How to Draw Sci-Fi Fantasy Mecha: Spaceships, Airplanes, Cars, Submarines and More! - Paperback

by Kenichi Somemori (Author), Shin Yoshimura (Author)

A detailed guide to creating retro-futuristic fantasy vehicles for sci-fi illustrators!

This all-in-one guide takes you inside the artist's studio to learn firsthand how to conceptualize and draw new fantasy sci-fi vehicles. This book gives fantasy illustrators detailed information on the following topics:

• Designing three-dimensional vehicles using a perspective grid, schematics, blueprints and linear and axial measurements
• Using real-world inspirations--from modes of transport to animals and organic forms--as the basis for more fantastical forms and creations
• Illustration techniques that allow you to create realistic three-dimensional vehicles: line, depth, shadow, coloration and rendering the surfaces of various materials
• Step-by-step tutorials, six in all, allow you to create sci-fi mashups of cars, copters, jet fighters and battleships or use these designs as the inspiration for your own creations

Illustrated with over 450 drawings and examples, this book is the perfect springboard to creating your own mind-blowing mecha vehicles. Your imagination will soar as these fantastic machines come to life!

Author Biography

Kenichi Somemori studied painting and fine arts before working as a landscape architect and civil consulting manager. His previous publications include Perspective Techniques, Perspective Expression, 3D Sketch Practice Notebook, and Tracing Is Easy! Sketch Practice Notebook for Plants and Animals.

Shin Yoshimura graduated from the University of Tokyo with a major in green space studies and worked in urban planning and landscape architecture planning and design at EPI Corporation. After that, he established MEGADRAWING, an art studio which creates illustrations and perspective drawings. As an architect, he received the Jury's Award for the 30th anniversary of the JARA Grand Prize in 2010.