Sketch of the Week November 13/09
So, for those of you who haven’t heard, Disney finally announced that they are coming out with Tron 2! That’s right Tron, the precursor to The Matrix. I can’t believe it took those jokers sooo flipping long. The story will probably be horrible but at least it will look pretty (see Star Wars 1-3). The teaser trailer is amazing! Is Flynn good? Is he bad? I DON’T KNOW!
The new light cycle looks sweet… from a distance. I just don’t like how the rider sits on the bike. So next week I’ll take a stab at the bikes but this week, I tweaked the tanks from Tron. Much like the storm troopers from Star Wars, the tanks looked sweet but were completely irrelevant.
I’m a bit of a purist, so I tried to keep the overall tank form the same and just updated the style. You can see a little of my thought process in the rough sketches. I tried everything form centering the gun turret, different types of tread, even a windshield. The wheels like rings on the side were added to imply wheels or tread. They don’t touch the ground at all but they help the tank look mobile unlike the original version.
The colors did need to be updated but obviously I didn’t do to much with that. The old orange was a little dull so I pushed the chrome up a little. Less is more. Finally adding all of the glowing lines. So many designs have been ruined by people overdoing the glowy lines and while glowy lines may look sweet, don’t use it as a crutch people! Just use it on the areas where you want to highlight something. Anywhere else use it sparingly.
All right, that’s all I got. Let me know what sucks in the comments. I’m looking forward to the light cycle next week.
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Sketch Of The Week October 7/09
So I’m getting back on track, kind of.. Instead of a two-month gap between post I’m down to a two week gap. Now that’s progress!
This week’s sketch falls in the same universe as last weeks. Remember Castle Von Beacon? Well this would be one of the Marshals heavy tanks. I was going for something not too futuristic with a heavy iron style. Kind of like a big daddy from Bioshock but way “more machine now than man”. Err if you can call a big daddy a man.
First nothing says bad ass like a huge mec with lobster claws for hands! Then if that wasn’t enough he has guns coming out of his arm pits… I liked the guns so much I even threw in a second sketch of it. Throw in some metal bolts to give it that heavy metal feel and boo-yea instant walking tank. I toyed with putting a third leg on the mec but too many dirty jokes came to mind.
All right I’m done for now. As always I open to suggestions for next weeks sketch.
See ya
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Sketch of the Week! April 29/09
So I’ll go ahead and admit I cheated a little bit this week by using only two themes (Ninja + Oversized Gun). But I just wanted to draw a ninja with a gatlin gun. It’s always been a fav of mine since Arnold used it in T2 and Vulcan Raven used one in Metal Gear. Both those dudes are bad ass but could be compensating for something.
The gatlin is a little bit of a contrast since ninjas almost never carry guns and when you do see one it’s never big. We’ll just say for the sake of plot this ninja just killed the mini guns previous owner.
When doing the sketch I wanted to have the gun show a little weight. You can see how the posture of the ninja is thrown to the arm holding the gun. I also like how the sword is being elevated up to eye level. Makes you wonder if he is bring it up to block a bullet or if he is going to swing it around after he unloads the gun. It also helped with the composition of the sketch.
I felt that I had to compensate for having the ninja holding a huge gun so I made sure to throw in a lot of pointy things. Hence the full sword, short sword and the two knives on his leg. Like any good ninja he probably has more that you cant see.
That’s it for now, see you next wed.
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