#dekabot

He a Skating

There he goes!

Sorry for the delay! I've been wrestling with this for a long while, since I find the idea of both heroic and villainous dynamics interesting. I want to do it in a way that's fun but can still be likable in a way.

For Dekabot, I figure there should be some sort of resentment towards humans and how they've been short-sighted towards their relationship with the planet. In a way, it's amplifying my own pro-environmentalism outlook to an extreme.

I've been struggling on how to balance it and what to compare him to, but coincidentally I just saw the perfect movie for this last night. DISCLAIMER: Semi-spoilers for The Legend of Hei! I won't name drop, but there's a certain character who basically matches on how Dekabot sees humans. In it, the antagonist traps civilians into effectively a separate dimensional bubble. There, he's not causing any sort of harm in them, but is rather setting them aside so they can't harm anything anymore.

I view Dekabot in similar ways, where he'd much rather humans just not be around, that most haven't been good about proving him otherwise. I can see him doing something comparable, where he could kidnap them and take them elsewhere, sabotage humanity's ability to cause harm, destroying weapons, powerful infrastructure, and have other sorts of plans of disruption.

More directly, I see him using his size to his advantage, such as of using his weight to rest upon someone to keep from moving, or deliberately blocking escape and just generally being in the way. There's always that air of self-importance and superiority he has over humans. I grew up with Knights of the Old Republic, so there's a lot of influence I got from HK-47 and his derogatory sense of humor. I see him toning that down around the few people he's learned to trust. I'm also fairly sure I was influenced by DBZ villains like Cell and Buu in his need for self-improvement.

City Mirrors

"Who's that in the window? Is that me?"

Dekabot staring at himself in the reflection of a building. Wonder what kind of thoughts are going on in that roboty head of his.

Giant Lifeguard

Commission for @dekameter who wanted me to draw his robot sona. Being a lifeguard that saves tiny humans from the terrors of the waters. Even though i wasn't in that in danger...really!

Ending up making two animations of @dekameter​ ‘s two different sona’s. his kaiju sona Kai, and then his robot one Deka bot. And a little too much fun with both!