Illustration Friday – Talisman

[7 Apr 2009 | By Dot | 13 Comments | 4,374 views ]

Good morning! For Illustration Friday (yeah, I know it’s Tuesday, I’m late) (and yesterday’s MSCEApril) I’m presenting this lovely little robot, with his flower talisman. To a robot, a flower which grows from the earth must have magical properties!

Digital- commissioned tattoo design.
(Note, please don’t steal – if you’re interested in using this for your own tattoo, please email me and we can work something similar out.)

What the heck is MSCE April!?
Who’s participating thus far?
All Illustration Friday Posts click here.

Twittering? Follow along with MSCE in April here: #MSCEApril
or check out the ones on Flickr here: Dabbled Flickr Pool (tagged MSCEApril)

Oh yeah, and I’m excited about this! We had a really fun trip to trip to Boston this weekend and saw the space where the Robot World watercolors are going to live for a bit. I’ll post more details soon!

These might be related posts, too:

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13 Comments »

Vhrsti :

It’s really interesting connection between robot and flower. Great illo!

# 7 April 2009 at 3:05 pm

josh pincus is crying :

your robots are always so cool!

# 7 April 2009 at 4:07 pm

Roberta :

He looks very pleased with his flower!

# 8 April 2009 at 2:52 am

Carol Browne :

I am always a fan of your robots. They look so friendly.

About the Easter eggs, you asked about, here are my links:

http://carolbrowne.com/index.php?itemid=2504 – 2 washi eggs and a gold glittery egg. The Washi eggs are wooden eggs covered in paper. I blogged about that here – http://carolbrowne.com/index.php?itemid=2480

They are quick to make – and really easy. And they end up looking very nice.

# 8 April 2009 at 6:32 am

Amy C :

I always like how you manage to make your robots so full of personality.
This is a lovely image.
I watched Wall-e the other night – its a fab movie have you seen it?

# 8 April 2009 at 2:08 pm

David Opie :

I love the sentimental robot! By the way, hot press has a smooth surface, cold press has a textured surface. The smooth surface generally allows for more detail and is easier to draw on.

# 8 April 2009 at 2:44 pm

Brine Blank :

Great robot…did you to this with it already known this was for a tattoo or did you do it…

# 8 April 2009 at 5:48 pm

erin :

so sweet, but how does he smell? (isn’t that a fifth grade joke)

# 8 April 2009 at 5:56 pm

Dot :

thanks, guys!

Brian,
I’m not sure you actually typed that question correctly, but if you’re asking if i designed it as a tattoo or if it was for something else… I did design it for this specific purpose.

# 8 April 2009 at 5:58 pm

ValGalArt :

You are always up to wonderful things, Nancy! I love your IF piece and your boy is so darn cute!!! Good things :)

# 8 April 2009 at 6:09 pm

Bella Sinclair :

Very cool robot, Dot! He’s so smooth, and almost childlike. I love his flower. Seeing a robot that loves and nurtures flowers reminds me of Miyazaki’s Castle in the Sky (Laputa).

# 9 April 2009 at 8:17 am

3rdEyeMuse :

Awesome design – love the pretty little flower he’s (???) dreamily staring at.

# 10 April 2009 at 12:12 am

Eric Barclay :

This is really cool!

# 11 April 2009 at 2:10 pm