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posted this on tiktok and yt and figured I'd post it here too

(ignore the funky quality)

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fuuuuck that is my circus. are those…? yep… those are my monkeys….. goddammit.

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how does one go about practicing on drawing mechs? like, how did you do it? I have no idea where to start aaah 😭😭 any advice would be so helpful

i have soooome notes but! truly it comes down to looking at a LOT of references! references and REPETITION!!! i swear i have dozens upon dozens of photos of characters pulled up when i start drawing. it gets easier with each time that you sketch ‘em i promise!!

(i also “cheat” a lot and look at my figures when i wanna put them in certain poses—this goes heavilyyyy for megatron LOL)

and i hate to sound like a broken record because i’m sure everyone says this…but truly i break them up into shapes! they really are just layers of geometric shapes layered on top of one another with pretty little details etched on top :)

this is kinda how i see their figures! these kinda forms are how all my drawings start out before i put the armor on top of them!

also important to remember that the inside structures of organic figures (bones/muscles/etc) are completely visible for mechs! you can see the joints and gears that bend at their knees/elbows/shoulders/hips/feet rather than them being hidden by skin and clothing. i think this is the part that i have the Most trouble with because it’s a lot of small moving parts layered together. forgive the messiness…i’m still learning myself honestly haha and this is all compiled after looking at a LOT of art and models and whatnot. included in this are hands…which have a Lot of the small exposed joints.

anywayyys that’s all i have in terms of general advice that i can give…if you have any specific questions feel free to ask! i am an open book and will do my best to answer with words or visuals lol

but really—just have fun with it! experiment and try try try again

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imgonna do things to you.

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the only ship I want to be canon

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soundwave knows what you are

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I rock with a Transformers themed harm reduction group in Central Florida called Kaon City Medix.

Folks who live in Florida can use our mail order form to request supplies including no-cost Plan B, HRT injection syringes/sharps boxes/bandages & alc pads, all mailed straight to your doorstep for free. You can also check out our Resource Rec List for local, regional, and national resources. We're working on translating all these into Spanish, Arabic, and Kreyol. We distribute free narcan and other supplies locally and work with other groups in area to expand the networks of folks we serve; if you're in the Tampa Bay area, Pasco, or Sarasota and wanna help out, we are accepting new volunteers.

If you think this work rocks and wanna support it, you can always contribute to mailing/other costs via ko-fi or Cshpp/Vnmo @/TeamKombatikon.

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smoking gun

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more ironkup ong

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Do you have any speedpaint or rather speedsketch (?) videos of your art? I'd love to see how you draw.

Yep! I draw in Procreate so I have speedpaints of all my art. But like… they aren’t pretty because my usual style of drawing is to draw a bunch of sketches simultaneously and switch between them mid process constantly. I exported one of my speedpaints so you can see exactly how chaotic and unsystematic it is 👍

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"i bet i was someone influential and famous in a past life!"

76 pigs, 349 chickens, 1297 flies, 98 trout, & the 7 year old son of a sheep herder who died from an infected rat bite in 1498:

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rescue and release

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no! "sapphic yearning" will kill the patient

she needs hardcore lezzing out in order to live

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Elita please he's trying his best :[

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Don't let go

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