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Published: 2007-01-03 04:36:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 5615; Favourites: 145; Downloads: 109
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Description First drawing submitted in 2007 - wow.
Happy new year everyone. We're one step closer to another ice age.

I've used as less stock photos as possible for textures and such in this one (only 2 small ones) because I wanted to practice drawing textures myself and because my girlfriend calls it cheating. Turned out ok in my opinion... scratched metal and jeans textures: check.
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Comments: 48

RabidIga [2010-03-14 14:10:02 +0000 UTC]

I love your faces, each one is unique

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lyndonhamer [2009-10-21 12:36:40 +0000 UTC]

insane dude, just awesome.

i'm from the UK; went to Sheridan college just outside of TO last year to do a 4 year fine art animation degree, but fucked up when i got too into drugs. Back in the UK now working in an office and your gallery is keeping my spirits high during this most dull of days. thanks for sharing your gift!

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dadarulz In reply to lyndonhamer [2009-10-22 14:18:55 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry to hear about that, mate. I hope you're not completely through with art, unless that's what's best for you. Glad I can help a bit though

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Almairis [2009-04-08 06:30:20 +0000 UTC]

i really love your style

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jero1 [2009-02-05 21:35:02 +0000 UTC]

the black lady really makes it out-stand, totally amazing

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StJulia [2008-05-08 08:58:19 +0000 UTC]

great work! characters are amazing great idea

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tpb001 [2007-07-28 13:31:54 +0000 UTC]

I really like this one! All the details! Great!

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DJ-Glass [2007-07-18 11:16:59 +0000 UTC]

85 favorites and no comments! insane. I love the details in the girl's converse, and her arm warmers are so cute. This is a weird thing to say, but I'm very impressed with how different everyone's noses are. The blonde girl's nose is very cute, and her eyes are slightly crossed. The guy with headphones is so awesome, his stance is wonderful, his headphones are way cool, the glow from his ipod and the shadow from his hat are great details. Overall, a wonderful wonderful image.

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dadarulz In reply to DJ-Glass [2007-07-18 12:51:55 +0000 UTC]

thank you for your analysis and kind comment, very much appreciated

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Roben213 [2007-03-28 12:28:45 +0000 UTC]

Wé mon poto, c'est bien terrible ton taff... j'ai regardé toute la galerie, c'est du grand! Mais ma préférence va à définitivement à celui-ci, comme l'ont dit les autres, tout y est, couleur, etc... et pour l'ambiance, je connais pas NYC, mais je suis sûr que tous les métros se ressemblent! Good job!

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dadarulz In reply to Roben213 [2007-03-28 23:07:28 +0000 UTC]

merci d'avoir pris le temps!

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Roben213 In reply to dadarulz [2007-03-29 09:07:42 +0000 UTC]

le temps n'est pas forcément un problème, surtout quand on y prend du plaisir!

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CapnFlynn [2007-03-08 17:58:37 +0000 UTC]

Really nice stuff--great job on the lighting and the texturing!

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phielosophie [2007-02-06 21:07:59 +0000 UTC]

C'est mon préféré Bro!

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valeriebastille [2007-02-06 15:57:23 +0000 UTC]

tes persos sont vraiment bien : ) j'aime beaucoup les visages, surtt les nez, bravo ^^

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TheArtrix [2007-01-17 22:11:30 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome, both artistically as technically. The shading and lighting is right on, and it accurately portrays people as they commute to their destination.

Although I do agree that the floor is somewhat off, not quite what you'd expect to see in subway carts.

This is definitely going into my favs. Well done!

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Dak-o-Dak [2007-01-11 00:04:26 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Franchement bravo... lumière, couleurs, textures tout y est!

De plus j'aime beaucoup l'ambiance de la scène parce qu'elle ressemble beaucoup à ce qu'on peut voir dans le métro.

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Hen-Hen [2007-01-10 03:05:37 +0000 UTC]

great characters

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SentientShadoe [2007-01-06 21:46:23 +0000 UTC]

Well, if Hannibal Lecter were to have a peek at your art, he'd say something like, "May I pluck your eyes and feast upon them? I'd like a taste of what you see ...!" Too, I'd love to spend a day filtering the world thru your eyes.

