Sun Chariot under drawing (Patreon)

Earlier this year I posted a couple of sketches for a piece with Celestia sitting on a radial engine chopper. Well today I sat down and worked out the the under drawing that I will transfer to the final working surface.

The biggest challenge I had with this piece was keeping the spirit of the sketches with the hard realities of how various components of a motorcycle interact with each other. Fortunately I found chopper that had this engine arrangement and was able to study its frame and exhaust system to get a handle where things went. Although I increased the rake and stretched the forks on my bike.