VSB: Shiny Mech

[@wevidahwabbit]

Speechless. Imagine how many mileages he had put down before he could render with ease like this! Crazy...most impressive thing is how much he actually enjoyed it~

[@ahoynateo]

very very awesome :3 the red paint really brought personality to it

[@artistryartistry7239]

The Fresnel effect says that as the angle of reflectivity increases so does the mirror effect. This is why if you're looking straight down into a stream of water you can see through it, but as you look into the distance you see the reflection of trees, the sky, etc. Any part of the mech at a 90 degree angle to the viewer shouldn't be reflective at all and as you get out towards the edges you'll see increasing reflectivity. Just a tip :) Great video!

[@Yenba]

"Show your balls to any of your artsy friends" lol

[@BoyOfLol]

I love this. The red streaks really helped define the main torso area, before you put the red streaks on the "shoulder pads", the main torso area looked almost like a glass, but the reflected red streaks really set the entire thing its context. Really great job.

[@sinixdesign]

Nice dubstep remix.

[@ThomasNgConceptArt]

Hats off to you Sinix, another good video. You hit it on the nail. Showing your mistakes then finding solutions to overcome your own weakness. We can all learn from that greatly. Nice job :)

[@maega20]

one of the friendliest and lovely voice i ever heard from a lot of digital artist on youtube!!!

[@mangadramaqueen28]

I love how humble and unsure you are. You are so fantastic! This picture is incredible!!

[@xalener]

One thing that helped me out was imagining rays coming straight out of my eyes and seeing where they would land on the geometry, then imagining where the reflected ray would land on the environment.

[@Drop3dlvl3]

i like how you mostly do character designs and vehicles, its the perfect contrast to feng zus landscape videos. im glad i subscribed.

[@Goicaue]

you sound so happy about what you are doing and that makes me really love your video

[@sliver321123]

Just before you said in the video that you're not coming at these as a teacher but as a student, I was going to say, "These videos are so much more informative and educational than I would have expected otherwise." Regardless of why, it's great to see you learn as well as learn ourselves. I bought a tablet a couple years ago and haven't drawn in just as long. I think I've found motivation to get back on the horse. I am not going to start with a horse.

[@gamerGUY117NZ]

Man, this video really helped me understand allot about how to render shiny metallic surfaces. Really nice video!

[@simo33z]

Have to say thanks for the interesting method, maybe it's just the side of art I've been looking at, or maybe it's just your own personal style, but I love how you've arranged your values and managed to distribute them so well. Awesome work dude, you've earned yourself another subscriber :3

[@Brandonisrad18]

Just from watching you draw that metallic ball, I learned so much. Thank you (:

[@sinixdesign]

It might be difficult to manipulate it properly, but that does bring up some good potential ways to test things. I will experiment with some variations of that.. might be interesting.

[@BritishConcept]

I was sceptical about the spirals, the whole tribal association clashes a little with the rest of the design. But after seeing it on dA, it actually kind of works. I hope you keep doing these videos indefinitely, your work is refreshing and it makes me more enthusiastic about art and illustration. More tech and people I hope.

[@BlendEngine]

At first glance when looking at the finish product, I see a translucent cockpit that I'm looking into. But that line going through it, makes it more obvious that it's reflecting it's environment.

[@bertersfd]

These things might not be perfect Sinix, but I am new to learning this kind of thing. And you showing way's to approach the learning new things is very very useful.

[@sinixdesign]

They're both great. Theoretically, Photoshop might be more beginner friendly because the brushes are more straight forward. I like Painter for the brush resizing/color selecting/interface controls.... but all of that stuff is personal preference. If you want to mess around with something easy and free: search google for OpenCanvas 1.1 and experiment a bit with that.

[@RowmanSailor]

You, sir, have given me a library of uploads to peruse, and possibly, a subscriber!

[@LeonKOderSo]

HAHA :D Sinix: "... you know, you can go online and show your balls to all your artsi-friends..." ME: "OMG Sinix your sooo funny... ^^" Am i the only one who has noticed it?

[@kakuridoji]

Nope :)

[@BKSyLuxBlacKnight_SyLux]

MegaComputerVideos His humor is so subtle but hilarious XD

[@artfx9]

One of your best work IMO!

[@Lordinvdious]

you got it right... I designed a similar piece of mech that when it's camouflage is not on, and it's not in a combat situation, it's tiles reflect the surrounding area.... When the mech is in either maintenance or sitting in it's warehouse or armory the tile reflect the lighting the same way. I did this using a silver Christmas ball to get my reflections right, and I did mine totally by hand.....

[@oculushut7205]

You really brought it to life. Looks awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@sinixdesign]

Is it just the display that makes it look like a round brush or does it actually behave like a round brush? Once again, some of the UI defaults in Painter 12 are awful... go into Edit -> Preferences -> Interface and set the Cursor type to "Brush Ghost" instead of enhanced or whatever the terrible default is.

