cactus robot design - artworks

We had this fun task at the school to choose one object then we need to design the robot version of the object. I have a really fun time doing this task.

*Except when it came to drawing the actual object.*

I am not very fond of drawing realistic object so it took more longer to do the actual object. I'm satisfied though with the final outcome. I will probably color it in the future but i think its nice the way it is now.

So this is the real object that i chose. I was thinking of doing a teddy bear plushie. But teddy bear plushie is too mainstream, so I chose cactus that has been with me for year or so. People always said that cactuses are the easiest to care. I always almost every time kill this poor spiky plants XD

And these two are the design that i made. I was suppose to do only one but i can't choose which one is nicer. I love them both! 

I rarely do some robot-mecha stuff (i don't like scifi too much either). It was a challenge for me to do it. After browsing plenty references (and sobbing in the corner of the wall) i remembered Megaman games that full of this hybrid robots-mecha-style. So after some few sketches, i finished these two in the end :D

*Wait, what kind of school again? why making these?is it art school or what?...*
ehmmm...

Sooooo, this August 2014 i got accepted to games and animation line school in Helsinki.

Yay!

*ok this might be a little bit late news, oh well* :p
Anywayyyy I am really happy with it. I am really satisfied also for my decision to focus more into games industry since this is my dream since i long time ago.

*Best decision ever!
...oh sorry I think i got some dust in my eyes now*

yudhisthira the wise.

For my final project back then in University, i decided to make illustration for wayang kulit ( Indonesian shadow puppet ) storybook with the Mahabharata epic story as the base. It's been almost 5 years since, and a couple days ago i decide to redesign one of the character.

( the full set of the characters of Mahabharata )

( the five of the Pandava brothers )

This is Yudhisthira, the oldest brother from the five brother of the Pandava.
You can read more of it in here.

He is one of my favorite character in the story. He's wise, gentle, patient, and it said he never get angry ( ever! ). It's a really good character to idolize and follow eh? hard to be like that, especially for me :p

This are the progress before taking the final form of it. I took the style from the form of flat 2D shadow puppet and stylize it more modern looking.

So here is the final one that i used in my final project 5 years ago ;

And the final redesign that i made a couple days ago. I'm making it more detailed for the ornaments and accessories because in the real shadow puppet they usually have a decorative part really detailed.