Hi All,


I just thought of sharing tank drawings I’ve made previously. They are done in freehand. I think doing freehand drawings develop confidence.
I’m showing the process of which how the drawing is made, from the beginning to the end, using attached photos as references.

The entire drawing wasn’t that difficult, if you apply the simple techniques/steps. Just give it some time and have some patience when drawing.

The stationary that I’m using are pretty basic and affordable. All easily available at local stationary shop. You don’t need hi-tech electronic tablet/high-end computer to start drawing. As least, this is true for my case.

Anyway, the items I'm using:

1. Felt tip pens (0.2mm and 0.4mm nib) black. Artline brand.
2. Mechanical pencil 0.5mm. 2B lead.
3. A3 size multi-purpose paper. I preferred this size as it give me more room to expand when drawing my subject.



Drawing process


Drawing a "skeletal" of the subject. Which is a tank, in this case. Pencil lines can be easily corrected if mistakes are made. When drawing your lines, keep your hand steady, do it slowly if you need to. Control your lines.




Outline the pencil lines with felt tip pen. Use 0.4mm pen for outline (profile), while 0.2mm for object lines. This makes the drawing clearer, and indicate what is at the front, middle and at the back.




Use the felt tip pen to hatch/darken the areas under shade or shadow, like wheel, tracks, hull, and other area below the tank.




Additionally, use a mechanical pencil to continue hatching/darken the areas under shade or shadow. Pencil lines aren't as heavy as ink lines.





Continue adding gradual layers of pencil lines and pen lines. This is to create more visual depth and 3D to the tank drawing. Tank details such as nuts, handles, hinges, brackets, lamps, etc. are highlighted.





Use pencil lines to "scratch" your drawing to create markings/graphics, impression of dirt, weathering, wear & tear marking, etc. to the tank.
A felt tip pen can be used to create similar but deeper impression. Use it sparingly though.




Adding final touch to the drawing, by giving it a human figure, antenna, ground line, etc. This gives an impression of scale and a bit of realism to the drawing.



This thread is done on the fly. and if I have missed out a few things by accident, please let me know. My drawings aren't perfect and I'm still learning to draw by doing it. Practice doesn't always make perfect, but I think it makes improvement.


Lastly, I’ll provide a link of a Y/T video of how the entire drawing is made, for those who are keen to know more about the drawing.




If you have any comments/questions……please don't hesitate to highlight or ask. I'll answer them the best I can.


Cheers!

This post has been edited by code10: Aug 22 2022, 11:45 AM

should be under Arts & Design rather than Serious Kopitiam

Sad to say Arts and design eye ball is like maybe 10 people once in a while, barely get any traffic at all. TS look like a good student who is willing to share how to draw technique for potential viewers such as my self that want or think to be serious artist ..... I think mod can accept this as part of social discussion since its interest also attract a niche in a more formal way. I'd see A&D is more of a question and answer zone for industrial related topic mostly, compare to TS is more social interest.

As for TS, the position of the tank reminds me of "tank man" at different angle



While drawing on paper with pencil is the cheapest option, I'd suggest people whom is seriously considering art as a hobby or carrier should get a good cheap tablet if you already have a com, as digital mistake much faster to correct, no need to waste paper (because after your draw either store in somewhere that require space or throw if not nice). Easier to transit to selling them online, keep as record or reference and whole lot of other benefit that out weight in the long run. That's in my own personal experience and opinion.

not bad.

naise

reminds me of metal slug

Oh hi , the M113 artist.

Nice one again 👍

Pretty dead there. Hobby can be /k also

Why stage 1- state 8 no draft the soldier, out of sudden soldier appear at stage 9??

Thank you for time and comments given, Mowlous. I appreciate it. I initially had consider posting my thread at Arts and Design but held back because of low traffic observed. In fact, I have pose questions in that section before, and only gotten reply after 2-3 days later. That somewhat discouraging for TS and the other interested members. Some of my questions weren't even answered in that section -like the thread "a drawing a day". I guess the TS was too busy with other things.

I have posted a couple of my videos/drawing at Kopitiam section, asking for their feedback/comments. Sometimes, I received constructive comments and feedbacks from members on how to improve the drawings. They were all very helpful and useful.

Other times, I have gotten comments/respond from members, like....:if I could draw sexy lenglui, sexual innuendo remarks, which were totally out of topic. Some respond were quite rude. Then again, I am not offended by them knowing that it's Kopitiam afterall. Different folks, different strokes.

Yes, most of the tanks I drew are "standard" tank-man angle. They are done because its naturally at eye-level, and easier to relate to viewers. Also, it is much easier to draw, esp. to those who are interested to learn drawing. Architecture drawings are sometimes presented in such a way.

For the time being, I am doing drawings the simple, old fashion way- using paper, pen and pencil. My Y/T channel banner conveyed my intention. Teaching and learning to draw can be intimidating already sometimes, and I don't want to scare/discourage members by teaching them drawings via tablet. I suppose in most technical schools, basic drawings are always conducted manually at first. The students need to have a good grasp of the fundamentals before moving on to the next level.

