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A commercial illustrator doesn't want to be swallowed up by reality. The best place to take your baby for a walk is of course nature. Adults who can't get rid of the hustle and bustle of cities and social circles can't stay in nature, so people have a lot of yearning for nature and a slow life. In this imagination, there may be only the freshness and freedom of nature, ignoring its tranquility and loneliness, but there is a person who regards walking in nature as a job, observation as enjoyment and loneliness as wealth. He is henry david thoreau, an American writer, poet and philosopher in the19th century.
Henry david thoreau's Walden Lake is very famous, which records his seclusion in Walden Lake-walking, observing nature, thinking about life, and then writing down what he saw, heard and thought. Based on these stories, American illustrator D.B. Johnson has created five picture books, namely, Henry Walking to Fitchburg, Henry Climbing the Mountain, Henry Building a Cabin, Henry's Work and Henry's Night. Henry here refers to henry david thoreau. It expresses the vision of a commercial illustrator who is eager to enjoy painting itself from his busyness.
"If I can enjoy the company brought to me all the year round, then life is not a burden to me." This famous saying in Walden expresses Thoreau's concern for nature and simple attitude towards life, and this spirit is more obvious in Johnson's works.
Johnson also incorporated the skills of literary creation. In Henry Walks to Fitchburg, he set a suspense from the beginning. Henry and his friends went to Fitchburg to see the rural scenery, but Henry chose to walk, while his friends chose to work first and earn enough money before buying train tickets. They decided to race to see who reached their destination first. In Henry's works, Henry tells everyone he meets while walking, "I'm going to work on foot", and readers don't know what his job is until they turn to the last page.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American thinker and writer, will also appear in these books. Walden Lake's lakes, forests and land are Emerson's property. Thoreau lived in Emerson's house from 184 1 to 1844, from 1847 to 1848. He also built a log cabin with his own hands and had a wonderful time here. In the hut built by Henry, Thoreau's friend Orteko and Emerson's wife Lydia both appeared.
Thoreau was not only an essayist and poet, but also a land surveyor and naturalist. 1862, when measuring tree rings in the field, he suffered from bronchitis and aggravated tuberculosis because of the rain, thus completing his short and great life. Only 44 years old.
Henry's Night is the latest work in the Henry series. [America] Writing/Painting Author] D.B. Johnson, translated by Yang Jiasheng, Magic Elephant | Guangxi Normal University Press 20211Edition. Suitable reading age: over 3 years old
The article that Book Review Jun showed you today is from Zhang Xun, a lecturer at the Media College of Nanjing University of the Arts. He made more comments on the characteristics of Johnson's picture creation, from which we can see the influence of Thoreau and Walden Lake on a commercial illustrator.
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Introduce Thoreau's thoughts to children with clever thinking
In the past 100 years, illustrators in North America have gradually established a mature business mechanism. According to the market demand, they provide customers with illustrations in different media and styles. Advertisers or editors often get what they want when they find them. These illustrators generally have distinctive creative characteristics, skillful painting skills, good communication skills and sensitive text perception.
D.b. Johnson is a typical example. His paintings are full of rationality and strong purpose, which provides appropriate image interpretation for various periodical articles. In his business design career of nearly 20 years, Johnson has always been "considerate" to customers, and "enjoying work" is the pleasure of painting. It was not until he created the image of Henry that he finally found an opportunity to "hike" in painting.
Henry's prototype is henry david thoreau, a writer who has a profound influence on the American spiritual world. /kloc-more than 0/70 years ago, he built a hut by Walden Lake with an axe and walked in the swaying forest every day. Thoreau is Johnson's idol, so Henry in Johnson's works also has a messy head of hair, a hard serrated beard, and a pair of long, clear eyes that seem to stare forever-these are the typical characteristics of Thoreau.
In Henry Walking to Fitchburg, Henry and his friends went to see the countryside together.
Henry's Walk to Fitchburg is Henry's first appearance. He and his friends meet to go to Fitchburg. My friend is slightly fat, two little beans have no eyes, and a pocket watch with the theme of "Walk slowly" is pinned to my waist. No matter what he does, he is anxious and doesn't know how to enjoy hiking. These behaviors set off Henry's wisdom and good thinking. As a result, Henry soon became a smart and harmless picture book star.
Some readers wrote to thank Johnson for introducing Thoreau's thoughts to children with clever thinking. The letter mentioned Thoreau's "indecent" experience of being arrested and imprisoned for refusing to pay taxes, and believed that the real Thoreau was not only a performer who took selfies on foot, but also a philosopher who thought and practiced truth in real life, and a fighter who opposed slavery and upheld the belief of "civil disobedience".
Henry's imprisonment in "Henry is going to climb the mountain"
After receiving the letter, Johnson wrote a letter to Henry immediately, saying that he would climb the mountain. Henry had to say, "Don't even think about it!" You will go to jail, but even if you go to jail, you can wander. In his fugue, he met a slave brother who was shackled and patched, but was equal to him. They wished each other well and waved to each other when they left, as if to say "enjoy the journey of freedom". The phrase "enjoy yourself" echoed in the valley and continued between the pages. Going to Fitchburg and Climbing the Mountain are works in different periods, but they are a whole, and the theme of "enjoyment" runs through the two books.
