August 10, 2011

    The view is looking down from the side onto this robot bug, which was done very quickly and in a way that proved to be more testing than learning or skills practice. I didn't measure or take care to get my angles just so, and did not pick it up and make sure I understood the parts or how they related spatially to each other. I just drew what I could see. 
     The over-all shape of the two sides of the back is wrong, as they are symmetrical (I think), but the shapes of the flanges and the ways they stick out relative to each other stood up to re-checking although they also seem symmetrical. Being different lengths and bent at different angles they didn't appear visually symmetrical from this angle. I was pleased that although I just placed the legs quickly and freely by eye, when I hooked them up with the cross-bars, they actually met up with the other legs at the correct locations. My more casual free-hand is improving since I would have had to correct for that a few months ago...