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Is there any sites about drawing mecha? I want to draw my AC from Armored Core 4 (360), but I don't know how! Please help!

I don't know about drawing them, but the guy who runs this site might give you some insight as to how to produce them physically.

You're not trying very hard.

Thanks WurdBendur.

Gah, this all involves digital crap.

well, the polykarbon one doesnt have a focus on anything digital at all. anyhow, as long as its a drawing tutorial, it shouldnt matter what medium you use to put the learned content to use. if you just slavishly follow every single step the way and with the program thats mentioned in the tutorial, you wont learn anything from it.

the most crucial thing to know for drawing convincing machinery is to know your ins and outs of perspective drawing. practise that a lot and become really proficient at it, and you will have a much easier time.
with drawing people, you can get away with distorting a bit here and there, and minor perspective inconsistencies arent as apparent anyway - but with machinery (doesnt armored core feature a quite blocky, tank-ish mecha design anyway?), solid perspective is a must.

optimally, you should be fit enough to fill in correct perspective (correct enough perspective) without the need for construction with vanishing points and stuff, because relying on those tends to stiffen up the drawing big time. reaching that far reaches quite some practise, but if you are a bit versed in drawing and get a solid grasp on how this perspective stuff works, you should have an aspie advantage.

Thanks gekitsu.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl ... oshop.html

do transformers count as mecha?

Yeah, I guess they do.

Then go google "how to draw transformers" i had loads of results

Hopefully it'll come up with tradtitional art stuff.

There's never anything wrong with using vanishing points. If you're not using them, you're drawing something that isn't even possible, which is okay if you're not really concerned about that. But most people just do it wrong. If you do decide to use them, here are some tips:

1. Everything doesn't have to go to the same vanishing point. If part of your mech is turned, it's vanishing point will be in a different place. So don't try to force it, because then it just stands there and looks dumb.
2. Don't put the vanishing point too close to the subject because it'll distort the image a lot (unless that's what you want). Try roughing in some shapes in a way that looks natural and then use that to project where your vanishing points should be.

And of course there are no rules, only exceptions. But it's reasonable to say that vanishing points aren't really necessary.

i didnt say anything against vanishing points and their usage. its just that if you rely on vanishing points as a part of the process of drawing, this tends to lead to a stiffer drawing. okay if you want to display the mass of a standing mech, a huge brake to a dynamic drawing of a mech in action.

thats why i said you should be fit enough in perspective drawing to draw correct perspective (correct enough perspective) without needing vanishing points in the process of drawing. that is a state that needs practise and understanding of perspective - i found that it came quite easily to me and i attest this to my aspieness.