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[littleveltyoung]

Robert Valley seems to prefer design with pouty lips, slightly round faces, and straight hair.

PS:

[artstationable]

cao xiaojv

comic Game art

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[vocaloidcurated]

Song title: Happy End

Producer: Balabala

Vocaloid: Hatsune Miku

Mood: laidback, listless, dreamy

Why you should listen: reality makes you lose your mind but in, like, the chillest way possible. PV definitely deserves more love.

[littleveltyoung]

The meme shared from a friend, whom I've only recently met in "the Legend of Korra" fandom. We talked about some things and then they shared this meme with me. I added Mike and Beck; I'm not sure if the English explanation is clear. lmao

original meme

Sleep Deprived Thoughts

[littleveltyoung]

"Light In The Cave"

commission I bought

This is my four time commissioning this artist, 1st, 2nd, 3rd(not MC related)

Last year I commissioned one about Mike and hourglass. But not because of those songs. This year, I chose a different interpretation for the hourglass. XD

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💬 0  🔁 6  ❤️ 36 · I have a commissioned art that happened to be completed by the artist today Today is the 13th anniversary of Motorcity! T

Last time I used the post to share these songs: Why did you become the savior?

ramblings

No matter the angle, the black stripes on Mike's car are always perpendicular to line of sight—that's his unchanging purity.

I think everyone is familiar with interpreting clothing details, but I'll mention something that might have gone unnoticed. It's my interpretation of colors from the perspective of the plot.

From a fan fiction perspective, I also have a different interpretation. I believe all the Burners cars were designed by Dutch (although the story background differs from the original; I'm omitting the part where Dutch got inspiration from Mike, which is a different story altogether, lol). Mike, in the sketches and even later on the hologram screen, would rotate the car Dutch designed for him to observe it from different angles. He was completely absorbed until Chuck, sitting next to him, stopped him. Only then did Mike seriously offer his suggestions for adjusting any details on the cars. Dutch praised him for knowing so many details, while Mike praised Chuck for helping him start the engines of many cars, making it easier for him to test various vehicles and bring them back to headquarters. Julie then asked where all those cars went. Texas explained that he melted down many cars (I'm not a car mechanic, but melting down or scrapping cars can yield refined metals, achieving resource reuse).

Working with the artist was a pleasure; they's perfect for drawing my stream-of-consciousness thoughts. I couldn't help but want to commission them, again

They listened completely to my needs, including my interpretation of color from Mike and his car, and their handling of color was simply amazing.

Many of these requests involved my detailed explanations, such as the general composition I drew for them, the selection of objects (and the purpose behind those selections), etc. they simply refined the compositions I provided, using their own subjective handling of color, and leveraging their excellent fundamental skills in anthropology to transform my requests into an artistically refined drawing. In fact, their sample commission art didn't resemble the content of my requests; their open slots were even limited to drawing chibi figures.

I didn't ask the artist to make any overall changes at all after they give me the drafts! They even provided me with different drawing drafts to choose from composition , giving me unexpected surprises. They hadn't even watched MC. Their interpretation is different from mine, but I love it very much!

Although in my numerous collaborations with this artist, they provided at most two different draft compositions in just one project.

In "birdcage" commission, they knew to read my character analysis of Mike, but I felt the analysis was too long and would increase the artist's drawing time. Therefore, I didn't provide that post as part of my requirements. However, because of their project with my friend (My friend initially commissioned this artist to draw Jukebox. Details of my friend's first time commissioning this artist: →), who gave they that analysis, they read it again because of my request to "draw the outline of Mike's clothes as the outline of flames," and thus drew a different visual effect.

I explained the principle behind the visual effect using food as an example: when cool and warm light shines on food, food under warm light is more appetizing. This is the perception brought about by vision.

This artist is particularly skilled at handling visual content.

For "RC" commission, I described a duet dance and provided relevant references. The artist still drew a fantastic result.

For "hourglass" commission, they modified the composition I provided because my drawing was terrible lol. We discussed the changes to the pose of part two art. I liked they revised explanation, so I didn't ask the artist to revise the draft.

Regarding the colored illustrations for this project:

Mike's clothes change color due to the glass piercing and contact with air outside the hourglass—this represents a shift in the character's identity. I explained the identity shift and the interpretation of the color: The color scheme of the character's clothing seems to have a sense of balance, or rather, a relative contrast. Comparing the clothing of his two identities, the blue military uniform with white vertical stripes, and the reversed color and direction—the black jacket with orange horizontal stripes—suggests Mike's life in two cities and his changing identity. However, the character designers retained the orange vertical decorative stripes, just as Mike's car still retains the decorative stripes.

Additionally, I noted an explanation about the car's color: Green is interpreted as the color of new beginnings and the initial stages of life. In some Eastern films and television works, green is often associated with wind and the shape/color of wind, which also represents freedom. This aligns with the character's spirit of freedom, so it also represents green in the team's representative colors for Mike.

This artist also used the color palette I showed them with screenshots of Cadet Mike! Their color treatment in both drawings is based on a unified green, and the choice of hues, both inside and outside, is harmonious.

The artist was exceptionally talented, completely compliant with the client's needs, and had complete creative freedom. As the client, I also provided him with ample detail, which prevented any communication difficulties. This made the collaboration much smoother for both of us.

