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losing-dog-art · 1 hour
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this line ripped out my intestines and choked me with them
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losing-dog-art · 8 days
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anyway. a couple nonbinary actors of colour off the top of my head who i would've loved to see as murderbot :)
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(indya moore / janelle monae / vico ortiz / sara ramirez / aya furukawa / amandla stenberg)
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losing-dog-art · 9 days
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I just drafted all of this then lost it I'm going through a wall
Finished murderbot concept!!!
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With bonus version with clothes 🎉
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I have been making a lot of art lately (this is because I am procrastinating other things 😶)
Explanations below the cut (there was going to be a video but tumblr decided to fuck that)
So I have this old post about some head cannons for MBs appearance, but doing this full body design involved more thinking
I find it interesting that MB really only ever describes it's appearance when it's relevant to the plot/fight/scene, so anything that isn't relevant is left to our imagination. That being said:
MB says all it's inorganic parts are covered by a long sleeve shirt with a collar, pants and shoes. This means no inorganic parts on its face or hands
MB says it has no organic parts on its feet.
Slightly deeper cuts but MB mentions that it has inorganic and organic parts around its knees (I believe in exit strategy) and that it has an accessible company under its ribs (artificial condition)
People are often surprised when they see MB out of armor -- people who aren't familiar with secunits don't expect it to look as human as it does
MBs skin is canonically clear af (network effect I think)
Based on those handful of canon details, you can imagine Mb a lot of different ways -- this is great! And I've said before I think Martha Wells does this very much intentionally. So, that being said, here is some of my thoughts in this interpretation:
Based on that last point, MB looks surprisingly human. For me, this means soft facial features, eyelashes, and more organic parts than you might expect. Also, the inorganic parts are also round and nice looking -- this is partly just me thinking in a fun sci-fi way but also secunits are designed to be comforting
I've seen some people give it mechanical legs that are kind of bird-like or resemble running prosthetics. I think this is super cool and it makes a lot of sense-- those legs are basically a better form of bipedalism and let you run faster etc. BUT they would significantly change your gait. And thus be something MB considers when it is trying to pass as human. So I gave it more human feet, with the important toes and everything
I'm no expert on robotics or anatomy, but I really tried to think a little bit functionally. How would a secunit fold? How would it bend over, squat down, etc? I tried to give the look of some kind of shock system in the ankles, and conical-axis based joints. the hip area is probably the weak point in my design in this areas, idk, imagine ball bearings or something
For clothes, it's pretty straightforward. MB describes this more than a few times, but I tried to give some slightly fun sci-fi decoration bits
I tried to think about how androgyny might be generated in a silhouette in an unintentional way -- androgyny that is the result of functional design decisions and not aesthetic ones.
Idk. I had a lot of fun with this. This took about 4 hours (I've been trying not to overwork stuff lately and let the process show through) I might try and post the speed-draw video later? As a reblog perhaps. Idk Tumblr didn't like it the first time
Also a girl on bumble mentioned reading all systems red and I had to act so normal
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losing-dog-art · 9 days
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Relationships that have real king/lionheart energy, that whole “I have sworn myself wholly to you, I am your sword arm, I am your dog” to someone else’s “you are the one person in this world I can rely on, and I am both bolstered and burdened by your absolute faith in me” vibe, but it’s in circumstances that are like. so low stakes. Manager of a movie theater/the one usher who doesn’t smoke weed at work.
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losing-dog-art · 10 days
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A new meet the artist little profile
Slightly annoyed by this bc I literally cut my hair since I finished this
I feel like I make these all the time but it turns out I just don't make that much art so proportionately I make them kind of often
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[ID: Several panels placed on a dark indigo background, titled with "losing dog art" and "meet the artist" in orange text
On a brown panel there is a sketchy illustration of a person lounging on a bed with several pillows. They are wearing jeans, orange socks, and a green sweater. They are white and have dyed blonde hair that is about shoulder length
On a pale green panel labeled "yes" the following is listed: walks, audiobooks, climbing, zoos, coffee, art (lol), history, cats, sci-fi, crafts.
On a smaller reddish panel labeled "no," the following is listed: my dad!, classical music, TMJ, emails, crowds.
On a brownish panel labeled "fandoms I engage with (right now)" the following is listed: murderbot, Danny phantom d&d podcasts, vampire diaries/iwtv, just... vampires, my OCs :3 (idk they count).
Several prices of marginalia are included with some doodles around the image. These include: a small sketch of the artist holding up their hair with scissors with the note "hmmm do I need to cut my hair?", the orange and pink sunset lesbian flag and the rainbow Queer flag, a small panel with "they/them," and some doodles with the astrology symbols for Leo rising, Cancer sun, and Scorpio moon. End ID]
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losing-dog-art · 11 days
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Made these for my OCs 😶 congrats to them for finally having names 🎉
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losing-dog-art · 20 days
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artificial condition aka: let someone perform surgery on you after knowing them for 2 weeks
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losing-dog-art · 21 days
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Glowing Goldfish at Dusk
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losing-dog-art · 23 days
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All of my episodes #138 scenes for dames and dragons/@legendlarkpod , all posted previously with a bit more detail but I think its fun to see them all together
Anyways ready to once again retire from drawing for like 2 weeks or so
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losing-dog-art · 23 days
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And finally Fran, riding her flaming island
My last of the scenes from episode 138, this one took the least time but was a bit tricky in some ways. Love how Fran+maeri were like a weaponized godly mothership
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losing-dog-art · 23 days
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Corbin from episode #138 of dames and dragons, post worm incident
This was fun, it was very important for me to make him look wet and sweaty. Does Corbin use daggers? Idk. Definitely pictured him cutting himself out but that didn't happen
Fran! (Fra'an?) will be up next riding her flaming chunk of island
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losing-dog-art · 24 days
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A quick ish slake from the dames and dragons/ @legendlarkpod podcast!
Based on imaginings of the most recent episode. Especially like the last scene. If there was canonical descriptions of what they were wearing or what the horse looked like... I don't remember. Would like to draw the rest of the trio (the recent episode has such an epic feel) but wanted to crank one out and post it before the new episode tomorrow! For some reason I really wanted the challenge of drawing a horse today. Maybe I can finish the other ones when listening to the new episode 😊
Also I looked at way too much reference for the horse and I feel like I still got it wrong
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losing-dog-art · 26 days
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“May thy knife chip and shatter.”
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losing-dog-art · 1 month
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sea, swallow me
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losing-dog-art · 1 month
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Murderbot Diaries sketchbook page No.1
Assorted drawings based on the book series, and the way I envision Murderbot [I have the opposite of same-face syndrome]
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losing-dog-art · 1 month
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spent my day off drawing scenes from network effect
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losing-dog-art · 1 month
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