Rainman Artwork 2013 NYC Cabbie "Driver"

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Ok - this one better???

Made Red more brighter and re-did helmet green -
Illustrator for this one actually

Pop, just to be clear this is the patch we're working with. The other is a good photoshop by siquishiri, but its based on the reproduction patch which is not 100% accurate. The Marlin mock up is.

@siquisiri
I'm not trying to downplay your work bro but its gonna cause confusion.
Your still using the reproduction patch with the gorrila thats embroidered. Marlin has already used the accurate patch with the drawn/inked gorilla for reference.

 

[marlindesign]

siquisiri has done a great job, and to be honest - it will be pretty small, so i am not that fussed on which RM uses... But personally, I would like the worn look as it would be more like his old jacket - not a new one he just bought...

The film was made in the 70's - the lighting was pretty harsh so grabs from the film i don't think would be that accurate in real life. The patch we have used is real - the actual patch - so I am leaning toward it moreso than a reproduction one..

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

Just noticed his hair is a lot shorter here, I don't really remember him cutting like so.

The movie is a loop. The begining is the end and the end of the film transitions into the begining. There was even a theory that the film wasnt originally going to be in chronological order but rather jump around based on his narration and journal entries.

 

[PopCultKid]

After recently re-watching the movie, there's a bit of a continuity error where his hair is short like that, then long again in another shot, then short again. I initially thought he cut it after his discussion with the secret service guy, so he wouldn't be as easily recognizable, but he actually has it short during their talk.

I saw someone saying they were going to give shades to the haired sculpt, but FYI he only wears the shades when he has the hair cropped close like that, or when he is wearing the mohawk.

I have to figure out where I heard this from (was an article or special feature or something) but the 3 different hair styles are supposed to be symbolic of his transformation. He goes with that mid length after the scene with Scorsese. Scorsese was supposed to be the devil, or one of sorts, that gives Travis the little push he needed. Of course the Mohawk sybolized the final breakdown and when he was fully off the deep end. Gotta dig up that behind the scenes info.....

Pop, just to be clear this is the patch we're working with. The other is a good photoshop by siquishiri, but its based on the reproduction patch which is not 100% accurate. The Marlin mock up is.

I know broski, I caught that. I was just saying that's skills to whip up a 1/6 patch

 

[siquisiri]

Good work there. That's skills!

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thanks bro!!

 

[TurdFerguson]

The movie is a loop. The begining is the end and the end of the film transitions into the begining. There was even a theory that the film wasnt originally going to be in chronological order but rather jump around based on his narration and journal entries.

That's pretty interesting. I wonder how it would of looked if it wasn't in order, and if it would of had the same impact as it did/does.

 

[siquisiri]

Some work on face and the letters to make it look hand drawn

Its good to have it sharp when large beacause once you shrink the patch the details will blur. I followed the same steps for my walking dead and ripley decals, they had to be sharp, and big.

 

[Entropy]

@siquisiri
I'm not trying to downplay your work bro but its gonna cause confusion.
Your still using the reproduction patch with the gorrila thats embroidered. Marlin has already used the accurate patch with the drawn/inked gorilla for reference.

But personally, I would like the worn look as it would be more like his old jacket - not a new one he just bought...

I gotta agree, I prefer marlin's patch. It probably doesn't matter as RM will likely mock up his own version.

 

[siquisiri]

@siquisiri
I'm not trying to downplay your work bro but its gonna cause confusion.
Your still using the reproduction patch with the gorrila thats embroidered. Marlin has already used the accurate patch with the drawn/inked gorilla for reference.

Im not trying to confuse anyone, just making some points and showing what i'm using. If you look close at my last patch, its completely reworked. I only used the patch as a template the whole thing is redone. Putting my 2 cents in my pocket, ill let the regulars do what they always do.

 

[armysoldier74b]

Some work on face and the letters to make it look hand drawn

Its good to have it sharp when large beacause once you shrink the patch the details will blur. I followed the same steps for my walking dead and ripley decals, they had to be sharp, and big.

I dont think that Siqui lettering at the top is accurate at all

 

[transhi100]

Ok guys, I need your help choosing the four figures I will put into my new individual cases. I have four of the LED Studio cases with the little spot lights. I currently have my figures in a large curio cabinet.

*Bickle will be eligible when he is in hand.

Anton, Bateman, Dirty Harry, Carlito with Bickle replacing Carlito.


Also great news about the patches being fixed!!! Thanks to everyone for helping to make that happen.

 

[karamazov80]

I have to figure out where I heard this from (was an article or special feature or something) but the 3 different hair styles are supposed to be symbolic of his transformation. He goes with that mid length after the scene with Scorsese. Scorsese was supposed to be the devil, or one of sorts, that gives Travis the little push he needed. Of course the Mohawk sybolized the final breakdown and when he was fully off the deep end. Gotta dig up that behind the scenes info.....

