I got some positive feedback on this topic, so here’s part two as promised. You liked my art there, which is unacceptable. I want you all to be disappointed
This time I dug up some fossils: stuff from ancient times when I drew on actual paper, which is unheard of nowadays, when it comes to my art.
So, let’s delve deeper into this small pathetic puddle of amateurity and lack of experience.
- Starting with early 2020, which isn’t all that long ago, so most of the stuff here is decent, I think
My oh my, it’s so hard to take photos of traditional drawings so that they don’t look like… bad
This is a drawing of my self-MOC… well, an older version of it.
Although the scarf here looks less like fabric and more like slightly burnt bacon, I think this one still holds up quite well.
Next up I have some concept art and sketches from 2020
Artakha
Some copies of my Artakha art entry that I used to test out some stuff like colouring and rune designs before I moved onto the final version
- 2019
Some Toa Mata
This is the only Bionicle-related thing I drew that year. I’m still, to this day very happy with all the mechanical details in this one. Honestly, out of everything I’ve made, this drawing captures the essence of Bionicle best, in my opinion.
The things I dislike here are Tahu’s tiny hands and Onua’s indistinguishable everything
- 2018
This is when stuff gets real wonky and goofy
“Orange Guy” V2
This is a “redraw” of one of my drawings from 2017 (that you’ll see farther down), but I honestly think it look worse than the original.
The shading is really muddy and doesn’t make much sense, the left arm is waaay longer than the right one, the lower legs are too small and thin and those hands, oh those hands
Gelu (unfinished)
This shares basically all problems with Orange Guy and has some more, such as cut off feet (you’ll see in a second that this was a big problem for me back then)
Unfinished Toa Mahri (probably)
Wonk
- 2017
This is the year when I started learning how to draw, so you can probably guess how good the art here will be
“Orange Guy” V1
I honestly still like this one, I think it’s pretty charming.
This character was supposed to be a part of a combiner team (he was the torso), but I never finished it lol
It’s also based on a MOC, but I lost all pictures of it. They’re probably buried deep in my computer, but I don’t want to look for them
“Yellow Guy”
Yellow guy was supposed to be golden, but I couldn’t really illustrate that at the time, so this is what we have to deal with.
The angle is stupid and not dynamic at all
Winger or something, idk
I think this is a nice design and colour scheme, but that little head and elongated tube-like torso are funny
Brutaka, but not a chad… “Simptaka”
The torso is long, the arms are short, the hands are small, the head is small, the knees and elbows are too thin, the portal effect doesn’t look convincing… I think we’ve reached the peak… this drawing is something else
Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever created a topic this big
Well, looks like, I’m officially out of Bionicle drawings to show. I think it’s fun to compare this stuff with the things I draw now to see how far I’ve come… it’s a great motivator, really!
So, what do you think of these? (Please, make fun of them as much as you can, I want to see these criticised into oblivion)
Also, question of the day: does anyone here want to see my new artworks? They aren’t Bionicle-related, but maybe someone would still be interested
