How to Draw a Fantasy Hammer: 3 Easy Steps for Beginners

Ever wanted to wield a mighty hammer in your own fantasy world? You don't need to be a master artist to bring your imagination to life! In just 5 minutes, I'll break down the core principles of drawing a cool fantasy hammer, even if you're a complete beginner. We'll skip the complex stuff and focus on simple techniques that make a big impact. Get ready to learn box rounding, carving, and cylinder tricks that will transform your drawings from basic to epic in no time.

Let’s talk about single and multiple rounding of boxes! Single rounding alters only one side of a box in an orthographic view.

Multiple rounding alters all sides. It’s like projecting outward and connecting the corner of the projected plane to the rounded corner.

Next, we will jump over to box carving. We shave off pieces of a box in any direction. The easiest way is to project a 2D plane in perspective and connect the dots. As you get more confident, you can carve out shapes intuitively.

We can carve the the cylinders in a similar way as above. We start carving cylinders in one orthographic view, like a straight-on side view, to understand how to carve.

These are the fundamentals of drawing. Once we can carve out more advanced shapes from the side view of a cylinder, we can redraw them in space. This takes practice, but it’s cool!

First, we need to understand simple carving. Then, we can create a graphic shape like a pillar or chest piece by carving it out of the cylinder. At first, it may look wonky because it’s not an actual projection, but it’s a circular projection where the side view is projected in 360° to form that shape.

My favorite contour manipulation of the cylinder is to take the top view, which is a circle, and alter it to a new, more organic shape. Then, we redraw the cylinder. This is similar to box carving, but with more complicated forms and intuition for the cylinder.

By combining these concepts, we can build a hammer from imagination! Drawing can be fun when you understand these fundamental principles.

If you need more structure in your learning check out our beginner road map which provides bite-sized learning videos, easy-to-follow assignments, and fantastic exercises. You’ll learn and stay motivated by our unique progress tracking system and gamified elements that offer rewards for your efforts.

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