Robot Design

Mood Board

Here is a mood board of robot I put together as inspiration for this image.

























Idea's / Development
Next are some idea's for my robot. I decided that my robot would be a domestic one, or at least something the average citezen might want to own. For this reason, I decided to go with a simpler design, rather than a big, complicated robot and concentrate more on character rather than trying to impress with complicated structures. This way the average person will feel more connected to the robot and therefore be happy to welcome it into their home.

For my robot to show character, much like the robot from the disney movie Wall-e, I would find a simple but effective way to express emotion. This gave me idea for the eye with the heart symbol that can been found on all these designs, other than one which just has the symbol.




3D Model

Here is a 3D model of my robot. Whilst I think it works well, I felt that I would be able to do better with a drawing.








Final Drawing

Here is my Final drawing for the robot. I changed the bottom of it so that it would float, making it easier for it to maneuver around obstacles. The robot can be used for many functions, but it's main one is entertainment. It can dance and even has an antenna which inherently picks up radio channels, but can also be used for other purposes on command.

This robot would be most commonly used domestically, but may also be a good asset in the work place or even the military.

In the end I got rid of the symbol and just had a dot for the eye as I felt it would be easier to communicate emotion just by changing it's shape, rather than coming up with a different symbol for each emotion the robot might need to express.

Handy Man

Surrealism brief

Mood Board

Here's my mood board.








Ideas / Sketches

Here are some sketches of ideas that I had for this assignment





















Final Sketch

Here's the original line art for this picture. the concept was basically a man with hands to replace his head and legs.




















Final Sketch/Colour

Here i have added colour and shading to my drawing. At this point I am mostly happy with the outcome but it could still do with some more activity in the scene.



















Final Image

Finally I added a background and several other figures into the picture as i felt it was lacking colour. There is no particular significance to the flying pandas; their involvement was a random decision that i used in order to brighten up the scene and make it seem even stranger. This was also the case for the smiling sun.

War

Mood Board

This is the Mood board that I made for this brief.

 Final Piece

This is the final image for this brief. It is the body of a child that has been by war. Their body has been covered with a sheet but one arm is still visible. The bullet shells show that this child has been shot. The red on the floor is representative of blood.

Self portrait