Sora wo Matotte - Vol. 2 Ch. 8 - Both so beautiful it's hard to choose between

[MangaDex]

 

[Hicleric]

It ain't art if there's no depth. Our boy got it in one

 

[Knighto]

thanks for the hard work with the chapter.
Boy isn't even that prepared in charcoal and still pulled the win

 

[Shyri]

I love this. Thank you for the translations.

 

[jonnywarlock]

Another wonderful work, Haro, well done. That was a win well deserved.

Also... Don't give up on him yet, Mayu. He's not a player, he's just driven and very dense.

 

[ieatass69]

smooth mofo

 

[Mangamoz]

Edgyboy uses "edge"

Protag uses "I don't give a fuck"

 

[MondSemmel]

Thanks for the chapter!

Amusing typo on p10 (almost a Freudian slip by the rival): "I'll show you a gap in skills that no amount of futile struggles can't close!" -> "[...] that no amount of futile struggles can close!"

 

[ImNotCreativeEnoughtForThese]

Thanks you for all the uploads

 

[ipmanvsthemask]

Poor Mayu-chan, she ain't gonna be winning his affections any time soon, if at all.

 

[Jonui]

Thanks for the translation again.

Did he draw her from memory in the studio AFTER seeing her on the balcony?
That's definitely harder that drawing the pose that's right in front of you. If so, MC wins by miles.
But I guess he drew the rough sketch quickly outside, and only enhanced it afterwards inside the studio. Though it's not super explicitly shown, it's more believable.

 

[Kaarme]

Thanks for the translation again.

Did he draw her from memory in the studio AFTER seeing her on the balcony?
That's definitely harder that drawing the pose that's right in front of you. If so, MC wins by miles.
But I guess he drew the rough sketch quickly outside, and only enhanced it afterwards inside the studio. Though it's not super explicitly shown, it's more believable.

It's not like he would have seen her naked on the balcony, anyway. He got the cental idea and his impression of her natural form (not a delibare pose) from what he saw outdoors and merely repositioned the model when drawing her back in the classroom, naked. But sure, it's definitely harder. But he didn't need to rely only on his memory.

 

[Lasim]

This manga makes me feel weird being an art student that went through extreme examination. It kinda overly romantic the “artistic” normal people tend to think of artist, while in real life if you can’t not follow the rules (aka draw the model before your eyes in the examination) then you out, no exception. There’s no time to admire the so called ‘artiststic’ mind, it’s a war zone where people speak with raw skill on each pencil stroke.

 

[Jonui]

It's not like he would have seen her naked on the balcony, anyway. He got the cental idea and his impression of her natural form (not a delibare pose) from what he saw outdoors and merely repositioned the model when drawing her back in the classroom, naked. But sure, it's definitely harder. But he didn't need to rely only on his memory.

Yes, I agree. He definitely got the model's vibe and 'true beauty" on the balcony and projected that afterwards. That's kinda the entire plot, here.
But technically, rebuilding the exact same pose (or "merely" repositioning the body, as you said) without having done a prior quick gesture sketch is no simple feat. Against someone who doesn't have to imagine/reinvent the pose, at least, it's like playing with a handicap.
If he had a simple draft with the big idea of the pose ready, through, working on the rendering while he can observe her body in other poses seems plausible. That's why I think it's possibly what happened.

But now that I think about it, the first painting he did with the girl crying, he definitely did it from memory. (didn't have the time to sketch her pose as he was thrown away) So MC might just be really good from memory.
In any case , his feat was a lot more impressive than his rival's one to me. I would need twice the time to make a believable, complex pose if it was without reference, haha ^^'

 

[Skyu]

This manga makes me feel weird being an art student that went through extreme examination. It kinda overly romantic the “artistic” normal people tend to think of artist, while in real life if you can’t not follow the rules (aka draw the model before your eyes in the examination) then you out, no exception. There’s no time to admire the so called ‘artiststic’ mind, it’s a war zone where people speak with raw skill on each pencil stroke.

Can't disagree here but I guess the only thing I would say is that this chapter has a prep class setting with an open vote instead of an examination. My sister used to do these sorts of drawings (got a piece in a museum for a time) and she was stressed all the time and with what she's told me all of this is just fluff comparatively. Hopefully there will be a chapter where MC has to adhere to proper exam etiquette because he's a novice when it comes to it.

 

[BlackwingYu]

Mayu-chan, fighto!

 

[Oeconomist]

I internally cringe in response to this fantasy. Plainly, the author/artist, though possessing a high degree of technical skill, washed-out of art school in real life, and is now creating an imaginary world in which he and his kind are superior to those who didn't.

 

[Ares19373]

I internally cringe in response to this fantasy. Plainly, the author/artist, though possessing a high degree of technical skill, washed-out of art school in real life, and is now creating an imaginary world in which he and his kind are superior to those who didn't.

I mean.... Creating an imaginary world is the entire basis of fiction. This is one of them.

 

[Oeconomist]

I internally cringe in response to this fantasy. Plainly, the author/artist, though possessing a high degree of technical skill, washed-out of art school in real life, and is now creating an imaginary world in which he and his kind are superior to those who didn't.

I mean.... Creating an imaginary world is the entire basis of fiction. This is one of them.

Yes, but the problem is in the motivation for the creation, and in the absurd rules of the fictional world used to attain the objective.

 

[Daizeemi]

I see MC has the unspoken Rizz, the Dense Harem kinda Rizz