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Published: 2007-05-07 01:10:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1510; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 23
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...forgotten how much I enjoyed doing crowd scenes...I've always loved the atmosphere just before an event... anyone who's stood around in the pits or in the marshaling area for a motorsport event knows what I'm talking about: the buzz of activity as people make last minute preparations on cars, try and calm nerves etc, brilliant. So after re-reading "The Edge of Reason" in EVO I had to do a pit scene.
So here's Team GTV6 (figured the '6 was probably more suited to endurance racing than Alfetta-chan's 4-pot) at the ADAC 24 hour Nurburgring... a massive course that takes in both the GP circuit and the Nordschleife, over 15 miles of track and 220 cars on the grid... so which of our four drivers wants to go barreling into turn one with that mob?
Seeing as I was drawing racing Alfas it was only appropriate that I threw KP in there as well with the famous (infamous?) Alfa-bike.
Been working on it on and off for the last week or so. Yes, I completely screwed the garages... unfortunately when I was drawing them I had left my reference picture at home... bugger, so I had to do them from memory.
Anyways, crit, comment and chocolate always appreciated.
Wraith 11
Tessa is (c) Shouji Gatou - Hence fanart
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Pretty much 
Ugh, pimping old Alfas is just wrong... rust can be dealt with, has to be really. I mean: just about every Alfa of a certain age seems to acquire it 
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Its no small wonder you enjoy drawing crowds so much, cause you do such a good job of it! Very cool!
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Holy crap... it's alive
Cheers mate. Crowds are great, 'cause once you're past the first few people they're fairly low effort
WES
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I had this huge almighty comment on how great this image is and then my browser decided it would be awesome to close unexpectedly!
So anyway!
Good stuff mate, I like the use of the golden rule with this image
Also good stuff on making this image so alive with movement, it really looks like it is right out of the pits. Keep it up mate.
-Shin
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Golden rule... uhhh ...girls in short skirts are awesome?
Browsers can be a bitch at times. For some reason Firefox just doesn't want to open from time to time. Beats me why
Cheers mate.
WES
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See, now this is one of the things I've missed much.
Damn awesome work, Wes. Are you reading a magazine there? I like the beard on that one fella.
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Magazine or some sort of notes yeah
Cheers mate, and for the fav too 
WES
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Hey, no worries. Nice work deserves it.
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You guys have onehellavalotofeyefordetail.....After reading your comment it took me ten minutes to find the trident
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Haha! You gotta have an eye for it to appreciate Wes' work fully. He's a pro, no doubt about it.
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When most of your conversations are returned in monosylabic teenage answers..........ie:
yep
uh huh
yergetusedtonotlookingforhiddendetail.........
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Bah! Tell him he's 20 now. Time to enunciate and expound.
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20years old...........that means he has polished the monosylabic to the highest form.........AND......... he's had 7 years to forget everything he ever knew.
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Hahaha! I've been lucky, so far. The oldest is 15 now, and the kid is just nine kinds of awesome. She's no trouble at all, smart as can be, lots of help around the house, etc. Only drawback with her is a sarcastic streak, which she can't help since it runs rampant in this family.
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oh my god it's been so long...but..
Tim: Hey Mike how's it going?
Mike: All's well, got my baby supped up and ready to win this race!! WOOOOYEAH
Tim: That's great well got some things to be getting on with catch you later
Mike: WIN THE RACE HEHEHEHEHE
...
Tim: Man after the accident he's never been the same, poor guy thinks his BMX is a car
Mandy: I know he told me before if he wins he'll let me ride on the dashboard home
Tim: Oh how the mighty have fallen
*Slides under His own car whats a converted Milk float*
Remember kids, don't crash your race cars. At high speed "things" might happen to your head!
great work mate, you are good at them crowd scenes
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Ah ha! captions are still alive and kicking
Cheers mate. Yeah, that's one of the great things about doing crowds: there's always something happening.
WES
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Oh wow. 
They look supurb!
Now if only you colored them. >:3
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Ha, cheers mate. I tend to find doing details easier than colour... hence why there's lots of them
Yeah, colours... been there, done that, got the T-shirt and proceeded to spill tomato sauce and beer all down the front of it 
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Yes... I'd say that coloring such a detailed picture like this would be VERY time consuming. 
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Hmm... maybe I'll give it a shot a bit further down the track... like "Uni holidays" further down the track
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woo for cibie woo for outward tilted cibies woo for shannons sponsorship
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Hells yeah
I was wondering if someone would pick up on the sponsorship...
...notably "RPM"/Revolution Race Gear I believe is just down the road from you and I don't know if you can see it but it says "www.classicthrottleshop.com" across the front
WES
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nice also BtRL is seriously hard, then again i probably just need to spend some more time on flight sims, should probably also set up the throttle on my joystick properly, toasters have such a small firing profile its an absolute biatch to hit them
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Yes, that it is... definitely takes some getting used too. I've actually stopped bothering with the throttle during combat... just leave it at full and use the Glide Control and Afterburners
"See you in court..."
