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2000-ish illo for ICON motorcycle helmet, pt.2
🕑 Added 2019-05-09 16:00:04 +0000 UTCIn a follow-up to an earlier post featuring an illo that Ryan Kinnaird and I did for an ICON motorcycle helmet, here's another image we created for the same campaign. This time I drew a vaguely Chun Li-ish "kung fu girl," complete with oh-so-classy panty shot and more than a touch of the oft-mentioned "Mysteriously Intermittent Post-Millennial Torso Glitch," a wasp-waisted bit of stylization that rampaged unchecked through my work circa the mid-2000s. (The image boasts many, many other flaws, but I'll cut 2006-ish Me some slack; hey, at least I got paid for the piece, which was a distinct rarity during those painfully lean years.)
Here's the original rough:
This time, I did find a pic of the actual helmet, which changed the artwork a fair bit (and added stripes to the undies, a classic anime "pantsu" riff):
In fact, the helmet appears to still be available for order, amusingly enough. (Not that I get any money from the sales, so I'm certainly not recommending that you buy one.) Ryan and I are uncredited for the image, but TBH I wouldn't really want to be, as the illo hails from a deeply troubled time for my art style.
Comments
Adam Warren
Nope! But some commercial-art jobs do involve severe tinkering, so it's best not to get too emotionally invested in the process. (Comics work would be a different story, though.)
Tekkaman-James
Their re-color is...bad. The color combination is horrible and they removed the dragon! Did you or Ryan know about these alterations?
Tekkaman-James
Oh! Nice! From the link you shared, I also found the other helmet from the previous post: <a href="https://www.bikebandit.com/riding-gear-and-accessories/helmets-headwear/motorcycle-helmets/icon-alliance-gt-dc18-glory-limited-edition-helmet/p/61542?rrec=true" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.bikebandit.com/riding-gear-and-accessories/helmets-headwear/motorcycle-helmets/icon-alliance-gt-dc18-glory-limited-edition-helmet/p/61542?rrec=true</a>
