Photo references: This video and this other one because I got a bit obsessed with the song.
Drawing inspired on: This another one video because I was too bored for words.
Title inspired on Les Jours Tristes by Yann Tiersen (Amelie Original Soundtrack) -> [link]
White Kanji: His name.

Because I upload what I want, people. And if you don't like or don't care about the topic, that's not my problem. Let me alone!

「ｐａｒｔ　ｏｆ　ｍｏｔｏｇｐ　ｐｒｏｊｅｃｔ　ｂｙ　ｋａｎａｒｕ　ｖｏｎ　ｐｅｐｉｎｏｕｓ　～　ａｌｌ　ｍｙ　ｄｒａｗｉｎｇｓ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｍｏｔｏｒｃｙｃｌｅ　ｒａｃｉｎｇ　ｗｏｒｌｄ　ｃｈａｍｐｉｏｎｓｈｉｐ」

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Remake version, 2013:


Finished in January 8th, 2012.

There are drawings with long stories. There are drawings with way too long stories. And this one has one of the longest stories ever for me.

I did this drawing in January but I decided only publish it today, April 20th 2012, because it's the ninth year since this guy was pronounced dead after of a crash in Suzuka Circuit in April 6th, 2003 in MotoGP.

Daijirou Katou, Daijiro Kato, Daijiro Katoh, whatever you want to write this name (kanji: 加藤大治郎 hiragana: かとうだいじろう Saitama, Japan, July 4, 1976 - Yokkaichi, Japan, April 20th, 2003) because I'm tired of read more of 742985358024350758252957 romajizations of his name everywhere because the confusions with systems of romanizations, to the point I would prefer to write in kanji, means for me one of my most loved-hated words: Dejàvu. (For the title and the artwork I used Kunrei-shiki romanization system for his name, then I will write "Daijiro Kato").

Until 2010 year my memories about MotoGP were just two: One of them was that my father, when he bought one of the first phones of the 3GSM mobile phones (the first ones with SIM Card), he bought a mobile phone with a MotoGP videogame. I liked to play on it, although I was too slow and so on. This in 2004.
The other one was related with Daijiro: His crash. I was enoughly unlucky level master for watch his crash in the TV in the news. I remember very well during weeks in the national news talking about his critical state until he died. I still think I blocked the crash of my mind.

During some time, in 2010, although I remembered it a bit, it was not so deep until April 2011 when I discovered the video I put in "Drawing inspired by". I felt in some moment that I was recovering a very, but very old memory. That video is very shocking for me, because the information and so on, as well it became the reason I decided to get Amelie soundtrack. And to think I never watched the movie. The songs of that video were Les Jours Tristes, the song which puts title to this drawing, and other one named Comptine D'Un Autre Ete - L'Apres Midi, which you can listen here. But I didn't know still what to do with the memories and so on.

I felt like I had to make something soon. Then in January during my holidays in Leticia I decided to make this because I felt I had to make something... the drawing I had to make nine years ago but I wasn't still able of make. Until now.

Due the dramaqueening in my drawing of Simoncelli I had to take measures. If nobody made drama I would put the drawing in the date I decided, who was today, April 20th. But... in case of dramaqueening I would have to publish it earlier.

I used the kunrei-shiki romanization style because most people tends to write Kato's name with this system (even the own Daijiro, because it's the most common system among native Japanese speakers). Normally I use the Hepburn romanization system (In the non-revised form is: Daijirou Katou; in the revised form is Daijirō Katō, with macrons for the long vowels), because it's clearer for me especially for don't confuse me with long vowels. I normally use the non-revised romanization because it's difficult for me access to macrons. Issues of Unicode XD.

After of this long description, yes, here we go with the drawing. I did that strange design because I felt I was wasting too much space. And yes, he had that strange haircoulour O_o. I have even hallucinations with that #trauma.

Well... see you! And smile :3

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Art tribute by Kanaru von Pepinous =kanaruaizawa16, former 'canal-plop1'.

Credits to ~redheadstock for brushes.