Ink Where the Story Breathes

Black-and-white drawings for newspapers and serialized fiction

Tung Pui-Sun’s illustrations are placed where text becomes its most concentrated—between paragraphs, beside dialogue, and along the margins of serialized chapters. In ink and line, they offer room to breathe within dense typesetting. A posture, a glance, or the arc of an arm opens a small space of clarity before readers continue onward. These images are not commentary from above the narrative, but companions that move quietly alongside it.

Created for newspapers and popular periodicals in Hong Kong, Tung’s drawings worked within fixed formats and demanding print conditions. His images appeared in the inner pages of 《香港日報》(Hong Kong Daily News), 《天天日報》(Tin Tin Daily News), 《工商日報》(Kung Sheung Daily News), 《東方日報》(Oriental Daily News), and other outlets, and were produced extensively for serialized fiction published by 環球出版社 (Global Publishing). In magazines such as 《姐妹雜誌》(Sister Magazine), 《清新周刊》(Fresh Weekly), 《愛情故事》(Love Story), and 《新電視》(New TV Magazine), his illustrations accompanied chapters, commentary, and cultural features, responding to the reading habits of a mass audience.

Within these environments, the white of the page becomes as active as the ink. Backgrounds are suggested rather than stated; motion is implied by the direction of the stroke rather than by shading or ornament. The drawings do not interrupt the story, nor do they repeat it. They mark its breathing points—moments of pause, tension, or quiet recognition—before the reader turns the next page.

呼吸就在筆墨間

報章連載插畫

董培新的插畫，生於文字最密集之處：段落之間，對白之側，連載章節的邊緣地帶。在密密麻麻的排版之中，一個姿態、一道眼神、一條手臂的弧線，為故事添上點綴，引領讀者在腦海中勾勒出畫面，令文字躍然紙上。這些畫並非凌駕於故事之上的詮釋，而是默默相伴、與故事同行的存在。

他的作品見於香港各大報章及大眾刊物，在固定版面與嚴苛印刷條件下完成。《香港日報》、《天天日報》、《工商日報》、《東方日報》等報章的內頁，均留有他的筆跡；環球出版社出版的連載小說，更大量採用其作品。《姐妹雜誌》、《清新周刊》、《愛情故事》、《新電視》等雜誌中，他的插畫伴隨章節、評論與文化專題，回應著當時大眾的閱讀習慣與日常節奏。

在這片印刷世界裡，紙白與墨黑同樣有其份量。背景點到即止，動感藏於筆觸的方向之中，無需陰影，無需裝飾。這些畫不打斷故事，也不重複故事，它們只是輕輕標記出故事的呼吸點——那些緊張、停頓、或悄然共鳴的瞬間——讓讀者在翻頁之前，有所感受。