Sprocketree
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:40 am
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Great programs, and a nice compliment!...Affinity Photo or Davinci Resolve on steroids
I don't really know WHAT they are. They started out as common old flat head screws, then sort of morphed and ballooned out into these dropsy flower head things. I was sort of thinking of Datura flowers as I drew.The little "droplet" bits remind me of horseshoe nails, although I don't think that's what they are.
Yes.was a there something that inspired that trunk? Is it 100% imagination, or did you see something that sparked the idea?
Ha! Only because I drew the large cog slightly wonky, and the teeth are not the same width or distance apart. So, both straps couldn't be the same length as the right one would be too short to reach across. So, I just bent it down and attached it that way.you felt it necessary to bolt down each side differently
um. I don't? Well, I try, but not very successfully. You don't want to look to closely at some or try to count the teeth.but how do you manage to accurately space the teeth?
You and I are alike in that respect. Maybe most artists are? I collect interesting stuff, some of which appears in drawings. When you mentioned my "tidy studio" the shelves behind me have many feathers, an old 1910 oil can, a huge key and worm-eaten wooden door lock, fossils and rocks, a bird's nest, a chunk of wood chewed by Chinchillas, dead bats and insects... and more...I am a frequenter and loiterer in the aisles of the local big box Bunnings hardware store. Getting strange looks as I take photos of various tools and screws and metal thingys.
Which sort of proves my point. That you're living in your world as you create it, and you did what was needed to anchor it. And that adds more "reality" to an unreal situation....So, both straps couldn't be the same length, as the right one would be too short to reach across. So, I just bent it down and attached it that way.
Thanks! It all makes perfect sense when explained like that. Especially when you add your experience to the mix. And it’s probably the perfect method, because it produces "accurate" results that have an appealing hand-drawn look - not looking mechanical. Well, they are "mechanical", obviously, but... No, you're right. I'll stop digging the hole any deeper.I have drawn a lot of gears and cogs in the past few years now.
I mean, A LOT. So, I have a technique that seems to work well (see attached)...
That is both excellent advice, and a very handy hint.One trick I also use is that I save every planning drawing and original drawing tracings. Once I have a bunch of cogs together in one drawing, I can reuse them in another work by retracing...
snicker.I mean... come on... that's just showing off!