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This guy draws machinery with a pen only. I fear this man.

"Use a pen so you don't have any excuses for not putting details in" god that's so good

how to draw mech: step 1: learn how to draw robots step 2: learn how to draw vehicles step 3: learn how to draw armour step 4: *Combine!*

I always think mechs are the ultimate tool to see an artists ability . It combines everything a good artist needs imagination, perspective, form and anatomy

Drawing is a language, and in order to learn how to write in that language (meaning to draw) you have to learn how to read first. Reading in drawing means understanding an image, not just copying it. Understanding its perspective, form, how it looks underneath (ex. the skeleton underneath the body) , how it interacts with objects (ex. clothes on the body, how they fold etc.) , consider if it is a static or a dynamic image (ex. a box is static, but a robot moves, so how does it move? what parts are moving? in what range?). Once you learn HOW to understand an image then you have to actually put the effort to understand it. Draw it from multiple angles and think while you are doing it in order to actually memorize it and expand your information capacity, it's like learning the words of a language but far more complicated. Just like learning a language, once you've learned enough words you can manipulate/combine them into your own sentences and actually "create" something unique and express yourself. So before writing down what you want to draw ask yourself, do I really know how to draw that? For example if your idea is a female sexy character wearing underwear, holding a katakana and a revolver, having short hair and be in a dynamic pose you have to ask yourself if you actually know how to draw all of these stuff, and if you don't go study them. Study the female body, its skeleton, how is it different from the male skeleton, study the weapons you want her to hold, how her hands are gonna hold them, how their clothes are folding on top of her etc. So we've come to the conclusion that drawing is communication, a language that humans use to communicate their ideas. And I know that we want to draw our ideas as soon as possible but if we haven't already spent years of studying what we actually wanna be able to draw someday then we simply cannot do it yet. It's like we are trying to write a book in japanese without learning japanese first. To sumup: learn how to learn to draw (fundamentals), then learn what you want to draw (memorize stuff by drawing them), and then draw your ideas (combine the things you've memorized into something new), also it's okay to have references in front of you to remind you information but don't use them as a shortcut, you have to also study them separately, if you haven't studied clothes before don't expect that a reference of a clothing is gonna help you. To make it clear I am not a pro, but I've spend months of research in order to understand the right way to improve, along with a lot of stress and disappointment, so don't do the same to yourself, swallow your ego and admit that the language of drawing needs time and effort. Have fun learning!

"Now just draw some rough little thumbnails" *scribbles a bunch of beautiful pieces of art*

Me who had no intention of drawing mechs: This is exactly what I'm looking for.

A little evangelion in the background. Respect respect

It ended up looking pretty cool with all the arrows and stuff all over it

"Every time I say the word mech, you can just replace it with whatever it is you want to draw." I will be drawing a piloted bipedal alpine samurai banana made for surveillance.

i've waited so long for this video

I thought it'd be super cute to do a gardening mech but then i remembered....Wall-e....Is he technically a mech? Lol idk...I've been too obsessed with animal crossing so it must be tending to flowers!

I think the hardest part of drawing mechs, and the part that I don't want to do, is studying actual machinery to some extent. You need it as reference material. And if you wanna be able to just whip out a drawing of a mech randomly, you have to have those references somewhat memorized so it's second nature. Otherwise, it's no different than drawing everything else.

Everyone who got the notification for this vid: *It is time*

This isn't just a video on how to draw something. It's honestly something I would expect my cad professor would give out as advice in designing your product.

I’ve had a huge obsession with mechs for way too long, but I’m an artist who focuses more on more natural and environmental art, not man made things, so I’ve never been all that good at it. This video is actually amazing to watch, incredibly satisfying and your sense of balance with the drawing is god level 😂😂

HOLY CHRIST FINNALY THE SECRET TO ROBOT ART!!!

it always gets me in the mood to draw when i see other people drawing, you especially!

Thank you! I had a lotta fun making my "kitchen enviroment" cook/chef mechs. And they, of course, all wear Mechdonald's™ brand aprons.

For me i also reference some animals, like grasshopper legs or kangaroo legs, they are fast if they use it for running correctly

My mechs are more anime inspired (like Gundam, Transformers, Mazinger Z, all that jazz) but I really want to try implementing that "realistic" style that you do so effortlessly!

I really like your design and your process, especially the attention you give to small details and various surfaces by using different tools!

This is one of the best because you break down the joints. Most tutorials and 3D modelers fail to consider this. Thanks.

Slowly realizing that the biggest thing to getting better at drawing is just drawing more and practicing lol. Also that you will learn a lot of surface level details about whatever you are drawing when you look into the mechanics of it as he said. Kind of like how writers always talk about their search history with strange things. Same goes for artists too it seems just visually.

