I've been taking Hardy's mentorship program and learning the shape carving techniques have been insanely eye opening, and has improved my art and design process so much in such a short amount of time it's super powerful and I love it very much!! :D
Hi Tyler, how did you improve your mechanical visual library to draw robots and machinery from easy to hard? like, there have to be a step by step of how to learn this mechanical parts to achieve your result. thank you man for your time to do this kinda videos. Don't stop, they help a lot
Hey Anmo, thanks for the kind words! First, google types of joints. I believe there are six, and they each serve a different purpose. Then there are two types of "muscle", 1. hydraulic pistons, like you see on heavy machinery (excavators, etc.) , 2. I think they're called robotic joints (not sure), but all mechanisms are hidden in the joint itself (look at robotic arms, there's no pistons). So you've got joints, and then a way to move the joint. Then start sketching simple connections, like one hinge (elbow joint) that connects two cubes. figure out how they connect at the joint, and where would a hydraulic need to go to move the joint? One thing to keep in mind is, as a joint moves, the hydraulic piston will need to rotate a bit to accommodate, so where the piston connects on both ends also has a joint. Look at heavy machinery, but focus in on one joint only, and ask yourself what that joint is doing, what is moving, and what is moving it (what are the hydraulic pistons doing?). Personally I find stuff with hydraulics easier to understand than the robotic joints (robotic arm stuff). Pinterest also has a lot of line sketches of joints and stuff so you can look at that as well. And from there it's just building it out. Robots are basically skeletons. You've got your bone structure, it's got joints, and then hydraulics are the muscles moving the joints. Elbows and knees are hinge joints. So you get a good understanding of that stuff, you can just add complexity as you go. Look at animal skeletons and ask yourself where hydraulics would go to make limbs move. I'll also mention that with these robots, I totally cheated, I basically had parts be in shadow and then hinted at lines and ellipses to make it seem like pistons and joints. But the better your understanding of everything mentioned above, the more believable it'll be, even if you cheat. I'll try to make a video on that kind of thing as soon as I can.
Is there currently a challenge for April going on? And if so, where can I check out some of that content to see if I too would like to maybe participate and follow along?
Que pena! How embarrassing. 😅 I jumped the gun ahead of time. I'm sorry...I now finished watching the video. and you answered my question and far more. Thank you!
Not embarrassing! This made me realize I didn't mention platforms, which I'm not too sure on. I've seen most of them on instagram, and presumably tiktok, facebook and twitter/x as well, but I'm not sure as I'm not on those platforms.
I've been taking Hardy's mentorship program and learning the shape carving techniques have been insanely eye opening, and has improved my art and design process so much in such a short amount of time it's super powerful and I love it very much!! :D
That's great to hear! Yeah Hardy's awesome, definitely a great workflow, and focusing on shapes really levels up designs!
Great work Tyler! I never manage to get a drawing done every day for the challenges, even when working from home.
Thanks! Yeah somehow daily stuff is hard to stick to
Hi Tyler, how did you improve your mechanical visual library to draw robots and machinery from easy to hard? like, there have to be a step by step of how to learn this mechanical parts to achieve your result. thank you man for your time to do this kinda videos. Don't stop, they help a lot
Hey Anmo, thanks for the kind words! First, google types of joints. I believe there are six, and they each serve a different purpose. Then there are two types of "muscle", 1. hydraulic pistons, like you see on heavy machinery (excavators, etc.) , 2. I think they're called robotic joints (not sure), but all mechanisms are hidden in the joint itself (look at robotic arms, there's no pistons). So you've got joints, and then a way to move the joint.
Then start sketching simple connections, like one hinge (elbow joint) that connects two cubes. figure out how they connect at the joint, and where would a hydraulic need to go to move the joint? One thing to keep in mind is, as a joint moves, the hydraulic piston will need to rotate a bit to accommodate, so where the piston connects on both ends also has a joint.
Look at heavy machinery, but focus in on one joint only, and ask yourself what that joint is doing, what is moving, and what is moving it (what are the hydraulic pistons doing?). Personally I find stuff with hydraulics easier to understand than the robotic joints (robotic arm stuff). Pinterest also has a lot of line sketches of joints and stuff so you can look at that as well.
And from there it's just building it out. Robots are basically skeletons. You've got your bone structure, it's got joints, and then hydraulics are the muscles moving the joints. Elbows and knees are hinge joints. So you get a good understanding of that stuff, you can just add complexity as you go. Look at animal skeletons and ask yourself where hydraulics would go to make limbs move.
I'll also mention that with these robots, I totally cheated, I basically had parts be in shadow and then hinted at lines and ellipses to make it seem like pistons and joints. But the better your understanding of everything mentioned above, the more believable it'll be, even if you cheat.
I'll try to make a video on that kind of thing as soon as I can.
@@tylerbourneart Ty for taking time to answer!! I ll wait for it
Is there currently a challenge for April going on? And if so, where can I check out some of that content to see if I too would like to maybe participate and follow along?
Que pena! How embarrassing. 😅 I jumped the gun ahead of time. I'm sorry...I now finished watching the video. and you answered my question and far more. Thank you!
Not embarrassing! This made me realize I didn't mention platforms, which I'm not too sure on. I've seen most of them on instagram, and presumably tiktok, facebook and twitter/x as well, but I'm not sure as I'm not on those platforms.