Eric Joyner's Big Bang Theory

Jungle Trek

Eric Joyner's 'Jungle Trek' (see above) has taken him some pretty interesting places, though perhaps none more visible than the hit CBS sitcom 'The Big Bang Theory'. You may recognize some of Erics work adorning the walls of Sheldon and Leonard's apartment. (see below)

Caught Again - 2008

 'Caught Again' hangs on Leonard's bedroom wall, above his bed, and 'The Final Blow' (below) hangs on the wall of their living room.

The Final Blow - 2003

Let's hope this is the start of a trend and the producers of 'The Big Bang Theory' stop by botShots and get inspired to add more of the amazing robot art featured.

www.ericjoyner.com

Emek: Psychedelic Meets Post-industrial - Pt.2

Award winning rock and roll poster artist Emek draws much of his inspiration from the culture, and of course counter-culture, of his parent's sixties. He himself missed that decade, although you'd never know it by looking at a lot of his art. With both his parents artists and sharing, not only their 'creative' and 'talent' genes but also, their music and other influences, he was uniquely suited or perhaps destined for the work he does now.

This helps explain the 'psychedelic' side but not exactly the 'industrial' and 'robo-mechanical' aspects to many of his works. This side of him seems more a mystery, as to it's origins, yet he makes no secret of his love of melding the mechanical with the organic, crafting surreal and fantastical images from his rich imagination and infusing them with his, often ironic, sometimes sardonic, sense of humor and social commentary.

'Evolution - Go Back'

'Coheed and Cambria' - Gig Poster


'SpeakerBot/SpeakerGirl' for Erica Badu


Original Artwork for Red Hot Chili Peppers


Original Artwork for Tool


Album cover for Les Rita Mitsouko


Album cover for Les Rita Mitsouko


'Last Picnic'
by Emek

(Posted with Artist Permission)

Part 3 will follow (in a future feature) and contain additional works from Emek, including an animation and in-progress illustrations as well as a preview of an upcoming feature on Emek's father, also an artist interested in robots and machines in art.

www.emek.net

Eric Joyner's Sweet Nostalgia

'The Usual Suspects'

... of Robots and Donuts. San Fransisco based Eric Joyner, illustrator, painter, instructor and robot dreamer, has been honing his craft for over twenty-five years. He works a nostalgically retro style which evokes memories of a time since past, yet a time that never quite existed either. A Surreal, alternate time, when Marlowe hunted for the red robots Hideout or when smoke-filled auditoriums held Friday night Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robot boxing bouts.

I haven't even gotten to the donuts yet. Like a kid in a candy store, many of Eric's worlds are filled with sweet treats of surreal proportion and mysterious function, infusing a warm charm that instantly comforts and delights. Yet all is not quite as sugary sweet as it first seems. Just under the icing lies undercurrents of violence, depression and tragedy. The robots, it seems, are not always happy.

'Between Rounds'


'Robo Kong' & 'This is This'


'IO Jima'


'The Hideout'


'The Collator'


'Draconian Ways'
by: Eric Joyner

(Posted with Artist Permission)

www.ericjoyner.com

Emek: Psychedelic Meets Post-industrial - Pt.1

Emek's prolific (and generous) nature has required splitting his feature into multiple parts. Part 2 & 3 will follow.

He has also inspired me to expand on the materials, images and information so far included on botShots for each artist. While it was always envisioned as a (mostly) visual blog/on-line art gallery, botShots has begun to evolve and develop into a growing resource (and hopefully, authority) on Robot Art. As such, I will begin to expand the written component of botShots over the next while, possibly including some 'critical' essays and trying to include additional educational and reference resources. Coming soon...

'U R What U Watch'
(or The 4 Pornbots Of The Apocalypse)

Primarily a Rock and Roll poster artist, Emek has won numerous awards and created cover art and posters for bands including Neil Young, The Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, B.B. King, Bob Marley and Radiohead. He surprised even himself when he was asked to provide some of his 'robot' work, at just how many he had done and how influential a subject matter it obviously is to him.

'Old School'


'BullBot & Robotz'


'Harley Bot'


'SharkBot'


'Steamcycler'
(Animated Version in Pt.3)
by: Emek

(Posted with Artist Permission)

www.emek.net

Part 2 of this feature will include a selection of posters featuring robots and will follow in the coming days. Part 3 will contain additional works from Emek as well as a preview of an upcoming feature on Emek's father, also an artist interested in robots and machines in art. Watch for these coming soon...

Pindar Van Arman's Robot Paints Realism(and other Robots)

Pindar Van Arman collaborates with his robot 'Zanelle' to produce acrylic paintings. Apparently, and luckily for us, Zanelle 'prefers' to paint other robots although portraits of people have also been created.

'R2-D2 4x4'


'Run, Asimo, Run'


'The Slave Auction'


'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Cylon'
by: Pindar Van Arman & Zanelle

(Posted with Artist Permission)

www.VanArman.com

Michael Mew

'Buddah Bot 3'


'Taste Test'


'Old Yeller'


'Bad Boys'
by: Michael Mew

(Posted with Artist Permission)

www.michaelmewstudio.com

Laura Barbosa's Uncanny Valley

(The term 'UnCanny Valley' was first introduced by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori in 1970 to describe peoples emotional responses to the 'human-like' nature of robots.)

'UnCanny Valley'


'No Fear of Perfection'


'Progress'


'ROBOT'
by: Laura Barbosa

(Posted with Artist Permission)

The Art of Laura Barbosa

Max Chandler's 21st Century Art by: Robot

Max Chandler builds Robots that traverse his canvases, sensing (seeing), thinking (programed), trailing an acrylic wake along it's, occasionally unexpected, way...

'Silent Dancing All'


'Napolitos 3'


'Rising'


'Climbing'
by: Max Chandler (and Robots)

(Posted with Artist Permission)

www.maxchandler.com

Brian Despain

'The Discovery' - Brian Despain



'Tales from a Tin Can' - Brian Despain

www.imphead.com