[@Amakhekhe]

Mr sinix thanx alot man.i watched ur video on ur life and i am inspired im start industrisl design nex year and because im 21 i thought im a bit to old but thanx man.much luv al da way from south africa

[@stopitplz6830]

Yo, I found this comment and I was curious bout how you're doing now! Do you still do art?

[@JoshHenderson16]

What a great tutorial - you really have a very good teaching style.

[@dougieladd]

Nice - Scott Robertson does an awesome tutorial on rendering shiny surfaces. I think you could improve this further by adding a pair of Converse All Stars on to the mech ;)

[@sinixdesign]

That's a good crit. I think I agree, now that I look at them.

[@werewasyo]

i think sinix is like the top 50 painters in the world ...what i mean is he is freaking goooood at drawing/painting sweet looking stuff

[@_rieeeck_]

so much to learn from you sinix💖

[@SquishSquash_]

Excellent work Mr. Escher.

[@Maxpound]

Its kinda fascinating to see someone work from dark to light. My whole life as an artist people preach that we have to work from light to dark. Whats also fascinating is how your silhouettes look. Is there any logical way you develop them or is it sort of an instinct thing?

[@SWAThawktm]

Cool design and rendering. It looks awesome and great job reflecting both the environment and the parts of the mech. You might be able to push it more by adding a grungy texture or dirt/dust to make it look more realistic and less perfect.

[@petulantassassin]

The only thing awkward about it to me is that the angle of the 'horizon' line (the darkest part in the reflection that you mentioned often) changes angles in the reflection, most obviously in the shoulder pads. I feel like the horizon line would be reflected at the same angle regardless of the angle of the metal surface...? Otherwise, sitting in on your learning process is pretty amazing and helpful!

[@KodakII]

I love it man. Thanks for taking us through your process.

[@Fatbirdification]

Perfect! Very, VERY amazing! The Red stuff on his surface gives him a soul ;)

[@laz3rb33m]

Excellent work! This looks so much more detailed than your other mech designs! I have a quick question for you. For some reason my corel painter dab for the thick n thin pen is always round, but i like that horizontal "random" look to the default dab, but when I reset the tool it is still round? is yours a custom brush or something?

[@haydnmalyon7690]

Not sure if I'm getting this wrong, but it looks like the upper legs should be reflecting more of the ground. Looking at the thumbnail on the right, it seems they are aimed down. Anyway, just a bit of feedback there. Very nice work.

[@TheMrmomo55]

wow looks great! I was struggling with shiny surfaces, this helped me a lot. One question, are you working as a professionell?

[@OdinComposer]

Awesome video. I was wondering if you have the opportunity to record in 1080p. That would be great.

[@starkat70]

I just started watching your vids and have been enjoying them allot. I really want to get into Art but have no idea how to start. So was wondering what type of art school you go to and where i should look to start learning to draw like learning fundimentles and such i understand i got to crawl before i walk and walk before i run ....your vids are really inspireing...im going to go thru all your vids thx for what you do.

[@TheBas008]

I don't quite like the reflection on the hands, but the main reflection on the front is awesome!

[@original_pranxter]

Definately useful experience. Just one question:were you high recording this?

[@cowboxe]

I think you accomplished what you set out to do. Not like I'm some expert myself but I can see where some improvement can take place but, like you said, every artist always strives to be better! For instance, I suck at environments. :T Good video and awesome commentary!

[@lotdproduction]

Amazing! I thought you where crazy with the red at the end but that was a GREAT call! lol Keep up the great work and thank you for everything :)

[@bblue82]

no. it does seem weird, but reflections are always distorted by the shape of the object that is reflecting them. think of a fun house mirror. even more crazy, if you have a chrome ball you can actually see the horizon continue around the surface in a completely unbroken circle. its kind of a mind effer once you observe it. for a very thorough explanation of this find the dvds by scott robertson, they are really excellent.

[@AlexMorellon]

'You can go online and show your balls to your artsy friends..' that CRACKED me up XD !

[@nevs30]

this is GOLD! neat execution!

[@Lydomina]

7:14 "You can go online when your done, and show your balls to all your artsy friends." Mmhmm... Anyways, I freaking love how this came out. Next time you should render scratches into the mech. If it sees any use I can't imagine it being in perfect condition like this. Then again, it could have just barely been made since it's in a warehouse.

[@graphicsvisual]

wow, this reminded me of some early fheng zhu tutorials, like you learned all your art from him...

[@Moneyaddthenmultiply]

Sexy textures! The rendering of the arms didn't really feel as cohesive as the rest of the mech's parts. Maybe the ceiling lights could have been compressed into certain high points of the different planes of the arms, as it seemed to be a bit more complex geometrically? Try looking at some kitchen appliances and seeing how they reflect the environment? I agree that the spirals didn't really fit either, they seemed slapped on. Sick skills dude, I hope to reach your level someday .

[@VanNelleX]

godamn relaxing and so detail dude great

[@ClowningClown]

Man you are great! Not only your art is fantastic...i think you are a really nice guy. I wish we could be friends .

[@rwalshhm]

Best vid so far. really enjoyed it. thanks.

