Steampunk Project

 The most recent Visual Design project was another 2 week long one. This time we were given the task to create anything we wanted, as long as it was in the Steampunk style. I have known about Steampunk for some time so I had a basic understanding of it. I complied a moodboard together to give myself an overview of the Steampunk theme.

 Then I started a few sketches to figure out what I wanted to do for my project. I knew I'd like to do a character but I also thought about doing a plane of some sort. After these sketches I decided I did not want to do a plane.


 Next I needed to do more roughs for my character because I did not have a clear idea of hat I wanted to do. I knew I wanted it to be a robot and that I wanted it to have a weapon as a big part of the design. Instead of doing more roughs in the sketchbook I decided to do some in Photoshop because I have been finding it hard to figure out my ideas on paper.

 I ended up doing a separate rough as well which I ended up not wanting to take further. These roughs led to my final three solid ideas. So I decided to go with idea number 1, even though looking back some of the others look like they could have been better ideas. 

So I took idea 1 further. I used the rough for reference by keeping it on a layer under the one I was drawing on and erased it as I went. I also closely referenced my moodboard and images of brass to get the look I wanted. For the eyes I had a brief look at camera lenses to get them looking nice. I watched this video from this time stamp to look at how I might draw my robot. I found it quite useful. Anyway, here is my final design. I am very pleased with how it turned out but I know there is room for improvement in the lighting.