Cucurbita pepo fires fire and cupps grandpa, and snake essence is busy broadcasting live. When online celebrity and Mario are taken away by the wolf as Little Red Riding Hood … … The animated characters of childhood have crossed, mixed and blended with modern elements, and turned into a series of new cartoons to brush up the circle of friends. After 80 s and 90 s, they called "ruining childhood", but they couldn’t help laughing. The creator Du Ke is an advertising designer, and he still hopes to record his childhood in such a special way. Du Ke said that since last week, after his works were turned into a fire by the Internet, he was overwhelmed by the business cooperation that followed. He was encouraged to be recognized by so many people, but he would not lose his mind and forget his original intention.
Pick up the brush after 12 years of work.
Last week, the circle of friends after 80s and 90s was screened by a series of cartoons that "ruined childhood", and the cartoon images in childhood memories were vividly moved into modern life, and they were mixed on the paper. The author’s mind is wide open, and his works look humorous and interesting, but they make many people who have passed their thirties laugh with tears.
The Beijing Morning Post reporter contacted the author Du Ke. At the age of 34, he worked in a well-known American advertising company, and all his online works were created in his spare time. "I am very busy at work, and I will work overtime endlessly when I meet urgent tasks. In order to decompress, I thought of painting. " He said.
Du Ke liked painting since he was a child, but he didn’t begin to receive professional training until he graduated from primary school. It took only half a summer vacation, and some Du Ke with artistic talent was admitted to the High School Attached to the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts. Since then, Du Ke has been admitted to Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts after six years of study in cultural and professional courses.
"At that time, my understanding of studying art was to be a painter or illustrator in the future. I felt that my work could not be separated from brushes." By mistake, after graduating from college in 2005, Du Ke worked in a number of domestic and foreign companies, always focusing on the advertising industry. Busy work and endless overtime, Du Ke found that his career was far from his original ideal.
But how to find a balance between real life and dreams has become a problem he often thinks about. I think I have to find my past dream for myself and let it decompress my present life. Since 2015, there have been two more things on his desk, a large tin candy box filled with watercolor pens and a thick painting book.
Creativity is a "flash of light"
In a room of more than 10 square meters, there are almost two display cabinets tailored for his "collection". Plastic tumbler doll, cat shower, retro alarm clock, tin car … … Some of them are playmates that Du Kezhen has been hiding for more than 20 years, and some of them are "treasures" that he scoured back from the flea market in recent years. If it weren’t for the computer on the computer desk, standing in Du Ke’s room, the reporter would feel trance-like when he was a child.
"I’m a nostalgic person," said Du Ke, who likes painting and is engaged in advertising creative work. He simply opened his mind and had the idea of combining classic images with current life. "What kind of story would happen if the cartoon characters who accompanied us in childhood grew up and were around us?"
Du Ke picked up the album and told the reporter, "Every idea in it comes by accident, which can be said to be ‘ An epiphany ’ There is no preparation. For example, this dialogue between Spongebob and frozen tofu is that I think it is too like Spongebob when I eat frozen tofu one day. What will it look like if I put these unrelated things together? For example, in the gourd doll, the centipede looks at the red envelope in the Spring Festival Evening, which is also a brainwave during the New Year. It can hold many mobile phones with both hands and feet. This picture is funny. "
Although he had an idea, Du Ke couldn’t sit down and write at any time. In most cases, he quickly wrote a rough outline on his mobile phone and then took time to draw. "It takes five or six hours for each painting to draw lines with a pencil and finally paint with a watercolor pen, so he often stays up late and doesn’t care about eating." However, Du Ke said that even so, he was still very happy, especially after signing his name at the end of the work, his sense of accomplishment was bursting.
Reject all business cooperation
From June 22, the network became popular, which made Du Ke unexpected. Du Ke said that at first, several online celebrity ships in Weibo forwarded their works. On June 21st, Weibo, the official of Shanghai Animation Film Studio, forwarded a gourd doll’s cupping work for grandpa, and its influence was further expanded.
"On the same day, an editor of WeChat WeChat official account contacted me and wanted to reprint it. I agreed, but I didn’t expect the other party to tell me that the content had more than 100,000 hits that night. As of the evening of June 24, the number of hits has exceeded 2 million, and they are also very surprised. " Du Ke said that as his works were widely forwarded, his Weibo and WeChat WeChat official account also exploded with tens of thousands of fans overnight, and about a quarter of the messages were asking when he could publish his works.
"I am particularly touched, not because of the ‘ Red ’ Instead, many people have found resonance in my works and are even willing to share their memories with me. "
Among the many messages, many people came to seek business cooperation, and Du Ke refused them one by one. "It’s still the same idea. The original intention of my painting is to do what I like freely. At present, I have painted more than 60 paintings. When this book is full, I hope to publish a book. This is my dream. "
■ Reporter’s Notes
We don’t run away, but we miss it after all
From bidding farewell to the small commodity market to the return of "bag drenching", from fried kebabs in Daoxiang village to paying tribute to the old TV series Dream of Red Mansions and Journey to the West, in recent years, the "post-80 s" generation seems to suddenly become old-fashioned, with nostalgia prevailing and falling into collective memories. Although Du Ke’s cartoon is called "Subversion of Childhood Memories", its essence is still a deep nostalgia for the past years, only a funny stalk is changed, which makes those "old" cartoon characters catch up with the present years.
In the interview, Du Ke’s words left a deep impression on me, "It is escapism to be afraid of nostalgia". Du Ke, who has passed his thirties, misses the pure happiness and knows that he has a mortgage in his reality. Although he can’t ignore his willful pursuit of dreams, it doesn’t prevent him from picking up a brush to circle a "private plot" and creating his own utopia. This is not a "surrender" in the face of trivial life, but a "principled compromise". Naughty cartoonists have childlike innocence and initial heart that can’t be erased by years.
The "post-80s" have a distinct brand of the times and a unique growth track. As this generation has basically passed the "standing", its responsibilities are getting heavier and heavier, and the heart of that "child" is still looking back. Thanks to Dukes, we keep the silhouette of youth with creativity. We don’t dwell on the past, but we miss it after all.
Beijing Morning Post live news reporter Zhang Jingshu and photo
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