[@GabrielDiGirolamo]

awesome! i liked this video, you explained alot. I want to become a concept artist some day and i really needed to work on my mechs :) This was very helpful, thanks!

[@GameaholicGame]

I used one of my old polished metal pellets that I played with as a kid too learn the reflecting pattern of metal round shapes.

[@Barbodo]

This is brilliant, don't usually get these technical run throughs (or perhaps I'm just blind and stupid lol) but PLEEEAAASSSEEEE tell us what that brush is? is that a flat round one with dynamics, like, does it follow direction? It looks wicked! your result is fantastic, thanks a lot for sharing this!!!

[@145677]

Great work as always im going to try something like this texture soon thanks

[@st0peter]

7:15 "you can go online and show your balls to your artsy friends" XD awesome video by the way!

[@warkentien2]

your work is amazing. keep sharing!

[@Ubuchy]

Wow, you even did'nt stop talking :D.. And the drawing is amazing :)

[@danielmayoralm]

Hi, I really like your videos, its nice to learn different techniques from different people; it's a nice approach you made with the chromed material. are you an industrial designer?

[@SorrowBNK]

I really enjoyed this video, I actually got something out of it within the first 3 minutes lol.

[@chapstickwarrior9277]

I subscribed as soon as he made those balls he's got a true talent .

[@dennis-f7o]

Dude thats just AWESOME. I mean it need some time to create a Chrome Shader in XSI for example.. but you can draw that perfektly.. just too nice.

[@crimsonhead100]

thank you for the demo btw do you work for the industry?

[@batgwill]

this is really awesome, and the main body and shoulders look fantastic and really do reflect your little sphere, but the arms with their long white reflective stripes to me seem very jarring, especially when you threw on the red paint. to me those strips made it look like the metal had been pinched into folds, and i thought that was what you were actually going for until i saw you paint straight over them. maybe it just tricked my eye at first.

[@garrettburnham4567]

what was the original sketch done with? was it just a hand sketch that you scanned or was that all digital as well?

[@aaronwberke]

You should consider a FAQ you put in the description to answer commonly asked questions

[@radleylefou3541]

Amazing work! My only criticism would be the "handles" on the mech's hands which kind of take away from the design. Just my opinion though.

[@flickdizl]

really nice. learnt a bit from this video!!

[@ashywushu]

great work man

[@maayaa77]

sweet concept - love it

[@w0mblemania]

Thanks for sharing your work. I thought you did very well indeed with the chrome/metallics, as well as the base design. I'm not a fan of the red markings at the end though; they seem wildly out of place, and not well integrated in to the piece. Cheers.

[@magnuswootton6181]

this is exactly what im after, a really potent painting done isometricly so i can go do some photogrammatry on it to get it 3d.

[@Didermann]

lol...I'm not sure if you've noticed but majority of his videos, he's only using one brush.

[@eerrrrrrfolks]

i clicked the video, then kept it playing and opened other sites. Then i clicked back on the video 5 minutes later........FUCKING BRILLIANT!

[@zangakid]

hi, sinix you should do a corel painter: painting / brush ,introduction.

[@slugggg513]

Those spirals looked outa of place. It looked like i went into that warehouse with red spray paint. LOVE the mech though! :D

[@LarsWilms]

Shouldn't the reflection of the environment always be at the same angle, in this case horizontal, no matter what in what angle the reflective shape is? (and for hollow shapes upside down) It looks like it's following the shapes in this piece. (btw I'm commenting just before halfway through the video)

[@Arthurboy777]

i actually thought that was photoshoped from a picture.. great job man

[@KeepCalmAndSparkle91]

you're amazing, and such an inspiration!

[@ClowningClown]

I think your teacher is really proud of you

[@MyKandiObsession]

i think he should have rendered the like glass piece of the mech a slight tone of blue or some color to distinct it more as a windowed face piece

[@aeksaid8228]

AMAZING . I learned so much from this thanks ( 2020 )

[@DongerMalone]

What program do you use? Photoshop CC? I'm a artist by hobby, and I'm looking to get into digital format. What would you recommend?

[@ethanwalker3392]

Corel painter

[@naruto0o0o0o0]

that was awesome! thanx i learned a lot from you!! :) i reall appreciate your vids

[@Hybridtheory32]

Excuse me, what sort of graphics tablet do you use or recommend or recommend for a beginner in the digital art field?

[@atuanu]

It was fun to watch, thanks:)

[@andremaia4040]

Man, this is fucking amazing! The best Shiny Mech on youtube!

[@quantumderp9404]

Showing balls is an art form in itself.

[@dloc502]

That was awesome - thx for sharing.

[@CrimsonSunBear]

prety good overall, Im a noob but I think the arms should had been filled with a more rounder method of chrome texture and the legs smaller more rounder lines.

[@wltwt]

Horraaay can't wait for next video : D

[@thelorenzanaron]

Great video!

[@OfficiallyNathan]

hey i was wondering where you went to school or if you would recommend a school for someone who would like to take art to a career level. thank you(:

[@TIKOMIX]

Then how are the bigger repair mechs supposed to carry those arms when they're being replaced?