Summer 2024

With lots of work and personal stuff going on, I didn't make much art between March of Robots 2024 and the upcoming Inktober 2024. I'm grateful for the folks over at Draw Me A Robot, for putting out their monthly DTIYS Challenges for inspiring me to keep making.

I haven’t made anything in a while so I used their June 2024 prompt to get motivated. 



That month, they partnered with @lullabythefearpodcast and asked participants to draw their favorite horror movie Villain or movie poster in their own style, and of course with a Robotic twist.

Seeing all of the amazing submissions, representing lots of amazing, newer horror movies, I decided to go ol’school and do a classic. My piece is fan art, paying tribute to the iconic 1931 monster movie, #Frankenstein - starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke and, of course, Boris Karloff as the monster created by Dr. Frankenstein.

I didn't win, but I was a finalist with this.

It’s nice to know that participating in a Draw Me A Robot DTIYS challenge would help me get out of my slump. 

In August, they partnered with @daviddiez_ilustrador and asked participants to CHOOSE THEIR TOOL. We’re to take whatever instruments we use to make art and turn it into a robot.

Since I make analog art, and my tool of choice is pen and ink, I decided to make an ink bottle ‘bot.

I actually won this challenge with this.

Here’s a quick break from robots. I had posted this as a sketch, back in 2019. It’s from my old series, which was a tribute to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, the king of #RatFink. Instead of cars, I wanted to ‘fink’ out the different bike tribes. This was what I called my “Bike Fink” series.

Somebody reached out to me to secure the rights to use it for their cycling team’s bike jersey. Since it was a little rough, I dusted it off and cleaned it up a little.

Jersey images from Sandy Fettes.

Original art:

Updated art:

On the jersey:

In the fall, iconic actor and the voice of Darth Vader passed away on September 9. R.I.P. James. #jamesearljones

I posted this old Vader 'bot piece as a tribute.

And finally, as a tribute to the 85th anniversary of Batman, I decided to make some fan art. Here’s a quick look at my sketch process from initial concept to finished piece. This started off with me thinking about the 1960s Batman (my first real experience of the character) and then thinking about all of the variations and interpretations over the years. 

I decided that my fan art would be my own interpretation. What if Bruce wasn’t a millionaire but rather a regular person without the budget for 'such wonderful toys'? No spandex or capes, but rather, cargo pants and a trench coat? Of course, I had to make him a robot.

#deus_ex_machina #robot #robotart #RetroFuturism #SciFi #DieselPunk #artbyhumans #analogart #sketch #sketchbook #penandink #art #doodle #illustration #drawing #MakersGottaMake It’s always #inktober

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