Chapter 40
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Late at night.
Josiah declined the super luxurious accommodation offered by the Knight Of The White Thorn and returned to the alchemy workshop with Herland and Hiri.
The not-so-big alchemy workshop couldn't fit three people at all. As a man, Josiah couldn't let Herland and Hiri sleep on the floor.
So, he declined Herland's offer to give him the only room and chose to find a separate workshop to start his daily routine of programming and staying up late at night.
The beginning of a business was always difficult. How many gurus in the IT industry on Earth started their entrepreneurial journey in a small garage?
Whether it was Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, or even Page or Brin, they all started from scratch in a garage.
The famous trillions of companies in Silicon Valley all started from a small garage.
Although Herland's alchemy workshop wasn't used for parking, it was just a little bigger than a garage.
Josiah spread out a piece of white paper on the table. A ball of light slowly floated beside Josiah, dispelling the darkness around him.
This was the lowest level of magic, Illumination. It was one of the spells that almost all magicians knew how to use. The crystal sealed with Illumination replaced candles in Noland and became the most common lighting tool in Noland.
With the light from Illumination, Josiah had just finished making the poster of Beauty and the Devil.
Josiah hadn't figured out how to import the image into the program in his mind using inscriptions yet, so he could only draw the title by hand on the white paper. Then, he selected the scene in the movie where Belle and the devil looked at each other while dancing and froze it on the white paper.
After finishing the poster, Josiah left the small room and went to the alchemy workshop where the finished products were placed.
The entire room was illuminated by Illumination. The magic-guided machine Herland made also emitted a faint light. The inscriptions on the magic-guided machine projected the portrait of a female magician.
Her eyes were filled with light blue arcane radiance, and her hands were surging with a torrent of magic power. Behind her was a majestic rain, and her silver and light gold hair fluttered in the rain.
Just by looking at the portrait of this female mage, one could clearly feel how powerful a spellcaster she was.
"Who is she?"
Hiri walked out from behind the machine with a piece of paper in her hand. On it was Josiah's original drawing.
"Gianna, Gianna Proudmoore."
Josiah said her name. This character was the heroine of World of Warcraft, and she was also the representative of the Mage class in Hearthstone.
"What is her relationship with you?"
Hiri was silent for a while, but she couldn't help but ask Josiah this question.
"Relationship?"
Josiah froze for a moment. Gianna was only a virtual character in the game, and Josiah had no relationship with her. However, as a World of Warcraft player, Josiah felt that this answer wasn't right.
"I think she's a comrade who fought together."
When Josiah played World of Warcraft, he was in the same faction as Gianna. As a gamer, Josiah was indeed a comrade who fought together with Gianna.
"…"
Hiri didn't say anything. She glanced at Gianna's portrait and suddenly remembered the conversation she overheard between Josiah and Zenas when she was sleeping in the castle. She remembered that Josiah once said, "I already have someone I like."
Josiah could guess what was on Hiri's mind, but Josiah didn't explain it to her. Instead, he looked at Gianna's portrait.
The drawing projected by the machine was a copy of Josiah's original drawing by Hiri. The result of Hiri's drawing made Josiah realize that … Hiri wasn't suited to be a Mage at all!
Josiah simply taught Hiri some coloring and composition techniques before asking Hiri to redraw the drawing based on his original drawing.
In the end, although Hiri's drawing was still far from professional, it was at least in the "usable" category.
Most importantly, Hiri's drawing wasn't influenced by this era. The paintings of this era were mainly oil paintings, and the style of the drawing was closer to the smile of Mona Lisa. There was also the Chinese ink painting style. Josiah had seen this style of painting in the theater of the Knight Of The White Thorn. According to the Knight Of The White Thorn, the artist of this drawing came from a country called Grand Xia.
However, both the oil painting and the ink painting style were different from the modern CG on Earth. However, in Hiri's drawing, Josiah didn't find a trace of "retro" feeling.
"Have you really never considered a career in painting in the future?"
Josiah examined Jaina Proudmoore's drawing from top to bottom. There were some small details and many flaws, but these were still acceptable after Josiah's modifications.
If Hiri continued to practice at this rate, Hiri would definitely become an outstanding game artist.
"I … don't know."
Hiri was about to reject Josiah's suggestion. She helped Josiah draw because Josiah had saved her life. However, if he asked Hiri to give up her profession as a Magician and focus on being an artist, of course, Hiri wouldn't agree.
After all, in this world, powerful Magicians stood at the top. Moreover, Hiri had enough talent to become a powerful Magician.
"I'm not asking you to give up your main profession. Just treat it as a lifestyle profession."
Josiah gave Hiri the most perfect answer.
"A lifestyle profession."
Hiri glanced at Jaina's portrait. It was an extremely powerful female Magician. Perhaps to Josiah, her occupation as an artist was the only useful thing. There were too many powerful people around Josiah.
"That's fine, but one day, 'My magic will tear you into pieces.'"
Hiri quoted one of Jaina's lines to Josiah. This line was written at the back of Jaina's original draft.
However, Josiah didn't feel any sense of danger. Instead, his eyes lit up when he heard Hiri's words.
"Hiri, this sentence of yours sounds quite convincing. Are you interested in dubbing for this character?"
"Dubbing?"
Josiah once again said something that touched Hiri's blind spot. However, Hiri was already used to it.
"Jaina already has a character design. Are you interested in becoming the character's voice?"
Josiah was determined to make Hearthstone. It was a game that only required art and some simple animations. Apart from that, there was another troublesome aspect, which was the dubbing of the cards.
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