双语 | 画出这样可爱的作品究竟需要几步？这很难不爱吧！

你小时候有没有梦想职业呢？想成为服装设计师、探险家、话剧演员？

TEENS记者采访到了这位叫“阿仁”的插画师，她的画笔捕捉了生活中那些微小而美好的瞬间，将它们化为温暖的图像。从可爱的小动物到奇妙的内心世界，阿仁的画面都表达着她对生活的热爱，仿佛打开了一扇通往她内心的窗户，给大家带来温暖宁静的“心灵spa”。

她在逐梦路上有哪些故事呢？“梦想&现实”她是如何权衡的？一起来聊聊吧！

For Zhai Xiaoyun, known by the pen name Aaren,being an illustrator is more than a job. It’s a way of life. “Drawing isthe way Iexpress my ideas. I am not very good at socializing with people and am rather quiet, so illustration has becomea very important outlet(发泄口) for me,” said Aaren.

对于插画家“阿仁”来说，插画更像是一种生活方式。她说：“这是我表达想法的方式，我不擅长交际，喜欢通过插画与外界沟通。”

Although the 30-year-old hashad a love for drawing and watching animationssince she was a young girl, she didn’t think it could become her career.“It was purely (完全) a hobby,”she said.

尽管从小就很喜欢画画，但她从没想过这会成为她的职业。她说：“这纯粹是个爱好。”

Upon completing her undergraduate (本科) degree,she began to work at an internet company,doingdata operations.But her true joy was her time spent practicing drawing on a Wacom tablet (手绘板), and going online to admire the works of others on Sina Weibo.She shared her work and made new like-minded friends.Later, Aarenwent to the UK for a master’s degree in illustrationand now works thereas a freelance (自由职业的) illustrator.

本科毕业后，她在一家互联网公司做数据运营。业余时间，她开始在手绘板上练习插画，也开始在社交网络分享自己的作品，交到了“同好”。随后，阿仁选择前往英国攻读插画硕士学位，现在如愿成为了一名自由插画师。

And to make the best drawing, an illustrator needs to be good atobserving lifeandtranslating that into something visual(视觉的), said Aaren. “You need to use your imagination to make theoften-boring world seem interesting and complex. This is what I love about illustration.”

阿仁表示，“善于观察生活”是成为一名优秀的插画师必不可少的一部分，把观察到的内容通过自己的理解画出来。

So far, Aaren’s favorite project has been herpuppy series. In the UK, where she now lives, the owner of a bookstore liked it so much that he offered to helphold a small exhibitionof her works.

阿仁的“小狗系列作品”很受欢迎，当地一家书店的老板甚至主动提出可以举办小型展览展出她的作品。

来源：21世纪英文报

编辑：鲁蒙海

审核：海 新

终审：张 扬