Idk if you've answered this before but do you get references for your technical art or are you just freestyling off a basic idea? If so, any websites in specific?
I imagine you could make some pretty gnarly references by Frankensteining stock images together just idk where to find what I'm looking for
- from someone trying to get more into machinery /robot drawing and realizing they have no idea how that stuff works
(Also, how long have you been doing stuff like this? You have very impressive work)
omg yes i owe it all to good references LMAO i do a lot of googling and "" researching "" (basically looking at how different machines are made or watching videos of things being manufactured). i am not an engineer or know a single thing about this stuff or even know anyone who could possibly explain any of this to me so i feel like research and using references is a must!
a lot of it starts by wondering how things function... like how DOES gas make a car run... where DO they store all the oil at a gas station... what does the inside of a water tower look like... google is always a great starting point! the caterpillar (the company that makes the big old yellow excavator machines) website has become one of my go-tos LMAO
for the guy getting his guts rearranged the robotic arms are pretty much an exact copy of robot assisted surgery machines... very cool stuff!
the guy tied up getting his blood siphoned out of him is based on aircraft fuel tanks and the gear bay
and the recent one of the guy about to get a needle through the eye is based on car manufacturing robots and laser cutting machines
hope that helps! it's very fun and everybody should try it out!!
also thank you- i have been drawing for 18 years!!
