The Peloton by frogdot

Bryce • Sports • posted on Jul 06, 2006

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Every year I make an image to celebrate the Tour de France. So, this is the 2006 version. A lot more dufficult than I thought it would be, as soon as I started texturing all the different uniform colors. Made a very lorez rider and bike, then duplicated it 190 times. Took forever to assign mats to shirts, helmets and bike bodies. Each team has up to nine riders and I had to mix them up, while keeping track of which ones were done and which weren't. Then moving them into an "S" curve was a lot of fun too. I'm not known for my patience, that's why my style is based on "simple is best". 125mb file. Three terrains for the ground and road, made in Photoshop.

Comments (23)

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electric

8:51PM | Thu, 06 July 2006

cooler work.. frog... excellent and very funny pov... looks like a atari games... excellent done

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striving

9:24PM | Thu, 06 July 2006

My god man!! This is insane work. Awesome stuff. You really took some time with this. Looks a bit like the 405 at 3:30pm in LA... haahaa. Very well done!

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skiwillgee

9:43PM | Thu, 06 July 2006

You are the break away artist, the one everyone needs to catch!!! Great job.

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jocko500

10:33PM | Thu, 06 July 2006

lol a lot of time went in this. cool looking too

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kjer_99

11:42PM | Thu, 06 July 2006

And I went nuts putting 30 Japanese into a single railcar! I can imagine what you went through setting this one up. Whew! You probably felt like you had actually been in the race itself by the time you finished this one.

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tjohn

11:46PM | Thu, 06 July 2006

Is that Armstrong out front?

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LiviaCH

2:05AM | Fri, 07 July 2006

Very nice :-) I' have gone nuts placing and texturing the riders ;-) You must be one real fan of Tour de France ;-)

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IO4

2:18AM | Fri, 07 July 2006

Wow, this is excellent - you have the patience of a saint! The greens are so vibrant and beautiful, especially with the colours in the middle. Superb POV. I love it!:)

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Euxeb007

3:43AM | Fri, 07 July 2006

Great idea with this POV & excellent result !

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EnglishBob

4:21AM | Fri, 07 July 2006

"Don't be afraid of things because they're easy to do" says the Oblique Strategy card, and I like to follow that path myself. But sometimes putting in the work pays off, as it has here.

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supermarioART

8:06AM | Fri, 07 July 2006

Well... the patience is incredible....the work is WONDERFUL!!!!

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lemonjim

10:17AM | Fri, 07 July 2006

incredible, and it worked out great!

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thecytron

11:12AM | Fri, 07 July 2006

Very interresting visually! Bravo!!!

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TwoPynts

1:01PM | Fri, 07 July 2006

The PoV is perfect!

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evielouise

3:04PM | Fri, 07 July 2006

I gree it looks like a game for a computer etc this is so wodnerful and lloks like you worked hard here dave was right your some what of a genius lol:

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Dinhi

5:37PM | Fri, 07 July 2006

Wow Dave, astounding accomplishment!(=

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matrixmode

11:45PM | Fri, 07 July 2006

I was going to say "Your amazing!" but then I realized I've already said that at least a dozen times. LOL. Okay so now your nuts too! A very gifted nut who continues to inspire and, yes, amaze me. Persevere. :)

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