Did you see the movie Pacific Rim with the giant robots? While there was plenty of "cheese" to go around and the monsters were a little over the top for me, the giant robots with psychic links between the pilots, in my opinion were pretty cool. As far as other movies with robots we all have our favorites; Westworld, C-3PO, The Iron Giant, AI, Wall-e, Hal 9000, The Last Mimzy there are some pretty big robot movie lists out there. The robot I drew lives in a peaceable world placing and straightening stars while the night wind passes through the flowers.
I'm working on converting The Cupcake Tree to eBook for Kindle and Nook so I'm sharing a drawing from the archive. The Robot Placing the Evening Stars was an assignment for my Foundation Drawing class in college last fall. This giant robot, on task placing the stars in the night sky, was a Halloween themed drawing reinforcing perspective and drawing with straight lines. I was tasked with creating a "monster" from a series of boxes, drawn in perspective on the horizon line. I found inspiration from children's book illustrator Etienne Delessert's bird and flowers and Van Gogh's 1889 painting, The Starry Night. The primrose helped to both soften and frame the vignette even though the flowers were drawn with straight lines just like the robot. Our diligent, star-placing robot friend treks through the night where only pencils, rulers and imaginations roam.
I've thought about taking this drawing from the confines of straight lines and perspective to a regular drawing. "R" could be for "Robot" in the upcoming book "B is for Bigfoot an ABC Book of Wonderful Creatures." What do you think?
- Suzanne
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