Death or Glory

This is a robot having a wee Piccachu moment and shooting some lightning at some space invaders. As you do.
As you can see I’m trying new things with my robots themselves, in The Robot Takeover nothing is a constant.

Spin the Wheel

Augmented Reality

After getting annoyed at how long Fairground of the Soul took me and how disappointed I was at the result, I literally put it to one side, grabbed a blank canvas and did this.
I work better when I’m being spontaneous, and I’m really pleased with this. Although it won’t be dry for some time.

Fairground of the Soul

Ok, so I spent a long while on this painting, layering it up and scraping paint off. I don’t think it was worth it though, I messed up the ferris wheel. I might do more work to it, I might throw it down a well, who knows…

Hard at Work

Layering my new painting is taking longer than I thought, but it'll be worth it

Like Clockwork

Well robot fans, it's Christmas eve, and I seem to have slipped a disc or something and am currently lying flat on the floor.

This year has seen some big changes and something of a coming of age for the robot takeover, and a rejuvenation of this blog, moving beyond purely robots and into photography too. 

I just wanna say a big thank you for every view, every positive comment and every Facebook like, it's what keeps this hobby going. Art's not about making money, it's about making your mark. If I wanted to make money I'd be doing observational landscapes or pretentious portraits. But I'm not, I'm painting robots, and trying to share with you what I see in my minds eye.

I leave you with this pic I took last night, Merry Christmas and goodnight

A Very Robot Takeover Christmas

Continuing my last post, this was my Christmas card effort. I wanted it to be really old skool. It's a homage to the old Bing Crosby Christmas specials (even though I'm nowhere near that old). I was going for a 50's feel, and attempting to highlight that Christmas is all about looking dapper and drinking spirits