Sylvain Chavanel
drawn Sep 23, ’11
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I drew a cyclist! This one turned out much better than Ryder’s… maybe I’d better do another one of Ryder. Can’t have too much cyclist fanart, neh? Anyway, this is Sylvain Chavanel, French cyclist and cutie. Last year, he apparently cracked his head open early in the season, and recovered in time to solo to a great victory on Stage 3 (hilly, rainy, crashy) of the TdF; took yellow, and then Stage 4 lost it because the poor guy had THREE flat tires on the cobble stage. Not as bad as Franch Schleck, but still unlucky. Then less than a week later, did another terrific solo ride up a huge mountain, and took yellow again. And then lost it the next day on an even bigger mountain because he’d spent so much energy the day before. C’est la vie, I guess. But that stage – Stage 9, if I recall correctly – had Cadel taking yellow, Andy winning the stage and being in second, and Ryder in THIRD so that was probably my favourite stage, despite Chavanel losing yellow.
This year wasn’t so successful in the TdF for him; he was wearing the French champion’s jersey, but apparently felt like quitting several times and his teammates had to really coax him to stay in. I’m glad he did, even though he wasn’t nearly as aggressive this year. It’s nice to see a familiar face, you know? And how about a face with that smile? It looks better in the original picture (Cycling News; picture taken at the team presentation). But I think my realism is improving. Although… I still have trouble with grins, y’know? In the original picture, it looks like he would make the sound ‘eh’ if he were to be speaking. But in my picture it looks more like the sound ‘ee’.
P.S. Hey you guyyyyyyys here is something that nearly made me spit-take when I first saw it on TV this summer: Thor and the team!
Anyway. I picked up my printer today instead of that class that was cancelled, and it is sitting happily on my bookshelf over there. So if I need to print something, I need to take my comp over there. That’s perfectly fine; it’s actually a lot more accessible than it was on my desk. Although, here is the first thing it printed, before I remembered to change the colour cartridge:
Hmmmmm. Psychedelic Psyche?
This is why you get your fanart printed at a printshop, folks. : P
