THE BASICS OF CREATING AND UNDERSTANDING 2D/3D OBJECTS:
Let's start off with structure! Everything in existence is built up of basic geometric shapes be it Circles, Ovals, Ellipses, Rectangles, Triangles, Trapezoids and many others, but without lines to connect them you might not ever create really good objects. Using these basic shapes and lines together we are able to create amazing objects like so!
See how just a few lines and geometric shapes can create objects we see and use in everyday life! Now that i've got'cha thinking a bit about this concept let's try a little exercise shall we!
Take a look at a few objects around your home, see if you can identify some of the geometric shapes that went into creating those objects! It might seem difficult to see at first, but take a real good look at them! Imagine them in their most basic forms, Circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, etc. Can you see them...? Good, let's move on!
So now you should have a pretty good understanding of how shapes and lines create objects. Now let's do one better and talk about 3D shapes Don't worry, I'll be brief! 3D shapes are created by placing shapes parallel to each other and connecting the two shapes by adding lines from one to the other! The result creates a 3-Dimensional object as shown in these examples:
For those of you who already understand how to make 3-Dimensional shapes, you can move on to the next lesson, the rest of you should practice drawing a few of the shapes in the examples before you move on, it will help you a lot later on! It may seem boring, but it is necessary to understand the basics, if you are to ever learn how to draw mecha really well!