Given how time consuming the Studio Project has been I ended up having 2 weeks to work on this! So I decided to do something with mechs. Because who doesn't love mechs. I started by looking a designs and concepts by other artists to give me a better idea on how to approach my own designs. I particularly liked this design as it wasn't overly complicated. The pilot area is pretty straight forward and I love the design on the legs. Though I can't imagine how they would look if it was animated. https://rickystinger88.deviantart.com/ Work by Stefan Misirdzhiev Work by Michael Maurino https://www.artstation.com/ironstylus These designs are more along the lines of what I was thinking. Work by Martin Demeter This is an old animation but I thought the design of the legs was clever and how they move when the mech walks. And of course D.VA's mech from Overwatch. I think it has a really nice design but I honestly hate the way it moves in it's animation, which you can see in the video below. Also D.VA must have an extremely sore neck from being in that position when piloting.
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I drew out some concepts on how I picture some mechs. Also trying to bare in mind how I would animate them if they moved, especially their legs. Below is a little moodboard I put together as reference. Basic concepts:
2D AnimationSo, when figuring out how I should make the mech's legs move I looked at walk cycles for ostrich and horses (the back legs of the horse). That movement is kind of what I was picturing. Bit random. But it works. I made a rough animation then added the design of the mech on top. Below is the process. I added the arm and gun in too and put it together in After Effects. I also added a sky and background (using parallax scrolling). ModelI wanted to try out some effects in After Effects so I did a rough model of another mech to use. (For the mech's gun I used a gun concept I had made on a previous project) WIP 1 WIP 2 WIP 3 FINAL Turn around Hologram tests for the guns. Had I more time for this project I would like to do effects with the gun actually firing lasers or pulses of light. REST IN PIECES |
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