Lin Siya never expected that she would be taken to the 1970s by a landslide while simply going out for some fresh air. The 1970s, so be it. Although resources were scarce, as an orphan, she didn...
Just do it. Since she couldn't sleep anyway, Lin Siya simply got up from the bed, found a pen and paper from her space, and started writing the outline of the comic content.
The story is about a pair of siblings named Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, who were accidentally separated from their family and then went through hardships together to return home.
The content of this story sounds very ordinary at first, but in each short story, Lin Siya has included some knowledge on how to prevent abduction and fraud. The content is simple and easy to understand, and children can easily understand it.
As for how to draw this comic, Lin Siya decided to go to the bookstore tomorrow to see what the current Chinese comic strips are like and use them as a reference. After all, she had been exposed to more comics from China before, and the style was a bit biased towards that country, but now it is obvious that this style is not suitable.
It took me more than an hour to write an outline, and I will slowly expand on the details tomorrow.
The next day was a holiday, and Lin Siya came to the bookstore. There were not many books in the bookstore at that time. Most of them were books on patriotic themes, the so-called red books. Of course, there were also some teaching materials. Among all the books, comic books were the most popular. She noticed that many children were wandering around the comic books.
Lin Siya looked at the prices of these comic books. They were basically between a few cents and one dollar. The sets would be a little more expensive. This price was still very expensive for children, and of course it was not cheap for adults either. She originally wanted to buy more, but now she has to back out. After all, even if she has money, she can't spend it like this.
I remember there should be second-hand comic books at the scrap yard. They are sold by kilogram there, so they should be cheaper. You can go there when you have time.
She took a few and studied the current comic book style carefully.
She found that the style of domestic comic strips pays more attention to simple lines and bright colors, and the plots are usually more educational. Most of them are red themes, and there are some mythological stories. There are very few legal education themes, and the market for this type of comic strips is very vacant.
Inspired by this, Lin Siya decided to add more traditional Chinese cultural elements into the comics to make them more local in character.
Lin Siya began to conceive the pictures of the comic strip. She planned to incorporate traditional cultural elements into the character costumes and scene design.
For example, let Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan wear Hanfu, and the background can be quaint Chinese buildings or beautiful natural scenery.
The main content is still knowledge about preventing abduction and fraud, and this theme will not change.
The more Lin Siya thought about it, the more excited she became, as if she saw her comics being loved by children.
Next, she became extremely busy, seizing the time to draw sketches and turn this idea into reality.
Afterwards, she went to several scrap yards and found a lot of old comic books. Some of them had been published for a long time and were rarely circulated on the market. After reading them, Lin Siya put them all away and put them in her space. After many years, they are still very collectible.
Work is not very busy now. During the day, after finishing her work, Lin Siya writes and draws in the office. She draws the line draft first, and then refines and colors it after getting home from get off work.
"Siya, why are you so busy lately?" Li Meili was knitting a sweater. The wool was bought by her cousin a few days ago.
"That's right. I see you drawing there every day." Sun Xiaoling agreed.
Lin Siya felt that there was nothing to hide about the comic strip drawing, and that they would know about it sooner or later, so she told them directly.
"I'm currently drawing a comic strip about human trafficking!"
"Comic strips, you can draw comic strips?"
All of a sudden, Li Meili didn't even want to knit the sweater anymore, and went straight to Lin Siya's desk.
Lin Siya showed her a few line drawings she had drawn today.
"Oh my god, Lin Siya, your painting is so good, isn't it?"
"Really? Then let me see too." Several people in the office gathered around.
"Oh, really, it's a really good painting. The little figures above look just like real people."
"Hey, isn't this the same thing we encountered last time?"
Zheng Rong read the story above and drew the picture of the last time they encountered human traffickers.
Talking about the last incident, several people were also very proud. The next day, everyone in the factory knew that several of them female comrades had encountered human traffickers and rescued a little girl.
Not only were they praised throughout the factory, but each of them was also given a ceramic basin and a towel as a reward. These girls in the finance office became famous overnight in the entire textile factory.
This was a reward from the factory. Privately, the Zhang family invited them to a meal and gave them a lot of gifts to thank them.
Several people did not expect that Lin Siya would draw what they had encountered on paper.
"I'm drawing what happened to us last time. I've made it into a story, and when I'm done I plan to send it to a newspaper. I feel people nowadays don't have enough awareness of how to prevent abduction and fraud, especially children or girls who don't know how to respond when they encounter human traffickers. So I hope that through this comic strip, everyone can better understand how to identify human traffickers, or what to do when they encounter one."
"Your idea is really great, and the story is well written. I didn't expect you to have such a talent." Li Xiaoling was the first to express her support.
"Yes, Siya, I didn't expect you to be so good at drawing. Did you learn it?"
"I learned this from a teacher when I was in school, and I'm quite interested in it myself."
"Ah, I really want to see what your painting looks like after it's finished."
"I want to see it, too."
"I want to see it too. It should be very interesting."
"Okay, after I finish the painting, I'll bring it back for you to review. If you have any good suggestions, you are welcome to tell me more."
"That's great, we'll wait then."
"But I don't know if I'll be chosen by the newspaper. If I am, I'll treat everyone to a meal together."
"Siya, don't worry. You draw so well, you will definitely be selected by the newspaper. We can definitely have a meal with you."
"Hahaha, that's right, just wait for heavy bleeding!"
"Then I'll borrow your auspicious words!"
Ever since the people in the office knew that Lin Siya was drawing comic strips, they began to take the initiative to share her work. Of course, there hasn't been much work recently. Not only that, they also often share what they see and hear. Not to mention, Lin Siya really found a lot of inspiration from it.