Drawing a good mech is just as hard as drawing a car hard at first but once you draw it enough the form from all angles becomes clear how to do it. Also is pays off to be good at drawing the human form too

I’m trying to get a better understanding of mechs for an animation I’m currently workshopping. I have to say, understanding the skeleton of the machine is giving me a much better idea of how to imagine it’s composition and it’s movement. Thank you for making a video like this, I was looking for something to nudge me in the right direction and this video is absolutely perfect for that. Also, you draw incredible contours, your penmanship is very considered but still light and imaginative.

That sketching confidence comes from a bunch of practice...but he also has build up a very amazing visual library...this lecture was so enlightning

i've had mechanical drawing and design drafting courses in the past as well as working in the automotive and aviation fields. These have helped me to visualize. Building model kits helps too.

Sitting at my desk, a blank sketchbook open in front of me, not knowing what to draw, then this pops up in my recommendations, guess I know what I'm drawing tonight!

In robotics the joints are called degrees of freedom also. Just keep in mind the laws of physics and stress points for how realistically a link can support a joint. I know how to build, but trying to learn how to design aesthetics. Nice video - thanks!

Your explanations of the thought process behind what you’re doing is amazing

Feel like I stumbled on some ancient mech drawing secrets here

That spread literally looks like a blueprint I love you ;;

"study some semblence of engineering" me, a robotics engineer: I think i can manage that

YAAASSSSS!!!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING!!!!

I like drawing mech even If I suck at them most of the time. (Same goes with faces)

'How to draw mechs' You have my interest 'How to draw hEnTaI' You now have my attention

I do the exact same thing at 14:00 the first thing I do when actually realizing my mech suit from the sketch phase is getting an understanding of the mech's movement and capabilities and drawing the appropriate mechanisms and joints that allow for that movement

The problems with people not knowing how to draw Mechs is the same as them trying to draw the human figure without having at least read a book on human anatomy. I use to draw anime back in mid/high school and I always had problems drawing the human figure, drawing front or side poses where easy, but those where boring. And I've always wanted to draw fighting stances, characters posing, sitting, and doing interesting things but no book or lesson on anime ever helped me. Untill I found a few books on anatomy. If u want to learn more than anime basics don't buy books on anime or how to draw mechs. Try to find books on human anatomy and real life mechatronics or mechanical engineering and then apply the physics of what you've learned to make your designs.

Great video! You gave me a few tips that I'm definitely gonna work on adding to my own OC mech designs

Damm, I thought I was the only one who drew complicated stuff using a pen, I usually use blue pens or black ones. I feel like using pens for drawing is better for rough sketches and stuff like that because you can't erase your mistakes, and you have to make it a part of your drawing instead. Then because of this, you become more confident with your lines and become better at drawing with more minimal mistakes. Also, for some reason after making a sketch, I just add more detail and shading until it becomes a full on refined drawing even though the drawing was just supposed to be a concept

I've been waiting for this one, Turn it up!!

The way you draw with out guidelines makes your art looks great

Now this is what I’ve been looking for

I’ve needed this for so long

Thank you so much for that video! It actually motivated me to draw mechs because I've been wanting to try for so long.

I love his thought process.

this was the first video by you that ever got recommended to me (but not the first video I ever watched!) and now I'm going to draw mechs so much I force them into my comfort zone.

literally gorgeous

your channel is so underrated love your art

I adore your style, it's so cool.

Ayo ngl these mechs are looking kinda THICC !!! :)

the changing pictures on the monitor behind you make your cuts way more prominent and chaotic. Love the vid! Thanks :)

i like the fact that Neon Genesis Evangelion is playing on the TV in the background heck yea :^)

I'm so lucky ken recommended this pen cuz almost everyone in our school has it😊😊🇵🇭

thank you so much!!!!!!! i never knew where to start with mechs but this helped a lot!

I feel like Im watching Spongebob show how he draws a perfect circle. Just draw the mona lisa, erase some of the finer details then youre all set! All joking aside, I do appreciate you going through the thought process of how to develop ideas.

Bro i just found you on accident and youre exectly what i needed in my life, thanks bro

Great stuff. Love mechs. Wish I could draw like this.

Glad to be here when it finally happen

i like the theme and your style on how to go about it

Thanks for this. My mech drawings will improve so much from this.

that pen looks so smooth !

you're so awesome, i thought you would be a real good design character your acting is so unfamiliar to me i want to draw you in my free time i'm not english speaking, i hope you'll understand me

This was exactly what I needed to draw mechs. Thanks!

