On April 3, the second personal exhibition "EGO" of Mishan Dance started in Tokyo! Not surprisingly, the appointments for the first 4 days are already full! It really deserves to be the industry model of Japanese illustrators! I don't know if I will receive fireworks from the industry leaders like the first solo exhibition. Mishan dance yysd: building start, animation Shura, illustration Fengshen!

Mishan Solo Exhibition "EGO"

I'm tired of saying "yyds!". If you go to her exhibition, what should you exclaim? How did the works of Mishan Dance come into our sight? How did her super strong architectural foundation, animation experience, and illustration practice get into her paintings step by step?

The growth path of super perspective

A few meters of mountain dance work, the scene perspective in the picture will bring surprises. Impressive diamond grid illustration, which requires a very high perspective of the scene. Once such an unusual perspective is completed, The visual impact and memory points of the picture will be further sublimated.

Japanese animator Mishan dance works

The perspective ability of scene class cannot be separated from the family and academic experience of Mishan Dance. The father of Mishanwu was an architect. Influenced by his father, when selecting a high school, Mishanwu heard that the architecture school could learn perspective drawing, so Mishanwu went to the architecture school to study as soon as he clapped his head. However, after entering the university, I found that the major of architecture is more about calculation than drawing (laugh).

Japanese animator Mishan dance

Master of characterization

After graduating from the architecture school, Mishan Dance entered the animation major of Tokyo Design Institute. Speaking of memories, Mishan Dance originally wanted to be an illustrator more than an animation producer. But in high school, after seeing the paintings of the favorite animators in the Edge painting collection, I felt that their Every corner of illustration shows superb painting skills Then Mishan Dance thought: "People who draw well will become animators, and I will also become animators!" So we entered the animation industry.

Collection of works of Mishan Dance in school, left: 2009, right: 2011

After graduation, Mishan Dance entered the animation company GAINAX The Magic Housekeeper The animator of Angel of suspenders I took charge of the original painting for the first time. Later, he transferred to the animation company Trigger and became a core member "Cutting Clothes Girl" Production of.

Japanese 2D animator illustrator

After resigning from the animation company, he became an illustrator. The basis of animation is also vividly reflected in the screen. The tension of lines, the use of color in flat painting, the natural dynamics of characters, and the depiction of details in the picture, All created the unique picture of Mishan dance. Online friend direct call: "Mishan dance is the peak of girls' charm."

Japanese animator Mishan dance

After stepping out of the animation industry, Mishan Dance talked about: "The awareness of technology has also changed. There is no opportunity to hone your performance ability in the animation production scene. In this sense, the freedom of illustration is relatively high, which can challenge various types of content."

Collection of Japanese Female Animator Mishan Dance

The light and shadow magician in the second dimension

In photography, light control is always very important. For cameramen, lighting is a required course, whether it's photos or movies. Light and shadow are the finishing touch of the emotion expressed in a picture.

Collection of Japanese Female Animator Mishan Dance

Mishan dance can also be called light and shadow magician in illustration. Whether it is spot light or diffuse light, you can become a light maker according to the needs of the picture. Lyrical soft light and strong hard light After the treatment of Mishan Dance, the emotions expressed in the picture immediately appeared.

Collection of Japanese Female Animator Mishan Dance

↓↓ The light and shadow mage Mi Shanwu performs magic tricks online ↓↓

Cinematic picture

In addition to light and shadow, the shaping of atmosphere is also a major strength of Mishan Dance. It can be said that after Mishan Dance controlled the characters, scenes and light, it created an atmosphere like film screenshots - telling stories with pictures.

TV animation DARLING in the FRANXX

It can be said that the exquisite cinematic picture can not be separated from the animation production experience of Mishan Dance, and the lessons learned from illustration. The story picture created in this way is also the secret recipe of Mishan Dance.

Japanese animator Mishan dance

From the animation team of XX, the animators who draw whatever animation style they like, they have gradually become a little famous and have formed their own unique style of Mishan Dance. It is often said that the Mishan dance is actually a genius, right? But in fact, Mishan Dance has also grown steadily.

As for how to make progress, Mishan Dance also mentioned in the interview: After getting another concept, I often worry about "how to paint this feeling" in the process of painting. I will try my best to draw pictures that I cannot. New inspiration will be inspired only when challenges are difficult.

Such an industry leader who has both architecture, animation and illustration is still working so hard. What face do we have to fish every day!

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