Anyways, I really wanted to draw the crotch rocket version of the light-cycle but the demon voices in my head kept telling me “Stop sucking and do something unique”.  So then it hit me, wouldn’t it be sweet if there were a chopper version of the light cycle?

It was a little tough to keep the tech look with the chopper feel but it worked out pretty well.  The hardest part was finding a place to attach the handlebars and make them look in place.  Wrapping them around the wheel and connecting them in the wheel well became the best solution.  I’m also a fan of the barbwire detailing on the gas tank too.  That accent really seemed to combine Tron and the chopper feel.

Originally, I started with blue highlights but decided to go red to keep with the bad boy feel. Finally the fire red/orange jet stream is a nod to the Ghost Rider.

Come back next week to see my version of the Recognizers.  I’ve been having a good time with the last two Tron sketches so why not go with it?   See ya in a week.

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Before anyone says hey that motorcycle has four wheels and I paid for five!  Well you have to look at the side sketch.  Right above the back two wheels there is a third wheel incorporated into the suspension.  I did some napkin sketches of the bike with two back wheels that were side by side but it came out looking like a trike which just doesn’t have that sleek look I was going for.

The bomb and the pharaoh themes are both incorporated into the rider.  The most notable thing about the look of a pharaoh is the headdress, so I worked in some of those features into the helmet and the shoulder padding.  If you look closely there is a speaker/air filter that takes the look of the goatee.  As for the bomb, the only way to be more extreme than riding 200mph on a five-wheeled motorcycle is to do that with a bomb strapped onto your back.

That’s it for this week.

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