Torkaizer, ‘The Middle East’s First Anime’
Abu Dhabi’s Alter Ego unveiled a look at what they’re calling “the Middle East’s first anime” at Dubai’s Middle East Film & Comic Con. [Read more here]
Woah. You can call it an anime, but this is such a different design approach. I’m so fascinated to see this. Brilliant!
HEY ALL
Submissions wanted! Everyone is invited! You are invited!
I humbly request the assistance and participation of artists of all skills and abilities to submit pieces for print in a robot art anthology (tentative title!). It’ll will be a 5 x 7” saddle-stitched color cover book with black…
I’m all over this like a robot on a building.
Welcome to Titanzer concept rounds: Shadow Complex.
Designing a giant robot is a mystical journey full of “what” and “oh huh”. I’ve been having a hard time committing to a single design with Titanzer. I’d spend hours drawing different heads before throwing all of them in the head trash. So I decided to boil things down and start with his outline.
First I figured out his dominant feature: strength. I wanted him to be intimidating, since he’s going to be much bigger now. I started by drawing him like I was looking up from the ground at his lovely body. Some people (probably worms) call this a worm’s eye perspective, and it helps give a sense of scope. From here I tried different head and leg designs until I found myself moving in certain/uncertain directions.
The biggest surprise came when I sent Chloe some helmet concepts and she didn’t realized they were in perspective at all, wondering if I have something against putting feet on things. This turned out to be a huge help. As you can tell, I tend to baby my way through a design, only doing slight tweaks at a time. This helped push me to exaggerate even further, and I liked it.
From there I developed the thinner frame and finally settled on a reduced, strong outline with a lot of nice shapes going on it. Now all I have to do is fill it in.
Robot head silhouette tests. I like to play with the shadow and outline of the head first before I settle on a design. Is there a faster way? Probably! Will I try to figure that out? Maybe!
A long time ago I found this noble soul doing the work of kings: translating a super robot encyclopedia. You can find the rest of these pages at their site.
Fanart battle between me and Lo Baker about whose main character is the hunkiest. May she rest….IN PIECES. *falls backward out the window* *building explodes*
