"I Don't Think I'm Pretty, Pretty
I Don't Know my Worth."
HURT (i don't think i'm pretty) - Layto
This was a project I concepted back in what,,, November? December? Of 2025? it has been sitting around unfinished for a WHILE. This was mostly due to the fact that I was not confident in my ability to render the finished piece to my liking. As pretty as my older rendering style for mecha is,,, it becomes cluttered and muddy. It is too shiny and doesn't have a very clear look to it. I don't know how to explain it. IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
Over the past couple of months I have been DESPERATELY wanting to change my rendering style. I finally took that leap and "studied" (read "as stared at their works for hours") some of my favorite mecha artists to try and figure out what they do when it comes to rendering!! Both artists I studied create adult content so I can't share their usernames due to that - Adults are more than welcome to ask me who those artists are privately! I do want to give credit where credit is due.
Anyways, after a lot of staring and yapping about what I think the processes are, I think I figured it out!! Of course I did it my own way so it's not one to one (Also because there is no guide from them on how to render like they do LOL), especially because I wanted this to be my own take on the style and have my own process! This style is MUCH faster than my last style and overall just looks cleaner!! I am very happy with this experiment and I will be making this my main mecha rendering style moving forward, especially since I will continue to refine it and develop my style further.
This is only HALF of the completed project I have planned. I have a second half of this which will feature Shadow X!! The two pieces will be pieced together in the end to make a full canvas with some special little extra details added! However, this piece alone took me over a month of consistent work since I had to chip away at it for only a few hours every night after work - while also taking some much needed breaks to work on other projects and enjoy other hobbies and my free time.
I look forward to slowly working away at the next part of this!! I'm hoping i can keep the two separate canvases rather consistent!!
Also yes, using this song AGAIN. I still love it a year and a half later.
Bonus Unshaded Version:
My Final Touches definitely pull my pieces together I find BUT, I did want to show the unshaded and un-pretty-ified version of this to really show off the rendering!!
I Still need to find the perfect colors for rendering on his purple-ish blue plating!! It was a bit of a struggle and I haven't found the perfect combo,,, In the end I settled for a yellow highlight color with a neon blue overlayed on top of that to make it not as jarring color wise!
I still don't know how I pulled this off I'll be honest,,, It was fun and I'm excited to see where I go from here!!
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