Your powers of observation are incredible and I am always in awe by your attention to detail. It borders on the obsessive; I like that. It shows your passion.

Q. Do you rely on your innate understanding of the behavior of light and shadow to get it accurate, or do you use something like Lightwave or 3ds Max?

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dadarulz In reply to SentientShadoe [2007-01-06 22:23:37 +0000 UTC]

Constant observation of the world around me and of other artists' techniques my friend. Plus I once had a job in illustration where I would produce drawings based on photographs. It practiced my observation and helped me learn a lot on the way shadows behave on skin and fabrics.
Thanks for commenting

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SentientShadoe In reply to dadarulz [2007-01-06 22:28:58 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome, and thanks for answering my question! As I suspected, it's your gut instinct that makes your art so appealing. Awesome.

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VortexMax [2007-01-05 06:30:45 +0000 UTC]

THUMBS UP DUDE!
Ma blonde te fait dire qu'elle l'adore aussi

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yamiza [2007-01-05 01:21:43 +0000 UTC]

la fille est TROP cute la. elle du milieu! c'est comme. wow, cute .

ouaip.

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djinn-world [2007-01-04 15:21:41 +0000 UTC]

HAAAAAAAAAAA THOMAS Y TRICHE!!!!!.......sibole je m,étais même pas rendue compte que t'avais fait tes propres texture, juste pour te dire comment ça bien sorti.................yont tous l'air triste..........cé tous des emo!........tu dis qu'on s'en va dans une ère glacière...........pourquoi alors ya pas de glace dehors alos qu'on n,est au mois de janvier!!!.............LOL Ben moi je trouve que le gars qui lit son journal est HOT faque+++++fav!!!

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RudyRed [2007-01-04 06:37:00 +0000 UTC]

I find it interesting how everyone is crowded together at one end, save for the seated, sad-looking woman. It makes me wonder why she is so morose, and why she is seperated from everyone else in the picture.

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dadarulz In reply to RudyRed [2007-01-04 13:36:49 +0000 UTC]

Apparently I am yet another creator who unconsciously puts a black character aside from the others. I didn't see that. Thanks for pointing that out, but she's just sleeping you know

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RudyRed In reply to dadarulz [2007-01-04 22:11:39 +0000 UTC]

And apparently I am a viewer who unconsciously reads waay too much into a piece of art. D'oh!

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artstroke [2007-01-04 04:00:51 +0000 UTC]

Tellement trop bad ta coloration encore une fois. J'admire vraiment ton talent.

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MathieuBeaulieu [2007-01-04 02:34:42 +0000 UTC]

ché pas si jte l'avais dit dans ton scrap, mais le pied gauche de la fille me chicotte à cause quyé pas dans bonne perspective (sauuf si son talon touche pas par-terre).

Mais OSTIE QUE TU ME FAIT CAPOTER aik tes textures pis le shading pis l'éclairage!!
La femme noire est trop bin faite ... en-fait tout les perso sont écoeurants!!

ah! et une dernierre remarque personnelle: des humain on raresment les yeux bleu-flash ... tes trois personnes de race blanche ont les yeux bleux (coincidence ptete) mais le bleu des 2 gars yé trop bleu selon moi (Celui dla fille cé crédible) ..................... et le nombril dla fille blanche est pas nécessaire je crois (au travers du linge)

té bo Thom!

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dadarulz In reply to MathieuBeaulieu [2007-01-04 04:29:29 +0000 UTC]

la fille a les yeux verts merci de ta critique mon mat

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thomas-darktrack [2007-01-03 23:07:47 +0000 UTC]

génial, tout simplement !

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Dadward [2007-01-03 22:56:28 +0000 UTC]

That's really good. I used to live in NYC and that's exactly how it feels to ride the subway.

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esserawks [2007-01-03 22:55:42 +0000 UTC]

Whoa nice...

j'aime bien le fait que t'a fait tes propres textures. J'ai rien contre le monde qui les utilise mais quand meme , C juste + impressionnant de voir que tu les a fais.

