inspire-indiana Chapter 1315 Artist, I hate you!
Chapter 1315 Artist, I hate you!
When Su Xing returned to the apartment, He Xu had not yet come back.
She first wiped Bu Diu's feet and fed him, and then interacted with the two little ones for a while.
He Xu sent a message saying he would be home a little later.
Su Xing replied, "I understand," and then prepared to attend to her own business.
Before she started drawing, she opened her computer and went to Weibo.
The video she uploaded this afternoon about modern and ancient musical instruments has already garnered numerous comments, likes, and shares.
Now that she has a large enough following on Weibo, anything she posts looks lively and exciting.
However, compared to her other popular Weibo posts, this video's popularity was actually only so-so.
Su Xing wasn't surprised. After all, this kind of niche science popularization is quite boring, and not many people would be interested. After all, there are very few people learning folk music these days.
Moreover, no matter how good her painting skills are, her paintings of musical instruments will never be as eye-catching as her previous paintings of anthropomorphic cultural relics.
Su Xing glanced through the comments section.
"Sofa! (Emoji: Throwing flowers) (Emoji: Spinning)"
"What is this? A musical instrument?"
"Wow! So this is what the ancestors of these traditional musical instruments looked like! I've learned something new!"
"Is the artist trying to educate people about instruments like the flute and erhu because they're learning those?"
"No wonder they studied cultural heritage! Even when popularizing traditional musical instruments, they start from the perspective of cultural relics! (Thumbs up)"
"I don't understand it, and it's a bit boring..."
"The artist hasn't uploaded any truly exquisite artwork in a long time! They finally update their Weibo, and it's just some musical instruments. Can't they stop being so perfunctory with their fans?! I'm so disappointed..."
"You could update with a few more chapters of the manga if you have time!"
"After watching some videos of artists playing the flute taken by passersby, I'd like to buy a flute and learn too. However, I'm not really interested in learning about the history of the flute."
Su Xing sighed and closed the Weibo page.
She thought back and realized that it had been quite a while since she had updated her content with story-based science popularization or anthropomorphic illustrations of cultural relics.
The main reason is that she has been too busy lately, and she doesn't want to post the orders placed by the clients for cultural tourism and museum projects on Weibo.
Although she signed licensing agreements, not buyouts, and the other copyrights are still in her own hands, she cannot disclose the underlying images until the client's product is launched.
I'll squeeze in some time in the next couple of days to post something interesting on Weibo.
Let's skip today; she's busy working on her artwork now.
Su Xing quickly entered a state of immersion in work.
He Xu returned after 10 o'clock.
He looked very tired.
Su Xing asked him, "Are you very tired?"
“There are some,” He Xu said. “There are some tricky parts of the project that need to be dealt with, so I’ll be busy these next few days.”
Su Xing asked again, "Have you eaten?"
She knew that his company cafeteria was pretty good, and he could eat there if he worked overtime, but she was worried that he would be too busy to eat.
He Xu said, "I've eaten. Don't worry about me. I'll definitely take good care of myself and won't go hungry."
"That's good. Go take a shower and go to bed. I'll be busy for a while longer."
"Okay, don't stay up too late, get some rest."
Okay, I understand.
Su Xing verbally agreed, but after He Xu fell asleep, she was still busy until after 2 a.m.
With a backlog of orders, she wanted to finish them as soon as possible and submit the artwork.
……
The next day was Monday, and a new week began.
After finishing his class, Su Xing went to visit Grandma Qiao with Zhang Xueyan and Huang Wenwen.
Grandma Qiao was very happy and cooked a lot of delicious food for them.
Several girls helped out.
After eating and drinking their fill, the four of them played cards together for a while, specifically the game of Red Ten.
The old lady had good luck and won a lot of change.
Huang Wenwen laughed and said, "Grandma Qiao, you have such good luck!"
Zhang Xueyan also said, "Grandma Qiao, you're quite good at card counting."
Su Xing gave Grandma Qiao a thumbs up, "Great job!"
Grandma Qiao smiled, her eyes crinkling. "You're all being lenient with me. You're just trying to flatter this old lady!"
These students from Peking University, they think they can out-count cards like an old lady? She didn't believe it!
"You're really good at playing cards."
"Luck is also a part of skill."
"Grandma Qiao, I'd like to share in your good luck too."
The three girls chatted away, making Old Mrs. Qiao beam with delight.
Around 8 o'clock, Su Xing and the other two said goodbye to Grandma Qiao and left.
Huang Wenwen and Zhang Xueyan returned to school, while Su Xing returned to his apartment.
He Xu has been coming home quite late these past few days, and Su Xing hasn't been going back to the dorm to avoid getting lost.
After her walk, she didn't get lost. Back home, she turned on her computer and got ready to get busy.
Before starting work, she glanced at Weibo again.
The video I updated yesterday still only garnered mediocre numbers, and there were still quite a few complaints in the comments section.
Su Xing thought for a moment, then logged out of Weibo, picked up the pressure-sensitive pen, and started drawing.
She painted Suzhou, which she visited recently.
But the paintings are not of cultural relics from the Suzhou Museum, nor are they of the popular tourist attractions in Suzhou.
She drew some of the local delicacies she ate in Suzhou.
She used a realistic style to paint these dishes, making them look very lifelike and tempting; she even painted the steam rising from them.
Then she used written narration to describe in detail the taste and texture of these foods.
For example, she gave a detailed description of her favorite dish, braised eel in hot oil.
She picked a few foods that impressed her to draw, and she was very efficient, so she finished this set of drawings very quickly.
After finishing the painting, Su Xing admired it for a while with great satisfaction, and then he got hungry from admiring it so much!
She quickly uploaded the paintings to Weibo, then went to the kitchen and cooked herself a big bowl of noodles.
After that, she slurped her noodles while scrolling through her phone.
The set of paintings I just uploaded to Weibo has already garnered quite a few comments!
When Su Xing clicked in, he saw a chorus of wails below!
"Hey blogger! Do you even know what time it is?!"
"You're so mean! How could you post something so tempting at this hour...!"
"Artist, I hate you! I'm on a diet!!"
"Takeout...help me..."
It feels so good to wake up.
She put down her phone and continued eating her noodles with gusto.