【印章】清明上河圖 (十千腳店) ～印章篇 Along the River During the Qingming Festival: Ch Qian Tavern ~ Stamp

2年前許下了每年都要刻一幅清明上河圖給自己當生日禮物，

但是這個願望真的太難了... (掩面)

Two years ago, I made a vow to carve a small segment of the Along the River During the Qingming Festival every year as a birthday present to myself, but this desire has been really hard to actualize….

主要是自己畫圖不在行，

要生出一整幅的清明上河圖，實在是太痛苦了...... >"<

(一直都找不到高解析度的圖)

The main problem is I am not good at drawing.

To complete a whole picture of Along the River During the Qingming Festival is too difficult and painful….…. (Also, it is hard to find a high-resolution picture)

無奈啊無奈，只好硬著頭皮自己畫了.....

So helpless, still, I can only try my best to trace out the drawing.

勉勉強強畫出了一點屋簷和幾棵樹，已經不知道是幾個小時後的事情了，

整個人已經到了快崩潰的地步!!! 

I can barely draw a little roof and a few trees, no clue how much time has passed, 

I almost reach a point of collapse!!!

（迷之音：是有這麼痛苦???  =""=  ......   OS：是真的!!!!!!!! (激動貌)）

只好不斷地凹蘋果姐幫忙畫圖，

好說歹說，威脅利誘，蘋果姊才心不甘情不願地幫我畫，

而且還要看心情，看時間，畫一陣子就要抱怨一下，

（我這樣爆料會不會被K啊? ><）

就這樣拖啊拖...... 圖稿總算有點樣子出現了。

Therefore, I constantly beg my sister to help trace out the drawing. 

After a lot of persuasion, threats and inducements, she finally reluctantly helps me to draw, depending on her mood and time, sometimes along with grumbles.  

(Am I going to be beaten when I say that? > < )             

So, little by little…… a bit of the artwork finally appeared.

不過喔......

姊姊，你畫這樣的圖是要我怎麼刻啦???   :'(((((

到最後我還是要自己把圖稿幾乎全部整理過，

把線條&細節畫得更清楚，以利後續刻製工作，

In the end, I still need to complete all of the artwork on my own, to make the lines and details clearer in order to facilitate subsequent engraving work.

雖然很多抱怨，但還是感謝辛苦的蘋果姊，

如果沒有她幫忙打稿，我也真不知道要怎麼下手...

Although there are many complaints, I still give thanks for my sister’s hard work.

Without her help, I really did not know how to start.

那麼...... 阿姊啊 ~ 

之後的圖稿也都全部拜託你了吧!!!!!    >///////< (撒嬌~)

Well…. Sister~

Please help the drawing after all!!!  >////< (Spoiled)

因為我是邊畫邊刻的，(實在無法一口氣把圖畫完)

所以先轉印一部份，刻完後再轉印其他部分，

這樣也可以避免刻製的時候線條被弄糊而看不清楚。

I was drawing and carving at the same time (it is too tough to finish it in one stretch). 

I transfer a partial image first. When I am done with carving, I transfer the rest of the image, and then carve again (repeat the action several times). 

This way also avoids the lines getting blurred while I am carving.

上下圖比較一下吧～　：）

Compare the top and the bottom figures.

刻左邊的時候，先拿紙膠帶把兩片膠板合起來，

這樣才不會有誤差，接下來再小心的刻。

(不過印章變得好長，超難轉的!!)

Before engraving the left rubber slab, stick a piece of paper tape so that the two slab rubbers match together. This way will reduce errors. Next, carefully carve. 

(However, the rubber slab comes very long, super hard to make a turn!!!)

將將將將～  完成了!!!!!!   我又要感動到痛哭流涕了  >"""<

Finally, I AM DONE!!!  I am moved to tears.

Size: 30 x 22.5 cm

接下來參觀細節吧～

Let’s visit the details of it~

這張要先放，因為是這塊板子的主題：十千腳店

I choose this figure to do first, because it is the theme of this board: Ch Qian Jiao Dian 

(Jiao Dian means tavern.)

這個腳店門口的綵樓是蘋果籽最困擾的地方，

因為原圖稿或仿圖稿都非常的不清楚，

不知道該怎麼畫，只好很努力地慢慢從下面畫上去，

畫的過程中，還要注意檢查有沒有合邏輯性，

就好像平地起高樓一樣，慢慢蓋起來，好辛苦啊！ (揮汗)

There is a decorated building in front of the tavern which is the most difficult feature I had to carve. 

Because the original artwork and the imitation artwork are both very blurry, I don’t know how to draw it precisely. I have worked very hard to draw slowly from the bottom up. 

During the process, I have to pay attention to check if the draft is logical (symmetrical), as a skyscraper is built from the ground up to the sky. SO TOUGH!!!!  (Sweat)

刻就比畫簡單囉！！　只要線條清楚，手夠穩，慢慢刻，就不容易刻壞了。

Engraving is simpler than drawing!! 

As long as the lines are clear, the hand steady enough, carving slowly, it will be fine. 