La dame en premiere plan est tellement bien fait...c vraiment ma preferee. T'as porter bcp d'attention au detail et aux accessoires ... ca donne des personnages plus interessants.

En2, la seule critique que j'ai a te faire c que le plancher a l'air un peu mou ... mais bof, c saute pas aux yeux ..

Bonne annee!

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dadarulz In reply to esserawks [2007-01-04 00:11:00 +0000 UTC]

Yaaay people do notice!
J'comptais justement pratiquer mes designs avec ce dessin, je suis généralement un pietre "styliste" de personnage
Et ouais... le plancher ressemble à un mur de chambre d'asile hehe my bad
Merci beaucoup du commentaire

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melies [2007-01-03 19:58:49 +0000 UTC]

Moi pour les couleurs différentes ca me dérange pas pentoute, ca serte un wagon de metro la, ya personne ki se dit : jrentrerai pas dans s'wagon la pass ke mon rose vanuire a la palette verte des gens a l'intérieur!

En bref, jaime bien, c'est sur que je préfère quand ta ligne d'origine est cleaner, pass ke ta une sal de ligne mon cochon! mais bon, jcomprend ke ca te tente peu etre pas tout le temps. J'aime bien la fille du milieu, sa peau , son chadail, ses jeans et souliers, tout est bien shader, félicitation. cé d'ailleur elle qui ressort le plus du dessin, et pour une fois, j'ai pas de commentaire a dire su les seins, sont parfait dmeme.

En bref, TÉ BO

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krazedkazoo [2007-01-03 18:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Very awesome textures.

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hide-chan [2007-01-03 18:05:30 +0000 UTC]

It has such great emotion, one couldn't help but be impressed.

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MisSYosHi [2007-01-03 17:41:43 +0000 UTC]

C vraiment beau j'adore!
La fille debout est trop belle puis le gars avec les ecouteurs aussi!
Je trouve les yeux bleus pê un peu trop intense mais on sen fout pcq le reste est vraiment fort!
Super travail de texture!
Pis la madame noire elle a vraiment la morphologie, très réussi!
Ouais t'es une bête!
Quel homme!

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feawen [2007-01-03 16:05:23 +0000 UTC]

Yay c nice! J'aime la fille debout en particulier.

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boum [2007-01-03 15:50:49 +0000 UTC]

Wow, impressionant. Le metal fonctionne vraiment bien. Choix colo ca aurait pu etre plus balance, la je trouve qu'il y a trop de couleurs differentes, mais c'est pas grand-chose. Vraiment superbe, fav.

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dadarulz In reply to boum [2007-01-04 00:07:37 +0000 UTC]

J'ai pensé mettre un colorcard au debut pour unifier les couleurs mais j'aime que ca soit éclaté et un tantinet dissonnant - ca supporte bien le concept des différents styles/personnalités à mon humble avis.

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fbarok [2007-01-03 15:22:41 +0000 UTC]

Great stuff! I love the things you do!

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greendice [2007-01-03 15:06:12 +0000 UTC]

Really... REALLY nice my friend!

Damned the texturing is really great. The only one i'm not too sure about ... it's the floor. It looks more like padded leather then.

I like that everything is not "clean" ... slightly crooked. Gives it more life. Love the reflections.

How much time did it take you ?

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dadarulz In reply to greendice [2007-01-04 00:06:16 +0000 UTC]

I agree with the floor, I just liked the look of it
Couldn't tell exactly how many hours I've spent on it though, it was a few hours each day, for about 4 days.
Thank you for your comment

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SunSunich [2007-01-03 13:41:29 +0000 UTC]

gosh, that makes a great start for 2007. you got just the right topic of people travelling each day in metro. they all stand next to each other but it looks as if they're alone there, each of them. great knowledge of people types.
rich colours make me want to stare at this pic endlessly.

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dadarulz In reply to SunSunich [2007-01-04 00:00:59 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much

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aKERs0ne [2007-01-03 08:36:24 +0000 UTC]

i likey
very good job

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yadelajoie [2007-01-03 06:37:03 +0000 UTC]

c'est vraiment joli! l'ambiance est super réussi, j'adore le résultat!

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