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Robotna

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About Me

Cartoonist, illustrator, musician, animator, sculptor, sfx fabricator, avid reader; alternately shy and gregarious. I like to make stuff. I'm hibernating right now, and that means I'm logging on really infrequently, and doing a terrible job of responding to e-mail. Please forgive.Come visit my store on CafePress!

My Interests

Spending time alone, drawing, writing, reading comics, plastic fake food (especially miniature), animation, libraries, listening to audiobooks and podcasts, playing ukulele, making neat stuff.

I'd like to meet:

my finished graphic novel.

Music:

Podcasts: I include my favorites here, as their little voices are music to my ears: Indie Spinner Rack with Charlito and Mr. Phil; "I Should Be Writing" with Mur Lafferty.Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht; Tom Waits; the Juliet Letters; Macy Gray; Ella Fitzgerald; John Williams; Radiohead; Modest Mouse. Jazz; tango; folk; experimental; some opera; Pop music from 1920-1950.

Movies:

I don't like movies right now.

Television:

Ace of Cakes, and Good Eats with Alton Brown.Also, pretty much any documentary about fishies and other sea-life(preferably weird and non-mammalian) will get me to plunk myself down on the couch.

Books:

If it's got word balloons and panels, I'll usually give it a try. Maus I & II; Acme Novelty Library; Terry Pratchett's Discworld Series; Mike Mignola's stuff; Pop Gun War (Farel Dalrymple); Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey-- Uncle Gabby; Scary Godmother ; Spaniel Rage; Dykes to Watch Out For; Stinz/Desert Peach; Lindsey Davis' Falco series; Laurie R. King's Beekeeper's Apprentice (et al.); Running with Scissors; Nevada Barr's High Country (et al.); the Seven Stages of Money Maturity; Your Life's Work: the Ultimate Anti-Career Guide (Rick Jarrow); various books by Barbara Sher; The Logo, Font and Lettering Bible (Leslie Cabarga); The River Why; Cloister Walk; The Bodacious Book of Succulence (SARK).

Heroes:

Tom Waits, hermit crabs and vampyroteuthis infernalis

My Blog

Where the heck am I?

Hi World,I thought I'd give you an update, since I haven't blogged in a long time and haven't been able to spend much time on MySpace lately: I'm in art-hibernation mode, especially since the time I h...
Posted by Robotna on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:50:00 PST

...and she sings, too!

For those of you who pay attention to such things, you may notice that I have a new friend in my top two. You may further notice that this person looks a lot like me. Hey! Good job! It is my alter ego...
Posted by Robotna on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:05:00 PST

Artblog:Indie Spinner Rack Quickies 5 (follow link to see artwork)

Hallo people,I've not posted in far too long. Most of my work lately has been in Flash, but it's high time I posted some of my drawings.I contributed to a comic on Indie Spinner Rack. I am (or will be...
Posted by Robotna on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:45:00 PST

Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Artists' Miranda Rights

Hey Folks, I've had many, many conversations concerning the notion that an artist must review his/her rights before committing to do any freelance projects for others. I wrote these as a reminder for ...
Posted by Robotna on Fri, 04 May 2007 01:39:00 PST

The Project Which Must Not Be Named...FINISHED!!!!

Ok World,Most of you who know me personally know that I have been working on the "artwork and paper-engineering for the pop-up-book-style opening credits of a short film" for a many, many months.The s...
Posted by Robotna on Thu, 03 May 2007 11:13:00 PST

Artblog:Fanboy Radio (follow the links for artwork)

Wow! I got a very nice review by Fanboy Radio! There was a contest to win a free Artists' Alley table at LA Wizard World, March 16th-18th 2007. Scott Hinze and the talented Jon Landry reviewed each on...
Posted by Robotna on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:34:00 PST

Come visit my online shop!

Hi Folks,Some of you have expressed an interest in purchasing some of the stuff I've created. I've put some of my artwork onto pillows, journals and other neat stuff. Check it out by clicking below.Co...
Posted by Robotna on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:13:00 PST

Cell Phone

I'm mad at my new cell phone for not being my old cell phone. It's an upgrade. I wanted it to keep all the features I liked about my old phone plus have the dubious benefits of enhanced technology at ...
Posted by Robotna on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 06:48:00 PST

Artblog: Sketch Dump

Hi Folks,Sorry it's been a while. Here's some stuff I've been working on, along with some stuff y'all may have already seen (I'll probably remove duplicates from earlier posts).Thanks for lookin',Ratn...
Posted by Robotna on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:10:00 PST

Artblog: Cars

Ok, so I'm what I think of as a stereotypical girl in that I don't draw cars a lot. But I was reading about this automobile designer with a cartoony style who said that instead of "carving" his cars o...
Posted by Robotna on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:57:00 PST