China News Service, Yinchuan, August 8th (Yu Jing, Li Zeyang) On August 8, the Tokyo Olympics closed. As of 13:00 on the same day, the Chinese sports delegation had won 38 gold medals.
To pay tribute to the Olympic athletes, Zhang Yubing, an illustrator from Yinchuan, Ningxia, took up his paintbrush and drew pictures of the moving moments of Chinese athletes struggling on the arena.
Zhang Yubing is a freelance illustrator, influenced by the mother of a "sports fan", and now she has also become an "Olympic fan."
"Because I can get relevant information about Olympic events from my mother every day, I have also started to pay attention to the Olympics." Zhang Yubing said frankly, whenever she sees Chinese Olympic athletes winning gold medals on the field, she is very excited and uses them for the first time. Paintbrush recorded this glorious "champion moment".
In the creation, Zhang Yubing cleverly conceived, through multiple lens comparisons, selected photos that can show the athlete's style.
For example, when drawing shot put champion Gong Lijiao, Zhang Yubing noticed that when this power athlete appeared on the field, the gesture of "launching love" and the sweet smile were very cute, which made her remember. When Ma Long won the men's singles championship in table tennis, In contrast to his posture of "comparing the heart", Zhang Yubing deliberately painted Ma Long's two arms as a Chinese dragon, embracing a heart of love.
At the same time, she will carefully observe the clothing and accessories of the athletes, such as Yang Qian's "Little Yellow Duck" hairpin, Sun Yingsha and Chen Meng's necklaces, etc., and incorporate these elements into the comics.
Zhang Yubing is creating comics.
Photo by Yu Jing
In addition to the portraits of many Olympic champions, the reporter found that the fighting figures of Olympic athletes such as Su Bingtian and Xiao Ruoteng were also recorded by Zhang Yubing.
"The most touching thing is not necessarily winning the gold medal, but embodies the Olympic spirit, surpassing oneself is victory. In our hearts, they are the Olympic champions." Zhang Yubing said firmly.
In addition, to Zhang Yubing's surprise, she posted her work on Weibo and short video platforms, and gained a large number of fans.
Faced with netizens who followed posts and left messages, and even "reminded," Zhang Yubing said with a smile, "Just like an Olympic athlete who goes all out, this also gives me a special sense of mission."
"The medal is shining brightly, behind it is endless hardship and sweat. Hard work, persistence, breakthrough, love, those moments that make our blood boil or tears, come from the long years of step-by-step hard work and day-by-day persistence." See Zhang Yubing Now, there is a touching story behind every athlete. The 14-year-old diving player Quan Hongzen has fresh memories of her, and also made her understand more about the Olympic spirit when creating. The National Games and the Beijing Winter Olympics can also share this beautiful moment with more people through painting." Zhang Yubing said. (Finish)