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Published: 2012-08-08 04:41:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 1006; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 27
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Fan art for my good friend --a "re-envisioning" of his awesome [link] !Posted with Rob's kind permission. Further variants may be forthcoming.
Will Scrap soooooon...
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Love the feet and hands and the hunched outline. It's got some Shirow-esque bowling-ball-eyes too ([link] ). Very nice.
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Hah, Shirow is so semantically ingrained into my aesthetic vocabulary at this point, regarding mecha especially, that his stylistic motifs seep through whether I consciously intend them to or not! = p Thanks, Daniel, I'm glad you like it.
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Thanks, I'm glad you like it! : D
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Looking good!
I like the tiny digits and the curves that this has got
Rob's had a sharky feel to it whereas this one seems more whale like, it is probably the front/cockpit making me think it looks like a melon.
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Yeah, it was the "melon" that really attracted me to his design in the first place! (What can I say, I'm a sucker for the melons I guess.) Kind of a cross between a porpoise and a Global Hawk, which has always struch me as somewhat cetacean-lookin' in its own right.
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It does have an aircraft like quality to it. It's the fins, they remind me of an Anomalocarid.
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A robotic anomalocarid?
[link]
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People do a lot of really amazing stuff with Zoids, especially some of the more esoteric prehistoric critters! [link] for example has some nice specimens.
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Looking good. I used to watch the show years back. I was a bit of a fan.
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Aw yeah, more mechas. I love the froggish look this one has, like it could leap in and out of water like some sort of mechanical, ribbiting shock trooper.
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Oh hellz yeah, that would be awesome! In fact Rob and I were talking about how Venus has a really high atmospheric pressure (92 terrestrial atms at the surface!), so that the "aquatic" styling of these mecha, like deep-sea diving suits, might not be too far off.
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Why, Thomas? Why must you scrap these masterpieces? It is as if your pencils are filled with pure gold, and the pages are made from the hemp of heaven!
By the way, have you ever looked into a career as a concept artist? I think you'd do well.
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Aw, thanks man, that's one of the kindest compliments I've ever gotten, I think! 
You know man, I'm not sure I'm cut out for professional concept design...I think you have to be really reliable, able to "produce on demand." My artistic assets (not sure the right word for that) are pretty fickle. I go through long "dry spells" where I can't draw at all.
But again, I really appreciate your esteem and confidence...Means a lot to me!
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Hey, this is deceptively asymmetrical, right?!
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The way Rob described it to me, one of the legs is growing a gun!
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Oh that's a very interesting way for the feet to be structured, but I imagine it would be sturdy. And you friend has awesome art as well!
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Yeah, I really like the way Rob handled the feet! Very exotic and organic.
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*nod nod* Might poke around there later.
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Will the mech step on me?
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Well I guess you'll just have to try it and see!
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Thanks very much! What can I say, Rob's design inspired me. XD
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