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

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.

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

Goof afternoon to all forummers,


Just an update of the (freehand) drawings I've made recently. This time, the drawing of a Russian Bumerang tank.

For me, the initial pencil sketch need not to be very exact, as one could always make necessary adjustments during inking stage.
I think too many pencil lines could easily smudge and dirty the paper, leaving undesired marking on the paper especially when pencil lines are drawn with a little too much pressure.

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

















And if you like to watch the (speed up) drawing process, please check out the video below




If you wish to ask anything about the drawing, please don't be shy to ask. As always, I'll be happy to hear your constructive comments.

Thank you very much.















This post has been edited by code10: Jul 16 2022, 12:19 PM

Good day to all Forumers,


This is an update of the (freehand) drawings I've made. This time, the drawing of a German Fuchs tank.
The drawing process, via various stages as shown in the pictures below.














The final touch shown in the video thumbnail below. If you require to see the drawing process, just click the video.

Thanks!

Hi oe_kintaro,

Thank you for your advice and concern. At them moment, I'm using general purpose paper. Acid paper is hard to find around my place, not to mention that it cost more than normal paper. Whenever I can, I would buy the ones that I could best afford.

The pen I use is the ordinary felt-tip ones, and I believe the pigment isn't as good as drawing pen by comparison.

I did drawings on exercise books during primary school years, like a hobby thing.

The formal lesson that I could relate to was the technical drawing subject during my secondary school. Some poeple call it lukisan kejuruteraan.

Good morning, Forumers,


This is an update of the (freehand) drawings I've made. This time, the drawing of a Russian Typhoon tank.
The drawing process, via various stages shown in the pictures below.

Pencil lines to built the "wireframe" of the object (make sure the pressure is light, so the lines can be erased without leaving any marks on the paper).
Pen lines to build the "solid" object. Afterwards, all the pencil lines can be erased.

Hi Jojolicia,

I don't quite understand your message.
Could you please explain about the mentioned photoshoot? May I know what is the purpose of it?

Thank you, Gashout. I'm just a regular guy. (no need to call "sir").
I'm glad and happy that you like the drawing.

I can't say I'm fan of tanks, but I'm inclined towards mechanical stuffs.

A wonderful day, Forumers,

This is a quick update of a tank drawing that I wish to share with fellow forumers.
This tank is another variant of the Typhoon, except with lesser passenger carrying capacity (compared to previous Typhoon which was "bus-like")

The drawing process, via various stages is shown in the pictures below.



I wish to point out that the amount of detail expressed in pencil lines varies. Critical details should be drawn in, while minor ones can be added during inking stage. So, there is no need to cram everything into your pencil drawing.












It is better to construct the drawing from top to bottom of drawing. This reduces the pencil graphite smudges on your drawing when your hand glides on the paper. Pen lines are "cleaner" to deal with, because the ink dries up on paper. It's all common sense, right?.



Shade and solid hatch tend to make the drawing "grounded" and give it weight. It's easy to overdoing it, so do it bit by bit. No rush, ok?.



Similarly, pencil hatches could give the drawing weight. However, pencil lines are harder to "show" when you are doing video recording, or taking a photo of it. Even 6B pencil lines don't show-up well via camera. I suspect the pencil graphite is light reflecting. So, these lines tend to appear grey in almost every time on camera.


The final touch of the drawing is shown in the video thumbnail.


I might have missed out a few things or two in the post. Please feel free to ask if you have questions about the above drawing.

Thanks and see ya

Hi guys and gals,

Just sharing an update of my tank drawing done previously

hahaha....During my student years, my geography teacher gave us home work to copy/draw peta of Malaysia in buku latihan.
I did last minute work.......and my peta Malaysia appeared to be ubi kayu. I kana marah by cikgu kaw-kaw, while the teacher showed me a neat, coloured map drawing (done by a girl classmate). Me so malu wei. The teacher demanded me to re-draw as pembetulan.

Those were the days.

This post has been edited by code10: Aug 5 2022, 09:26 PM

Hello guys and gals,

Here's is an update of my truck drawing done awhile ago. It's a pretty long one and almost fully occupy the paper space. I hope you all would like it.

Thanks for the recommendation, Dudestar. Will think of buying one when the time is right and money isn't so tight. I've tried a few and its quite good.

I see and thanks for the recommendation. Do you have a gallery to share with me with your digital art works?

Here is to share an update of a drawing I've made.













This post has been edited by code10: Aug 22 2022, 11:44 AM