2D Mecha-Horse design (Advice needed)
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Hi everyone,
I'm working on a Mecha-horse design.
I came to a point where I just can't go further.
Would you guys mind telling me your three favorite
horse shapes? I just can't decide by myself...
It is supposed to be an illustration in the end.
I wonder wich angle and pose would be the most
impressive for a mecha.
Hopefully I will post the final work here.
Thanks!
I'm working on a Mecha-horse design.
I came to a point where I just can't go further.
Would you guys mind telling me your three favorite
horse shapes? I just can't decide by myself...
It is supposed to be an illustration in the end.
I wonder wich angle and pose would be the most
impressive for a mecha.
Hopefully I will post the final work here.
Thanks!
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Edit: your swatches didn't load the first time! I like C, A and N.
Well, what I have is a shity design.
Anyway I post it.
It lacks dynamism. I'd like something
more sharp and cool like a good car design...
I don't will to use the drawings above without
changing them a bit (Scaling legs to get a faster feeling?)
But first I need to choose one of them and that's not easy.
Thank you for your comments!
(Just an illustration). Yeah running one could be nice.
Still I also like the standing one like n.
Can't make up my mind.
My aim is just to show the mecha-horse (no scenery or rider).
No it's not too late.
It is because I'm not satisfied
with the robot-horse-illustration
that I went back to basic rough-sketches.
I must pick-up one of the poses of post #1
I think one of the major issues with the robot version you posted is the back end isn't reading very well. Like its hard to get a sense of depth, and it looks like he's really short front to back, making the proportions seem off.
Maybe just trying "A" as KP suggested would be a simple solution.
I agree. Get it? 'I' agree. Aren't I clever
jokes aside.
If I had to definitely give an answer to save the world or some chicken, i'd say C.
LomChaos > Thank you for your "Oyaji Gag" joke
BradMyers82 > Yeah you're right about the "short front to back" feel.
That is what was disturbing me. Horse seen a little bit more from side
should be better. Thanks!
Lampoly > DaVinci's horse is nice. Still I'd like to avoid a too massive
Look (In fact I already have an almost done illustration with a kind
of "Percheron" wich is quite similar to the pic you sent).
Galaxy Rangers? Oh yeah! They use to play this cartoon in France
too when I was a kid. Thank you, I'll have a look to them horses.
Thank you everyone. Bed time for now. Hope I'll have something new
to show tomorrow.
Last wip:
Really nice horse drawings.
Just want to chime in and say that i think you need to try out some less primitive forms, alot of what you are doing is very generic form wise.
Have a look at some real world robots and machines and see if you cant find any cooler shapes to work in. though try and avoid the robots with plastic coverings just to make them look cool... (lol)
big dog
weird thing
cool!
Also some of my fav mechanic designers.
robogabo
keith thompson
izmojuki
I dont so much mean to go more realistic as more try and draw inspiration from real world parts to acheive some more interesting forms.
Well good luck with it man!
I particularly like the Japanese designer "clean" robots.
Yeah you're right mine is quite simple actually.
I will try to make it more complicated (add small pieces
or make it hollow with machinery inside) when I have a nice
and dynamic general shape.
Thanks!
Thank you for your help.
Well it is more like a neck-head axis part;
may be it doesn't have eyes or it is between steel
sheets but not set.
I found it cool that people can imagine what they
want about the eyes position. One of the main issue
was to make a mecha-horse; at first I was stuck on
horse natural shapes and the result was not really mecha-like.
So I thought that willing to draw all the horse parts slavishly
was a mistake.
Still I'm not very sure about the front legs.
There may be better designs for them.