Underwater's where the activator is.

And so, Automajune ends. Not with a bang, but with a seahorse. With hope that it balances out all the skulls.

It's goal has been met with great success, although the first post appears to be marked from last month, I can guarantee it indeed came from this month, but due to some kind of internet time displacement went back in time a day. As a bonus not only is this my most postiest month so far, I've almost already beaten my post count from last year and "ROBOTS" now takes its position as the largest word in the label list at the bottom of the page.

Whats next? Well it's not going to be another month of things because it takes so much time and doesn't really get me anywhere. What is will be is something that can hopefully get me on the path to actually making some money. It's probably going to start with some webpage renovation...

Band of Skulls

Yo dawg, I heard you like skulls so we put skulls in your skulls so you could skull while you skull.

I may have gone a little overboard with the amount of skulls now on the blog.

Wacky Racers: Stompy edition.

I thought I'd been drawing too many skulls so I added a rabbit and a bear to even things out.

But then, I checked and it's really only been like 1 - 1.5 skulls so far this month. So now the next pic will have to be a robot made only of skulls.

The herp-a-derp express.

Everyday I'm coupling.

You smell that?

Do you smell that? Toast, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of toast in the morning. You know, one time we went through a whole loaf, in twelve hours. When it was all over I checked the toaster. We didn't find one piece of bread, not one stinkin' dink slice. The smell, you know that toasty smell, the whole toaster. Smelled like... victory.

I was going to do more with the colouring, but gosh darn it's late. Also JC, you only specified "coloured" so just be glad there was even shadows. I was contemplating just using a rainbow gradient fill over the whole line work, so also be glad it didn't come to that.

In return I want a coloured picture of Stephen Hawking and a Gorilla trained in carpentry playing Dance Dance Revolution.

Toast of Duty

Johnny C writes:
" full colour, perspective, with rainbow shitting unicorns and bad ass toaster soliders"

It took me waaaaaaay to long to come up with even a rough sketch for this... and hence I got hardly any of the actual line work done. Also its really tough to draw something based off a toaster because aside from the slide on the side and the vents on the top, its just a rectangular prism. I spent too long trying to use the slide as the face, but then couldn't work out how to get the top of the toaster in view. in the end, despite it not solving any problems, I ended up just using a blank side as a face. Wow.. a paragraph on the problems of drawing toasters. I think I need some sleep.

So a Greek robot deity and a Norse robot deity walk into a cafe...

I'll let you come up with your own punchlines.. It's late, I'm tired and it's the month of robot pictures, not robot jokes.

Soooooooooo... As requested, Robot Zeus and Robot Odin, eating brunch. I didn't think it would take that long to colour and shade it, but after doing the shading I realised the error of my ways.

Next?

Clash of the titans

Too much for one day... so Work in progress shot it is.

Inevitable Wolverine Cameo

I had intended on finishing the legs but you know... time.

Robocraft

I've been playing on the office minecraft server a bit lately, and decided it was probably time to make myself a custom skin for it. Also robots. Also Deadpool, who is not a robot.

While I tried my best, it can be a little hard to represent complicated robot designs in 64x32 pixels, so for clarification (left to right): T-800, Soundwave, Patlabor, Optimus Prime, Cylon, Deadpool. If I'd had know how much easier it was to do Gen 1 transformers from the start, I would've only done Gen 1 transformers.

If for some reason you're interested in these skins, you can grab then after the jump.

David does what he pleases.

That's like, the only explanation isn't it?

Personally, I want to believe that he was against the humans all along and when he speaks something to the engineer it is "The humans are here to kill you, hit them with my robot head".

Run run run, faster than my plasma bolts.

Animation is haaaaaaaaard... Especially when you've only got a night to do it. That's why you only get 3 frames. Also because I'm tired.

Shout-outs to Megaman. Respec'

Kull the Computor

Some things turn out exactly as you want them to, and some things do not. This is one of those things that didn't.

