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Published: 2019-03-17 10:30:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 1857; Favourites: 127; Downloads: 0
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A mixed media drawing/sketch of mecha unit RX-78 NT-1 Gundam Alex from the anime Gundam 0080 - War in the Pocket.
The drawing was based on the 1/100 MG RX-78 NT-1 Gundam Alex 2.0 by Bandai Spirit.
Time lapsed video of this drawing is available at bit.ly/2TmDfpw
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Tools:
Media used:
- Graphite Pencil HB to 9B
- Colour Pencil (Water-soluble)
- Black Permanent Marker
- Black, Blue and Red Ballpoint Pen
- Black and White Acrylic Paint
- Yellow Green, Blue and Pink Highlighter
Paper : A4 Photocopy Paper
Completed picture and weekly process is available at: bit.ly/GundamAlex
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This is marvelously detailed and skillfully shaded!
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Hi! I´m from
I do not get tired of saying it, because the Gundam franchise fascinates me. So much so that it clearly rivals the Opus Magnum that is DBZ. Precisely, the design of this Gundam Alex is precisely very faithful to the Original, in which I will always see it as the Original Gundam with current features.
Apart from the spectacular design that you impregnated with your drawing style, the use of graphite, the colors and their level of detail with those lighting-shading focuses taken to the maximum, the strokes executed and the supreme expression of the Gundam, helped with the background that being gray allows it to stand out and merge simultaneously, resulting in a majestic genius.
This is, without fear of being wrong, a masterpiece as far as the genre "Fanart Mecha" is concerned. Keep it up!
Thank you for praising this piece so highly.
Really glade that you love the piece and sure thing will keep on going.
Although my next work was going to be the Xi Gundam, I have change my mind and now working on the Pale Rider.
Hopefully, once done this will also entertain you
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Thank you.
If you interest you, have a look at the drawing process and let me know your thoughts too. It will much appreciated to know what else I can do 
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Wow! This is a beautiful pencil piece!
You have a lovely soft shading style, which keeps the crisp edge to the shapes but blends into lovely gradients as well. The tones are well managed and the colored parts bring nice feel of depth and focus into the image. They also help to tell the character apart from its backgrounds.
My only critique would be a subtle lack of contrast in the image. While you have wonderful shading and contrast on the colored areas, the gray and white parts seem a bit dim. Top highlights are found, but there should be a bit more deep, dark, black shadows to contrast the lighter parts. In some parts the outline could also use a bit more refinement or alternatively the background should be darker – this would also help the character to stand out even better.
However, all in all this is great! Composition is well thought of, details evenly spread on the canvas and carried out with care and attention. The character feels authentic and the perspective looks just right. The bottom part of the image could use a color pop somewhere, but that might be just part of the design to have the lower half one solid color.
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Might need some suggestions for this. Many have said about the white and gray area not having the contrast (which I agree) which the key cause is because its graphite.
I have processed the colours with highlighters to avoid any glare when scanned or under lighting but I have yet to find a way to do that for graphite.
I have tried using the matte sprays for pencil which worked well for the original to be displayed but still does not do the job when scanned. I am not sure if I should photoshop the scans to reflect what the work actually look like since it can very easily become a trap where I make it a lot better than it should be.
Thoughts?
Thanks again for your comments, Let me know if you got any suggestion for the recording too.
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Adjusting the image to match the original is always a good idea, and usually helps the piece to stand out. A little bit of added contrast can do miracles.
Also when using graphite pencils, I sometimes use raw charcoal for the darkest areas to make them blaaaack instead of gray. .
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Cool, just hope people don't portray it as "fake"
Charcoals are great in general but not on a photocopy paper. So far the best material I see that does not reflect when scanned is eye pencil XD.
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Nah I don't think so - in the end most of the artists do it anyway and I see no wrong in wanting to portray your art at its best :3
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Awesome work, but i think with some sharper shadows or some shine it would be a bit nicer.
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Thank you, which part are you referring to? the back ground of the main unit?
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i talked about the Figure. It is made out of metal so i thougt it would looks more like metal that way.
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Ah okay, Got it.
I think it might be a preference thing, knowing that most mechas are metal, I never really like to present them with a gloss (like cars) because I like the slightly more worn out look.
Have to say that wasn't really converted in the image and will probably think about how to present it in the next drawing.
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^^ I'm looking forward to it.
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Badass, I like the accuracy of your lines, the colors are nice too. Good job!
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Thank you, using ruler and protractors really helped but it was so time consuming!!
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That's some cool ass stuff. I don't know much about Gundam, but I think it would be cool to have his name sort of written in small Japanese lettering in the grey background like above his head or next to his face. So like his name in white or like a bright red in the grey background.
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Thank you, will take that into consideration for the next drawing
Will give it a try and see how it turns out
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This looks great, your hard work is showing in this drawing.
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I just took one look at this and all that came out was "oooooo that's good!"
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Thank you, planning to do a whole series of project of gundams this year. Keep on a lookout for my updates!!
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you are welcome and I just might have to keep an eye out for those
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Incredible detail!
How long did it take you?
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Thank you.
Took me 6 hours to do the quick draft and probably around 10 hour for the colour and the detail
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Well it came out amazing!
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this one's so beautiful, mate!
I love ur shading and you put the mechanical details nicely
watching the process was very satisfying
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Thank you, its great to know that making the video was worth it. Trying to make sure I finish one every month.
Let me know if there are anything you would like to see as I am completing some work planning over the next few days.
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You're welcome~
Well, it's pretty rare to find time lapse mecha drawing, I guess.
Woah, good luck on it.
Hmmmm let's see... what about Phoenix Gundam?
Well, actually any mecha is fine for me
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All updated now and will be considering Phoenix (just a matter of when and finding reference to understand the unit more... its too unique XD)
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I think this list might kill me before the end but I am excited to see what my limit is haha.
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wow, amazing that you make such list!
thanks for putting my request on it!
Yeah, that'd be great if you can finish them all! Good luck!
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