has served as a character design and painting supervisor for Nin Kong, and has also participated in the production of popular works such as Naruto Ninja. Mr. Nishio is definitely one of the characters who support the modern Japanese animation industry. The legendary action scenes drawn by the teacher are also numerous. .
It’s worth noting that recently the famous animator in the industry received the editorial department of the famous sports media “Sports Graphic Number” (integrated sports magazine issued by Wenyi Spring and Autumn), in order to better convey the athletes’ health The editor who is in the middle of the night and who is in the middle of the night, “I want to listen to the advice of Xiwei teacher”, I was interviewed by the sports media for the first time in my life. .
As the saying goes, the interlacing is like a mountain. At this moment, many readers may be secretly screaming in their hearts, fearing that it will not be a chat with the ducks. Losing our Japanese animation industry, which is a talented and talented person, is still a good sports apprentice. In the interview, the teacher will combine the professional perspective of his “dynamic observer” and make a profiling and interpretation of the theme of “How to draw the elegant and dynamic gestures of the characters”, which is interesting, deep and professional. .
The reason why Xiwei’s teacher will readily agree to the interviews of the sports media is mainly based on “occasionally changing the ‘channel’ that has little intersection on weekdays, which may help to stimulate the new ideas that have never been seen before.” .
The Xiwei teacher who loves painting is also a “comic boy”, and then “by the flood”, and then the hard work accumulated over time has gradually grown into the backbone of the industry. According to the teacher’s recollection, when I was a child, I didn’t look at the famous sports comics such as Mizushima Shinji. However, in elementary school, he was led by his father, who was a playmate, and watched the first real three-dimensional sports competition in life. At that time, their group went to Nagoya Stadium to watch a professional baseball game. It is also there, for the first time, the young West End has a slight gap between the “cultural conflict” between reality and creation. For example, at the game site, Xiwei children did not hear the live commentary such as “The pitcher throws a good ball!” that often appears in the comics’ dialog box. .
Fortunately, this innocence of “art exaggeration” did not really hinder the interest of Xiwei students in sports watching. At least throughout the youth period, Nishio Iron has always been a model sports fan. Especially in the 1990s, Xiwei was still 2 or 30 years old, and his spare time was mostly spent on professional baseball, college baseball, and F1 sports events. .
However, after a certain approximation of “force majeure”, Xiwei teacher suddenly interrupted this long-held hobby. It is very helpless, but it is also possible to make people, but if the teacher comes to the scene, the team or the player who really cheers for them will always lose. Originally, Xiwei was a hardcore fan of a team in Nagoya (not explicitly mentioned in the text, but obviously referred to as “China-Japan Dragon”), but witnessed the giant and the giant that the team was often cited as a talker in the future. After the team’s “10.8 decisive battle” and a series of blows including Nakajima (the first Japanese player who participated in the Formula 1 race and scored points) and finally failed to play the retired game, Nishio insisted that “As long as you have your own ‘mixed one foot’ place, you will ‘mutilate’ people to lose the game.” .
The so-called “care is chaos”, the more the whole bloody and passionate input, the more the West End feels lost and lost. Perhaps because of the instinct of self-protection, Xiwei was determined to let go of the heart that was always remembered, and thus kept a safe distance from sports events. In order to prove the correctness of his conclusion, the teacher said that he would take the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at the beginning of the year. This time, it is rare for him to cheer for the Russian flower skater Medvedev, and the result is “causing” people to be free. Sliding performance is excellent, but it still ends with the gold medal.
In this world, the most difficult pain for fans is that they can’t bring good luck to the idol. Fortunately, the various setbacks on the road to aid did not completely insulate Xiwei from sports. For example, he still has a large collection of sports books and DVDs. Among them are the “Jiang Xia 21 Ball” which was serialized in “Number” and the “Hell-like Ito Training” made by the Giants in 1979. Hell の 伊东キャンプ”). .
After a chat around the hot field, I got down to business and started talking about the interview topic of “showing real human dynamics with animated pictures.” Even Xiwei’s teacher admitted that it was difficult to say a word. First of all, there is no black line outline in the human body in reality. For example, focusing on the thigh muscles of the sprinter’s ups and downs during the sprint, it is necessary to express the strong and powerful pulsation of the muscles wrapped around the skin, and the difficulty of painting is suffocating. It is true that many lines can be used in theory, but it often makes an exaggerated and funny effect, and does not apply to serious drama. .
Just like learning in a traditional Japanese restaurant, only when the apprentice chef makes a jade-like sizzling (referring to the use of a larger rectangular flat-bottomed iron pan to turn the eggs, it is more difficult to make with ordinary household square pots) Just before the initial introduction of his culinary skills, a qualified animator on the advanced road, also need to overcome the walking, running, turning and many other characters to move the essentials. But this is only a small start. No matter where you go, there is always a bigger difficulty waiting for you. .
The kind of mechanical, simple running posture without any emotions is indeed relatively good to draw, but if you want to draw a character to run happily, or to have a leg with a hurt running position, even though the legs Suffering from injury, but still a happy running posture…
In short, after so many years of experience, Xiwei teacher did not encounter the exact same painting situation. He teased himself like a ramen shop chef who was afraid of a little of flavor at the bottom of the soup every day. He tried to make these annoying trivial things, and he was troubled and migraine. .
So, in the face of such a difficult task, you have to be careful everywhere, how to deal with “West Wing”? In the first place, the teacher focuses on the “vibrant sense” of the dynamics of the human body, that is, the details of the movements that have not been reflected in the mirror painting. .
Animations often have 2 to 3 head shots, so how to make them dynamic and realistic has become a major issue that animators need to address. For example, when depicting a group of “people get up from the chair”, if the character holds his hands on his knees and at the same time a “smack” appears in his mouth, he will bring it to the audience. “This is not acting. It’s like watching a real person. .