I thought that maybe with some of the new colouring techniques I'd learn I'd be in a better have a better shot at this kind of thing. I guess i need some more practise... Although it looks a little better when smaller.

Conan the Botbarian

What is best in life? To crush your rival products, see them obsoleted before you, and hear the lamentation of their users.

Robo-Rumble in the Techno-Jungle

Punchbot: Because what else can you do with steel balls for hands?

Square Eye

I couldn't decide if I was basing this on a computer or a TV/VCR/DVD combo unit.

Droidlodocus

I wanted to try the coloured line thing with the new girl robot but totally forgot until I put it up... So I tried it here instead. Kind of worked but I need to be neater with the lines and base colours.

Also, RAWR stands for Razing And Wrecking Robots.

Wreckasaurus Rex

I was going to colour it but things have come up tonight... So maybe tomorrow?

Who's that gynoid?

It's Jessbot.

Impbot

Waiting all day for a new Game of Thrones episode, and then remembering the season finale was last Monday, is no way to start the week. However, a robot based loosely on Tyrion's battle armor is a good way to start the week.

Seriously though, in a story filled with people lying and backstabbing to get what they want, how great was the scene where he told Shea honestly why he didn't want to leave Kings Landing?

Nope.

Nope.

Doin' the Robot.

It's the only dance I know.

I got a virus.

I assume this is Steve Jobs' revenge from beyond the graves.

iDrew Vs. Matt Presbot: The Chickening.

The hardest part of this was trying to work out what Drew would look like. Obviously I had to make him like an Apple robot, but how? I couldn't think of what an Apple item with moving joints would look like for a start. Obviously sleek and white (RACIST) was a requirement, as was prominent logo placement. Hipster-ish glasses and scarf accessories add just enough personality while still letting other people see that yes, that is an Apple robot and yes, I have good taste. Then lastly, steal some elements from previous robots that kind of hit the mark and package them into one unit. Voila.

Further failed ideas:
- Multiple limbs aren't aesthetically pleasing, remove all of them and replace with one big limb in the middle of his chest (and a small limb on top for turning the robot on/off)
- Just like the Presbot, but with a prettier exterior and double the cost.
- Exactly like an iSketch, but four times the size.

I kid, I kid... If i was going to draw myself based on my computer I'd be covered in a gaudy combination of fans, neon backlights and LEDS.

Anyway... so... next?

Disasterchef

So... I think I might just be getting a little carried away here. Gotta post something so here's a wip screenshot. Place your bets on what Drew's going to look like.

TARGET ACQUIRED.

UNIDENTIFIED MUTANT DETECTED.

*Not pictured: Inevitable Wolverine cameo.

Are you John Connor?

I had intended this to be a full body shot, but holy crap you guys: So many lines, too little time. I may end up revisiting this later in the month to finish it up.

Meanwhilst:
@Drew: Done. Be aware though that a robot Matt Preston would be designed with only two specifications in mind: Devouring everything in his path and cravats. He'd be like a massive classy Unicron.

@Aliesha: Exactly. Did you know that I was once mugged by two guys out the front of an orphanage as it suddenly caught fire? James Hollibot not only saved all the children in the orphanage but also used the muggers to put out the fire. Then he convinced the muggers to give up their life of crime and turn themselves in to the police. Then he gave me $50.

Feel the power of ATTORNEY

And it's that easy... leave a comment, and it gets drawn.

I thought it might be a little easy to only draw James, so I also drew his arch-nemesis as well. For those of you following at home, here's how our fighters stack up:

James Wallabot:

Strengths: Can program binary load lifters, which are very similar to vaporators in most respects; Laser eyes
Weaknesses: Lasagna

James Hollibot:
Strengths: Everything
Weaknesses: Nothing (except maybe being a little too modest)

Bird of prey

Woah... Day two and I almost forgot to post something?.. Just as well I did or things could've gotten... Hawkward.