Since I Figured Out A Technique For This I Think Will Help People Who Hate Drawing Side Rods/valve Gear,

since I figured out a technique for this I think will help people who hate drawing side rods/valve gear, I thought it was time to make another tutorial since my first one a year ago!

The first thing you need IS A REFERENCE. Unless you want your brain to explode, GET ONE

after you have your reference, sketch out the valve gear with solid shapes . trying to draw the gear details right away is too hard and this helps map out the shapes you need to draw. This doesn’t have to be exact, but try to make it as clear as possible

after blocking out the gear, turn the opacity down and look at your reference to draw the connecting parts where the rods will be in between

connect the parts with rods. If something doesn’t line up, don’t be afraid to move it around

after that, color in the rods and shade. You can use the colored in shape of the valves as a clipping mask and remove the extra linework on the layers below

I hope this is helpful and makes the valve gear not as painful as it usually is!

NEW OC

Meet ☄️ SODALITE 🥤

This gem is a version person, who mostly keeps to them self's. Most people or gems would describe him with a, " always angry face ".

When I reality, he's actually a really soft person, he doesn't care for most loud people or gems. Except the exceptional few gems and humans he's friends with, he really close with a gem who's the opposite of him, a gem of Fire Hematoid Quartz.

These two look like they don't get along, but they a sort of close bond. This gem is actually in fact pansexual, which is surprising for a person who doesn't talk to ALOT of people.

Sodalite, is a gem who mostly loves music such as backstreet boys, Luci 4, Rihanna, Tessa Violet, and even Lou Bega & Destiny's child.

Music examples:

https://open.spotify.com/track/6x4tKaOzfNJpEJHySoiJcs?si=bCy-SYVfRQ2ZB4I7VBktTQ&utm_source=copy-link

https://open.spotify.com/track/4zYTZvtcww7OWKie7fxA9E?si=JU7PYzVXQiyJwBSqvoJo-Q&utm_source=copy-link

https://open.spotify.com/track/6sbXGUn9V9ZaLwLdOfpKRE?si=N00vRim9SxGxM2b5hwS1wQ&utm_source=copy-link

cuties! ♡

You know I had to redraw him!

I want you all to meet, the Humanized version of a oc I have, name Richard.

Now Richard is not just an oc of mine, but also part of a Wattpad I'm writing about, when I ever show my friends about this oc. They usually say he looks like vampire!?!

Now Richard can be described on depending on which of my other ocs you ask about, but it's either a exhibitionist, Cocky, Hateful, or even by other's (you'll find out who soon 😉 ) as a caring dominant person!?

There's a lot of things that he has seen, or even been through. Which makes him bottle up this anger and truma into unhealthy ways, ( this bitch need MAJOR therapy ) and even makes him release this anger to others, even people ( or engines if we're talking non-humanized ) that he cares about or are close to him.

If I would to give this oc a voice actor, I'll be stuck between Griffin Burns, Rami Malek, or even Addie Chandler.

Random Scenarios ( if you want to simp for him even ) :

This man absolutely loves smelling things ( I mean even hair, your cologne or perfume, or even just your sweater )

He was actually born in South Korea

He definitely is the type to steal your sweater

Richard actually never knew his father, since his father was always working

His room is COMPLETELY filled with either anime posters, or pictures of his s/o

He's the type to bring to a train station cafa as a date.

HATES the smell of noodles

He got into webcore, phonk, hyperpop, and Luci 4 music by his first friend. 😉

https://youtu.be/NXazdVhuocY

https://youtu.be/3PQxaEm9JG8

a sleeping beauty

Society if The Get Down got the funding and hype Stranger Things has