Mecha study group

[Sushy]

OK this may be a stupid topic to make but... Oh well I am trying nonetheless.

So yeah, I would love to get awesome at this whole drawing mecha/robots thing and I was wondering if there were others with a similar ambition

I thought making a study group for this would motivate me (and others) more
We will be drawing awesome stuff such as PERSPECTIVE, MACHINES, GUNDAMS AND MORE MACHINES.
(oh and with mecha I mean in fact every thing that is some kind of machine, not created by nature. So that could be cars, phones, Gundams, tanks, planes, your washing machine, computers, every machine of your imagination etc)

Feel free to post here if you are interested!

[Uncharted_Artist]

Hey, i'll join ya, i work a full time job and trying to get better at drawing on the side, and i just wanna draw pretty much anything. I suck hard at perspective but need to learn it. Ill check back in this thread or you can private msg me.

Here is some stuff so you can see where im at:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=233176

[Sushy]

That is great, Uncharted_Artist! Drawing everything is good, I think you definately should be doing that and are already on the right track in your sketchbook.

The idea of this group is to share studies and artworks (and maybe even resources) about mechanical things. It is fine to sometimes include other studies as long as they are connected to something related to mecha Of course practicing the "regular" studies is important too, but you could post those in your own sketchbook so that this topic is focused on the mecha stuff.
And of course, the main idea is to improve in drawing (and then especially in drawing the machines, cars, robots, cyborgs etc)

I hope I am making sense. xD
And yeah, I really need to learn perspective too.

anyway, I start off with sharing a study. I thought it also may be a good idea to set a theme for every... month (or a smaller period) to draw something :>
I will think about that Feel free to suggest all your ideas

Here is a car study, I drew it from a magazine about super cars. I sketched it with pencil and then inked it with a ballpoint pen.

Critique would be appreciated too, we are here to improve of course! xD

Also I think inspiration is very important too, so here is a song that I find inspirational for MECHAAAA

[Uncharted_Artist]

Hey Sushy, and thanks for the comment on the sketch book but im miles away from the goal, but thats why we are here. I agree we definitely should have a theme or topic of what we should draw for the week, i say week only because then we could probably bang some thing out half decent and with my job the weekend is when i get the most time to draw. So i say you know come up with a theme, ill let you pick first one np, then say monday we submit our concepts, critique and then pick the next theme. Let me know what you think of that idea.
I like that song you shared, thanks for that, i listen to a lot of music to get the juices going but not sure if i have anything that would be mech sort of style, but heres one of the songs i listen to before i draw to get me fired up, once the chorus hits in this song its on like kong lol.

http://youtu.be/l1EOatUouOw

[bogsbogsbogs]

Hi guys! I'd like to share with you guys one of the slides that I'd be sharing for a mech design workshop this weekend

[Uncharted_Artist]

Hi guys! I'd like to share with you guys one of the slides that I'd be sharing for a mech design workshop this weekend

That's pretty cool man thx for that. Ya now that I think about it I haven't don't any sort of mech design at all...... So really looking forward to doing this since I need to design vehicles and what not for the story concept I'm working on. And sushy what's the plan for our first challenge..?

[Sushy]

Thanks for sharing, bogsbogsbogs! That robot arm looks really cool ^^

Yeah for the challenge... I was thinking of designing a robot head? Just a simple challenge to get into it xD It could be derived from a human face, or animal or just something you think up on your own.

How about making the deadline 18 December? Then you have some days to work on it

I hope you like the theme, I recommend to also share WIPs of it

[Uncharted_Artist]

Thanks for sharing, bogsbogsbogs! That robot arm looks really cool ^^

Yeah for the challenge... I was thinking of designing a robot head? Just a simple challenge to get into it xD It could be derived from a human face, or animal or just something you think up on your own.

How about making the deadline 18 December? Then you have some days to work on it

I hope you like the theme, I recommend to also share WIPs of it

Sounds like aces to me, it's on like donkey kong!

[Uncharted_Artist]

Alright so you wanted to keep postin our WIP so here is what i banged out so far. I just finished watching the new rise of the planet of the apes or whatever its called and wanted to do some sort of ape bot lol, was trying too much to make it look like a chimp and wasnt getting anywhere and then i finally just got this started on the go. Perspective is wacked in parts of it but its super rough sketch atm.

