Sooo maybe saying this blog was "coming soon" back in Anatomy of An Illustration 4 from October 21st was a bit of a poor choice of words. Please don't hold it against me. This semester was insane and I just didn't have the time to make many of these blogs. I should probably collect them in one volume for easier reading. They are kind of scattered about through my blog history right now.

This project was an assemblage made from found objects and other miscellaneous bits and pieces that were scavenged for in various places. The finished product DID come from ILLUSTRATIONS though! Let's get to it!

Here are two examples of the illustration studies I did for this robotic arm that lights up. They should give you an idea of how complex I really wanted it to be for the sake of making it look aesthetically pleasing and convincing to viewers. I really had a clear vision right off the bat for this one. Check these out below...

As you can see from the sketches, I wanted the fingertips to light up in some way. I also wanted them to be articulate by some means. I achieved this by coiling wires of different lengths and colors together and running them throughout the structure of the arm itself.

Here you can see the pile of wires before being bound together with zip ties.

At this point all of the wiring for the lights was integrated with the finger structures and made to connect into different areas of positive and negative charge areas in the elbow area.

The structure of the arm was fashioned and welded from pieces of steel with a crossing piece at the wrist area to fit in a switch to turn on the lights. The large "battery pack" is pictured in the top of this picture as well.

The switch with the flip cover are pictured below.

Here is a photo of the arm with all of the wiring bound together and fitted into its frame structure with the batteries connected to the power cords. I think the pink and red wiring give it a fleshy look and make it appear like nerves and muscles.

Here are pics of different angles of it while the fingertips and elbow lights are on!

Well, that's all of the photos I had of this project. I know I didn't give every detail about it. You can assume that it was made with all kinds of cutting and nuts n' bolts. I don't have to tell you. If you do have any questions then feel free to ask! I don't know what the next anatomy blog will be...but it will come sooner than this one! I guarantee that! Comments are appreciated!