我已經到達不畫一下不舒服的程度了。請容許我連谷歌點名也要畫一張來做首圖吧 (>_<)
說起秋天，我想跟很多香港區的朋友一樣，也會想來想去都不知道如何好好表達這邊的秋天。因為亞熱帶氣候，秋天的日子屈指可數，大概也就一兩個星期左右有「秋高氣爽」之感。十月十一月多也是幾天熱幾天涼的，到十二月初還可以短袖上陣也不稀奇。今年夏天比以往反常，不知秋冬又如何。
香港常綠，只有幾處有紅葉，不僅不多，而且也得碰運氣。天氣不轉涼，葉不轉紅。難得換上紅葉，也人比葉多。所以大家都遠行。
不過，許多秋季行事也不會因此而擱置的。
後面再說，先感謝 @jubi 的出題和文章總集:) (Link)
I can't help drawing that I drew one even in @jubi's Google SEO contest About Autumn, I think I am same with some Hong Kong Steemians, it is hard to define the time and the weather of Hong Kong's Autumn. Because of the Subtropical Climate, Hong Kong doesn't have a significant "cool Autumn". Looping of hot and cool days. Even in early December, T-shirt and shorts are still commonly seen on streets.
Hong Kong evergreen, many of us like long distance traveling for red Autumn leaves. There are only a few red leaves sites here. If it is lucky to have a cool Autumn and cold early Winter, there will be a crowd of red leaves hunting.
Anyway, we still have and never miss many local traditional Autumn events.
Thank you Jubi again for the organizing and deciding the theme.
Outline 起稿
主題是秋天，第一樣想起的竟然是「蛇羹」。後面側是中學時的「秋季陸運會」。
The main object is Snake. Because the first thing I recalled is "Snake soup". And the background is Sport Day in my secondary school life.
俗語有云「秋風起 三蛇肥」，秋天到了，蛇要儲糧過冬，把自己儲得滿滿才冬眠。然後... 不走運的就給人吃掉了咯（笑）不像火鍋，我還是保留了只有秋冬才吃蛇羹的習慣，一來不時不食，二來也不便宜，不能像火鍋當一頓晚餐。蛇有點像雞肉，但煮湯後雞肉會變韌且乾，而蛇肉還是滑滑的（我覺得喇）。湯料有冬菇、花椒八角等，還真的有一點雞肉和豬肉。最重要是白菊花瓣、檸檬草和幾片薄脆！加一點點，菊花和檸檬香令濃濃的湯多一份清新，現在可以幻想一下蛇在草地的畫面了。至於薄脆，額，不知道，不加白不加，多一層口感... 吧，反正不另收費^^;
小時候，父親還會特地帶我去看劏蛇。劏蛇的好像都叫蛇王，拿來了蛇，表演一下弄蛇，再摸到膽的位置，小刀劃一下，手指一擠，膽就出來。浸酒喝。
There is an idiom here, When the Autumn starts to blow, snakes gain weight (my poor translation). Snakes store energy and prepare for hibernation and this is the best time to eat them. Unlike the Winter hotpot which is available through out the whole year now. I only eat snake soup in Autumn. Because of the timing also the price). Snake taste like chicken, but snake keeps soft and juicy after boiling (my personal feeling). Besides, I like adding chrysanths, lemon leaves and crunches as toppings. Imagining the picture of snake in garden :P
When I was small, my father brought me to snake soup shop and saw "snake killing performance" (er... poor name). The owners usually with the title of "King of Snake". They took out the snake from cage, showing it to the customers with some performance, then search for snake gallbladder. With a slight cut, the gallbladder comes out and put in Chinese wine for sale.
Coloring 上色
把蛇王和蛇想像成鬥獸場那樣。戰鬥要有觀眾，所以借用了以前陸運會的記憶。而蛇王踩著的，也是秋天很好玩的風箏啊！
Imagining the battle between Snake King and snake in Colosseum. The audiences are borrowed from old sport day memory. The flying kite is also an ordinary activity in Autumn.
背景的陸運會是中學的回憶。以前，身高令人誤會是運動健將，其實在運動會，我都是當觀眾和計分員的。一年有兩天陸運會，除了很喜歡運動的同學，大多都視這天為秋季發呆日。
有些同學會買零食雜誌，聊聊打打氣打發時間。不過學校規定每人都要參與比賽。所以多不願意，也得選一項，跑了跳了拋了輸了，回到坐位繼續悠閒的一天。我也只這其中的一份子。直至高中，參與了社幹事組，也得忙來忙去。
雖說陸運會，大家最期待的是第二天最後的啦啦隊表演賽。早在運動會幾個月前就要預備的項目。服裝、啦啦球、舞步等等，都要安排。不過女孩子就是喜歡這些漂亮可愛的東西和活動，所以小休都拿著啦啦球梳來梳去，幻想著自己是美劇那些高中大學啦啦女孩，不亦樂乎。
Because of the height, sometimes people thought I was good in sport. In fact, I usually took part in audience and stuff in sport day. Apart from students who are sport lovers, most of us just take it an unofficial day off. However, school wants all of us enjoy sport, so everyone need to join at least one. After the lose, return to seat and enjoy the snack and chat again, lol.
Entering the high school and became committee of house, I also need to "work" on sport day. The most interesting one was preparing and organizing the cheer up team. Girls like beautiful and lovely things, everyone were happy to make pom poms and uniforms, also designing the dance. Imagining the cheer up team scenes in American teenage dramas.
Background and fine tune 背景和修飾
蛇鱗需要多一點耐性，不過還好。畫上之後覺得太「浮」，所以整體再掃一層群青上去。前面輕煙是用上大量的水調出，但淺色了又沒有那種「擋住」的矇矓效果。偷步用上了最不常用的白色，現在覺得留白好像更好（汗）最後加上幾塊小小的白菊花瓣，好像預言了蛇的命運了。
The snake scale needed patience. After filled all, I thought it is still bright. So, I covered one more layer of ultramarine. The color of clouds on foreground are the base color with large among of water. Later, I wanted it look like fog and covered a layer of white. And now, I want it is totally blank, sigh, no return. Lastly, added a few mum petals, em... the ending of snake is predictable...
另外，中秋節也是秋天的代表之一，很多朋友都提過了。不過到近年才知道，中秋玩蠟燭好像是香港才有。這天簡直是合法玩火的日子，為何有這傳統呢？現在規管比以前多，不過也不阻小朋友對玩蠟燭的熱情和著迷。另外，今年仍以挑戰五仁月餅為目標。口味好奇怪的月餅 :( 好像有餅皮包裹的有肉鹹味果麥早餐...
Mid-Autumn Festival is the must! I just realized lighting and playing candles is a "Hong Kong only" activity. It is a day of "playing with fire", lol. But why does we have this tradition? The restrictions of playing in public is straighter than before, but it won't discourage children's passion towards the fire, lol. Besides, I am still challenging Chinese Ham Mooncake with Nuts, a weird taste to me. Like a breakfast cereal mix with ham and pastry.
Epilogue 後記
秋季還有很多有趣的活動，縱秋意不濃，唯用心意補上。秋天代表悲傷，也代表豐收，也代表是大伙兒BBQ的好時節呢！（TVB劇集常用結局，堪稱經典，萬用結尾）
就在發文此刻，享受兩小時的颯颯清風吧。
Even though the weather is not so Autumn, interesting activities create mood. Autumn means approaching the to end; it also means harvesting. Also a golden time for BBQ here!
At this moment, let's enjoy the limited ~2 hours cool morning here :)
