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Published: 2007-09-30 11:16:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 2264; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 42
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- Wacom graphics tablet... God knows how much- PSCS2... bought on a student discount.
- A year and a half to practice... 20% of University marks
- Getting halfway into a contest submission and realizing that it was all for nought 'cause you've got the PhotoShop ability of a concussed hamster... PRICELESS.
My entry into "Dress up Mikuru" contest.
I've been wanting to do something 70's with Haruhi for awhile now, so it wasn't too hard to drop Asahina into an approximation of a period British WPC's uniform and switch around the original thumbnail ideas so that Kyon and Yuki were in the background rather than the foreground. Plus it's been ages since I entered a club contest
I'm still finding my feet with PhotoShop, so not 100% happy with how it turned out... but I have now worked out what the smudge tool is for
Title is a reference to The Who and the song that's been running on repeat for the last week
Crits, Comments and Chocolate (laced with whiskey) always welcome.
Wraith 11
EDIT: Hmm, checked this out on the uni computers. On my flatscreen CRT it looks nicely dirty, rundown and industrial. In the brighter LCD it just looked... odd O_o
Mikuru Asahina, Yuki Nagato and Kyon (c) Kyoto Animation and whatever...
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...well it could probably hit 88mph
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GREAT ARTWORK!!! I like the car (Ford Consul GT / Granada MK1) Thats the same car exactly featured in "The Sweeney" a 1970s ITV police drama series, the car registration is: NHK 295M [link]
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Finally! Someone gets the refrence! Cheers mate.
Had a quick flick through your gallery as well, I approve of your taste in cars
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I love the car, 70s cars is very cool, really nice
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Cheers mate, the 70s was a very cool era for motoring. From memory the car is a Ford Consul GT, based on the car used in the British TV series "The Sweeny".
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yup I agree with you cars in the 70s were cool, especially Plymouth
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Cheers mate... it's probably the bit that ate the most time out of all of it
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Definately worth it.
I always appreciate it when an artist puts in the time in the technical and mechanical elements of a picture, and doesn't fudge anything. I might be the only one who notices it, but it makes a huge difference to me.
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Oh dude that is soo cool, 'specialy since i'm watching my new Life on Mars DVDs!
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Gotta love Life on Mars
Cheers mate, 'specially for the fav.
WES
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omg, i just noticed the hitchhikers guide reference.
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Very nice mate! Points for Mikuru! She looks HAWT! You totally hit the whole British 70's looks with this one! Good stuff!
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Cheers mate, 'specially for the fav
Gotta love the 70's.
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No worries!
Yeah! The 70's ruled (according to my father). I think I was born i nthe wrong era!
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You know, I get told the same thing
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Great song. Is that Motoko Kusinagi (sp?) on the far right?
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No, but I had that thought too while I was drawing it
It's Yuki Nagato from Melancholy... almost as cool as the Major as well
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I dunno what to say except that this pic is absolutely amazing and I'm so jealous of how you can draw backgrounds and cars like that. SIIIIIIIIIK pic!!!!!!
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Cheers mate. The background this time 'round was just a case of hit and miss
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I like the license plate XD
Excellent work! I think your digital skills are really improving here!
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Seen "The Sweeney" huh?
Cheers mate.
WES
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Moving up in the world eh... you now want chocolate laced with whiskey
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You'd have to draw me something pretty killer for me to go that far
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Nice one! The car and backdrop were rendered particularly well I think. Haha Yuki looks so bad-ass.
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Cheers mate, well the car was probably the bit that ate the most time
She actually looked a little harder in the concept sketch I did, not much, but a little
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Cortina? That reminds me of my moms old Mk.IV minus the Foglamp... love the little reflection in the bumper... very cool
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...you can't see them very well but there's also little upside-down ones in the headlight reflectors too
Consul GT actually, it's what you bought if a Cortina didn't have enough power. I think it instead ran the 3L V6 from the Capri... I think. I'd never even heard of it till I watched The Sweeney
Cheers mate.
