DRAWING MECHS WITH MODERNDAYJAMES
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Hello, engineer and artist here! This is extremely accurate and we'll illustrated. I want to add by saying that as a tip. Remember that large machinery is soldered more than screwed. Military vehicles don't tend to have cables loose and finally if you would like to add a bit of realism to your work. Remember to draw engraved symbols in your joints, this has a reason. When we built a manipulator (a robotic extremity) we often indicate which motors and braces are Wich by putting nobs and numbers into them. Sometimes we engrave some of that technical info on the robots to make employees at factories understand them better. Finally remember that vents are used in the hottest places for machinery, mainly the chasis and directly on some motors. You don't always need to add extra big vente in long parts of an arm. But always do so on the motors and torso. Have a good one.
wow, thank you for this!!!!
alright guy who TOTALLY isn't building a real mech for the military.....
Just a random guy making Lego mechs, but thanks you so much, these are very helpful tips
This is exactly the knowledge I’m seeking out
Thanks bro 🔥❤
The problem I always run into when drawing mechs. is how much should I think of the function of the parts and how much should just be designed to look interesting.
That entirely depends on how grounded your setting is. There's some rule of thumbs that people generally like mech to be 2/3rds plate and 1/3rd mechanical greeblies. Cartoonish mechs can have all kinds of nonsense packing underneath the hood while grounded mechs should at least have some recognisable working joins. One thing that really helps is searching 'mech joints' on pinterest (i hate pinterest btw), the results are huge. Anyway, just start copying those form multiple angles and after you've filled a couple of pages with them your brain start simprovising mechanical connections by itself.
I am a 3d modeler and I asked a great artist on artstation for advice about filling in blanks from concepts and basically just design questions, he recommended that I check out Visual Design Basics - Intro to Design by Alex Senecha on gumroad. "Best 20 bucks you'll ever spend" and he's right, a lot of basic ideas that might sound like common sense are thoroughly explained and he gives a ton of examples, some are over the top but a lot really helps to understand the concept and ground the concept in your memory.
personally i go for all function, it ends up looking cool, even though i dint even have aesthetics in mind.
I know this comment was posted a year ago, but why do you in particular hate pinterest?
I used to make mechs 3d models for fun and never used to rig them,once someone asked me for one of it and it was impossible for it to get rigged cause it was so impractical and non functional, my mechs could never actually run cause there legs barely moved after that I got more into functionality and practical use
Finally I can draw my Evangelion Fan-fic.
fuck yeah.
not sure how helpful this work would be, it's more mechanical
the evangelions are cyborgs not robots
Fap-fic
*If you can draw dicks and boobs, I think you can do that pretty easy.*
Black Water Entertainment-OFFICIAL please dude don’t ruin it for us
I am kidding
Its funny how are you so confident in your perspective and draw through that you dont even use guides or middle lines anymore. Cool stuff man
thanks! It took a lot of time, but i started using context clues (like cut lines, repeated shapes, etc.) to see the perspective. I talk about it a bit in the sketching figures in perspective video, but I'll touch on it more in the future
or he's just drawing on top of a hidden layer with the image.
@ *whispers* you didn’t....
@ Ah, so people like you are why he started drawing on paper instead of digital. Go watch him work traditionally he doesn't need hidden layers.
5:10
Fun fact, this saddle joint in the example will not move in those ways, it's locked. xD
not really, it would move in the ways the drew the arrows moving
@@Kozy1Kove given the orientation the join was drawn in, the movement the arrows suggest would be impossible as they would have to clip through one another
when you take advice from this video to make jointed dolls
That intro puts the 'modern' in 'moderndayjames'
Haha yep
Tracklist:
1:18 - 4:39 HOME - Hold /watch?v=uqBJHTgBWeo
4:40 - 8:09 Xtract - AT Day 2016 /watch?v=boIyuhZsD6I
8:10 - 12:54 Skjalg A. Skagen - Decades (slowed) /watch?v=FF-P8B1mlKo
Decades isn't slowed down.
I've been looking for something like this for so long. Couldn't wrap my head around drawing them since i couldn't picture how they connected. Thanks
"And although Im not an expert in design..." haha dude you are at master level! I actually coming back to this video from time to time throughout my illustration progression, each time understanding bit more.. Love your content
Love the way everything was explained! I actually study product design and learned about all those joints but for some reason I never thought of applying those when drawing mechs. It always seemed like such a mystery to me, but now it makes so much more sense thanks to you!
It's really great to start seeing tutorials that break down the joints and mechanisms for mobility.
Really appreciate your commentary and highlighting the ways the lines translate for the eye of your audience. I’ve got ages to go before I can tackle these, but this is really inspiring.
When he’s doing the sponsor he sounds like he’s being sarcastic
needed this, thank u JAMES!
