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Graveyard of Mecha

Graveyard of Mecha

Graveyard of Mecha by Stratadrake
Graveyard of Mecha by Stratadrake

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Stratadrake
"He's in here, I can sense him. Is he over there? No, those are just old wires. Or -- over there! No, that was just lightning... my sensors must be toying with me.

"I hate this place...."

That's the sort of feeling I was trying to draw.

Okay, entering another spot in my inadvertent series of Request Drawings That Were Needlessly Delayed, this one's for DG-Sama. She asked for a drawing of her robot mech, Galla, in a junkyard setting. There was probably another detail that I forgot about, but anyway, here you have it: Galla surveying the broken landscape around her. It's a junkyard, a graveyard for robots and mecha of ages past. And in some ways it is: that isn't just random debris you see dotting the hills, they used to be robots as well, and I could give a story behind each and every one of them.

Colored pencil is definitely not an easy medium when you want to do energy effects like lightning. Sometimes I think I should've used my negative technique for this drawing....

As for Galla, well, I did some thinking about what her backside should look like (since DG-Sama's reference is just a frontal view), and this is how things worked out.

Medium: Colored and ebony pencil
Time: About five hours of work (split across two weeks of being too busy with other things to work on my art).
Scale (full view): 60px/in

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Category Fantasy » Sci-Fi » Robots & Mecha
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Srinidhi on June 20, 2006, 5:10:59 PM

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SrinidhiGreat colours everywhere.....awesome shade on the shapes .....but I wouldn't falsely glorify it like the rest have!It is good but it is just so.

Moonlightelf on February 2, 2006, 3:00:11 AM

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MoonlightelfThis looks so creepy... and it is nicely done.

makarino_x_shadow on June 21, 2005, 8:44:08 AM

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makarino_x_shadowI think that this is grate! I love your colouring and the colours that you have used

Meredianna on May 23, 2005, 10:13:04 PM

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MerediannaTHeres something that bothers me about the bg, the uh...sky..if you only made it darker.

AngelKite on May 8, 2005, 1:38:54 PM

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AngelKiteUhhh...no offense,I can't really see the background properly,but it's nice.The colouring is very good(as usual).
I envy you...
Anyway,are you going to post more pictures?
(I like your use of English.It's very good and you have a wide vocabulary)

xox_pyschosis_xox on April 30, 2005, 9:51:08 PM

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xox_pyschosis_xoxhey i think i commented this pic in the forums thingy. I stand by it when i say the background is a little overwhelming and distractive.its quite bright and colourfull 4 a junk yard.... but i actually really like this pic.