Robo-Jasmine

Sleeping Robeuty

This was actually the first Robot Princess I drew. I have three variations of her with different eyes - 1: Sleep (shown), 2: PC type egg timers in her eyes 3: Mac style colour swirls.

A little bit of a slower pace than the other Robot Princesses. I only have a few Princesses left and topping a seven dwarf rocket launcher (Snowbot White) is going to be a bit of a challenge.

Robot Disney Princess

Ariel: The Little Merbot

Robeauty and the Beast

Disney Princess Robots - Cinderella-bot and Robohontas.

Cinderella-bot 

 

I have set the goal to draw a robot every day in 2013. January down and so far so good. As well as a challenge to get me drawing every day having the same subject matter each day also makes me try new media, styles and forces a little more imagination in each piece so as not to get bored. This week I have been focusing on Disney Princess-bots. I have completed 6 in all with four of the princesses re-drawn in more "action packed" situations and coloured with ink and marker. Here are the first to:

Robo-hantas

DROIDS are ROBOTS too!

Eight days into what has probably been my longest kept New Years resolution: A robot a day. I was setting myself a few ground rules such as how long should each piece take (max)? Should they all be original creations or can I draw famous robots? Do "Droids count"? I answered two of these questions on 01/06/13.

A new resolution or the "Will I become sick of robots" experiment.

I have a few cool things planned for the 2013 but can't post the photos yet so here is a little goal I have set for myself: Draw a robot a day. I hope to use this as a form self-discipline to assist with planning out my other projects as well as challenge my imagination on a daily basis.....rather than make me sick of robots.

It will be difficult (especially as I nearly forgot on January 1st) - This was January 1st, 2013.

RoBatman

I am taking part in an April Doodle Challenge via Facebook where you sketch something based on that days given theme for every day in April. Today's was "ROBOT". Today was a good day. If the word was "Batman" that would also have been great. If it had been Robot-Batman?.....

Old Friends

Here is my latest Munny for the Old Friends show at TOMODACHI, Rosedale center, MN. The theme was to find inspiration from toys of our past. I didn't actually have a Japanese tin robot when I was a lad but I recently got one because being an adult can be cool sometimes.
If you have time this weekend, stop into Tomodachi Us in the Rosedale Center to see all the Retro toy Munnys!

"KILL, DESTROY......PIZZA" New display at Pizza Luce

"KILL, DESTROY......PIZZA"

New display at Pizza Luce, Seward Neighborhood, Minneapolis.

For the whole month of November some new and some older favorites will be hanging at the PIZZA LUCE RESTAURANT in the Seward Neighborhood as part of my "KILL, DESTROY, PIZZA" display.

PIZZA LUCE is located in the Seward Neighborhood at 2200 E Franklin Ave Minneapolis, MN 55404.

Elf Bot

Macy's is getting the design for it's next Thanksgiving Day parade float via artist submissions. You had to first go online, find the location where a vinyl elf would be hidden in a Macy's store, get a password to give to the clerk, get the elf home, decorate it, photograph it and then submit it via Facebook, hope it gets selected in the final 85, hope it gets voted on via Facebook, hope it wins so that Macy's rush the design off to be made into the actual balloon for THIS YEARS parade! Hard work. Especially as most of the Macy's staff I encountered had no idea about the project and disputed they should give me anything for free just because I was standing in the young women's section (the location on the day I went to claim my elf) saying "Sweet Potato" (the daily password). I was not arrested however and managed to design this is an Elf Bot.


















The actual vinyl elf itself was quite restricting in that it already had the facial features of a large nose and tiny eyes. I recast my eyes with clay making them larger and more cartoony, lining them with silver to show the metallic qualities. I toyed with painting the whole character in golds and silver and having a real "tin man" persona but it didn't really fit with the Macy's theme (which was requested in the guide lines). The digital front display and the jet pack were made from my reliable friend Crayola Air Dry Clay. The fire that was coming out of the jet pack had to be removed when I submitted the piece on Macy's Facebook page and the picture had to be inserted into their elf shaped cookie cutter submission process (the legs were cut off a bit when I did this)

The submission process has now finished and what I can only assume to be real elves, are whittling down the submissions to 85 which will be displayed online via Macy's facebook page to be voted on from August 30th 2011. So go vote for an elf bot so I can be in New York for Thanks giving.....which is part of the prize by the way....I would send you a post card! Promise!

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

Illustration Friday topic: WARNING

"That's new"

Illustration Friday - Spent

I did have this idea to do an amazingly massive detailed picture and say I "SPENT ages on it".

I didn't do that though. Instead I did a tired robot and panda....

Which would never happen because, as you know, robots and pandas are mortal enemies and can always find a little bit more energy to slap each other silly. Hate each other they do.