By many, goblins are considered less a race of small humanoid creatures and more a universal constant or a force of nature. Noisy, smelly, and worryingly numerous, they are a constant nuisance to any and all around them (though never catastrophically so). With nests across the multiverse, they have been likened to the common cold - in that what they lack in raw destructive power they easily make up for in hardiness and resilience to extermination (much to the chagrin of the more “cultured” civilisations who they revel in bothering).
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I think my favourite goblins are Magic: the Gathering goblins, mainly due to the extent of their ineptitude (there’s a running gag where goblin cards will do… like the opposite thing they ought to do - see Goblin Diplomats) and also their propensity for infighting and (*cough*) self-sacrifice. Plus, they’re one of those creature types where you can easily flood the board with them, and my inner timmy lights up at the thought of swinging for lethal with 10,000+ goblins as facilitated by someone like Krenko.
Anyway! These goblins are inspired by Blanca’s old 3d designs for goblins, which are slightly puggy, but also by the miniblin enemies from Wind Waker. I guess with the knobbly bits on their heads you might mistake them for some lesser devil or other, but from a folkloric perspective I think goblins/imps/bugbears/devils are all cut from kind of the same cloth, so I don’t really mind.
fablegate asked: You know, seeing vids of your dog makes me wonder: how is Robo when it comes to domestic animals? Is he cat kind of robot, or a dog kind of robot? Though, I get the feeling he wouldn't be a big fan of any reptiles.
Considering how difficult the short lifespans of humans are on Robo’s psyche, he probably avoids even thinking about pets.
extraodinarypanacea asked: Does Robo know Michio Kaku and as fellow scientists how they doing?
It’s never come up actually. I’m familiar with him having watched him in a million videos while I work. Not sure if Brian has any thoughts about him in the Roboverse.
I like to think Robo would be jealous of his incredible “cool dad” hair.
lightlybow asked: Hi! I love your action panels and wanted to ask if you've got any advice for people who struggle with them. Particularly when trying to show direction and force in a pose?
Thank you so much! I don’t think I do anything special -other than fall back on my early inspirations. Appleseed and Ghost in The Shell, for example. And Pinterest/Tumblr/Twitter have TONS of good tutorials.
Combine any of those with a good book on filmmaking -there are always a couple in the super discount bargain bins at Barnes & Noble. Learning very basic framing for film has been more helpful to me than any book on “How To Comic!” every was.
PS: I never check my Tumblr messages but I think we are Twitter friends(?) Hit me up there anytime and get a semi-almost-instantaneous reply.
old-manrupee asked: With all the Robo work, do you ever yearn to draw something with a completely different vibe, like slice-of-life or high fantasy? (Not that I could ever say that Robo isn't varied, of course!)
Yes and no. The current volume of Robo that I am working on is mostly slice-of-life. As you said -it’s a book that allows an artist to scratch many itches. Sometimes all at once.
Someday, I would love to find the time to work on either my derpy sci-fi story -SPACE PIG, or do a low fantasy story about a grumpy old monk and his spunky warlock daughter. :)
