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Rely on strength,

Break down discrimination.

Huang Qiyao

In the 1930s, after the release of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" to widespread acclaim, Disney decided to make another animated feature film: "Bambi".

Therefore, he mobilized his artists to find a suitable forest background design.

Huang Qiyao heard the news.

I immediately drew a series of sketches.

This is a style that Disney animation has never had before.

Mysterious, gorgeous, and artistic.

A colleague told Huang Qiyao,

"Walter Disney was fascinated by them,

He said he liked this uncertain texture.

The mysterious texture of the forest.”

Huang Qiyao started out as an intermediate painter at Disney.

Became an inspiration sketch artist,

In two years, he not only participated in,

Various aspects of Bambi painting,

I also participated in the color design, composition layout,

Even the music and special effects were influenced by him.

Bambi was nominated for an Oscar three times.

It is also considered by the audience to be an early Disney film.

One of the most beautiful animation works.

But Huang Qiyao's name only appeared at the end of the film as a "background artist". During the years he participated in the production of the film, he never met Walter Disney. "Maybe it's because I'm Chinese," Huang Qiyao said.

In that era,

Chinese people have never been welcomed in the United States.

Chinese people are engaged in the arts.

It's simply a fantasy.

Huang Qiyao's artistic career was difficult.

You can imagine.

In 1910,

Huang Qiyao was born in Taishan, Guangdong.

Like many overseas Chinese, I was forced to make a living.

At the age of 9, Huang Qi Yao immigrated to the United States with his father.

As soon as I stepped onto Angel Island in San Francisco,

He was taken away by the police shortly afterwards.

At that time, the United States was implementing the "Chinese Exclusion Act".

Because my father had lived in the United States.

You don't have to go to jail if you have a history of identity.

So, he was the only one who was thrown into jail.

"I didn't know English, and was bullied by adults. I was scared to death.

I am the youngest prisoner on Angel Island," Huang Qiyao said.

Fortunately, his father worked hard to get him released.

My father is an educated man.

He can write poetry, draw pictures, and write calligraphy.

Under the influence of what I saw and heard, I was very young.

Huang Qi Yao fell in love with painting.

During his rebellious middle school years, he began to skip school.

I have no interest in school courses.

The only thing I like is painting.

His youth,

I basically spend all my time painting.

Do what you are interested in,

Easier to succeed.

Huang Qiyao's talent for painting,

A teacher discovered it.

On the recommendation of the teacher,

He attended Otis Art Institute.

Others thought he was crazy.

At that time, Chinese people in the United States

You can be a miner, open a restaurant, or run a laundry.

It is impossible to be an artist.

Besides, tuition fees are not enough for him.

It's simply a sky-high price.

Perhaps he was born with the Chinese spirit in his blood. The more others looked down on him, the more he wanted to do well. In order to pay for the high tuition, Huang Qiyao worked two jobs every day, and then walked several kilometers to school to study Western art courses. He always returned home late at night.

By the dim light,

He will continue to learn Chinese painting and calligraphy.

My family couldn't afford rice paper and ink.

So I went to find some outdated newspapers.

Dip the brush in water,

Practice one stroke at a time.

With systematic art learning,

Huang Qiyao's painting has made great progress.

At school,

He met his second mentor in life.

Stanton McDonald Wright。

Inspired by Stanton,

He began to take Chinese paintings,

Combining with Western art,

I didn't expect the style to be unique.

It became popular instantly.

During my studies at the college,

Huang Qiyao has held several solo exhibitions.

He seems to have become a painter of some fame.

After graduation, he and some Asian artists jointly founded the "Los Angeles Oriental Artists Group", but they happened to encounter the US economic depression and could not make a living by painting alone. So they had no choice but to follow the old Chinese path and open a Chinese restaurant.

The restaurant is called "Dragon's Den".

Decoration from inside to outside,

They were all designed by Huang Qi Yao himself.

A strong Chinese style,

It immediately attracted numerous customers.

Even many Hollywood stars at that time,

He also became a guest of honor at "Dragon's Den".

Restaurant murals

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In 1938, Huang Qiyao joined Disney Company.

To become an intermediate painter, what he has to do every day is,

It is the stop-motion animation designed by the animator.

Fill in the coherence.

This job means just repeating other people's creations.

He said that during that time, he had no new ideas of his own.

"My eyes are about to pop out when I get off work every day."

Fortunately, the opportunity soon presented itself. When Disney was preparing to film Bambi, it encountered a problem: if it continued to use the Baroque style of the previous film, Snow White, the lines of Bambi would be very messy, and it would be impossible to distinguish the background from the protagonist.

For Huang Qiyao, who is familiar with Chinese landscape painting, these are not problems. Chinese art focuses on freehand brushwork, and background design can transform lines into blurred artistic conception. In his spare time, he walked into the parks and forests in Los Angeles and created a series of drawings incorporating the Chinese ink painting style. The animation team was deeply amazed at the sight. The brushwork is simple and the colors are bright. "This is a revolutionary choice for Disney." Not only did the cartoon have a Chinese style, but a yellow face finally appeared in the Disney creative team.

Later, Bambi became popular all over the world.

But the name Huang Qiyao,

It was not widely known until the 21st century.

In 1941, Huang Qiyao was fired by Disney after a strike, although he did not participate in the strike. The following year, he joined Warner Bros. and began his more than 20-year career at Warner.

At that time, Warner Bros.

Only live-action movies.

Huang Qiyao's mission,

According to the script,

Draw scenes and images from the movie.

For Huang Qiyao,

It’s a brand new challenge.

He sits in his studio every day.

Thinking about the script, imagining the scenes,

Then paint one by one.

Each of his paintings

The stories, scenes,

Even close-ups, directors love to say:

"Just follow his design,

You can then direct the filming directly.

He is a natural artist.”

It's a pity that the excellent artistic talent

Still not respected.

Once, he was loaned to work in another company.

When the Swiss leader of the company saw him,

He said in a very bad tone:

“I am a Swede，You are a Chink.”

(The word Chink is an insult to Chinese people)

Likewise, he encountered a lot of discrimination in his life. A real estate agent saw that he wanted to buy a house and learned that he was Chinese, so he lied to him and said that the house had been sold. As a result, a few months later, the house was still for rent.

Decades of artistic career,

Huang Qiyao has been praised.

He also encountered cold stares, but he said:

“I always look on the bright side of things.

Instead of being bothered by bad things, day after day,

Every day is a sunny day.”

Accompany him to watch the sunny day,

And his wife.

In addition to film creation,

Huang Qiyao also designed some greeting cards.

Every time his wife would help him find the theme for the greeting card.

These greeting cards are either creative or unique.

Or with a strong Chinese ink painting style,

It was very popular as soon as it was launched.

There was one that sold over a million copies.

Breaking the industry record at the time.

He also likes traditional Chinese folk art.

Occasionally painting pottery, or going to the river,

Fly a kite you made yourself.

Pottery is used as daily necessities.

Kites were used as a leisure activity by Huang Qiyao in his later years.

Let Chinese elements penetrate deeper into our bones and blood.

December 2016

A generation of film art master Huang Qiyao passed away.

He was 106 years old.

His life,

They are all working hard to spread Chinese art.

Despite poverty and discrimination,

But still relying on outstanding artistic accomplishment,

Won respect.

At the age of 90, Huang Qi Yao was named one of Disney's "Legends"; at the age of 96, Huang Qi Yao received one of the highest honors in the animation field - the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 33rd Annie Awards Jury Award.

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