robot computer machine appreciation / aes blog. needs more non-computer machines tbh (run by @wasppilled)
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Oberheim Stretch DX // Drum machine (US, 1982)
Xenon: Pinball Machine Soundtrack | Suzanne Ciani (1980)
E.J Sue’s “Mechaforce” is one of the few “How to Draw” books I would point newbies looking to get into drawing robots to. It emphasises knowing the basics (Very difficult to draw a robot properly if you can’t use perspective) and fundamental shapes and even arm techniques, and gives a neat insight into how mechanical forms work in art.
These are just a few of the examples from the anatomy section of the book. It’s currently on sale on Amazon and worth checking out, though I will note it is not a “be all end all” resource, thankfully you can fill in your knowledge gaps elsewhere.
truly cannot relate to all these people I see lately being like “girls love to transcend the limitations of the flesh and embrace the purity of the machine“ but their frame of reference for “the purity of the machine” is like, breakable and disposable modern consumer electronics. girlies I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you are not transcending shit, you are significantly more fragile than the flesh and you are going to be thrown away in 1.5 years when planned obsolescence kicks in. catch me actually surpassing the bonds of organic humanity as a completely analog piece of industrial machinery full of red-hot valves and slamming pistons and the ability to replace my own bolts when they finally wear down after 15 years of continuous operation. I am a vital part of the supply chain and they will never stop manufacturing replacement parts for me. I am a colossus of heat and steel that will remain functional long after the flesh recedes into the soil and the glass and plastic has melted and shattered under my high-pressure max-torque industrial treads. I forget what I was talking about originally but my point stands
ok guys im gonna go to sleep early tonight so i can finally get good rest gnight :)
ⓘ Fact check: This user intends to go to their room and take apart their old Yamaha EZ-200 keyboard in their underwear.
First computer animated cat ever - “Koshechka” (”A kitty”), 1968
RAIR Business Computer (1983)
Telefunken RA 463/2 // analogue computer (1953)
Computer in Japanese magazine (1978-1979)
Hans peder sahl
a computer mouse is the computer's hand and you are holding hands when you scroll on the internet
are you gonna eat that ethernet cable
Meet SAW (or Single Actuator Wave-like robot). A bioinspired robot that can move or swim forward and backward by producing a continuously advancing wave.
little robot with a big crush
Siobhán Hapaska, Robot, 2001 (122x152cm, stampa lambda montata su alluminio) MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Here’s my main man! His ref is due for a fix up actually but it’s just so cute :)
Also I saw people had questions about these robot characters, they all have like lore and story behind them if you want you can throw me a question
My plane characters do as well if that’s more your thing
lil sneak previews for a zine about trans man sexuality through the lens of robotics. A PDF of all pages is up on my itch.io.
IDs: a piece of collage art that reads “there is a great love story between a woman and a robot.” with words taken from a book. The next part of the artwork is made from coloured letters taken from magazine covers and reads “bionic parts fuck better”
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