The work of an animator is like recreating a dumb artist on a drawing paper to imitate the various details of the daily postures that make the viewers slap. The teacher of Xiwei tried to add to the details of the movement of the characters, and to add the hidden charm that people are familiar with but never pay attention to. .
Of course, Xiwei’s teacher knows that it’s enough for the painters to be exhausted all the time, so he will try to put the “extra elements” that he is pursuing. Without prejudice to the content of the performance, “sneak in to Riga” without any trace. According to the humble expression of the parties, the total number of “sneak executions” that have actually worked for more than 30 years has not been repeated. .
Here is a past case where Xiwei teacher thinks he is successful. In the theatrical animated film “Letter to Peach”, there is a “monster beats the protagonist’s little girl’s ass and asks her ‘What are you doing?’ And the girl was yelled ‘It hurts! What are you doing? I) ah!”s part. There are only these labels on the mirror. Therefore, Xiwei teacher added a move back to the other side in the girl’s mouth saying “Why!” .
Another teacher took the role of character design and painting supervision “Human Wolf”. In the scenes of a group of unknown passers-by characters, some people smoked and did not have some. Later, after hearing the companion summoned to leave, the population shouted “Oh, wait for me!”, and then put the cigarette butt into the ashtray. .
Watching a careful audience may remember that after the man stepped away, he chanted “ah, did not destroy”, and once again turned his head and smashed the cigarette butts in the ashtray. That little action, the speculative instructions did not clearly write to this point, so this small performance was added by Xiwei teacher. Afterwards, there was really someone who faced the teacher and said “(that action looks very real).”
Such fine details, if you do not pay attention to the in-depth observation and accumulation of real life, it is definitely not true when things come to the fore. The teacher also strongly agrees with the importance of observation. The laws of motion such as parabolic free fall are only the most basic criteria to be followed in painting. On this, further exaggeration of force and reduction is needed. .
Because, using an animated lens to restore a group of “people look at the cup in front of the eyes, and then slowly drink water” action, for the majority of the audience is like watching the uncle playing Tai Chi, but it will be very unnatural. .
For example, when you portray a boxer’s punch, the point of view is very particular, which is called the “time node” in the industry. As we all know, the human eye seems to have a smooth and smooth animation to broadcast 24 frames per second. When using multiple screens to express the punching action, the animator often tangles, whether it is the first sham, the second one, or not. Do fake moves, and when you come up, you will make a fierce attack. This middle of the fusion implies the different aesthetic tastes of each animator for the interpretation of the action. .
Another Xiwei teacher’s conclusion is that, just before playing the most perfect winning shot, the players will always have to throw out a bunch of “waste fists”. In order to set off the handsome and free of a key frame, you must first get it. Draw those that are not perfect. .
Because even if you are stunned by the beautiful actress, you will always be photographed in the blink of an eye. In the same way, only by not facing the imperfections of these intermediate processes without fear, can we truly grasp the perfect moment. Such an example is everywhere in a continuous shooting motion shot. .
Thus, it’s cool and cool to the dazzling character, jumping from the roof down to the floor, except for the moment of the last position, the long flowing hair, the clothes dancing with the wind, the rest of the time, the hair They will sneak up and down in unexpected directions, and the teacher himself has a variety of messy hobbies. He pointed out that the character’s hair and clothes are the best props to use when highlighting the unique deformation mode of the animation. In addition, it can be expressed by twisting of the human body, wrinkles of clothes, and the like. .
However, Xiwei’s teacher has been over half a year old, and the idea of a talented young generation is growing. The young people are full of possibilities and the teachers are really happy. Sometimes when they see the young artist sitting at the table and thinking about making the picture difficult, the teacher will take the camera and go to the park in front of the door. Take a good video for their reference. .
I think that what is bothering me now is no longer the feeling of imagining the movement, but the old and the old, the backache, the old eyes and the dim, the West End teacher can not help but sigh, the mood of the old animator, and the technology is mature, but suffers The veteran athletes who are afflicted with injuries are really fighting. .
When asked about the action shots that I would like to challenge in the future, Teacher Xiwei made a slight indulgence and answered “Joint Skills (Joint Techniques)”. I just want to be the kind of fighting scene in the offensive and defensive battles that are full of scuffles, but the teachers are worried that the plan they want to paint may not be able to pass. .
If the dream of Xiwei teacher comes true, most of them will trigger a new wave of animation. The so-called “a big copy of the world animation.” Previous precedents have also confirmed that water flow, smoke, and every time a production company produces a new pattern, a similar approach will be imitated by peers, and tried and tested. .
Take the drawing method of the hand as an example. In the past, the angle of view of the fingertips was a major issue in the industry for a long time. Every time I meet everyone, I always change my way to escape. It wasn’t until an animator drew a solid picture from the front, that the peers realized that “it was OK!” and then followed suit. .
As a result, Nishio teacher inferred that in addition to the “joint skills”, punching, kicking and other explosive actions, if there is a slight improvement in the key “acupoints” somewhere, there must be many ways to make the speed of the sport attack. A qualitative leap or a multiplier of power. In the future, there will be a broad space for exploration. .
In order to make a new breakthrough, Mr. Xiwei always thinks about the workbench every day and racks his brains. Because he firmly believes that the human beings, regardless of the innocence and vividness of the child at the age of 3, are still the old-fashioned clocks of the time of the woods, which contain the beauty of each stage of life and the all-encompassing style. As long as the eyes of observation are honed to the extreme, there must be more new discoveries! .
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- 職人アニメーター西尾鉄也が語る、「人の身体のかっこよさを描くこと」