Dude. How the hell do you draw without construction like that??? You’re like a damn printer!! Woah. Respect
Holy shit! This video is what ive been searching for past week! Thanks a ton!
Excellent video! I tried and failed to skip basic primitive shape drawing and design my own mecha many times, and I particularly struggled with cut lines.
Aside from that, hearing about the 70:30 rule helps me understand why many soldier designs in modern gaming rub me the wrong way!
THAT INTRO. Well done sir
And your thought process behind the design is brilliant. Thank you
Who the heck would dislike this wholesome content? anyway this video has inspired me to become a mech when I grow up... also I'm going to try drawing a medieval mech from what I've learned. Thanks ModernDayJames! :D
Probably because this video isn't really helpful for beginners. Only helpful for people who aready have experience with mecha.
man, I could watch you draw all day, it's so satisfying.
Holy heck I was waiting for this
Btw how do you make your lines so appealing??
Line weight yes, but how do you do it?
I am not close to James when it comes to lineart. But practise, a lot of practise. Look for tutorials on lineweight. Scott Robertson have a video of it. I hope it will help you out.
first watch videos about lineweight, read books and stuff
then practice a lot and try to make something, finally, you regret about the decisions you made and cry all day on your bed, let that self doubt eat you alive. i hope this helps you. :)
He has a video covering this topic. czcams.com/video/1VSH32ede6g/video.html
Is not Rocket Science. Line weight on overlaps, focal points, ambient oclussion, etc. It needs to be your artistic vision and what do you want to represent with the line weight changes. Some do heavier lineweight in shadow, others do the whole contour with heavy lineweight. You need to develop your sense of design to really make great lineweight.
Possibly the simplest way of looking at it just
1)Understand the form
2)see where the light is supposed to be coming from
3) make thicker lines for darker areas and thinner for lighter areas
Drawing mech,s is like learning but you need also to have A reference of what you want to draw (if you want to)
lol, that old VHS tape style of the skillshare ad brought back some memories and a good chuckle.
Hey, Mr. "I have not watched a single anime in my life" James
A lot of this visual language is great for 3D modeling too, thanks for the video!
Love these informative skills for mech drawings.
That retro introduction was BEAST!
Thank youuu
The ad took me back to the 90's
Wow really appreciate the specific comments on line work and shape fundamentals
I game this video a “thumbs up” @ 30 seconds in just got the retro aesthetics.
Great Job!
Dude, so insightful. Thanks!
absolutely amazing! thanks for sharing
PLS DO MORE OF THIS I LOVE IT
I really appreciate this! Super helpful!
Amazing. Thanks for the material ... and inspiration ... and amazing intro.
You are incredible, love your work
I listen to a lot of synthwave and I recognize this track. I want to say its from an astral throb mix?
this is the most helpful video ive found all day, thank you so much this is going to be soo helpful!
I love the video; very informative. Would you link the titles of the retro music you got going on in the background? It sounds awesome to me. Thank you.
the most helpful robotics drawing video on youtube! thank you
Very helpful video for designing robotic mechanisms as well lol. I watched this to get new ideas for animatronic designs.
I love drawing and sketicking maxhines, but i always found myself hiding or covering the joints and internals of my machines but always make them like large titan like humans in heavy power armor. Thank you for giving me some perspective.
References anime and Brian Sum for drawing cool mechs: [Oh my, this is a man of culture]
Great video James, it's impressive how natural and confident you draw all those joint mechanisms!
Oh thank GOD this is the kind of video I have desperately needed
Maravilloso! Por favor no pares de subir vídeos!
I know I'm 3 years late to this video, but this is one of the best videos I have found on youtube on the subject. I also recognize the Cassie robot around 8:10. That's such a cool looking set of legs.
Man this is so helpful!! I'm designing a transformer and I will be using all of this tysm!!
Can't wait to check this out! :D
Honestly man i love the sci fi stuff a lot. My main problem with sci fi art is my visual library so if you could do more videos like this in the future that would be awesome. Anyways your channel is my favorite out there when it comes to art
I certainly will, sci fi is my main direction so I will keep it going :D
Impeccable timing! I was just about to design mechs to 3d print :D
ITS INTERROGATIVE YOU NEED A NEED A QUESTION MARK
Epic as always my dude
The Mech art tutorial we didn’t know we needed
That intro made me nostalgic
Oh YEAH !! love the Skillshare commercial!!! NOICE!
you make that look so easy; but imagine the journey to learn must have been long thanks for passing on your knowledge
thank you so much i have been struggling to make a mech and now i have an idea for one
haha this video was recommended to me a little late. I spent 2 days drawing a cyborg and just after I posted, I found this video. Still the knowledge is appreciated. I had mandatory technical drawing for mechanics and molds but this is way harder.
LOL love the Skillshare intro.
