I Think It's Funny When Robots In Fiction Are Just,,, Super Old And They Outlive Multiple Generations

I think it's funny when robots in fiction are just,,, super old and they outlive multiple generations of humans and are kinda treated as functionally immortal but irl tech is like "Your car is 20 years old???" or "I get a new smart phone every two years!"

Lemme see old ass bots who are mocked for being all ancient and outmoded and then when someone asks "How old are you??" it turns out they're like five.

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Absolutely Excellent Tags By @glacierruler YOU GET IT

Absolutely excellent tags by @glacierruler YOU GET IT

They spent so much time building that relationship when they relied on each other so heavily and then they went and fucked it all up. Now they desperately want to just pick things back up where they left it but it just can't be that fucking eaasyyyy

Fun Fact Originally Sprocket Was Going To Have A Head And Torso With 360 Range Of Motion But I Scrapped

Fun fact originally Sprocket was going to have a head and torso with 360 range of motion but I scrapped that idea because it was a pain to draw and didn't really make sense with all his external wiring. On the plus side it means sometimes he needs help with maintenance now.

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7 months ago
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!
Lots Of People Asked For My Concept Dev For The Shapers In My Webcomic FACING THE SUN, So Here It Is!

Lots of people asked for my concept dev for the Shapers in my webcomic FACING THE SUN, so here it is!

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The sun of Deslotair burned bright above. Stark white blended into yellow, infecting the sky around it. Rays of light stabbed the sky like burning knives, searing the air, cutting through that which crossed their path. Anything that stood in their way bled shadows, patches of darkness spreading from their touch.

The glass robot did not bleed shadows, ey did not feel the burning heat of the sun. Those deadly knives passed through eir translucent skin, shining off the machinery inside, swallowed by the burbling liquid that flowed through eir body. The tip of a spear was held low at eir side, its point gleaming.

No sun stabbed through the skin of the glass robot, but sharp gazes burned holes in eir back.

Whispers floated in the footsteps of the traveler. Suspicious words accompanied by fleeting glances trailed after the figure like wisps of smoke. The glass robot returned their glances with a blank curiosity, unbothered by the restless murmurs of discomfort. Ey simply observed, and walked.

The wooden doors of an old saloon swung open with whining creaks, announcing the presence of the traveler to those inside. Few heads turned, all new blood (the regulars were accustomed to the creaking of the doors, and to the uninteresting passerby they so often brought). Yet they started another round of whispers, and more heads turned to the glass robot, boisterous conversations morphing into a suspicious hiss at the arrival of the newcomer.

The glass robot turned eir head this way and that, returning the gazes of staring strangers with eir own gleaming eyes. Outside the eerie glow was swallowed up by the sun, but here it cast a white halo around the traveler’s face, surrounded by the gentle green glow of the vitrel  that flowed inside of em.

Ey walked.

The glass thudded against wooden floors, steps going unbroken as the small crowd parted to make room for the traveler. Ey nodded eir appreciation, and approached the bar. The bartender stood up straight. The robot she had been talking to, sitting on one of the hourglass stools with an untouched drink in front of him, remained perfectly still.

“Well,” the bartender started. She set down the empty glass she had been holding, put it upside down on the counter so its rim kissed the wood and left a ring of moisture. “What can I get ya?”

“Nothing to drink, thank you.” The glass robot spoke with eir hands, the fluid inside of them twisting and shifting with each movement.

The bartender eyed em warily. “Uh, sorry, I don’t know what you’re sayin’...”

“Nothing to drink, thank you.” The glass robot repeated the same motions as before, only slower, hands making clear arcs through the air.

“Ey doesn’t want anything,” the robot spoke up, nodding to the bartender before turning to address the glass bot. His eyes glowed a faint blue, piercingly contrasted with the hazy brown light that filtered through dirty glass bulbs above them. Tubes curled around him, jutting out from the fabric of his vest and wrapping around his joints. “What are you here for, then, if not a drink?”

Saloon

Saloon

Glass and Sprocket's first meeting, way back when. Added a couple of ports for Sprocket's tubing to flow through, which makes a hell of a lot more sense than them just kind of sticking out at his joints or junctures in the plating. Better for consistency's sake too.

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8 months ago
One Of Two Characters I Will Put Through The Wringer Out If Love: P.M.U Or Pim Is The Autopilot That
One Of Two Characters I Will Put Through The Wringer Out If Love: P.M.U Or Pim Is The Autopilot That

One of two characters i will put through the wringer out if love: P.M.U or Pim is the autopilot that was originally stopping every mission they went on from going to shit. Now he’s kinda just chilling and wishing he could live on a fish farm with Mal


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Gonna Be Doing Nanowrimo This Year! If Anyone Wants To Be Buddies Drop Me An Invite I'm Collecting As

Gonna be doing nanowrimo this year! If anyone wants to be buddies drop me an invite I'm collecting as many little writer friends as possible.

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Rough Background Stuff For Deslocar. At Its Heart, This Story Is A Western, So Of Course We've Got To

Rough background stuff for Deslocar. At its heart, this story is a western, so of course we've got to have a good old fashioned saloon. A lot of things might happen here, meetings, bar fights, drinking away your troubles. With Glass's spear and an upside-down cup, this was meant to harken back to Glass's and Sprocket's first meeting, at the start of the scavengers.

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Baily's Beads During The Solar Eclipse Of March 29, 2006 As Seen From Türkiye // Tom Victor

Baily's Beads during the solar eclipse of March 29, 2006 as seen from Türkiye // Tom Victor


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Challenge Day 276 Of Year 9 Teb Was A Simple Plastiform Home Kit Robot That It's Builder Less Than Legally

Challenge Day 276 of Year 9 Teb was a simple plastiform home kit robot that it's builder less than legally squeezed a grey market AI into. It was fairly sure that it hadn't been put together correctly, but didn't have the tech to do diagnostics on itself just yet.

What I used:  Muji Light Blue 0.7mm pen, and Muji 0.5mm Light blue pen on Karst Stone Paper Notebook. What this is: Daily Character Design Challenge, 2024-02-26 Year 9 - No276a, by Jeff Stewart


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8 months ago
The Terrible Indecision Of Having To Name A New Document.
The Terrible Indecision Of Having To Name A New Document.
The Terrible Indecision Of Having To Name A New Document.
The Terrible Indecision Of Having To Name A New Document.

The terrible indecision of having to name a new document.

Cast your votes now! I personally am a big fan of "one robot teaches another how to be human. their daughter is dying." and "am i a muppet or a man?" This one's just for planning, so it doesn't have to be serious lol. "Exoskeletons and Inner Machinery" might be good for an actual project title.


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