Assignment 2: Human and Inhuman #1
The brief for this assignment was to create a piece of concept art based on the concept of "Human and Inhuman". At first, when finding out about the brief I wanted to design something based on animatronics. So the first thing I did was to look into books about special effects and mechanical movement. However, after doing some research, I decided to change my approach. After reading the book 'Living Dolls: a magical history of the quest for mechanical life', I was really inspired by the story of the chess automaton. It was an automaton that was created in 1770 and would compete in games of chess with people, often winning. This was later proven to be a hoax as someone was operating it from the inside, but during its time it really made people question what makes something human, and the 'inhumanity' of the automaton really intrigued people (cite).
(illustration of the chess automaton)
I decided that I wanted to create a concept for an automaton similar to the chess automaton, that plays my favorite strategy board game, pentago.
(image of the game for reference)
The rules of the game are explained in this image:
I also created a Pinterest board for visual research, where I gathered images that felt like they were from some kind of fair since that's where I imagined that the pentago automaton would be.
They all had a sense of mystique and looked a bit sinister and creepy, which is something that I wanted to emulate, as it would increase the 'inhuman' part of the assignment.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
30 second quick start to start playing right away, read this page. (no date). Available at: https://fgbradleys.com/rules//Pentago.pdf (Accessed: January 17, 2023).
Aeontriad (2021) Diary of a madman, Tumblr. Available at: https://aeontriad.tumblr.com/post/644916082813059072/will-murai (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Ajeeb, the famous chess automaton: Painting, chess, Automata (2022) Pinterest. Available at: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/613052568043555814/ (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Artstation - Jorge Benedito (no date) ArtStation. Available at: https://www.artstation.com/jbenedito (Accessed: January 17, 2023).
Barbara (2019) Fortune teller vignette box for academy of scrapbooking and arts, yaya scrap & more. Available at: https://yayascrap.blogspot.com/2019/10/fortune-teller-vignette-box-for-academy.html?m=1 (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Creepy clown: Creepy clown, Halloween clown, clown illustration (2022) Pinterest. Available at: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/613052568043514628/ (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Have your fortune told: Halloween art, Shadow Box Art, art toy (2022) Pinterest. Available at: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/613052568043555590/ (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Jeffrey (no date) The birds, beasts, and beauty of Disney's audio-animatronics characters, D23. Available at: https://d23.com/audio-animatronics-disneyland-magic-kingdom-walt-disney-world/?int_cmp=d23_salutetodisneywingmen_disneyaudioanimatroniccharacters_2015025 (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Meier, A. (2016) A VR archive for the vanishing haunted house ride, Hyperallergic. Available at: https://hyperallergic.com/326008/a-vr-archive-for-the-vanishing-haunted-house-ride/ (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Pentago Game Rules (no date) UltraBoardGames. Available at: https://www.ultraboardgames.com/pentago/game-rules.php (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Pinocchio (2022) Netflix. Available at: https://www.netflix.com/watch/80218455?tctx=1%2C3%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2CVideo%3A80218455 (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Sadomina, S. (2016) The great yazon, Flickr. Yahoo! Available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sadomina/26866177465 (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Smith, W. (no date) Deceptive AI: Human-Computer Interaction, the University of Melbourne, School of Computing and Information Systems. Available at: https://cis.unimelb.edu.au/hci/projects/deceptive-ai (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
T., T. (2010) CIRCUS2, Flickr. Yahoo! Available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gammaraybots/4485163231/in/photostream/ (Accessed: January 18, 2023).
Wood, G. (2003) Living dolls a magical history of the quest for mechanical life. London: Faber.
Artstation - Jorge Benedito (no date) ArtStation. Available at: https://www.artstation.com/jbenedito (Accessed: January 17, 2023).
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Favourite colour: Black. But besides that I like dark turquoise and purple shades and sometimes pearlescent ones.
Top 3 favourite ships: I really have a lot tbh... :P So here, have three of them! :P
- Muraki/Ukyo/Oriya, Yami no Matsuei. (...they will always have a special place in my heart... :3)
- Alucard/Sypha/Trevor, Castlevania. (They just give of so wholesome vibes in the show - or at least that is what I want to see. xD)
- Hannibal/Clarice, the movies. (I havn't seen the series yet)
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