Some experts say that it is ok to criticize illustrations, but it is not enough to be on the line. They even attributed it to the differences in aesthetic comprehension. It's just that foreigners like to look at Chinese people's small eyes, but they are actually vilifying China. Their aesthetics are the same as ours. They all like big eyes, beautiful skin and long legs. Look at China's big eyes. Why must we cater to foreigners? Just to make more money?
However, experts seem to turn a blind eye to these key issues. On the contrary, they also called on everyone to treat Wu Yong's works with tolerance and tolerance. But then again, your studio can scratch the edge, but you can't scratch the edge for your children's textbooks. Apart from Wu Yong's own reasons, how did he get selected into the textbook and how did he get the copyright? It's all a third edition. Isn't it a little late to talk about this, and there are only illustrators? What about the person in charge of the creative team, the approval of publication and distribution, and the selection of textbooks by editors? If these people can be stopped in time, they will not flow into the market and fall into the hands of children.
Now there are so-called "painters" who are opportunistic and seek fame and reputation everywhere. They often use the so-called personal style to cover up their poor creative level. These painters can't compare with those in the 1980s and before. Look at the New Year pictures and cartoons from the 1980s and before. There are many excellent ones. And some experts, it is estimated, have also become so-called interest groups, following suit to speak for Wu Yong, and I don't know whether they really think Wu Yong is right or what they want to defend.
Nowadays, children grow up watching illustrated books. The first thing they see is not words, but illustrations. The importance of illustrations in education is self-evident. Simply put, it is to follow the trend! When many parents were young, the illustrations in textbooks in the 1980s were full of vigor and positive energy. Now as long as they see an illustration, their memories seem to be brought back to their childhood, which is very precious! I don't understand the practical significance of changing teaching materials without aesthetic feeling, and the article feels like boiled water.
For children's textbooks, this has nothing to do with any aesthetics. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. The art in their eyes is only seen from their perspective, and they have never examined whether it is appropriate or not. Is fame and fortune more important? To put it bluntly, someone did it on purpose.