Ai : " Merry Christmas & Happy new year, dad !"

* She sent her regard to her father, Mr. McRae.... in Heaven :(

some of you probably already know that the legendary british rally driver Colin McRae just passed away last september [link]

this is my tribute to Mcrae's :)

aswell as a contest entry for original character contest :D : [link]

Ai M. Mcrae (17 years old), Mcrae's daughter (fictive), a rich, spoiled, smart, and a reckless street racer :D. which mean this character was built not based on any movie or manga :). just a fantasy of Mcrae's big fans :D ^^;

I love both the girl and the evo, regardless this is not a vehicular drawing contest, I put all effort to paint the evo. uses screenshot from granturismo 4 and random evo 9 photos for reference. uses a background image from my earlier work [link] for making the "fake" HDR image reflected on the car window and body.
all done in Photoshop + Painter X + Tablet in 60 hours...maybe more :XD:

here in my hometown, the clock is pointing at 11:00 PM (jakarta), which mean 11:00 AM EST I guess I'm the last deviant to submit for the contest isn't it?! :D

I'm going to enjoy the last 1 hour of year 2007 :clap: cheers. Happy new year, guys. see ya