綵樓上掛的旗幟：新酒。  (想品嘗看看嗎? XD)

The banner hanging on the decorated building: new wine.

 (Do you want to taste it? XD)

綵樓前的手推車。

The trolley is in front of the decorated building.

看一下整體的感覺。

Look at the overall figure. Feel it!

開始掀屋瓦。

屋瓦刻太多次，已經可以練到就算沒有畫線條，都可以刻出大小差不多的屋瓦了。XD

I have engraved roof tiles so many times, even without drawing lines, 

I can carve almost the same size tiles.  XD

十千腳店的建築物。 (綵樓後方)

Ch Qian Tavern

可以看到一些客人正倚窗而坐，一派優閒的樣子～　(羨慕啊!!!!)

You can see some of the guests are sitting and leaning out of the windows with a leisurely look~ (green with envy!!)

 

腳店旁邊有一棵非常高大的樹，緊鄰河邊。

There is a very tall tree next to the Ch Qian Tavern, near the river.

腳店後上方停泊了許多艘船。

(好在從這裏卡掉，不然一堆船不知道要畫多久 >"< )

A lot of boats are moored behind the Ch Qian Jiao shop. 

(Fortunately, I am nearing the end of the rubber slab. Otherwise, I don’t know how long to take drawing a bunch of boats.)

看，這艘船的頂篷，喜歡嗎？ 蘋果籽蠻喜歡的。

跟<虹橋>的某艘船有點像，但是刻法剛好互補。 (下圖)

Look, the boat’s roof, do you like it?  I enjoyed it.

It is similar to one of the boats in Hong Qiao (Rainbow Bridge), so the way of carving is exactly complementary. (Below)

接著來看圖的最上方～

Now look at the top figure~

草皮的部分原本是要用筆刀慢慢刻，

可是發現真得好困難喔！

還是決定用 1mm 的角刀，幾刀就把草皮的感覺呈現出來了，

所以工具適當搭配挺好的！　:)

I was planning to use a “Pen-Knife” to carve slowly on part of the grass, but it was too difficult!! 

Finally, I decided to use a 1 mm “angular knife”, a few carves created grass. Therefore, appropriate tools are very helpful!!

船的部分非常多小格子、小線條，要有耐心慢慢刻，手要穩一點。

There are many small grids and lines on the boats, be patient and slowly carving, my hand needs to be steady.

這艘船鄰近岸邊，岸邊還有一群縴夫幫忙拉船。

The boat is near shore. A group of boat haulers help pull in the boat.

接下來是精采的合體～

Next is the brilliant joining of the two slabs!

感覺如何呢？  ：DDDD

自己覺得有一種好壯觀的感覺喔！

(兩片顏色不同，因為後來美術社沒進左邊白色的膠版了，

也好，我比較喜歡右邊膠板的手感)

How is it? 

I feel it is spectacular!

(The two rubber slabs have different colors because the art club doesn’t have the left side of the white slab. Well, I like the texture of the rubber slab on the right anyway.)

其實當初刻<虹橋>的時候，並沒有想到會再刻下去，

好在沒有因為這樣就把邊邊亂畫亂刻，所以還真的可以繼續下去呢！

In fact, when I was done carving Hong Qiao (Rainbow Bridge), I didn’t think I would be carving again. Fortunately, the edge of  Hong Qiao is in good shape, so it really could go on!

不過這艘船就有一點點困難了，

因為當初畫左半邊這個船的時候，技術非常差，

畫出來的船其實跟原稿有一點位置偏移，

船頂收尾又太快，只好勉強拉長，所以看起來好像有點怪怪的。

But there is a little bit of difficulty when I match this boat because, when I drew the boat on the left half, my technique was very poor.  In fact, the position of the boat was drawn a little offset from the original, and the top of the boat was finished too fast. It is barely stretched, so it looks a little strange.

上方的草皮也可以看出筆刀(左)和角刀(右)刻出來的差別，

嗯～  還是角刀比較俐落。

As you can see there is a difference between the grass, carved out by the “pen knife” (left) and the “angular knife” (right).  Ah~ the angular knife is still relatively neat.

至於中間的水紋......

因為水紋是最後刻的，刻了以後才想到要鑲接的說.....  Orz

好吧～  瑕不掩瑜咩～～   XDDDD 

As the middle of the water wave…..

Ripple is the last process, because I don’t think about it after the junction….Orz

Well, the defects don’t obscure the virtues~~~~~~~ XDDDD

這次刻的速度有變快了點，不過因為細節更多，

所以整體花的時間其實也都差不多，

The speed of carving this time is faster. However there are more details to finish off, therefore, the overall time spent is actually almost the same.

不過總算趕在生日之前完成啦！！

還可以悠悠哉哉地整理照片和寫網誌。  XDDD

Anyway, I finally completed it in time before my birthday!!

Also, take my time to organize photos and write my blog. 

祝蘋果籽生日快樂!!!

~(￣▽￣)~(＿△＿)~(￣▽￣)~(＿△＿)~(￣▽￣)~

Happy Birthday wish to Appleseed!!!!!

(Well, 還要繼續下去嗎?????)

接下來還有喔～

Then there oh~

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