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Anonymous08/20/25, 12:09No.1017225
mathemathically or draftingly speaking, how do you suppose to, redraw an object in another angle, or direction, maybe based on a single ,2d image of said object? basically like turntable but maybe more, back to basic, like in the age of akira or whatnot.
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Anon08/20/25, 13:59No.1017232
Artists usually have references from different angles to help. If you’re talking about how they imagined it then i guess seeing examples of real world and putting together an image of what you want it to be. Lets take the image of the mecha, its a human sized object which a human can fit and control as a human. If you added real world mechanics that would work if we had better technology you can now imagine a basic concept of the mecha. Still basic isn’t something people like to see so add extra features in the mecha like their heads, give it equipment, a story and color. That’s how one would think of building a mecha.
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Anon08/20/25, 14:19No.1017233
The fuck are you talking about?
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Anon08/20/25, 14:20No.1017234
Lots of work goes into building the reference sheet, that way it can be drawn consistently over and over again.Put it this way, it's not exactly tracing but it's like getting as close to tracing that you can possibly get without actually tracing.Not because tracing isn't effective but because it's too inflexible.Just don't fall into the trap that it's all a magicians trick.
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Anon08/20/25, 15:32No.1017243
Artist imagine things a lot, the first mechas were build around the WW2 war machines. Those small details were added together to form mecha that you see. There’s no good way to describe how one would imagine a WW2 machine turning into something from 1000 years into the future. Every artist thinks differently (which is why many mecha exist) and each person draws inspiration for it.
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Anon08/20/25, 15:54No.1017249
>shouldnt there be something more flexible than tracing and less work, just because it is?
Yes, to-scale reference sheets.Just because you draw something *once* doesn't mean you throw it away.
Not all art is like that, including references.
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Anon08/20/25, 18:46No.1017260
Use standard perspective drawing to drop in a few boxes, cylinders and primitives that are drawn correctly to spec and then start filling in the blanks with these volumes constraining and informing you about the extent of the geometry in that space and how elements are to be aligned spatially. Just google how to draw mecha and there will be tons of info setting you on the right path.
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Anon08/21/25, 02:06No.1017273
There’s a thing called aphantasia, a science that explains people with different views on imagination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_gV1hEqlA8If you’re having a hard time imagining things then don’t just assume it’s over. Many artists faced the same problem, you just have to try harder or use tools to help figure things out.
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Anon08/21/25, 12:50No.1017303
So not even buying a copy of the figure that im absolutely sure is on sale for very cheap in aliexpress does not help you. What do you want us to do, there’s no cure for aphantasia. It’s time to decide what you want to do.
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Anon08/22/25, 02:50No.1017332
2D also uses 3D techniques, depth, orientation, shadows, lighting, color. All were done in 2D before any of us were born. You really need to imagine the mecha, imagine someone drawing it as a cartoon and do the exact thing.
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Anon08/24/25, 10:33No.1017441
bump
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Anon08/26/25, 15:27No.1017591
i'm not awake enough to understand what you are trying to say but look at this thing i've been working on on-and-off for the past like 5 months
>friend with gundam hyperfixation keeps telling me to make a zaku
>have barely consumed any gundam media myself but can't think of anything better to try and make at the time so decide to try
>steam said i was at 60 hours total usage time when i started
>now at 115 hours and still not done
>at this point kinda want to remake like half the model but also don't want to be working on this for another 30 hours
all i have left to model is the leg pipes, pauldron, and shield and then i'll be done with this beast
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Anon08/26/25, 17:53No.1017597
Mathematical perspective has been a thing used in drawing since around the renaissance in the 1400s anon.
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Anon08/27/25, 01:25No.1017616
can close this thrrad? i ve said what i ve said. enjoy religion maybe, anything is possible. might as wellrevive me from dead instead. by shooting my skull first