{"id":42331,"date":"2024-01-19T08:18:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=42331"},"modified":"2024-01-19T08:18:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:18:38","slug":"building-a-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/01\/19\/building-a-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"ONE-EYED ROBOT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/53471786742\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-footer=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53471786742_aa24583092_z.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ONE-EYED ROBOT\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#8230;with <em>Affinity Designer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I started to work on this mechanical man to shake the rust from my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/albums\/72157691131568290\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vector graphic cartooning skills<\/a>. Of late, I have been spending more time with <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/01\/01\/turning-the-page-on-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pencils and paper<\/a> than I have been with the <em>Affinity<\/em> suite of superlative desktop publishing applications. There has been a major upgrade to their programs, and I have a lot of catching up to do with the new tools and improvements they have made. There is a ton of tutorials that need my attention!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;with Affinity Designer. I started to work on this mechanical man to shake the rust from my vector graphic cartooning skills. Of late, I have been spending more time with pencils and paper than I have been with the Affinity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/01\/19\/building-a-robot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[5787,3465,5788,3153,3467,3661,5,178,1034],"class_list":["post-42331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-illustration","tag-affinity","tag-affinity-designer","tag-desktop","tag-desktop-publishing","tag-graphics","tag-illustration","tag-joe-williams","tag-robot","tag-vector"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ONE-EYED-ROBOT-preview.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-b0L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21200,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/18\/mechanical-menace-in-affinity-designer\/","url_meta":{"origin":42331,"position":0},"title":"Mechanical Menace in Affinity Designer","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another doodle similar to The Count which I cooked up over the course of a couple of early mornings using the vector art program extraordinaire Affinity Designer. I cobbled together the Mechanical Menace with a number of the program's shape tools along with gradients and transparencies. 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In preparation for the occasional science fiction book cover I illustrate, I will play with metallic tones and mechanical shapes. I am figuring out how I may approach that starship or robotic marauder that may feature in a future novel,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Doodle Tuesday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Doodle Tuesday","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/it-came-from-the-sketchbook\/doodle-tuesday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Automaton.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Automaton.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Automaton.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Automaton.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21236,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/22\/i-was-a-vector-werewolf\/","url_meta":{"origin":42331,"position":2},"title":"I Was a Vector Werewolf","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another Halloween Head I created in Affinity Designer as I've spent my too early mornings waiting for my son's school bus, and if I say so myself, I am pretty pleased with this. 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This was my villain.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Illustration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Illustration","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/illustration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AW-AD-split.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AW-AD-split.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AW-AD-split.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21182,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/14\/i-count-on-affinity-designer\/","url_meta":{"origin":42331,"position":4},"title":"I COUNT on Affinity Designer","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a little Halloween doodle that I cooked up in my favorite vector art program Affinity Designer. Being that my son's school bus pickup time is just before dawn, I thought it appropriate to work on this icon of The Count! A couple of mornings before sunrise fiddling with shapes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halloween&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/halloween\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Count in Affinity Designer","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/7461\/30022386700_6c104c7673_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/7461\/30022386700_6c104c7673_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/7461\/30022386700_6c104c7673_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21259,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/10\/28\/affinity-designer-after-midnight\/","url_meta":{"origin":42331,"position":5},"title":"Affinity Designer After Midnight","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another Halloween Horror Head I created in Affinity Designer while I waited for my son's early morning bus. 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This one is based on Lon Chaney's iconic monster. from the silent classic London After Midnight.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Halloween&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/halloween\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"London after Midnight","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c3.staticflickr.com\/6\/5593\/29978168554_051b0c6de3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}