Hello, I'm Roxsana and today I will talk to you about Steampunk.

 

It is a genre of science fiction inspired by the 19th century. Its design is based on the evolution we would have had while maintaining steam technology, clothing, architecture and manners of that time.

 

The combination of Victorian, Gothic and industrial elements gives us the retro-futuristic aesthetic characteristic of Steampunk.

 

We can represent it as a more realistic or fantasy world, as long as the characteristic elements are maintained.

 

Since I have clarified what Steampunk is, I will show you how to apply its elements in our projects.

 

 

From the common to the SteamPunk

Women

 

We can adapt our current fashion to Victorian fashion with a Gothic touch, adding elements such as corsets, petticoats, boots, hats, thongs, combining feminine and masculine elements of that time in a more current or futuristic fashion, that is Steampunk.

 

 

Man

 

For men, we take 19th century fashion as a base and add ornamental details that give it that futuristic touch that makes them so striking.

Buildings

 

For the buildings we can take as reference Gothic, Victorian and Edwardian architecture.

 

We can change the shape as long as the structure remains, a floor then details that separate it from another floor or another section, we can make the number of floors we want.

 

The details can be made with gears, pipes, details in gold, wood, metal, copper, we can use glass for the windows.

 

We can make it as simple or glamorous as we want, it all depends on what we want to represent.

Objects

 

We can design objects like vehicles, weapons, fantasy weapons, tools, whatever we can think of, as long as it's based on steam technology, taking into account the materials, making decorative details like gears, tubes and that kind of thing.

Details

Here are some typical details of the genre to include in our illustrations.

 

 

Gears

 

We can make our gears with the rules of the program.

First we use a special rule.

We make the circular part as we want.

Then a symmetrical ruler in the center of the circle to complete with details, remember that we can play with the shapes to make different gear shapes.

 

 

Frills

 

For the clothes we can add some ruffles, on the skirt or on the collar or shirt, it all depends on what we are drawing.

 

 

First we draw waves

 

 

Then we draw lines according to the direction of the fabric, to give it depth

 

 

We can do it in different ways as we need.

We can also use Clip Studio Paint's special effects brushes, create or download some material that we like from the community.

 

 

The colors of this genre are usually muted, with details in gold, copper or brown.

Here are some examples