After his car was totaled in the race against the Downtown gang boss (see Knockout, it's in the back, center right), he was out of any way to continue his crusade to shut down Túl's illegal street racing racket. However, the horse who got him out of downtown, Diji, had an idea; "I've got family out in the sticks, who, if I remember correctly, should have an old War-era Ute out there that hasn't seen pavement in over a decade." Ax'L's hesitant, he's never been much of a mechanic, Anne had helped him keep his old car running while he worked to clear the streets of downtown. "Ran when parked!" he uttered with a wink.
The car was a wreck; sun-bleached, flat tires, chewed through brake lines, bone dry radiator, the cabin was a nest to the local rodent population, but with some muscle she turned over, and with some fresh fenrite and a bit of "go-juice" she managed to bark off at Diji, damn near burning his eyebrows off. By the end of the day, Ax'L had found a new set of wheels to combat the Inner City gang. She's unconventional, she's old, but she's a runner, and still has some life left in her.
Was excited to finally draw Diji in one of these pieces and keep the story going! This was also a piece very roughly blocked out in blender, after a bunch of toying around with the camera and focal length to really push the perspective. Also I wanted to do go for more yellows and optimistic colors, since that's the color I feel best associates with his character. Diji is a former member of the Downtown gang that helped Ax'L escape after the events of "Knockout" as a thank you for essentially freeing him from a very shitty boss. He's absolutely going to make more appearances as the story goes along, and I can't wait to show more of it!
As always, thank you to everyone, whether you read the description or not, for checking out my artwork! Storytelling is something I've always sucked at but always wanted to try to do more, and this is my latest venture! Hopefully I'll have a proper name for the whole thing in the future!
Vehicles pictured/heavily referenced:
1976 Chevrolet El Camino
1973 small riding lawnmower
