I haven't practiced mechas in a long time now. I've been planning a mecha and working out each specific part. Then I wasn't sure how to model them... I played with some idea, and came up with this drawing. I used a "skeleton" to model it, used the techniques from this video to shape the parts.

First and second try. Should be obvious which is which. Still getting used to drawing digital. Rough on the edges and I need more reference :D But getting the hang of it slowly.

I didn't intend it to, but after the airintake and the heatshield...it became a eyepatched mecha-bunnyhead.

first attempt, really fun to do !

This feels like a really good exercise but I struggled. So much harder than carving from boxes. But I finally managed to do something I feel happy with.

I initially began this project by doing a single and much larger oval shape to carve into. I scrapped this piece because I did not feel that the components I added to it were cohesive. I instead did two smaller egg shapes and carved the mechs shown. I much prefer these two smaller ones over my larger one. These are essentially "battle robots" where one has a retractable stake and the other one is based on ball turrets. I noticed how it comes in handy to have a strong sense of intuitive perspective when doing these since each edge, joint, part, etc., has to be in alignment to make a believable construction.

Adding larger embossments to a shape is quite a challenge, but very fun

Here is my carved shape, I choose a more conservative choice from my scamps to keep the oval shape.

Drew a bunch of spaceships!! Adding random stuff on it is fun!!

My first attempt at an egg-ship.

Here’s my collector robot. It grabs things and stores them in its mouth. Not sure about the horn looking things. They made it look a little meaner than I intended. I also included my draw along and a different version I did that was some sort of submersible.

So here is my space-recharge-station Meant to be scattered all over the galaxy - these mammoths with a massive fields of solar panels in front of each, are designed to recharge smaller ships passing by, within a lunch break! Of course, you can stay in for a “otherworldly night of pleasure and fun”: assuming there is available space… but there never is - outer galactic travel is really a drag sometimes This time I went fully digital, but still had to make a sketch version before going with clean lines) Of course, digital really helps in creating repetitive patterns and so on, cool Love that exercise- will do other random forms into more spaceships and many more ideas!

My 3rd assignment: Upper one is my gundam reference. Lower one is my exploration. I understand why Len said it is fun. Just that I don't have a large visual library so it got a bit difficult at first.

Here's my first attempt. It's supposed to look like the back of a spaceship. I took some inspiration from these drawings!

this assignment was interesting

Definitely a fun exercise and learned a lot from it. Focusing on the decor and adding as much I could

Under the sea 🎵 Having a blast with these assignments! My main concern is keeping all the parts reasonably within perspective to maintain believability which can be challenging on a rounding form. I'm fairly new to line work and unsure if my line weight is appropriate or consistent. Always great to make progress!

Here's my submission. Seems like it's really hard to strike a balance between pushing in enough to get a secondary vs just appending a whole new part.

Hey Len! I’ve been working through the lessons in order and really trying to apply everything — carving into the form, line weight hierarchy, construction lines, and surface décor. I drew these pages in sequence, and it’s already helping me understand how to “think” in 3D and design directly on the page. Carving has been a huge breakthrough for me, especially when shaping boxes into more appealing forms and figuring out intersections. I’ll keep pushing these studies, and once I’m more comfortable with the workflow I’ll post a finished mech design. Thanks again for the crash course — it’s been incredibly helpful!

I did the top left following the video and the other three after that. Drawing digitally is new to me but I thought I'd give it a try for these exercises.