We recieved a brief which involved having to design a futuristic/sci-fi, projectile firing gun. As usual, I started out by collecting images on the internet, both to learn how guns work and also to get some ideas as to how to give my weapon a futuristic feel.
I liked the idea of having more round shapes in the silhouette of my gun, as I feel that this gave an interesting, almost otherworldly effect. Additionally, I noticed that bright, especially glowing, colours in the design gave a good sci-fi effect. With these two things in mind primarily, I began to sketch out ideas, focusing on creating good shapes and also getting used to drawing out the general structure of different guns.
From this, you can see that I chose my third design. However, I also took a few features from other designs, for example the handle and details on the barrel.
I decided to draw my final design from scratch in Photoshop. Here is my result:
As always, there are things I am pleased about with this piece, and things I feel could have been done better. I learnt a lot from drawing this; it was my first time drawing a gun, let alone designing my own one. I also used this drawing to get used to the more advanced features of Photoshop again, such as masking and layer effects. Next time, however, I would like to use thinner lines to give it a more realistic look, and focus on ensuring that the design is practical and would work in real life, as well as being aesthetically pleasing.
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