Walden Lake is not a holy place to escape from work. Thoreau's seclusion is a practice of philosophical ideals and a pursuit of the true meaning of life. This is also a kind of work, no matter how hard and dangerous it is, he is fearless In Henry's mind, travelers and friends who pursue freedom over mountains and mountains are doing this kind of work; In Johnson's mind, the pity for the travelers who symbolize slaves even goes beyond the "journey of enjoying freedom" itself, and the political significance seems to be greater than the philosophical significance. Is this still Thoreau's anarchist thoughts? Maybe not. But what does it matter? Johnson throws a challenging question here: Is Thoreau's voice still his voice after 100 years?
Henry was put in prison, but he got the freedom to climb the mountain from the paintings on the wall.
Thoreau's answer in Walden is: "Echo, to a certain extent, is still the original sound, which is its magic and loveliness." It not only repeats the bell that is worth repeating, but also repeats some sounds in the forest; Just some sweet words and music sung by a banshee in the forest. "
Compared with the neat sketch of Fitchburg, Climbing the Mountain has more vivid colors, more dynamic composition, more full emotions, and Henry's stiff beard looks brighter. I often think that there are many outstanding people in America, full of commercialization and pragmatism. Why should everyone regard this unique and independent "thorny" Thoreau as the spiritual cornerstone? Perhaps it is because he lives at the other end of reality. With him, Americans will reach a delicate balance in their hearts, just as Lao Tzu left a wayward and chic attitude towards life to introverted orientals. This contradiction may make people live, so that those hard-working "D.B. Johnson" always have a thought and a powerful energy hidden in it, so as not to be completely swallowed up by reality. Thoreau always reminds us: Have you always wanted to go hiking in the forest?
Speaking of forests, it is easy to think of another French painter, Henry Rousseau, whose name is very similar to Thoreau. Thoreau walked in the jungle when he was born, and then lived by the rules for most of his life. One day, he suddenly started painting and started the forest. In his works, all kinds of plants are densely covered with animals, and everything is full of primitive power. Picasso was startled when he saw it, thinking that Rousseau lived in the jungle instead of in the city. A century later, Johnson also walked in the forest, and then went into the studio to work hard. Whether it is a dream forest or a real forest, they may be full of magic. So, what will Johnson collect in the forest?
The traveler is in chains, but he is happy inside.
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Thoreau's life experience was integrated into the creation of five picture books.
Johnson used the common drawing skills in American commercial illustrations: plane geometry cartoon modeling, contradiction space's design and full composition. They often use acrylic pigments for plane painting and color setting, and on this basis, they use inkjet to create special effects of shadows and gradients. Finally, they use colored lead to supplement the pen, so as to add texture, mix colors or depict details. Ink-jet painting is a painting technique in which the pigment is diluted and poured into a delicate spray gun, and then sprayed out with the aid of an air pump. The painter can control the gradient effect of color and the thickness of particles through the switch on the spray gun, the distance between the nozzle and the picture and the inclination angle.
This technique has all the characteristics of industrial painting. Johnson's painting process is like the process in the workshop, one after another, rigorous and accurate. Of course, there is room for development: when people spray, they can draw clear edge lines or soft gradual boundaries with the help of occlusion. In Henry's five books, Johnson flexibly creates various folds and shadows on the clothes, leaves and ground in the book by means of shielding, which is his creativity.
But at this time, Johnson's painting is more like a product, far less indulgent than Rousseau's works. Its characters are often summarized by regular straight lines or curves, rich forest plants are often treated into three or four simple styles, and everything in the painting is uniform. Is this really a wild forest? Perhaps after "working hard" for 20 years and preparing to "enjoy hiking" in painting, Johnson still can't let go of his habitual sense of security.
He also tried to play some tricks, such as organizing the picture with cubism, letting Henry pass through the wall of the cell, or cutting the picture with inkjet occlusion to create the effect of staggered space. But it always looks a bit like an origami game. Johnson fills the picture with various elements. It seems that it is not the elements in the forest that interest him-he is working responsibly and organizing the natural scenery neatly around the clever Henry-maybe he only cares about Henry, or more accurately, Thoreau. It is also possible that he is concentrating on his work.
The hut Henry built himself is not big, but he enjoys life here.
After writing four books, Johnson stopped writing the series, as if he had finished writing Thoreau's story. Five years later, with the help of his wife, he launched the fifth picture book with Henry as the theme-Henry's Night. Because the traditional spray gun technology was replaced by computer spray painting, Johnson had more opportunities to test his skills. More importantly, Henry, the symbol of Thoreau, seems to be no longer an image eager to be praised. Thoreau's life experience began to surface in Johnson's repeated "hiking". Henry, who couldn't sleep, gave up the leading role and the light took his place. Moonlight shines through the spots of leaves, through the waves of streams in the jungle, through the refracted light scattered in the rain, and through the sunlight obliquely entering the room in the morning-the book is full of changing light and shadow. Henry's modeling was integrated into it, and the deliberate depiction of objects began to give way to the rendering of the atmosphere. Johnson may have discovered his own forest magic.
If Fitchburg is the beginning of Johnson's hiking, or it is just a "job" to "enjoy hiking", then Henry's Night marks that the author has taken a big step forward and started to enjoy hiking. But in the end, where is fitchburg? I don't know, either. Henry found it, Thoreau pondered for a long time, and I believe Johnson will find it, too. Enjoy your hike. Don't worry, my friend.
Author Zhang Xun
Editor-in-chief Shen Chan led the proofreading of Li Guo.
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