Thing A Week: Project 06 Part 01

Took a week off to recharge and went outside and what not but came back stoked on life to hit a new project. Working on a hybrid of jet engines and mechanical do-dads. Looking at a bunch of engines such as the J-58, MiG-29 and the J-33a and also trying out some hard surface techs seen from other artists such as David Lesperance. One of the main things I realized is if I build it exact to the reference, you won't be able to see anything because it'll just be a bunch of pipes on top of each other with no real form. So I'm taking artistic liberty to make something that's cool looking, functional and easier to read while staying true to the original forms. Here's what I have so far.