If I remember correctly, my first lesson in technical drawing class wasn't about drawing. It was about knowing your paper, pencils, and other stationary, and use them correctly. My supervisor once said "Scale ruler is to measure distance/length in drawing, while a straight edge (ruler) is to draw straight lines". Once I used them incorrectly, my supervisor threw my ruler out of the design studio window. Taking care of the drawing paper was also important, keeping it clean, no folding, use a folder to protect the drawing paper, etc.

Just sharing a bit of my experience of taking technical drawing lessons long time ago.

Well, its common, old school teach focus on the essence of art. I respect that. From my point of view its more of a industrial base fast moving mentality. I invest in my tablet (XP-PEN STAR 06) at a 50% discount price, (roughly around RM200+) take a few training lesson, start doing fiverr gig for $5 ..... by the end of the month already kind of recoup the RM200+ I invested in and starting to stack the extra $$ to fund my other project like buying art supply and joining art class. It starts the cycle to self sustaining a hobby. I can't say the same for physical art as I have not sell or made a single cent out from paper drawing. I use to draw them on cheap school books, which I find it hard to keep them on an ever growing space. Physical can bring anywhere, while digital is kind of tied to one dedicated space. My moto in hobby is to make money first so that you can cycle what you love. And best if you can earn money from the hobby itself.

I also find that digital doodling a lot can keep hobby session much longer and spread the hobby into different sector like water color, oil painting and clay sculpting to keep the art hobby fresh.

Nice work. I'm still doing practice by scribbling and basic line drawing,followed YouTube video tutorials. Wish I could do full page drawing one day.

i dont have talent can only draw stickman

wow this is really good. just curious, did u always have an innate talent in drawing?

unker rmbr as a kid his drawings sucked ass all out of proportions compared to some classmates who jist seemed to have a natural ability to draw photocopy of target.

even now unker see some kids around 10yrs old drawing even able to draw the shadows of things all in proportion with good details. meanwhile unker can only draw stickmans.

I can't really say I have an innate talent in drawing, but I can say I have plenty of interest in drawings. I've been doing it since late primary school, on school exercise books that cost 40 cents each. 40 pages books gets filled up with all sort of drawings pretty quick, so I had to resort to 120 pages one.

I have a few classmates that had similar drawing interest. We used to show-off and awed by each other's drawings, and sometimes modified these drawings, out of interest, and to "power-up" the subjects like adding more guns, make character more muscular, etc.

So, I guess being able to draw requires combination of interest, encouragement and environment.

Good day to all

This is the 2nd drawing I’d like and happy to share. The drawing is done free-hand, and I acknowledge it isn’t the best example around. Anyway, the subject is an old (but extremely famous) World War II era German tank, Tiger 131, also known as Panzerkampfwagen (loosely translated “ Armored Fighting Vehicle”). This explains why this particular tank look so dated and boxy by comparison.
As usual, my stationary consists of just felt-tip pen (0.2mm and 0.4mm nib) and a mechanical pencil using 2B lead. The drawing was done on A3 multi-purpose paper, commonly used in office.

Below are series of photos showing the stages of my tank drawing:



Stage 1: Drawing “wireframe” the tank using pencil. Apply light or medium pencil pressure would suffice.




Stage 2: Over the pencil lines, draw outlines & object lines using felt-tip pen. This would produce clearer drawing and give “shape” to the tank. You can erase-off the pencil lines once you have inked the drawing.




Stage 3: Use felt-tip pen to create “solid hatch” and “cross hatch”, at area under shade or shadow. The light source is assumed at overhead.




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Stage 4 & 5: Continue adding layers of “solid hatch” and “cross hatch”, as shown in the above photo. It is advisable to do it in multiple passes (or layers) where/when needed. I normally apply 2-3 passes.




Stage 6: Preferably, use 0.2mm felt-tip pen to highlight detail elements of the tank, such as nuts/bolts, tank tracks, body panel lines, scratch marking, etc. where necessary.




Stage 7: Use a 0.2mm felt-tip pen to create tank “marking”, such as army symbols/emblem/badge, and designation number. Use a combination of felt-tip pen and pencil to create “road dirt” & “weather effect” especially at the front of the tank, lower part of the tank, tank tracks, track wheels, etc.




Stage 8: Draw the “ground line” to make the tank looks “planted”. Accessorize the tank with human figure(s) with correct & appropriate uniform, to lend the drawing an overall realistic look.


Below is the youtube video that shows the complete process of the drawing. Please check out the video, if you are interested.



Thanks for your time and if you have any questions regarding the drawing, please do not hesitate to ask.

Just an update of the (freehand) drawings I've made recently. This time round, the drawing of a Sherman tank from WW II era. Not those modern tanks with sleek and sexy appearance. BTW, the Sherman tank was featured in the movie "Fury", if you like to know.


As usual, I'll be sharing the drawing process, via various stages as shown in the pictures below. I suppose the pictures could tell a thousand (more) words.

If you have any questions/comments about the drawings, please do share



























And if you keen to watch the entire drawing process, please do check out the video below

Looking good. I request Battle Cruiser from Starcraft next.

naisu

learn to do it via pc, then do it in 3d. modelling can make some good money if you can do it good enough, like creating 3d models, animate them, then you can sell them online.