WES
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For an early photoshop attempt, this is pretty good. I like how you rendered the characters (SEVENTYS!!1!) and the background? Effen good, mate. :
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Woo, beer!
Gotta love the 70's..
Cheers mate.
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Cool perspective, love the tilted angle of the scene.
I love the overall atmosphere of the picture, being used to your pencils, that your take on Photoshop is well done. It adds depth to the pic... Kudos.
Yes, it looks decidedly British, dark background, industrial decay and all...
Again, its a COOL pic.
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Thanks mate. Industrial decay room huh? Nice, mine looks more like a peat bog: layers of tree derived material gently composting and compressing under pressure
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huh. looks like the BBC series 'Life on Mars' ... at first i thought it was but guess not. you might not even have heard of 'life on mars' coz BBC is a british channel...
i dunno have you?
anyways,great job btw. looks good. and i dont think you have the Photoshop ability of a concussed hamster. then again, i have NO idea. ive never even been on Photoshop.
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Have to add, background is good, but i dont think too many places look THAT British in britain. ... that didnt really make sense did it?
i think mostly the middle of cities look kinda like that. i dunno the only city i really go to most is Manchester so...
okay im shutting up. tell you what, just never listen to anything i say okay?
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To answer both questions at once: the background was actually based on what I can remember of the time travel sequence in "Life on Mars"
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ahh okay. i watched the whole series on BBC1 with my dad. Loved it it's ace. but the ending's a bit strange...
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I saw a boxset in Dymocks a few weeks ago, but that was in Sydney. But if I remember, it should be at an ABC shop.
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I know JB had it a few weeks ago, but I was poor then (well, poor-er
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Sure thing, and glad I could be of any help.
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Awesome perspective as always, mate. I'm envious of how you get those groovy background borders in focus too. Gives the art that certain edge that's rare among many other artists. The car and the background really comes together well, although there's something about the main building that makes it look like it was made out of chocolate.
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Cheers mate...
...mmmm, chocolate building *drool*
Might be the lack of detail in it, who knows. Yeah, I was trying a few different things bits and pieces on this (including trying that metalwork tutorial you gave me awhile back)... needless to say not all of them came out as planned
WES
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Ah, but is it a standard milk chocolate building, or a rich chocolate building with laced whiskey? Probably sounds more reasonable for that era anyway.
Glad if that short tutorial is helping, btw.
One thing that could definitely help here is using brush textures. It's cheap, but simple, as they prove really helpful when it comes to adding more realism to certain things, like walls and cloth fabrics. I haven't really seen much use for them though for shiny surfaces, like cars. What you've done for the vehicle here looks great enough as it is.
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well seeing as i have even less photoshop tallent than you (lets say concused retarded hamster on crack), all i have to say is YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! BAM BADUM BWaaaaaaM!
Man I love that song its the song that i have assigned most of my likely hearing damage to. find every volume control you can find and turn it up to 100% and then a little bit more just for good measure. favourite who song ever!
also I guess you're still craving life on mars too.
hmm can i borrow melencholy off you at some point.
final nots this picture is bitchin (now its finally loaded in full view, damn you optus 
I'll try and find you some chocolate with whiskey in it
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It is a horribly easy song to give yourself hearing damage with... and possibly arm damage when you slam the desk playing air-guitar
Kyon should really take that... it's probably the best advice he's going to get all day.
Shall bring it 'round next time.
WES
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I think who songs should come with a warning "windmill air guitar is dangerous to both the practicer and others please exercise caution in its use"
"it succeed's over the older and slighlty pedestrian text in two important ways it is slightly cheaper and has the words DON'T PANIC in Friendly letters on the front cover" love that quote.
shiny
This very disjointed reply brought to you by the makers of spleen
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i actually find that i can get nicer, quicker, and more complicated-looking blends by using a semi-transparant brush set to linear burn, and being careful with it...i used to smudge all the time, but when you want to smudge a lot, it can lag horribly especially over large areas...
that said-this looks pretty fantastic...'specially that car...dang but that looks good...and the building too...
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