Author: David Robie

Hello all,

I did two patterns. Ill get right into it.

The first pattern I did was based off the synthetic theme, and I imagined pea pods, but in a more robust and geometrical way. The colors are black and white because they now look mechanical and some day we may just be eating gray synthesized peas. I hope not.

For my second pattern I did the animals theme. My favorite animal is by far the Aardvark, which I drew myself. Because it’s a drawing, it does not look life-like, but I found that this “cartoon”-ish look was able to be transcribed into a reoccurring fashion quite well. Plus, a good Aardvark smile is always nice to see! It also brings me back to my childhood for some strange reason…

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For my Subtractive images I did a series specific to WWII. I wanted to make a statement on censorship, as this idea has gained support recently. I’ve seen online many people asking why we don’t just censor ideas and propaganda that differs from our common identity as a nation. “If we don’t see the evil, we don’t experience the evil.” I strongly disagree. When we look back in our past and try to forget, not only do we forget those who suffered – we dishonor heroes who fought against evil. In addition,

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” -George Santayana

Hello Everyone,

My name is David Robie, I’m an Aerospace major from Massachusetts. Some cool things I’ve done include three 55+ mile Canoe trips in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, and marching down Main Street in Disney World with my hometown marching band. I’m fairly new to art, but I really hope to learn quite a bit. I mainly like to build with my hands rather than draw on a piece of paper, as you can see below:

This is my attempt at a Dyson “Bladeless” fan. It took hours of layering and bending and hot gluing cardboard while making sure it was structurally sound. Unfortunately the source of air I used was not efficient at all and resulted in the Bladeless fan having barely a breeze pass through, but it still looks pretty cool.

I also made a ceramic “Ducky Momo” from Phineas and Ferb for my younger brother. I think its adorable.

Moving onto my low-res icon below, I chose to do a stormtrooper. Im an Aerospace major, so of course I love space, and therefore Star Wars. The stormtrooper mask made sense with the color scheme, but I also wanted to change it up a little. I inverted the colors in order to be a little different, and to bring out the outline a bit more in relation to the color on the helmet. Not to mention there are black suited storm troopers too, ya know.