I love that song a looot!
Awesome mechs design! very coooooool
I love the video but the loud TV effect transition scared the hell out of me every time lmao
You are so talented that I can’t keep up
there are some mechs that comes to my mind when i was looking at your video. i was thinking about the robots you can see in the franchise "metal gear". these had a pretty geometric and military like design at the beginning. But in the recent versions, they are mostly organic (like the beauty and beast members or even jack).
drawing something mechanical and also estetical is maybe more difficule than drawing organic.
For example, last year, i had a workshop with my classmate where we have to make a spaceship in the design of the "Dune" movie and inspired by an animal. I personally take an insecte called a "fourmilion" and i was trying to make his legs retracatble. But it is very complicatec because if i wanted that, i have to make the body bigger enough to make them going inside. the result wasn't that bad at the end, but it was a nightmare.
Hi, i really loved your video, subscribed. But, a thing i would like to see more in mecha and robot in fiction in general is the power source from the movement of the hinge. You know, when they make the joint, some times, it can make the movement they want but dont have the space or the conection with a power source like a servo motor or pneumatic/hidraulic piston. Beyond the movement you want your hinge to do there must be the thing that makes it moves the way you want. A motor normally would have some gear reduction in robots, there this too. I'm sorry to do this nittpicking, i love this topic so much as a mechanical engeneer student. Keep the good work.
your background music taste is top notch
you are amazing at drawing things without a reference for perspective, but I wanted to ask you how you manage to mantain symmetry on symmetrical parts like arms and legs.
In 8:29 you made some robot legs on the far right figure, but if you look in detail (I repeat, IN DETAIL) you see those are not aligned or symmetrical, both regarding lenghts and angles.
Thank you!
Your So Good at Drawing!
i like that old synthwave intro!!!! XD
Your intros are the best! Lol
I can finally draw the weapon to surpass metal gear.
My biggest problem with designing mecha is just how much detail I WANT to put in. I crave making something as intricate as the models for the Transformers movies (the only good parts about them) or the Iron Man suits (especially during the suiting-up sequences). But that (a) seems to violate that 70/30 rule and (b) takes SO much creative juice to keep coming up with more details AND make the details look like they have some function, even if what isn't clear.
Hey, love your videos! I have a question; to what extent can you draw off the cuff like Kim Jung Gi, without construction lines etc? And is this something you aim to be able to do one day?
I feel really confident drawing without construction, however, my visual library is SEVERELY limited in comparison to him. That will take many many years to develop
moderndayjames Having actually watched the mech video after commenting, I could see that you’re abilities far overshadow my own, lol. I’ve been drawing on and off for years, but watching your channel and getting into Gi’s work has made me realise even more how basic I am. You’ve inspired me to go back to the basics to re-learn and hopefully one day reach where you’re at, so thanks!
Who is your inspiration for design? What resources, such as books, did you use to establish your design style?
Wow.....thank you so much for your content!
What software are you using to do these. I currently only work with procreate and Autodesk sketchbook. But I'm looking for a desktop software
What an effective video!!
love your intro man
How do you get the lines so straight when drawing freehand? Any tips for using pencil vs. digital?
where can I find a book where all such machine designs are drawn and explained ?
Do you have a vid for drawing airships, fighters etc?
Hands down best approach to a sponsored video intro. But I'm actually commenting to say: thanks for making these amazing tutorials, James!
amazing work!!
Yes this is very good 👍👏👌😘🥰😍😀😄😄😁
Traditionally, I like sketching mecha. Doing it digitally, that's another story. Feels weird, different medium, and I'm not too good at straight lines... I use Krita, it works ok with my tablet.
I love this guy
I really got interested in drawing robots or mechs after I played titanfall 2, very inspiring
would you mind if you tell me what's the program for recording to make that video,plZ
very nice but i have problem in making the leg and legjoint
anthropomorphic for the win !!! also damm good job
finally i can do my math project you have to draw a math robot phew my life is saved by this video
Love your videos- shared your Gumroad on Twitter and hope you get some sales!
You draw like this like an actual blueprint for an actual mech
Dude are you drawing using mouse? or pen stylus stuff (idkk hehe) what software can u recommend
Man that intro is awesome lmao
as an engineer i am thinking over those forms, that we use, and sometimes it is too complex to understand what shape should be, to see the purpose behind them, except just to look cool:) , because real robots will look as functional as possible, with nothing but cases over those:)
for example, if we want to have a rotating element, what engine should there be, should we have any hydraulics, what's the balance point, how thick should the joint be ?:)
the nasa robot looks like something not far away in the foreseeable future.
This is awesome n thanks
hello, it was really interesting. is there an advanced class for drawing mechs?
agora posso finalmente fazer meu Mecha Flamenguista, VAMOS LÁ GABI GUNDAM!