My interpretation is also that he is "devolving" a bit toward the end, and his look begins to change, not just with the hair, but wearing the jacket of an infantryman, and shades to hide his identity, and possibly represent a loss of identity. The mohawk reflects that he's completely fallen into a psychotic state.

 

[siquisiri]

I dont think that Siqui lettering at the top is accurate at all

i think your right! LOL..

 

[PopCultKid]

My interpretation is also that he is "devolving" a bit toward the end, and his look begins to change, not just with the hair, but wearing the jacket of an infantryman, and shades to hide his identity, and possibly represent a loss of identity. The mohawk reflects that he's completely fallen into a psychotic state.

 

[turbo.VS.ozone]

The mohawk is definately tell tale evidence of his psychotic state, but there were a number of reasons why he did it. The most obvious was that he did not want to be recognized after Palantines security detail got suspicious of his behavior the first time Travis was scouting the area. Remember when he tells the agent that his name is Henry Krinkle from Fair Lawn NJ . Scorcese probably used the mohawk to reference the patriots who used this as a disguise (disguising themselves as mohawks) during a time of American Revolution.

Also the mohawk is commonly appropriated by solidiers as a symbol of "going over" or ready for battle. A much more personal form of war paint. There was no guarantee a soldier was coming back so why not buzz there head with a badass mohawk.

That's pretty interesting. I wonder how it would of looked if it wasn't in order, and if it would of had the same impact as it did/does.

Yea, I think Scorcese still managed to sneak in a few subliminal references that the story may or may not have been told by Travis Bickle in chronological order. The different haircuts (long/fall season and short/summertime) can point to this. It could have been Scorcese's way of challenging storytelling and breaking down traditional conventions that the structure of all stories must start with a begining..middle..end. Tarantino was heavily influenced by Taxi Driver and borrowed from it's subliminal style when he wrote Pulp Fiction, he just fine tuned it. Here's a conspiracy theory

1) There were a few times that Travis meets the rest of his cabbie colleagues at the Belmont Diner to eat. But in one of the scenes the Black Cabbie points his figure at Travis and mocks him by "shooting". Some people argue that the particular scene can also be after the events of the shootout used as a subliminal reference by Scorcese. When Travis expresses that he feels like "really doing somthing" we understand that to be before the events of the assasination attempt on palintine and ultimately the shootout at the brothel, but people suggest that scorcese was also alluding to the fact that the Travis "doing somthing" speech could have also been said after his "heroic" shootout of the brothel...his violent urges continue and are still calling him, he isn't completely satisfied. Thats why the film is a loop. The opening scene with the music and credits of the film is a transition or continuation of the very end of the movie. Its a reference to the begining of the end for Travis. The begining picks up right after Travis looks in the rearview mirror in the very last scene (listen to the background after he stares into the rearview mirror...it sounds like somthing is being rewinded). This begining of the end for Travis probably suggests that even after being hailed a "hero" there's a thin line between the hero and the psychotic. The loop tells us that his violent urges didn't die at the brothel shootout and won't end there, and his fate next time around may not be the same.

Aside from just enjoying the story, when you really dig into this film and see how it's crafted, you can see why it's hailed as a masterpiece.

 

[karamazov80]

The most obvious was that he did not want to be recognized after Palantines security detail got suspicious of his behavior the first time Travis was scouting the area.

Yeah, that's why I (wrongly) thought he initially cropped his hair close after that incident, when he started staking out Palantine from his car. But a guy who thinks he's going to be less noticeable with that wacky mohawk (even wearing the same jacket at that point). . .clearly a few screws have come loose at that point.

 

[DKA8976]

I always interpreted the mohawk as Travis "going to war" like turbo said. It was less about him blending in or being tactical and more about him psychologically preparing himself for his role as a soldier. Nothing about Travis seemed terribly logical by this point in the movie - he was very erratic and unpredictable and seemed to lack a sense of self-preservation. He admitted as much in his letter to Iris and showed it again when he tried to kill himself after the gunfight. Long point short: I don't think his hair had anything to do with him blending in or being tactical.

 

[Rdeezy]

Was it said that Travis suffered from PTSD, I always assumed that was part of it. I think the term was unknown back in the 1970's though.

 

[karamazov80]

He thought he would die, but he wanted to assassinate Palantine before that happened obviously. So from that POV, I can see him constructing some justification in his warped mind that changing his hair style would better disguise his identity. But I do also think the mohawk thing was primarily his getting into the mindset, as you say. Any rational behavior was a distant after-thought to his primary motivations at that point.

 

[marlindesign]

I took the mowhawk as him being a ****ing nut case...