[Uncharted_Artist]

Bah Still in rough concept but think im getting closer to it resembling a chimp lol the mouth is giving me one hell of a time. Might be a scrap lol. But done for now.

[bogsbogsbogs]

Ei guys! This is a great thread, I'd like to join the art jam too. I'll be posting head studies too.

After the workshop tomorrow I'd love to share with you guys the videos and slides I've made.

Cheers and God bless!

[Sushy]

@Uncharted_artist: A chimpbot? Nice idea I would suggest adding more detail but I guess that is the next stage

@Bogsbogsbogs: yeah join the fun And please share those slides, the first one was really nice

Here are some sketches I did to come up with an idea for a robot head... I think I will stick with the bird design.

[Uncharted_Artist]

Alright Alright, so i scrapped the chimp thing lol just wasnt feeling it, all in all i was almost ready to abort robots, i just couldnt nail anything, but i didnt give up!! and i pushed through and really came up with some thing with the one on the right. So i think im going to work on that one more, let me know what you guys think.

Nice sketches sushy i personally think you have some thing going on with the bird head on the bottom left corner. The hawk looking one.... Also kind of like the fox looking one thats right next to it looking down. Keep at her.

[Sushy]

haha well I went with this sketch instead... XD




YEAH KEEP PUSHING :V

[bogsbogsbogs]

Ei guys! Here's my thumbnails tutorial for the mech. I'm currently processing the other vid and will be uploading the next one later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIIkMrU6tM4

[bogsbogsbogs]

And here's how I develop the thumbnails:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBryanB.../1/b99tEKae7OE

and

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBryanB.../0/n9cr2OtQ8KE

Cheers and God bless!

[Sushy]

Wow I love your work Bogs
Could you attach the thumbnails as an image too? then we can also see them right away

Here is my progress so far...

[bogsbogsbogs]

Hi guys! Here are some of the slides that I did, I hope these would help:


10 by BryanBogs, on Flickr


11 by BryanBogs, on Flickr


12 by BryanBogs, on Flickr


13 by BryanBogs, on Flickr


14 by BryanBogs, on Flickr


15 by BryanBogs, on Flickr

[Sushy]

Very nice, Bogs Thanks for sharing!

So... the deadline is over... If you made something for this challenge, please post it here (it does not matter if it is finished or anything).
Here is my result:

[bogsbogsbogs]

Hi guys! Sorry for the late post, was sick and had tons of Christmas stuff to do. Anyway, here's my in-progress painting:


Critter Maker by BryanBogs, on Flickr

The mech is caterpillar inspired I'll share the image once I get to finish it hopefully by next week.

[Max Challie]

[Sushy]

Thanks for sharing, Max and Bogs
That mech drawing looks very nice and that movie is so cooool

Maybe it is time for a new challenge. Anyone ideas?

[Max Challie]

I'll just go back to drawing spider-mech poop, but i do intend to start posting in here some time!

[Uncharted_Artist]

Sorry All, had a someone pass away this holiday which sucks for sure, but im back and ready to roll..... I duno how about some form of Futuristic Transportation of sorts?

[Sushy]

Sorry to hear that, Uncharted Artist.
Glad to hear you are back though
Futuristic transportation sounds like a nice idea! How about designing the train of the future or something? XD

[Uncharted_Artist]

Im down like a clown charlie brown. When u want to make her due?

[Sushy]

Um... How about 23 January 2012, then you have quite a while to make a nice illustration!

Quick summary: the challenge is due to 23 January 2012, topic is "Train of the future" and as long as it looks a bit like a train it is good for the challenge.
Feel free to enter everyone and post work in progress images (or other mecha studies) here

[Uncharted_Artist]

Heres the two roughs i did up, i like the bottom one alot more so i think im going to go into more detail with that one and just go for it. Let me know what u all figure.

[Sushy]

Nice, maybe try a different angle for the final illustration..

Here is my progress so far.. still in the crappy sketch phase:



It is a train that can fly in the air thanks to that wall of solar planes xD

[Kotofey]

verrryy great
;-)