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@therobotmenace.bsky.social

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Illustrator, Designer, Animator. Fascinated by robots. Studying various artists. Sucks at video games Banner: @/_Js_lividum_Js_ (MIA) from Twitter/X (RIP)

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Aug 19

Opening up commissions again, DM me if you're interested!

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · 7d

Found one

ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · 8d

Conspiracy weirdos: "We'll never know how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids, or how the ancient Celts built Stonehenge, or how the Aztecs--"

Wally Wallington in 1999, alone in his backyard with pebbles, scrap lumber, and too much time on his hands:

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Aug 23

Robots these days and their newfangled lingo

A square red robot wonders to himself aloud.
"Wait, if we're both robots, does that mean we can sa--"
A blue feminine robot, known as Sheep, interrupts the first in extremely bold text:
"SUP CLANKA"

This joke was probably funnier in my head when I initially thought of the interaction.

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️⛈️🌧️🌧️
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Illustration of an ODST aiming his gun around an illuminated detour sign - light from the sign bathing most of his body in a pale yellow light while rain splashes against him.

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Aug 19

Opening up commissions again, DM me if you're interested!

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Ben McEntee @benmce.bsky.social · Jun 19

Morning on a moon 🌘

Comic page depicting a person waking up inside a house carved into an asteroid, they get dressed as they are surrounded by stars. They leave their home followed by stars.

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Ben McEntee @benmce.bsky.social · 25d

Ringed Fortress 🪐

A large fortress sits atop an rock at the center of an asteroid belt. Two characters look up at the fortress from one of the smaller foreground rocks. A comic panel in the center of the image shows a close of the characters.

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The Cuix (sketch comms open) @thecuix.bsky.social · Aug 29

you're the main reason to keep on going

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 21d

workshopping a new emoji

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yako ✶ @yakofang.bsky.social · Aug 14

A fortune teller offers you one answer about the future — what’s your question? ☀️🌙
#illustration #digitalart #collageart

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Sep 9

Whatever it is apparently involves running in front of my car at the last possible second like the suicidal little psychos that they are

ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Sep 3

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🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🎷🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️

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Wonder-Waffle 🦆 @wonderwaffle93.bsky.social · Sep 1

"This presents a problem."

E-102 GAMMA

#art #digitalart #fanart #sonicfanart #sonicthehedgehog #gamma

A full body portrait of E-102 Gamma from Sonic Adventure.
Various bits of information are displayed around him.
The birdie which is contained in him can be seen on his left with the targeting system around it. This gives the final objective after saving the others.

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thanks! She's fun to draw, and I wanted my "stripey" rendering style to accentuate the design

ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Aug 23

Red belongs to me, and Sheep belongs to @wonderwaffle93.bsky.social
(this wasn't a commission, I just wanted to draw Sheep)

ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Aug 23

Robots these days and their newfangled lingo

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · Aug 19

Old robodudes. Featuring the A7 Chonk Unit

Ink and marker drawings of robodudes, dudes what are robots

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Aug 19

Opening up commissions again, DM me if you're interested!

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Jul 26

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DoodToon (3 slots available!) @doodtoon.bsky.social · Jul 26

LETS GOOOOO

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Jul 26

After a decade in distribution limbo, 'Baman Piderman' is finally coming home. Its creators have reclaimed the rights and will produce four to five new episodes to complete the story they began in the pre-YouTube, Newgrounds era of internet animation.
www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/ba...

'Baman Piderman' Returns To Creators' YouTube After 10 Years

After a 10 year distribution nightmare, internet cult favorite 'Baman Piderman' returns to its owner's channel on Aug. 1 with new episodes planned.

www.cartoonbrew.com

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ShawnTheMiller @shawnthemiller.bsky.social · Jul 22

Can you believe this just sits on my HDD begging to be made into a game for everyone to play! 😲

#Transformers #IndieDev #IndieGame

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · Jul 8

Trying to imagine the high-ups at Xbox, EA etc having this sort of chat. Failing

Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · Jul 7

I've read 100s of Shigeru Miyamoto interviews; this one is a top five, easy.

A long Iwata, Miyamoto, and Itoi (Earthbound creator) discussion on the nature of creativity, how to cultivate it as a leader, artistic aesthetic, how to collaborate creatively

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Itoi: Like yakisoba that's got burnt bits in it. If a big company were to bring out yakisoba, they would talk about how it mustn't be burnt.

A rigid conversation ends with the conclusion that yakisoba must never be burnt. But when you keep the conversation rolling, someone says, "It's inexplicable, but that burntness is fragrant and tasty."

… But when you follow strict product guidelines in a meeting, you just lop off every imperfection.

Miyamoto: Yes, that's how it goes.

Itoi: If you don't get past "Yes, that's right," that's what happens.

Iwata: Because something without flaws is without character. It doesn't bear its creator's imprint or have any personality.

Miyamoto: So sometimes when we're presenting what we've made, we end up saying, "I guess it's okay, right?" And I think that's really unacceptable.

… You'll ask the director, "How it's look?" And he'll answer, "It's passable." How could you call something passable?

… When someone asks, "How is it?" I think that it takes more courage to answer, "It's pretty good."

Itoi: Hmm, that's true. Because "pretty good" means "good.”

Miyamoto: Compared to that, "passable" doesn't really tell you anything. Is it 10 percent out of 100? 80 percent? 60 percent? It doesn't even tell you that. "Passable" takes away everyone's responsibility.

Iwata: It's unsettling, because at that point the discussion is taking places without any set values.

Itoi: Rather than preparing Plans B and C, you should use your time to polish up Plan A, the one you really think is good. You're the same way, aren't you, Miyamoto-san?

Miyamoto: Yes. I've never thought of alternate ideas.

Itoi: Or, you haven't ever attended a meeting where you had to pitch your presentation so that it is accepted, have you?

Miyamoto: No. I was in an environment where I made decisions myself and continually asked myself whether it was truly good or not.

Itoi: … If you're constantly worried about what so-and-so will say, the project or team will never grow. … You may think, "What will the customers say?" You may worry too much about these customers you can't see, which shrinks your idea.

Miyamoto: I don't know if it comes from not having a boss, but I can't tell if I'm a good boss or not.

Itoi: Oh…

Miyamoto: For example, staff members who have worked with me for a long time will often come up to me and say, "I thought of something," but about 70% of the time, I say, "That won't work."

I know it isn't nice, but I know if that idea was mine I'd decline it too, I have to say it anyway. Sometimes, I think if I don't stop that, I won't be able to help anyone grow.

Itoi: Well, part of that can't be helped.

Miyamoto: I know, but when I think about it later, I didn't need to be so harsh for about 20% of that 70%.

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Jul 8

Is it possible it’s just supposed to be anglicized rather than a typo? Lots of American names are spelled “wrong” due to their transition from one language to the next to make them easier to spell/pronounce, i.e. Snawdun to Snowden/Sneddon or MacGarity to McGarity

ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · Jun 15

Been really busy with a personal project recently, here’s a doodle from church today

A doodle of a long dragon puffing fire, drawn in pen

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ō△ō @therobotmenace.bsky.social · May 30

Other games he made that I personally recommend are Darkula, Solar Gladiators, and Curse of Issyos! Especially that last one!!