I've praised the artist extensively, but much of it concerns the interpretation and application of their illustrations, which I've already discussed quite a bit earlier, lol.

If anyone has read this far, thank you, and I look forward to your own different interpretations.

[littleveltyoung]

(YOU/Dys)topia

Where love is law Where there's love and understanding

commission I bought

This is my second time commissioning this artist, hehehe. The first time was related to MC, the third time isn't.

Two songs that inspired me somehow originally.

I've discussed the ideas behind these art with some friends, but since I'm not good at drawing, I'd rather find someone else to help me, hehe.

Speaking of mullet hairstyles and flames, I mention Lewis from Mystery Skulls in here. lol

These are the related crossover I discovered.

Imagine:

Showing something (of Mike Chilton):

1. Mullet hairstyle with two cowlick on top (also known as antenna hair)

2. Skull object

3. With a puppy friend

4. Can drive

5. Abilities or skills related to fire

That is—Lewis Pepper! (The scene turns to him)

Lewis: ? (Pointing to himself)

Mike just smiles beside Lewis

ramblings

Mainly, I look up words from songs that I haven heard for inspiration or ideas for my drawings (more like stream-of-consciousness content?), making it easier to find key references in my file categorization or memos.

I don't have a good method for organizing my thoughts; it's actually a rather mysterious way of processing them. I'm Chinese, but I still use English titles when I write fanfiction in Chinese. lol

This makes me feel that foreign languages ​​often don't mean things precisely to me because I'm not familiar with them. Then I start to think about related meanings. (well, it's fake, lol)

However, songs do indeed give me a lot of inspiration because I will "misunderstand" them (I listen to almost all songs in languages ​​other than my native language, such as English.); I don't even know the background of their creation, but I like thier sentiment. But this is completely harmless; it's a coincidental way of gaining inspiration. (。-ω-)zzz

[littleveltyoung]

commission my friend bought

My friend is the root of all evil, causing me to repeatedly collaborate with that artist. lmao Over the past 10 days, I have commissioned several works from an artist, all thanks to my friend!

My commission are as follows:

Never enough: Mike and Evil Cadet Mike https://www.tumblr.com/littleveltyoung/817643482022887424/medicine-devil-in-my-head?source=share

(YOU/Dys)topia: Birdcage https://www.tumblr.com/littleveltyoung/817779609022218240/youdystopia?source=share

Light in the cage: Hourglass https://www.tumblr.com/littleveltyoung/818411249052286976/post-by-littleveltyoung-4-images?source=share

To plant a seed: Snow https://www.tumblr.com/littleveltyoung/818411253299118080/to-plant-a-seed-commission-i-bought-we-came?source=share

Not MC related one https://www.tumblr.com/littleveltyoung/817776522806067200/commission-i-bought-im-glad-i-still-remember-a?source=share

My friend initially commissioned this artist to draw Jukebox (I can't believe my friend seems unable to explain the interaction patterns between the two characters in Jukebox [?]. They said they sent my character analysis post about Mike before they sent some descriptions of Jukebox plots and personalities to that artist. I was like: Huh? WHAT? ), and I thought the art style and quality were great, so I also went and bought the commission!

The artist's slot was for Chibi-style characters, but our MC characters are from Western cartoons!! My friend and I were surprised by the proportions of Chibi characters. I expressed my shock to the artist, who explained that they elongates the proportions when drawing Chibi-style characters, while the original art style of the characters we gave them suits it better. My friend and I were like: Huh?! AH?!

Surprises abound everywhere! lmao

[littleveltyoung]

The car design in Motorcity Pilot

from Dasha Bolotina artstation account. She posted it three months ago https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oJ8B4L

her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dashabolotina

Some character designs

From: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/w000ag

I can't believe I saved those rc9gn images somewhere in 2022. The posting time displayed on Artstation is two years ago

I must have done a lot of things before I lost my memory, right???

So are you interested in watching a video about Jeremy Polgar's art reel in 2013?

Sorry that my mother language isn't English, if there is any strange expression, it is the credit of translator XD

There is a small detail that I only discovered later: Since I'm in the East 8 zone, using China Beijing time as a reference, the post was published on May 1, 2017 (DAMN my first year as a MC fan)

This would indicate that the post was published on April 30, 2017, US time, which is also the 5th anniversary of the release of Motorcity

I posted the discovery of the video on the Tumblr platform, and it seems that a lot of netizens don't realize that it's just an old post by DisneyXD's Facebook

I flipped through it a few years ago because I was looking for RC9GN bloopers (all of them on YouTube), and it happened again this year lol

There are only two videos related to MC posted on this account. One of them is the theme song

The operator of this account at that time must have had internal information about the animation crew, right? Or perhaps some staff members used this account to publicly display something?

Actually, there is still a lot I don't know about American social media platforms, maybe other staff members have publicly disclosed other information? Most of the information has already been mined, and it is well known?

Ah these are just my rambling thoughts, after all it's not like they're vital little details anymore

Uh... I want to be curious, have you guys ever seen Motorcity fan creations involving Military Dog Tags? I just remembered that Mike used to serve in the military for Kane.co and I only learned about the dog tag recently🤣🤣I haven't looked through many fan creations, I'm just curious to ask, you can ignore me (nope)