I decided I really liked yesterday's scratch board robot and had a frame with no glass, so I sprayed it down with a fixative giving it a glossy protective coating then pointed it in (thanks to the point gun we got at a craft store closing sale). As soon as I have hanging hardware again it will go up in my work area. As I unpack from our move I look forward to rotating the robots that I kept in and out of display and framing up some others.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
#363 Do Not Disturb
Robots need their quite recharge time too.
Try number two with this, wooden door tag. I painted it in tempra but that did not agree with the wood so I cleaned it off and sprayed it with Krylon. Not quite how I wanted it to look but thus is the nature of a 'Do it the same day' project. 2 more to go - I can't believe that!
And yes, I will continue making robots,it will give me a chance to do some more time intensive ones that may span several days rather than creating one each day.
Try number two with this, wooden door tag. I painted it in tempra but that did not agree with the wood so I cleaned it off and sprayed it with Krylon. Not quite how I wanted it to look but thus is the nature of a 'Do it the same day' project. 2 more to go - I can't believe that!
And yes, I will continue making robots,it will give me a chance to do some more time intensive ones that may span several days rather than creating one each day.
Monday, May 30, 2011
#362 Scratchboard Confidence
Sunday, May 29, 2011
#361 Robot Garage
Saturday, May 28, 2011
#360 Dinner is served!
As the project has gone on the accumulation of robots has continued. I haven't kept all the robots I have made but there are some I want to display but just am not sure how (other than rotating them in and out of a shelf). Found some shadow box frames at IKEA for cheap so here is #37 Robot Butler busy at a party. A dog party. But work is work nowadays.
Dinner is served, WOOF!
Dinner is served, WOOF!
Friday, May 27, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
#358 Panda Head Bot?
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
#357 Embossed Pie Pan Bot
After seeing this post on Dudecraft I had the idea to try out my hand at embossing using cheap aluminum pans. Found some cheapie pie pans at the grocery and gave it a shot. Glad I had 3 as the first two became 'prototypes'.
Thanks to Dudecraft and to Idan Friedman for the inspiration.
Thanks to Dudecraft and to Idan Friedman for the inspiration.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
#356 Summer Whiteboard
Monday, May 23, 2011
#355 1950's SkyNet
In the atomic age your automatons will work for you! They will know how to help you all on their own using the new patented SkyNet! Satisfaction guaranteed! Scientists agree that this breakthrough is foolproof and your automaton will be 100% obedient to you!
I dig 1950s and early 1960s graphics styles, I can envision things in my head but rarely get them out how I like. This is pretty dang close. I did a sketch of the robot, used GIMP to paint it, added some color blocks and then Inkscape to do the text.
Click on the image for a larger view.
I dig 1950s and early 1960s graphics styles, I can envision things in my head but rarely get them out how I like. This is pretty dang close. I did a sketch of the robot, used GIMP to paint it, added some color blocks and then Inkscape to do the text.
Click on the image for a larger view.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
#352 Goose Eggs
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
#350 CUIDADO!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
#349 Workout Robot
Monday, May 16, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
#346 Ma and Pa Bot
Saturday, May 14, 2011
#344 Atari 2600 Robot
Hopefully Blogger doesn't eat this one.
I loved my Atari (actually a 'Sears Telegames') and had it up until last year when I shipped it to my brother. Plus Colecovision. Man we'd waste hours upon hours on glorious blocky video game action. So primitive now but games of today weren't even a dream then.
Activison style game box done from scratch.
I loved my Atari (actually a 'Sears Telegames') and had it up until last year when I shipped it to my brother. Plus Colecovision. Man we'd waste hours upon hours on glorious blocky video game action. So primitive now but games of today weren't even a dream then.
Activison style game box done from scratch.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
#343 No Trespassing!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
#342 LITTLE MISS ROBOT
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
#341 Beatnik Robot Head
Monday, May 9, 2011
#340 MR. ROBOT
In honor of what would be Roger Hargreaves' 76th birthday and the 40th anniversary year of MR. MEN books I present MR. ROBOT!
I remember these books from 1975 when I was in kindergarten, we had activity sheets to color in the various MR. MEN, LITTLE MISS didn't come along until a bit later.
I remember these books from 1975 when I was in kindergarten, we had activity sheets to color in the various MR. MEN, LITTLE MISS didn't come along until a bit later.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
#339 Pegboard Compatible Bot
Saturday, May 7, 2011
#338 Screwing Around
Friday, May 6, 2011
#337 Automaton Repair Tag
When your workplace automaton needs repair you should be sure to use the proper forms and tags to report the issue to maintenance control.
(Guess who has a lot of military and government time and has filled out way too many pointless forms and tags?)
(Guess who has a lot of military and government time and has filled out way too many pointless forms and tags?)
Thursday, May 5, 2011
#336 Gabacho Robot
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
#335 Weedy Robot
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
#334 Lego Bot #2
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
#332 Pressure
The further along in this project I go the more I am amazed and appreciative of what Noah Scalin (The Skullmaster at Skull A Day) did to come up with quality posts and skulls day after day. It is a lot of pressure to knock something out each day especially when the sun is going down and you've been busy with other things. Here is a pressure cooker made in to a robot head, feeling the pressure as I near the T Minus 30 day mark.
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