1. Give Your Machines a Soul by Borrowing from Nature’s Beauty
Here’s a little secret from my sketchbook: if you want your concept art engines and robots to feel alive, give them a soul. How? By borrowing shapes and motions from humans or animals.
2. Transform Robots into Living Characters
When you add hands, body or even a skeleton-like structure to your machine, it stops being just metal and starts thinking, moving, deciding for itself.
Suddenly, your engine isn’t a robot anymore—it’s a character with personality.
3. Sketch Small to Big: Explore Details and Joints
Yesterday, I did some quick mini sketches to explore this idea. Today, I’m working bigger, digging into those tiny details like joints and mechanical “bones.” It’s a challenge for my observation skills and memory of shapes. But I believe building a rich mental library of mechanical and organic forms can transform any simple shape into a captivating concept engine.
4. Build a Mental Library of Forms for Fresh Ideas
I’m still figuring this out myself—it’s an ongoing experiment. But it sparks fresh ideas and makes drawing machines way more fun.
5. Let Animal and Human Movements Inspire Your Mechanics
Try it yourself: let the fluidity of animal joints or the expressiveness of human fingers inspire your next mechanical design. Give your robots a heartbeat, and watch your art come alive.
UPDATE: My friend Adrien Wira collaborate with me to make a Photoshop render using Photo bashing technique.
See you in the next TIP OF THE DAY!
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
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