"Not if you stand sideways"
WES
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I love it! Great sense of movement in the lines, and I love the angle! Could use some contrast - like more black or heavier lines
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Cheers mate. Gotta love funny angles...
...plus it's such a great way to get more space where you need it
Heh, I actually did try amping up the contrast a bit more in photoshop... but some of the darker areas started to blend a bit too much together.
Well, that and it showed up all the mess where I hadn't rubbed out lines enough
WES
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that's what the 'Clone Stamp' tool is for, cover up the smudges and ghost lines, that's how I do it!
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That's f*cking damn nice drawing! (Sorry for my language)...
Awesome.. amazingly awesome!
Becomes 
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Cheers mate, 'specially for the fav.
I may not be a massive fan of German engineering, but you do have some great race-tracks
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uhm... I'm not a fan of racing cars in general but this is some very nice work.
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Tessa with her umbrella.. right?
Great job. I was checking out the crowd scene to see what you mean about it. I think I understand, but we'll see if I can actually accomplish it.
Chocolate now?? No more beer??
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Yes, yes it is...
...but she makes such a good Grid Girl
Give us a yell if you want a hand with it. The trick is to get the two or three main characters into the foreground... then the background doesn't need quite so much effort
No, no
WES
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That is true, Tessa makes a good Grid Girl (though I don't really know what that is. 
Oh I just designed a "cute" character, after my best friend. It's a lot tougher to to make a cute girl than an agressive girl, at least to me.
I'll definitely give you a yell once I start on a background with characters. I decided not to do the kiss picture with a crowd watching because I really wanted the kiss to be the only aspect to really look at. (I don't know if that makes sense or not)
No
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Grid Girl, Race Queen, Distraction Chick... it's all the same thing really. Basically a girl employed to stand around and look pretty. You see them around sponsors' stands and team stands... or out on the start-grid using the umbrellas to shade the drivers of open cars.
Yeah, that picture definitely worked better without a background. Some do some don't... it's just a case of when to use what
Yeah, no
WES
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Stand around and look pretty... what a job. I guess that means you're on your feet a long time, but still, what easier job can a person get than that? Yup, Tessa makes an excellent Grid Girl in that case.
Oh a wine hangover, I don't remember the only 2 I've had. Not the major headache of a vodka hangover and not the dizziness of a tequila hangover, so I don't think it's as bad. Those are the only three things that I've drunk enough to get a hangover though.
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Ohh yes, Tequila hangover trumps Wine hangover
Still I reckon wine still trumps spirits and beer... I think it's something to do with the chemical makeup of the drink. Then again, the only other wine hangover I've had was after "Goon-of-Fortune" night, and we just won't go there...
WES
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Hmmm, okay, what exactly is "spirits"? I thought that meant hard liquor or somthing but obviously I was wrong. Forgive my naivity, just seriously never heard the word in relation to drinks before.
Wine hangovers aren't so bad, but then again, I haven't been able to get as drunk on wine. And it just felt like a dream to me, like I really wasn't awake. Whew, too much wine can make a person seriously easy though. *groan*
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Yeah, "hard liquor" is what I meant... just that Tequila has attained a very special level of suffering that it can dole out to its abusers that is above and beyond it's brethren
Here's how you get really drunk on wine: play Goon-of-Fortune. Hang a gallon bag from a cask of wine from one arm of a Hills Hoist [link] , stand in a circle around it and spin it around. Whoever the cask stops in front of has to take the longest draw they can... continue till the cask is empty or no-one is left standing. Add more casks for more people. Dangerous game.
WES
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oh, okay, so I wasn't totally off then. Yes, tequila is I think the worst of the hangovers I've ever experienced.. except once I had about 6 straight shots of vodka (I don't think vodka should ever be drunk that way though) and woke up with the most massive headache I've ever had. Thank goodness my friend was there waiting with aspirin and water. After the headache went away it wasn't so bad though.
Hahaha! 
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Missed it the first time... extra
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Well... I needed 4 drivers, so if you can guess why there's an Australian flag and a Japanese up there I'll buy the next round
WES
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It's 'cause those are the only countries that have eX-Drivers
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Awesome as always! but plus points for having the "race-queen" Tessa
You know going out on the Ring is every gearheads dream 
Cheers mate!
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Hmm... looks kinda... wet right now
Cheers
WES
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"Yep... typical Wes brilliance..."
I think sums it up rather well
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Haha! I dun know about "typical" mate
Sorry I didn't manage to make the other night. Work kinda messed up my plans as to when Uni work was going to need doing.
WES
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I do
Heh... yeah... I'm kinda...
30% essay for one course due Friday...
yeah.
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