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Spooky mecha transformation!
🕑 Added 2018-01-09 01:01:00 +0000 UTC This is still a rough piece. I'm not quite sure when I'll finish it up. I think I need to fix that left leg a bit. But overall I like the motion and the drawing concept itself.This follows along with the whole "mechaheart" idea which is an odd one but I still like it. BUT, I admit I'm also running the risk of getting into alienating design choices. Human to mecha transformation sequences are really rare, and infact they're more often involved with horrific science fiction concepts. Just picture Robocop or the Borg. So having a character that can safely change at will to machine parts is unusual, and maybe even spooky!
My friend gunwild said it was spooky!
I just think it's a very cool power and allows me to play with some very cool looks. I may transfer it over to a new OC but if anything, I still just like drawing colette so much that getting any excuse to play with her design some more is fine by me.
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Comments
Jeff Grey
The first teacher I ever had to mention Greek playwrights loved making a pun like that. He'd say "Euripides? Oh yeah, well I'll rippa dose!"
Inwoods
I think the "weakness" of the mecha transform was described to be a loss of humanity. So she may do things she later regrets as a robot. Practically speaking there would still be a vulnerability to EMP that biology doesn't have. If your enemies knew that, it's a good idea to keep a matching fleshy limb, at the least!
Philip D Jones
Which reminds me of a joke. Guy walks into a tailor shop in Athens. He shows the tailor some pants. The tailor said, “Mmm, Euripides?” “Yeah. Eumenides?”
Philip D Jones
I’m sure you are familiar with the term ‘deus ex machina.’ It was used in ancient Greek drama when the protagonists wound up in a hopeless jam and required the intervention of a deity to straighten out the mess. The actor playing the god (deus) was let down by a crane (the machina) behind the scenery. Euripides was criticized for using this technique too much in his dramas. I fear Collettes mecha transform can turn into a ‘deus ex machina.’ You might think about how the transform would be constrained. Otherwise there is no dramatic tension.