YES this is the video we needed

OHOHOHOHOHO YOU KNEW YOU KNEW

0:11 I think there’s a mistake how the hip servos have arrows that point all the way around indicating that they turn the legs like wheels instead of forward and back

I love how you think abt setting in your design 😊

I happened upon here randomly. And i really appreciate your links to music used. Your presentation was fluid and inviting. Thanks you and I might now draw a mechanical device.

Me * goes to a STEM school that focuses on engineering * : "ah yes mechanics in engineering, I remember that unit." Also me * an artist who has no interest in engineering* : " my mother is going to be disappointed, but I want to draw"

Learning so much from you - both from listening and watching.

My man! Thanks for doing this!

A tip I could give is to have sketches of the human skeleton as well as the skeletons of animals, and then try to "mechanize" it, for example, the knees would be fitted with gears since it is a machine. You could also see sketches of some games like horizon Zero dawn or cyberpunk (srry for the bad English)

Time to tackle my arch-nemesis ☠️ thanks for the video! Great one as usual^^

Awesome video man. Thanks a lot!

I like your 80s - 90s style syfy

You killed it.

From a designer standpoint that mech wouldn't fly for snow terrain. Snow would accumulate on the ears and it weights tons. So they would bend or fall down when in stand by. From an illustrator standpoint... damn. That's good.

I use a sharpie S-Gel for heavy lines and a 0.3mm Muji pen for fine lines.

The random shapes in the papeper background gave me inspiration. Like watf

browsing through you tube aimlessly and i meet with piece of art 😉👍

Lots of useful tips in this video which should help my drawings, thanks

Oooh thank you so much. I wanted to draw cool robots and sci-fi art but didn't know where to start

Really helpful video! Thanks for uploading!

This is very informative. Thanks for making this.

i often ask myself the questions, mentioned in the video, about a lot of things. one example, is about making wands. i want to build one thats robotic. this video, inspires me, to think of the why of making a robot wand.

Thanks for sharing! I really want to get into drawing mechs. They look sssoooo cool!

As an architect I will reason this in analytic terms. First you establish the precedent studying similar cases aligned with your concept. Second you establish what type of autonomous unit you want to DESCRIBE. You chose the kangaroo type. Then you explore the JOINTS and the actuators of your autonomous unit. Each joint may have another joint for certain degrees of freedom. On such process you selected a pseudo perspective axonometric view. Your selection of concept requires a radar, computer recognition vision or camera and another set of sensors that depicts some sense of control dynamics. On the joints you adhere the motors similar to a KUKA robot arm. Basing your inquiry on robotic rudiments increases the level of authenticity in your subject. Then you go with the plating or armor that protects the joints and the servo mechanisms. These pieces are connected to the joints doing a similar gesture on form. For these, it's always good looking at construction arms known by everybody who have seen a construction equipment. 1. Sensors. 2. Joints. 3. Metal plating for enclosure of internal hardware such as motors and pulleys. 4. Energy storage or batteries for such case. This is obvious to you because you have drown many of these. Great artists and concept creators CONSTRUCT a program that establishes the order of priorities and style specification. When people sees great artists they should pay attention how they proceed with the creative process. It's very systematic, precise, exact, exhaustive and programmed with a purpose in mind. Aesthetics is function or form follows function. This is what I thought watching your video.

I actually came here looking for 3D modeling help, as I'm stuck on a robot I've got to make, and this helped enormously! Thanks!

If anybody else is concerned about making stuff totally realistic, and with very strong intent, know that Christopher Nolan, when making Batman Begins, said "I want a batmobile", and then he sculpted a lump of clay into a vague nugget shape and brought it to his production team, and they made a badass design out of it, which they then made fully functional with jump capabilities by jumping it a couple hundred times and replacing whatever broke on each test. You don't need to have such a large budget unless you're creating your own car for real, but that is the goofiest production story I have in my vast knowledge of trivia nobody cares about, and it led to something pretty much everybody agrees is cool and nobody bats (pun intended) an eye about. It's all about confidence and fluffy detail, as long as you can agree you won't know every little detail about the kind of thing you're creating as much as a specialist creator of that thing. And to expect yourself to understand all the details about everything you're "fictionizing" is to expect yourself to be able to do 75% of most jobs that involve creating real stuff, and that's just not feasible at all. I'm mostly talking to myself right now like I do on the subway but I hope this helps somebody

Awesome! Nice tutorial!

loving that cheeky evangelion on at the start

Really great video! I’ve been struggling with making a design for a robot character and this was helpful

Your channel is amazing!

now i finally understand why the protagonist of eizouken draws like she does, ir does look like you get your idea across faster

loved this!

This is really awesome. That machine looks dangerous.

Oooh! This is so helpful! ✨